Any NEW 350z encounters?

**Deuuuce** · 02-23-2008, 11:22 PM

350Zs are good cars, racing in SCCA T2 with LS1s. Better handling, not as fast in the straights.

The best trap speeds for the '07s+ stock are 107mph (2) and the rest 105mph. Interestingly the best bolt-on '07+ trap is also 107mph.

Anyway, point being, low 13s or not, on any given day an LS1 is going to be 2-4mph faster in the quarter and will win on the highway, too.

Check out the fastest FI times -1 in the 9s, 2 in the 10s. 1000s of domestics doing that....

http://my350z.com/forum/showthread.php?t=233840

**Cayenne97** · 02-24-2008, 06:54 AM

Originally Posted by Deuuuce

350Zs are good cars, racing in SCCA T2 with LS1s. Better handling, not as fast in the straights.

The best trap speeds for the '07s+ stock are 107mph (2) and the rest 105mph. Interestingly the best bolt-on '07+ trap is also 107mph.

Anyway, point being, low 13s or not, on any given day an LS1 is going to be 2-4mph faster in the quarter and will win on the highway, too.

Check out the fastest FI times -1 in the 9s, 2 in the 10s. 1000s of domestics doing that....

http://my350z.com/forum/showthread.php?t=233840

Where did you see a stock '07 350Z go 107 in the quarter? I saw three run @ Sac Raceway two wednesdays ago, two stockers and one with intake and exhaust. The stockers trapped in around 104 - the car with intake and exhaust trapped 105.

And if they were capable of 107 trap speeds, that would be right there with what a stock LS1 F-body will do.

Originally Posted by Deuuuce

They are the best source there is. 8/98 issue the SS ran a 13.5 @ 107mph. No drag prep, no powershifting.

M/T got 13.4@107 in an '01 WS6. Let's not even talk about mags like MCR, Car Craft, and even Muscle Mustangs & Fast Fords, in which Evan Smith wen't 12.8 in a stocker. Like I said, don't bet on C&D.

**svmetalman09** · 02-24-2008, 02:27 PM

I work at a nissan dealer and we had one of those nismo 350z. They are fast but all the power is at the top. No low end. O yah and it sounds like a pissed off coffee grinder.

**Cayenne97** · 02-24-2008, 02:56 PM

I agree. 350Z's have no low-end grunt. I saw an article in Tuner magazine where they baselined a stock 350, then added a cold air intake, catback, and a "hand held" tune, and the darn thing actually lost torque. Is that crazy or what?

**Deuuuce** · 02-25-2008, 06:48 AM

Originally Posted by Cayenne97

Where did you see a stock '07 350Z go 107 in the quarter? I saw three run @ Sac Raceway two wednesdays ago, two stockers and one with intake and exhaust. The stockers trapped in around 104 - the car with intake and exhaust trapped 105.

And if they were capable of 107 trap speeds, that would be right there with what a stock LS1 F-body will do.

M/T got 13.4@107 in an '01 WS6. Let's not even talk about mags like MCR, Car Craft, and even Muscle Mustangs & Fast Fords, in which Evan Smith wen't 12.8 in a stocker. Like I said, don't bet on C&D.

Look at the link I provided and check out another thread by a member who claims 107mph. I'm suspicious myself but take a look.

Again, C&D doesn't do any drag prep or powershift and fully discloses their testing procedures. Their times are spot-on and unquestionably an excellent source when comparing vs. other cars.

**96Firebirdformula** · 02-25-2008, 07:20 AM

Originally Posted by 2000LS1Bird

It has come to my attention that the '07 and up Nissan 350z's are now equipped with an upgraded version of Nissan's 3.5 V6. This new engine, the VQ35HR is rated at over 300 horsepower and the guys on the Z forums are turning mid/low 13s in the 1/4 with these cars.

I'm curious as to how a stock/near stock LS1 is going to fare against one of these new Z's.

The revised VQ35HR seems to be as similar a leap as the LS1 was to the LT1.

As an enthusiast (and former Turbo Z owner from the 80's), I'm very interested.

There Torque sucks compaired to ls1

New 350z
306 hp @ 6,800 rpm
268 lb-ft @ 4,800 rpm