You summed it up pretty good.ascoolasice wrote: I am just watching stupid videos?
All of that makes perfect sense..... even tho i dont need it, im getting ready to order my JWT popcharger and Z-tube anyway. Chris (honda fanboy co-worker) aint gonna know what hit him.Jacko3 wrote:ascoolasice:
Let me give you some truth. Yes, the 350Z and the G-35 Coupe are stock heavy. So, it s very possible for a Mazda Speed 3 or a Civic si, oe even a Sentra SER to challenege a G-35 Coupe or a 350 Z on a straightline. This is fact. So, I give you this one.
However, when G-35 coupe or a 350 Z is moded out, such as my car, which has a plenum spacer, a cold air intake, and a Stillen exhaust, I doubt any of these cars, without a single turbo or a supercharger can hold up to the G-35 Coupe and 350Z. I have seen many Honda Accords and Nissan Altimas with turbos or earlier models, having a hard time keeping up with me. Remember, you may have been dealing with stock G-35 Coupe cars and not moded out G-35s. And btw, the G-35 Coupe does not have 300HP. The maximum made was 295 HP for 05 and 06 G-35 Coupe, and 306 HP for 07 and 08 350Z.
Secondly, driver error is an issue.
Thirdly, most of the G-35s out there are auto transmissions, which have some type of delimiter to keep the transmission safe. The story would be different for a manual transmission G-35 which can rev up to 7,000RPM. With modifications, these cars you mention, wil have a serious hard time keeping up with a modified G-35 Coupe 6MT, as well as serious reliability issues.
Finally, the G-35 Coupe and 350Z are not the best drag cars---they have never been. They are however, supremely designed for track and curves. I will bet you $10,000 that a slightly moded G-35 Coupe or 350 Z with small modifications will spank, second by second, a twin turboed Civic Si, a Mazda 3 speed or even a Dodge SRT - 8, on a 2 mile windy road course. This is the secret and fun of having the G-35 coupe or the 350Z.
And then added to that, almost every G-35 Coupe engine and a 350 Z engine will always make it home. I doubt after a serious road course race, any of these cars you mention, will make it back alive or fit. Go back to youtube and search for G-35s that are used for drifiting and road course racing, not very many ever quit or have issues, and yet , they are a daily driver.
So, the substance of a car is not in its 1/4 mile run. The substance of a car is what it can do on a real race track, that is windy enough to cause you to black out. There is windy road where i live. I nearly blacked out from pulling to many Gs, while my car wa still gripping the road on the tightest turn I have ever come across. That is how powerful and stable a G-35Coupe really is, with the right set of tires.
So, I commend your cars on straightline trips. But, I wouldn't do so on a real race track, where intense braking, hair-raising cornering, and acceleration is seriously required. I tend to show off on curves and windy roads and not a on straight lines. Curves are for real drivers with a heart and straight lines are for everyone who can hold a steeering wheel.
Jacko3,Jacko3 wrote:And btw, the G-35 Coupe does not have 300HP. The maximum made was 295 HP for 05 and 06 G-35 Coupe, and 306 HP for 07 and 08 350Z.
is this true??? can some one confirm this?Jacko3 wrote:ascoolasice:
Conservatively, I think my car makes about 310 - 308 horses at the crank. But there are days when it performs even better than 310 hp at the crank--such days are few.
After you have moded out the car, you still have to flog the car for a while (2 weeks to 1 month) so that the computer can learn the new intake and exhaust parameters as it relates to your driving pattern. The G-35 learns each drivers driving pattern. My mechanic confirmed this learning mode of the car.
For this, the G-35 will behave diffferently if you drive it gently all the time, when compared to driving it aggressively all the time. I am not sure about this, but I think the G-35 Coupe has two or three learning settings in its ECU.
I have personally noticed that the G-35 Coupe can be sluggish if it has been driven gently for a while, and then there is sudden need for instant and immediate power. Perhaps, the guys that were raced by Civic Si, did so with someone who routinely drives their G-35 Coupe gently, and then on that day, decided to flog the car. Well, the car will be sluggish and not be as responsive, and not because anything is wrong with the car, but because the setting on the ECU was for a less aggressive driving pattern. It takes a few days of flogging the car, to get the ECU setting back to an aggressive stance which is more responsive. ALso, I have my RPM setting raise to 850 RPM instead of 800RPM, at idle. Maybe this nakes a difference in performance and improved gas mileage.
On the other hand, I have learned how to reset my ECU learning to a more aggressive setting, by ensuring that at least during any driving trip or every 15 minutes of driving, I push the car to 6,500 RPM or more in third gear, in order to ensure that the extreme driving data pattern produced is stored in the computers memory, so that it maintains an aggressive driving pattern. Of course, this comes at the risk of receiving a traffic citation. Of course, I need good brakes to slow down when I do so for 9 seconds or less.
So, the way one drives their G-35 Coupe on a daily basis, has a lot to do with the way the ECU determines how to adjust itself or which setting or pattern to use. This is one of the reasons why many usually here me advice on flogging the car. Of course, my comments are for the G-35 Coupe 6MT. I am not sure if this is the case with the G-35 Coupe 5AT.
Also, contrary to what most people think, the 6MT is quite confortable at 7000RPM---you have to get your car' engine used to that high end RPM for the ECU to learn to adjust to that setting---just revving your car to such a high RPM, when you have not done so in all of the car's life, can be detrimental. Of course, most will argue that it shortens engine life to rev up an engine that high, which I tend to agree with, but not as much as if you use the highest quality of oil, and a more conservative oil change schedule (3,000 miles or slightly less). T
The 6MT transmission is really unbeleivable---extremely reliable, strong, and crisp---I feel it can handle another 50 hp very easily. Though, i really think the car does need a better engine damper or brace to hold down the engine from moving too much under aceleration or WOT. I have found that engine movement, if ignored excessively by the driver under aggressive driving, to affect the car's handling only very slightly. Again, this is only under really aggressive driving.
These are just my 2 cents and my experience so far. I have smoked a well moded out Mustang---this driver was really good and experienced, tons of other regular mustangs, a Mercedes Benz, tons of Honda Accords and civics. Till date only a Lexus LS460--an 8 cylinder, has really been a challenge and it barely made it beat me---i thought my manhood was stripped from me on that day. Of course this is possible if you have the heart to rev up to 7,000RPM and are using the right tires. Tires and brakes is everything on the G-35 Coupe---you need that stopping power---this is a no compromise part for this car.
Yeah but with a supercharger on a G you are about 400 hp. So the pen15 contest continues.LockeOut wrote:dont underestimate a honda..
New Civic Si's and RSX type S' have a K20 engine.
RSX-S' run 14 second 1/4miles with I/E/H
trust me that engine is a beast. Hondata KPro tuning we can Vtec from 5000 RPMs all the way to 8600... alot of power up there man.
plus its 6MT as well.
add some expensive mods... JacksonRacingSuperCharger... even at a low DD PSI 300 HP is easily acheivable... and considering how light an RSX is compared to a G35... you can imagine how fast these hondas get.
Someone said it right tho... Your still in a much nicer car :
Sadly, Jacko, my wife's Celica GT handles better than our coupes do. I can fling that car at walls and around corners and it always pulls out beautifully. The G on the other hand... I'm still working on it. I know a lot has to do with me, and being accustomed to wrong wheel drive, but that little thing is like an awesome point and shoot camera. It may not have all of the power of a prosumer SLR, but if the shots come out...Jacko3 wrote:Lockeout:
I don't dispute your facts, and neither will most G-35 owners. However, as i said before, the G-35 Coupe isn't that great on straight line take off, and most members love their car to much to put it through its paces, even though the car can handle it comfortably.
Again, the G-35 Coupe is not a drag car, and it will never be one. I came to that conclusion 6 months ago. Why don't you take your RSX and all the Hondas put together, without making any adjustments to their suspension, and see how they hold up on a track or on curves with the G-35 Coupe. Mind you, I have never bragged about the G-35 Coupe on a straight line. But I will brag about it on curves and turns because, once a week, very close to where I live, I have a 2 - 4 miles strip of the most exciting curves and turns that can be found on any track or road. I call this road, my holy grail of handling as this road is almost always empty---very very very few cars at any time of the day. I have pushed my car to the point of determining when the rear wheels will give way. The G-35 Coupe with the right set of tires, is plenty capable beyond most owners imagination, so long as it is done with some common sense.
So, i commend the RSX and the Honda's for their Vtec engine and all what not. But, I am 100% confident that none of those cars will ever come close to sticking on the road and yet maintain their acceleration under WOT, braking and cornering, when a G-35 Coupe driver who knows what the heck they are doing gets behimd the steerimg. It is the mix of these attributes, that sets apart the G-35 Coupe and makes it exciting to drive. Striaght line acceleration, as I said before, can be done by anyone.
Let me give you an idea of how extreme I drive. I pull from 0-60 miles and hour and sometimes to 65 miles an hour in 2nd gear. My Third gear is just there to relax the engine. 7000RPM is a daily routine.
In my estimation as a driver, having 200HP or 300HP or 400HP, without being able to handle curves and tight turns, is truely sad for a car. I would rather have a car with 250 Hp that can handle tight turns and curves than have one with 400Hp that will fish tail on slightly tight turns.
In fact, what I have found out is that, when the G-35s setting is on an aggressive driving pattern, I have found turbo charged Hondas to be highly unresponsive when I suddenly go to WOT---it is like they are still tryin gto figure out what happened after I am gone. Perhaps turbo lag maybe the issue here.
The only small car that has impressed me so far, is the Mazda Speed 6---really impressive acceleration when it wants to move. Honda really needs to pay attention to Mazda Speed 6 acceleration. I was taken by surprise one night. Since then, I havea new found respect for Masda Speed 6.
Modified by Jacko3 at 3:57 PM 4/18/2008
Modified by Jacko3 at 4:06 PM 4/18/2008
Or ride a huffy. I would die if i had to drive a civic or a neon. Suicide hotline would be on speed dial.gwoods wrote:I'd rather push a Mustang then drive a Honda
But a 2008 G with an Auto runs a 5.2 sec. 0-60 and a 13.9 QM, or so the mags report. That's a car with little miles and no mods at all. Mod for Mod the VQHR with it's 7600rpm redline will probably win every time.Not to say that Honda engines aren't good and economical. I wished I got the mileage a civic got.LockeOut wrote:dont underestimate a honda..
New Civic Si's and RSX type S' have a K20 engine.
RSX-S' run 14 second 1/4miles with I/E/H
trust me that engine is a beast. Hondata KPro tuning we can Vtec from 5000 RPMs all the way to 8600... alot of power up there man.
plus its 6MT as well.
add some expensive mods... JacksonRacingSuperCharger... even at a low DD PSI 300 HP is easily acheivable... and considering how light an RSX is compared to a G35... you can imagine how fast these hondas get.
Someone said it right tho... Your still in a much nicer car :
You have me mixed up with someone else.. I don't have a supercharger yet.Jacko3 wrote:Kenrik:
How do you do today? How is your supercharger working in the G? Changed any other part yet after installing the supercharger? How does the car behave with the supercharger. How is gas mileage? How are the parts in the car wearing? Do you accelerate hard with the supercharger?
No, it isn't 595. Th road is in a hidden area that connects to an industrial area where people or homes do not exist. Thus, cops don't hang out in that area at all, except at night. So, the road is truly a marvel in the day time. It is totally secluded from other roads.