Endgame,

Yeah, I was pretty much sold on the 135i, had my wheels, suspension, everything picked out, then I got an invite to see the new Z.
The best thing about the 370Z is that it is about $8k less and the same if not better performance. And that's without forced induction, can't wait to see what a turbo or twin turbo kit will do for this car.
I'm a big fan of wide tires, I really like the fact that the 19's with 275 rears fit no problem, which means you could probably stuff a 295 or 305 under there. Good luck getting anything wider then a 255 on the Bimmer without rubbing.

Same with me! I was going BMW performance suspension and doing the Tii treatment. Glad to have a fellow convert on the boards.

:tup: Absolutely. 370Z offers the best bang for the buck and you get to listen to the amazing throaty exhaust.

4.7s > 5.3s IMO :icon17:

BTW, great first post. Feel free to introduce yourself in the "New Member" section and post some pictures :pics: of your ride.

The VQ35HR is already making 500+ on pump gas with just a bolt on turbo kit. :)

Also the current 350Z can fit 315s in the rear with fender rolling, so I am expecting the same or more out of the 370Z. The fenders on the 370Z come rolled from the factory too! When I saw it in person there was a TON of room back there.

This will be a bad a** car for sure.

No worries, no one is going to beat you up and Welcome to the forums!

No one said its not true, we are only discussing the validity of how that time represents the Z's normal actual performance. I don't doubt that with a nice launch and everything going very right, the Z can hit 60 in 4.7s. As you said, they probably cant get it consistently.

That's true, specially about the gear ratios. Gearing has everything to do with 0-60 times. The thread just didn't merit getting into anything other than power and weight until now. Also I think that yes, there are other factors to take into account to judge a 0-60 time, however this standard is loosely measured to give you a sense of the acceleration of the car regardless of how it does it. A 4.7 paints a very different picture to me than does a 5.1 run. What Im trying to get at here is not whether the car can muster a 4.7s to 60 run, but rather if it will consistently be closer to that number or to 5.1s...

Drag doesn't make any real difference to 60. Nor would a shorter wheelbase. Carbon driveshaft would more efficiently transfer the engine power to the wheels, but they dont like very hard shocks, that wouldnt help. Better traction, possibly with the 275s. Driver goes unsaid and car shouldnt be a variable.

I wouldn't put much bigger tires in the rear without upgrading the power. That would make for a lame car that doesn't like to rotate...With the turbo kit, thats a different story. I was excited about the fenders too! That new z has potential! RE30's 18x9.5" front and 19x12" in the back. Hoosier R6 all around. 295/35/18 on front and 345/30/19 on the rear. Yay $4000 wheel/tire package!:ugh2:

Well that goes without saying.

Too big of a stagger in my opinion. I have found that on the 350Zs at least I prefer a 20mm difference between front & rear max. I also like a shorter sidewall. I think my ideal setup would be what I run on my 350Z which is 295/30/18 front and 315/30/18 rear.

Those are sick numbers for a stock car @ this price!!!
OP do you know what trim this z was?
I'm thinking of just getting either base + sports or touring + sports...
Lighter the better [:

You'd be surprised...


Of course its too big, those are Z06 settings hahaha...

295 up front?

Yep, thats what I currently run on my time attack 350Z.

Thats a whole lot of rubber up front man, any reason why you had to go that big? did it just balance out the car better or what?

Also could you shine a little light on the suspension settings you use? Camber, spring rates, etc. I want to get an idea of what works on the Z.

Well the car has 750whp so we need all the rear tire we can get. The 350Z doesn't like big stagger setups too well so the 295 up front made for a good combo. We do use all of it though, thats for sure. The car is still 3,064 lbs. without driver too.

As for suspension settings, that always changes as the car develops and for the different tracks we are at so there is really no "set it and forget it" settings.

Man that must be fun as hell. Do you drive the car or do you have a driver?

It is fun for sure. The last two seasons the car ran multiple classes and the driving was split between myself and another driver. This coming season we are sticking to one class and I will be the driver.

When I first bought mine back in February it seemed hard to launch without to much spin but now that the car is somewhat broken in and I have gotten use to the clutch I think 4.7 is very possible. In May I went to New England Dragway and my best qtr was 14.0 but at 104.98. That was with a walk off the line and letting off during the shifts. Quick note that the car is right at redline at the traps and dispite trying both staying in third and wasting time hitting fourth the better trap speeds happened with the shift to fourth right before the traps. Heading out tomorrow to the drags so I will let everyone know if things are faster tomorrow.