Hey Guys, I can't say I'm as experienced as most of you guys at driving, what I've done so far is take the Holden Advanced Driver Course at Gold Coast where I learned fair bit of useful stuff... But what about driving my N/A zed? In what rev range does the Zed get most it's power out of? Any tips for taking off? Sorry if these are silly and basic questions but I just wanna build up my skills and knowledge
taking off when the other light goes orange look for any idiots who are going to run the red. when other light goes red count to 2 put your foot to the floor look out your windscreen, that's where the TT Zed will be look in your rearview mirror, that's where all the other cars will be
Neshy if your good the TT will past you at around 250metres Its all in the launch... at say 4200 rpm.. and the different shift points for every gear... Nicely running n/a's are able to run mid 14's and a TT that isnt on the ball or crap driver wont do much better... Good luck and have fun!
Would have to be a pretty sick TT or very bad driver You would have to do a few mods to the NA to cross the 400m mark in the mid 14's. Stock they will cross the line in the mid 15's with a good driver. I have actually had a few experiences with NA 300ZX's while in my TT and I have never had one keep up with me for more than 30 - 40 meters. Now that I am running some more boosts they don't even keep up that long. I certainly have nothing against the NA 300ZX, I do like the linear power curve, but in a straight line the turbo has the advantage.. A lot of people here talk about the low end torque advantage of the BA but the TT 300ZX has a substantial amount of low end torque for a turbo.
Forum member Trayns did a 14.5 in his NA.... but you're right, some mods are required.... from memory he had the usual mods such as pod filter and exhaust, but also a SAFC which he used to tune quite nicely on the dyno. His time has been the fastest I have seen for an NA. He had 135rwkw to achieve this, and lots of experience. Cheers
i notice that at about 4000-5500rpm > my NA is in max torque range. i havent taken mine on the 1/4 yet but intend on doing that soon and hoping to beat trayns 14.5 1/4 time seen as i have a lil more power and will be using my track tyres when i do which when warm stick very well..
You'll find track tyres won't work that well at the drags. Stiff tyre walls and simply not getting enough heat are the main culprits. You're better off using soft compound street tyres thus being able to lower the pressure enough to get decent sidewall flex - something r comps don't do well enough. Heat - to get enough heat in them you're going to have to be doing a fairly decent burnout - thus cutting the life of those r comps down to about a 1/5th of their life! In my experience, my 12.7sec pass was done on street tyres and can quite happily run consistent 13.0's with said street tyres. Never done better than a 13.1 with r comps.
thanks for the info franz > i think my r comps will give me some more traction than my crappy nangkangs thou till i wear them out ill give the drags a go with the r comps and maybe my crappy tyres to compare..
KW KW and quarter mile times .... it is a NA ... forget it N.A. WILL NOT BET A T.T. IN A QUARTER MILE DRAG (unless the TT driver screws up) .... END OF STORY. Where the NA can have an advantage over the TT is in throttle response and traction. Total KW is not the important thing for the NA ... If you want performance from the NA, then forget about the top of the power curve, and concentrate on the bottom-to-middle of the power curve, and especially TRACTION and handling. Turn your car into a "corners" car (tarmac rally) and you will get maximum enjoyment from your NA. If you are after a straight-line runner then a NA is a bad choice, save up for a TT.
The other fate (sorry Sean) for an N/A is as a cruiser! The N/A Zed is one of the best point-to-point cars IN THE WORLD! It will chew up any highway you can find and return much better fuel economy than a TT, which is a big factor with the current price of petrol. As Steven suggests, the N/A is not as quick over 400yards as a TT, but on longer journeys the ease of driving is better (more progressive power application), and it handles just as well. Over a long journey, it is just as (sensibly) quick as a TT (top speed is similar, the TT just gets to its limits quicker), but less stressful! In fact there is very little to choose between them except for the better sprint performance of the TT.
