The Unsent

i drive a 88 FC GXL N/A, and a friend of mine drives a 93 300zx N/A. If i were to race him, would i have a chance? What would i have to do beat this Z?

wpgrexx

are both cars stock. how good of condition do they run. I would think because of the weight of the 300, you should be able to get him. Not positive though.

The Unsent

his car is all stock. i got an expensive exhaust system on mine (it was there when i bought it). I was told when i got it inspected that i have and expensive high profile exhaust. but other than that, my car is stock everything else.

1987RX7guy

iTrader: (3)

does your exhaust say anything on it? is it just a cat-back? full exhaust? true duals? what?

EXPENSIVE means nothing I could have had a shop make my true duals for 600 dollars but I didn't want to bother and shelled out 1328 for them. Bolt-on powah baby but price means jack ****.

I say you will take the Z simply because the N/a 300 is fat and slow. When I rode in one it felt like a girl car.

Fitness Stain

but the twins are bad ***...

i personally think they are sweet cars....

fastrotaries

if you could get better traction then him, and launch out of the whole, it would be hard for him to get ya. but if you bog, your *** is grass. There's a lot of variables not to mention driver error. RACE him and find out. then come talk to us.

Bukwild

No the 300z will work you over. I used to have one and it was alot faster than my FC vert stock vs stock. Plus you are trying to race him "drag" and that is to his advantage. Use your weight advantage and do a roll off.

fastrotaries

Bukwild, you owned like the SLOWEST 7 ever made, except for the vert auto's. verts are like ridiculously heavy then most other FC's the 86 GS with some options is way under 3k, yours was over that.

SDrotary

I have raced a 91 300zx N/A with JWT intake , cat back, JWT clutch and flywheel, With my 7 that had headers , intake and exhaust beat him by a few car lenghts.

gsracer

5 speed n/a 300zx's run low 15's

My friends with catback and a k&n filter ran 14.7@93

fastrotaries

Just race him and let us know how it came it out.

DAN CARWIN

300zx will Smoke you like a cheap ciggar, you have a bolt anchor GXL, I used to have one and there were very few cars I could beat, and my car was in great mechanical cond. even with a header I had troubles with some Hondas. TRUST me on this one NO chance!!!.

Dougster

I agree, the Z will take you, they are stock at 222 HP I beleive...I drove a doga-matic and was suprised even it was pretty spunky...
Good luck & be safe, but my money is on the Z car...

BlackIceGuitar

300zx dohc V6 3.0 / 181 222hp 198 ft-lbs torque.
Overall Height, in: 48.3
Curb Weight, lbs: 3299

RX7 I'm sure you already know the power.
Overall Height, in: 49.8
Curb Wieght, lbs: 2800

Saku

I raced a 300zx N/A with my 86 GXL(STOCK) and I beat him by about 3/4 of a car length, so all you guys who have no faith, check that out.....while we're on the topic though, I have another question.
I have an 87 TII now, and my friend swears he's going to buy the same year 300 and smoke the **** out of me....I have beaten a couple before, but were they just toast? I think a turbo 7 would clean up on a turbo 300 any day.

n/arotary

iTrader: (1)

Stock a 90-96 300zx n/a runs a 15.5 1/4 mile
Stock a 86-88 Rx7 GXL runs a 16.5 1/4 mile

I think it will be hard to make up for a second with just exhaust. Also, the 300zx has more torque, so it will be easier for him to get a good start.

You can look at the stock 1/4 mile times at this website. I put it together 5 years ago, so it is a little old as far as new cars listed.

http://www.missouri.edu/~apcb20/times.html#Mazda

87GXLRX7

i would say the 300zx but thats cuz thats what i'm gunna be getting this come'n spring. I will probably miss the rotary tho.

Stews'7

I ran a 300ZX NA with my '90 GTU. Dude had dual N1 exhuast, and a huge *** muffler and some bondo I think was trying to put off as a body kit. Well from 30mph in 2nd I romped him with my old motor. BoNEZ intake, TB mod, 6 ports amd VDI open, and a BoNEZ mid pipe. WEE gonna get the motor back with a huge street port. Gonna be fun!
-Stew

DAN CARWIN

it also depends on the driver of the car who will beat who in a race. But if you are saying your buddy is going to buy a 87 300zx turbo and beat you, he is in for a rude awaking.

theloudroom

Are you sure you weren't missing a couple spark plugs?

I think the race would really come down to who's car is in better shape.

I also have to question those 1/4 mile times posted. My car is slower that a Volvo 740 turbo wagon? Yeah right. (And yes I've driven both cars.)

A .4 second difference between a '98 firebird and a '98 trans am? What? The leather seats cut .4 seconds from the ET?

jthompson02

The 300zx TT was made to compete with the 3rd gen people.


A 2nd gen 7 will have a hard time staying up with an equally built 300zx Turbo. Newer Supras,300zx TT and FD are in the same class. FC = 240sx and crap like that. And if you cant beat hondas get your car looked at. My 90 GXL rolled hondas,mustangs and camaros all day. If they were V8 they gave me some trouble but I could either hang with them or lose by not much.

n/arotary

iTrader: (1)

All those 1/4 mile times are from magazine tests (Car & Driver, Motor Trend, and Road & Track). Depending on drivers, equipment levels, and weather conditions a .4 second difference in 1/4 mile isn't that hard to believe.

DAN CARWIN

there is a BIG difference between a 86 Gxl and 90 Gxl. I was refearing to the Hondas with the b16 swap or whatever the **** (heavily modded hondas) I would have trouble keeping up. I hope you are not saying you can hang with z28 cameros, or GT mustangs because that would be funny ****.

The Unsent

well, he has a stock 93 z. All my exhaust says is K&R pitbull or something like that. i dont know if thats the company name or the brand. But the exhaust was there when i got it.

theloudroom

Nope but we're all talking about vehicles with STOCK engines here. There are Volvos out there with v8's dropped into them. If I got beat by one, I wouldn't say I have trouble keeping up with Volvo's, because once you start swapping engines around you can just talk about just makes/models anymore.

I would say I got beat by a Volvo 740 with a v8 swap, not just "A Volvo".


As for the times, yeah I can understand a .4s difference, but you should realize that if the times on your list vary by that much, they aren't going to be that useful once two cars are within 1 sec of each other.


I'm not claiming my car would hang with a 2002 trans am, etc, just that it's not a "boat anchor".