370Z if charged..??

Mt Tam I am · 09-16-2013, 01:34 PM

On the track 335i and 535i fall to us naturally. M3 (M92) no way, M5 I'm not sure as I've never encountered one at the track.

Folks that drive M5's and M6's on the street seem to baby them, in my experiance.

Troyz · 09-16-2013, 01:53 PM

Nissan 370Z (VQ37VHR) Nice compact size but I always like inline smoothness myself.

BMW was a long-time advocate of Inline N/A engines. And for a good reasons. But when American and Japanses V6 competition pushed the HP envelope, BMW was forced to go turbo route.

BMW can make big HP without Turbos. It's just cheaper to do with Turbos. They save the big power naturally aspirated engines for the M's. I don't have the figures in front of me but I see allot of $$$$$ to prove a 370z could be made faster.

Chuck33079 · 09-16-2013, 01:55 PM

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Originally Posted by Troyz

Nissan 370Z (VQ37VHR) Nice compact size but I always like inline smoothness myself.

BMW was a long-time advocate of Inline N/A engines. And for a good reasons. But when American and Japanses V6 competition pushed the HP envelope, BMW was forced to go turbo route.

BMW can make big HP without Turbos. It's just cheaper to do with Turbos. They save the big power naturally aspirated engines for the M's. I don't have the figures in front of me but I see allot of $$$$$ to prove a 370z could be made faster.

These days the M cars are turboed.

Troyz · 09-16-2013, 02:00 PM

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Originally Posted by Chuck33079

These days the M cars are turboed.

NICE! I wonder if they are as bullet proof as the Supra Engines. I bet there are still some Supra's out there that can beat allot of cars on the track.

AyandehRacing · 09-17-2013, 09:37 AM

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Originally Posted by Mt Tam I am

On the track 335i and 535i fall to us naturally. M3 (M92) no way, M5 I'm not sure as I've never encountered one at the track.

Folks that drive M5's and M6's on the street seem to baby them, in my experiance.

I did a spirited drive with a new 2013 M5 owner recently. He spent just over 100k ote.

The thing is nasty, spacious, brutal tone from the quad tips. His car was definitely the faster car, but not to the point of ridiculousness.

Ultimately, he spent as much time drooling over the Z as I did over the M.
The takeaway we agreed on (he is in his 30's and me in my 20's) was that the M is nasty, but for 30k the Z is still a helluva lot of car if you can drive it well.
That MUST mean something coming from an M owner!

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Troyz Base Member Join Date: Mar 2013 Location: Austin Posts: 154 Drives: 370Z Touring M6 Rep Power: 14	No replacement for displacement... Nissan 370Z (VQ37VHR) Nice compact size but I always like inline smoothness myself. BMW was a long-time advocate of Inline N/A engines. And for a good reasons. But when American and Japanses V6 competition pushed the HP envelope, BMW was forced to go turbo route. BMW can make big HP without Turbos. It's just cheaper to do with Turbos. They save the big power naturally aspirated engines for the M's. I don't have the figures in front of me but I see allot of $$$$$ to prove a 370z could be made faster.