Z06 vs Panda pt2

[-The Stig-]

New year, New Z06 to play with.



Let me start off the story with this disclaimer. I was dead tired when I got home from work. Driving from Long Beach to San Deigo (109.4 miles one way) to work at a marina on a customers boat and then home again. With afternoon traffic wears on you.

So, it being unseasonably warm (high 70s today, if not touching 80) as well. I started cat-napping on the reclining sofa in the living room when I get a call to come hang out and eat chiliburgers and be fat and happy.

Being all groggy and generally confused as to what I'm doing I make the trek to the 76 gas station to top off the Z and then onto the freeway.

Cruisin down local street that is stupidly long and has great areas for racing... and has several rich areas that branch from it. You see lots of nice cars. Those of you who remember, I had a run in with a Z06 before. It was on this stretch.

I check my rearview, I see a car coming up in the right lane. I'm in the left lane. I wonder what it is. I determine it's not worth my effort to race. When all of a sudden, a Corvette comes up the middle lane.

"Oh, now this is worth messing with"

A Black on Black Z06 with blacked out wheels and proudly sporting that 405hp badge on the fender comes skirting by. Window half rolled down and I notice a blonde pony tail sitting in the pilot seat.

"Oh baby, gimme some."

I downshift to 4th and start to come along side when she downshifts and takes off on me.

"Oh you little tease!"

I take chase, she's not getting to far. At this point I figure she's not going all out. She doesn't have any reason to believe I'm any threat. Why would she? It's only a Datsun.

Fate has a funny way of working... I'll explain why.

Light ahead goes red.

I'm in the left lane, she's in the middle. I'm revving it up to keep it from dieing (stupid Idle), she's revving back.

This is the first time I've launched the car with the new clutch/flywheel setup. Sooo I wasn't sure what to expect.

Light goes green, The Z stumbles and bogs out slightly but recovers beautifully and She comes off the line hard roastin tires.

I hit 2nd gear way too hard and break traction, she and I are neck and neck... I reach for 3rd gear.... and....

MMMMMIIISSSHHIIIFFFTTT

"wtf... whats that sound... why am I on the limitor... why'd I stop accelerating?.... OH SHIT I TOTALLY MISSED 3rd GEAR...ACKK"

I stomp the clutch and toss her into 3rd and dump the clutch and get back on it...

"GO YOU LITTLE JAP BASTARD GO!" I cursed to my car as she crept away.

She let off slightly, but got back on it when she realised I wasn't going down that easy. Top of 3rd came, I shifted into 4th and started reeling her in like the prize fish she was.

Light up ahead changes to red.

"Ok girl, I fucked up... Lemme have one last chance."

She kinda waves me past, I think. She made some hand gesture out the window. Her lane was blocked up ahead. So she tucked in behind me at the light.

I'm revving it up again to keep it from dieing... fucking idle! She's back there, I can't hear her revving over myself. But this time I'm going for broke.

Light goes green, I come off the line hard. I think I can come off the line a bit faster/harder but this was damn near perfect. She's stuck on my rear bumper.

Her and I clear the intersection together in a 700hp frieght train of pure sexy racing goodness. Before any other car was through the first crosswalk.

I nail 2nd gear with only the slightest of chirps... she's clearly still in my rearview mirror. Maybe 6ft off my rear bumper.

I hit 3rd gear so goddamn hard... now I start to hope... I hope I can keep her back there. This is after all a Z06.... winding out 3rd.. we go into 4th gear.... check the mirror again...

"She's starting to fall back... wait. The lights are getting farther? Slowly.... wait... I'm faster?.... I'm FASTER!... GO BABY GO!"

I'm well past the century mark on the speedo... and I see her let off the gas maybe 2 very short car lenghts behind me.

Then I see her drop back insanely fast... and hop into a left turn lane that takes you into a neighborhood.


I let off, and coast.. apply the brakes slowly... downshifting smoothly.


I come to the next light, last light before I turn. The Z stalls out. I'm shaking from both exhaustion and adrenaline.

"Holyshit." I look around to see if anybody was watching. Which was stupid, if they were it'd be about a half mile back. I pull into the parking lot where my buddies are at and I sit and let the car idle down on the turbo timer.

I got out and I had to lean against my buddies Titan for a few cause I was drained. You know it's a good race when it puckers up your asshole and gets you shakin afterwards.


More shit happened tonight too, but I'll make another post about that...

[fatninja19]

Wowwww...



i totally thought it'd be her misshift.. hehehe


you're so cool. I think you're super fast cuz of that Megan muffler!!!

[turbo2nr]

wow that got me excited reading about it, o0o man you make me wana go race, i could picture you pullin on the z06, amazing FREAKING AMAZING, GODD DAMM, i hate you, but love your car, shit a z06 by about 2 cars, holy freaking god,my only question is was the driver of the vette female?

that was crazy man, ok now go find a viper, and a v12 car and pick on them.. damm im speechless once again due to the monster panda..

i m gona to dream now about a turbo z b/c its 2:41 am and i been wating up for this post..

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[-The Stig-]

Megan Racine N1 powah!

$75!!! can't go wrong.


I think it's fair to call this a 1 - 1 draw. I have unfinished business with Z06's now.


And yes, she was female. Can't say if she was cute her window was tinted but it was half down so you could see her blonde hair and the ponytail.

I wish I could thank her for the good time.

[Igovert500]

VERY VERY nice...I think part 2 was better than part 1!

[Jay!]

Originally Posted by RedNeck383

MMMMMMIIISSSHHIIIFFFTTT

"wtf... whats that sound...

LOL. I had to read that three times, trying to decide what crazy thing in your car would make a sound like "mmmmmiiissshhhhhhiffffft!"

[Zgringo]

Great balls of fire that was nice 1/2 kill. Lov it when 4's an 6's smoke V8's. You think you got pumped up tonight, wait till you make your upgrades. Toilet paper time.

[i3o2Matt]

damn...outrunnin a Z06 tho?? geez...i would have loved to see that...a 1972 Datsun outrunnin a 405 HP corvette Z06...lmao

[clawhammer]

Nice run. How fast do you run in the 1/4? Probably very fast, like 2200 lb @252 whp.

[Project_Speed]

First of all, winning a race while staring in FRONT of another car is not a win...

Second, not wanting to be 6 feet from someone bumper at 100mph, is not getting pulled, it's called being smart and backing off...


240Z curb weight: 2355lbs...
http://www.maine207.k12.il.us/staff/2738/BD_240Z.HTM

According to your sig, you have 252rwhp/256rw ft-lbs...

assuming 15% loss with the stick shift, you prolly have bout 297hp, and a tad more torque...

hp/lb... = 297/2355 = 0.12611 hp/lb...

That is assuming your turbo didn't add any weight to the stock rated curb weight of the car...

now Z06, rated to 405hp, prolly a tad more in actuality, but we will calculate with 405hp...

hp/lb... = 405/3116 (from autotrader) = 0.12997 hp/lb...

as you can see, the hp/lbs if VERY close, suggesting that it would be a drivers race... however, the z06 has FAR superior suspension and probably a better gear box than the 240z...

I could see you matching the z06 and keeping it at your rear bumper, but pulling cars on it, especially up top end where the LS6 loves to run... I'm just not buying it...

-Garrett

[CassiesMan]

Nice kill red, makes me want a Turbo Datsun, or at least the AA Turbo for my car.

[Musashi3000GT]

welcome to AF project_speed. Now let me show you the ropes.
1. Redneck is the most beloved character on the street racing forums by far, he is in many of our books the street king!
2. Redneck never BS us.
3. Talk shit about Redneck and youll make enemies right quick, which I'm sure you've managed well.
4. You some kind of impotent little prick? your bench racing is amazing, tell me now, how did you ever become so proficient in determining the outcome of a race with paper and pencil? it proves nothing you moron.
5. can I have your autograph? I have always wanted to meet the guy who invented street racing and as consequent, the rules of street racing.
Who the hell do you think you are you newbie punk? whiney little fuck you jelous? coming in here talking shit about a true to life legend! my suggestion is to fuck off before we all decide to hand your ass over to ya.

[CivRacer95]

Brava! Brava!

There are few in these forums that can tell you an adrenaline pumping story Red. You, I consider to be one of them By far the best story I have heard from you to date.

When the tracks become available again, you should take the Z and get some footage on it. I have yet to see your car perform. I can't take the stories anymore I need some vids!

As for Garrett, He never said he won the race. He stated he was going "Faster" because he was pulling away from the Z06. You seem to like to come in here and pull the BS Flag don't you. Well, when you can pull on a Z06 or keep it at par, then let us know. Otherwise don't come in here trying to start something because you have some "knowledge" of cars. Debates are fine, but trying to put someone down to prove that you know about something is blatantly stupid. Lay off why don't you. Late...

[TatII]

Originally Posted by Project_Speed

First of all, winning a race while staring in FRONT of another car is not a win...

Second, not wanting to be 6 feet from someone bumper at 100mph, is not getting pulled, it's called being smart and backing off...


240Z curb weight: 2355lbs...
http://www.maine207.k12.il.us/staff/2738/BD_240Z.HTM

According to your sig, you have 252rwhp/256rw ft-lbs...

assuming 15% loss with the stick shift, you prolly have bout 297hp, and a tad more torque...

hp/lb... = 297/2355 = 0.12611 hp/lb...

That is assuming your turbo didn't add any weight to the stock rated curb weight of the car...

now Z06, rated to 405hp, prolly a tad more in actuality, but we will calculate with 405hp...

hp/lb... = 405/3116 (from autotrader) = 0.12997 hp/lb...

as you can see, the hp/lbs if VERY close, suggesting that it would be a drivers race... however, the z06 has FAR superior suspension and probably a better gear box than the 240z...

I could see you matching the z06 and keeping it at your rear bumper, but pulling cars on it, especially up top end where the LS6 loves to run... I'm just not buying it...

-Garrett

your theory is quit close, but i must add that the all aluminum 2.0 SR20DET is around 200 lbs lighter then the all iron 2.6 liter L30 straight six. so thqt would put redneck dangeriously close to being 2000 lbs flat. so in that case, the power to weight would be in favor of redneck


also most rear wheel drive don't have 15% drive train lose, its closer to 18%.

S2000 makes 240hp it puts down 200whp, a 350Z makes 287hp, it puts down around 235whp. get the picture?

so given that also, it will further boost rednecks power to weight. making 252whp on a nissan 5 speed is around exactly 300hp or just a hair more.



now back to the subject, redneck are you sure it was a girl and not some feminine dude with a pony tail?

[CassiesMan]

Thats exatly what I was gonna say, Tat...it is California after all.

*Ducks all blunt objects thrown at face*