HM Murdock

Well, I ran across a 300ZX and he ran me, and I won. Is this normal for a stock 305 TPI M5 with 3.42's? I didn't expect the win...I am stock down to the stock exhaust. I had him by 1-2 lenghts by 85. Is this normal for a rebuilt 305? Or could this car be not as stock as I think? TIA...

ddn69

well im not too familiar with 300 zx's but some of the 2nd gens you could call em I guess? like the one you raced have turbo or twin turbos or something...Im doubting the car you raced had a turbo though else youd prolly be smoked. Either way great win!

Stokdd

Was the 300z an automatic? Those Z32's are heavy suckers, but then again most f-bodies arent featherweights, either. N/A they had 220hp, weighing about 3400-3500lb. I'm guessing it was an automatic, and the only reason you won was because of your 5speed and 3.43's.

330hp_91RS

My Girlfriend has one of these cars. It's really nice, best **** you ever drove. It's a 1990 with 83,000 miles. Non-turbo automatic trans....off the line it's really slow but it does have some get up and go.

Anyone know what these things are supposed to run in the quarter??? Her car has either an HKS or Stillen exhaust on it ( came with the car, sounds killer too) and a K&N.

I am guessing high-mid 15's.

LUVmy92

Stokdd: Are you saying if he had an automatic also he would lose?

J's86ROC

The N/A's aren't fast at all. I took on one 3 times with my 99 S-10 with the 4.3 extended cab 5spd man. I smoked him bad. He hung for just a second on launch because I spun, but once I hooked he was finished.

cas0484

Hey, this relates to a thread I started a while back. My friend has a 95 300zx thats a manual and it's not bad at all. From what I hear though the autos are a dog compared to the manuals. I can barely win against my friend's 300zx but I think I have alot of restrictions on my car that is holding it back. Either way I think the 300zx are a respectable car Turbo or N/A. Just my .02

rx7speed

I think the avg N/A is prolly mid to low 15's

but if I remember right with good driver they can knock on the door of the 14's if not enter the door way a little bit

LUVmy92

rx7speed: one of these days you need to explain to me and I am sure others how the hell the rotory motor works , I can kinda figure it out from your avatar but I just want to know in more detail. (sorry off topic)

hot86z-28

hey nice win, about the rotary go to www.howstuffworks.com and click auto and search rotary, told me everything.

LUVmy92

Thanks that is a cool site!

rx7speed

well I can post a write up once again depending on inwo or iroc22

have made a write up before but they where so long ago that the post are not there anymore


but can go a little further into detail then what howstuff works I think

88 350 tpi formula

iTrader: (9)

the turbo ones move and I mean move so I think you got a N/A one of my good friends had one not too long ago. it was alot faster than I thought it would be. it was no street killer just a good surprise for people who thought it would be an easy kill

viper3885

i dunno, my friend has a 90's 300zx 5 speed N/A and while it has a really nice interior styling to it and amazingly bright HID's the car isn't really that fast. one time i was trying to egg him on to race me and after saying no he jumped out ahead of me and had about 6 cars on me until i started to go, needless to say i passed him like he was standing still... and afterwards he wouldn't talk to me for the rest of the night lol. it's a really nice ride though, quick yes... fast hell no, but a TT 300 is a different story