I agree with MightyBobo that AWD with 350hp will eat you up on the street. Take it to the drag strip you should launch better plus you don’t have to worry about going to jail. Racing charge is a class B misdemeanor, with up to 90 days in jail.

If you are that worried about winning races, just get a used vette. They are dirt cheap right now.

I was driving my 370 last night. And unsuspectingly, 3 350Z's swoop up next to me. The first guy revs, with his aftermarket exhaust and what not. I give him the thumbs up, he mistook that for wanting to race, he takes off and sees that I'm not playing his game. Then the other 2 350's just accelerate and pass me up.

I don't take these gestures seriously. I'm in my early 30's and I don't need to attract attention, potentially wreck my car, get caught the cops, kill myself or others, or all of the above.

Just about any Joe is going to cut a solid 60' with a nicely powered WRX. Probably in the 1.7-1.8 area. And that's barely even trying.

On the other hand, its going to take a fairly good driver to even get sub-2.0 60's in the 370Z.

I guess short story shorter, even at the strip, 350 AWHP is going to eat the 370 to shreds even if the WRX driver half-asses the launch. Guess he could hope for ridiculous turbo lag? :)

lol dont race him - if he has an aftermarket turbo he will destroy you

I've owned a WRX and a STI both modded of course but I would walk bolt-on HR 350's from a 55/60 roll ... not an *** whooping mind you but a steady pull. From a dig it wasn't even an contest. So unless you get some FI I would just concede to having the better looking car.

yeah...two completely different cars! I have a severly modded STi -- I embarrass corvettes and vipers at the track...its really quite humorous ;)

Challenge him to a drift contest...that may quiet him down a bit ;) Unless he is Ken Block, he may have trouble with that one!

Absolutely true, which is why I traded my WRX in for my Z. With that said,:p my WRX w/Cobb 2.5 tuning would smoke the Z off the line like all other cars. An 1/8th mile race wouldn't be close. A 1/4 mile race would probably be neck and neck. Anything beyond that distance the Z would win simply because of the bigger motor has more top end. I can't speak for those who might have a rebuilt or stroked WRX motor.

A friend of mind has a 2.5RS with a ej20 and slightly higher boosted turbo, and he lost from a roll on at 60 to an s2K ap1 which just had bolton mods

This^ Ive spent some vacation days sitting in jail and it aint fun. Except Im in my 20's still :tup:

The owner may not know the difference between BHP and RWHP....

he might think he has 350HP and that it's all the same, claiming that his stock HP was what he had "at the wheels, fo sheezy"

Btw Not worried about anything, we're just 2 old guys swapping bench racing trash and having fun. All in good fun.

AWD will launch better than a Z any day of the week

^^^ these are facts!

fortunate for the z guys...if the wrx owner doesn't launch properly...he can do some serious damage to his car. AWD cars don't like launching too much even though their good at it! And unless he has the STi 6 sp tranny swap, the 5 sp doesn't last long at all!

Honestly - you should be able to destroy him on a real track ... just make sure its a technical one and you are a good driver who knows the limits of your car... once the scooby gets a bunch of suspension done with the power it puts down - you can kiss your race good bye... honestly - if you want to be able to hold your own against stock turbo cars your only real option is a TT or SC kit...

Why dont you ask him what his quarter mile times are and what he traps? if he does not know... chances are he has no idea how much power he is actually putting down... a lot of people like to talk...