SRT-10 VS 300ZX TT RACE VIDEO...

GARY J

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I KNOW A LOT OF GEN1-2 GUYS DON'T MAKE IT OVER TO THE GEN 3 FORUM, SO I DECIDED TO POST IT HERE AS WELL...


Yesterday was a great day. We took the SRT down to the testing area and really had a great time. We got a lot of pictures and video footage. I am working on another video right now. Later in the afternoon, I called a guy(who has a fast 300zx) I considered to be a friend. Let me back up. Earlier this week, I spoke with the guy who owns the 300zx. This car is pretty fast. He claims to be making over 500rwhp.(I believe him) He asked me about this SRT I have been driving. I told him it was stock and it was strong. He asked how strong. I told hin it was strong enough to give him a good run for his money. He told me that I was full of it, and that he would put at least 10 cars on me. I told him to put his money where his mouth was. We bet 100 bucks on the race. The race conditions were that the viper had to be stock and the 300z had to be in the same condition that he was at the time of the bet(drag radials, pump gas etc.) I found out he removed his big stereo and "preloaded his wastegates".

So now back to yesterday. I get them on the phone and they agree to meet at the track. He asked to go from a 40mph roll, and I knew that was the only way he would race so I agreed. We line up and slowly get up to 40mph. Ready GO!!! (BTW the driver is not the owner)

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I was really surprised to see him slowly pull on the SRT. We got up to 120 or so. Afterwards, I congratulated them. It was a pretty close race, but the 300z was clearly the faster car. I just couldn't believe that the 300z pulled on me. My driving was spot on and I really had confidence in the car. On a hunch I asked the driver if he put race gas in the car. He said "yes I did". I said wait a minute, that's not what we agreed on. We bet money on this race, and the terms included 93 octane. I didn't want to look like a big baby about it, but it really pissed me off. If a was trying to blow him off of the road, I would have brought the big dog out and we would be measuring my victory in football fields,not car lengths, but I was trying to make it a good race. I guarantee that the difference between 93 octane and 100 octane on a turbo car has to be 50rwhp+. I feel if he would have run 93 octane, we would have easily outrun him.

My prediction of the race was that we would slowly outrun him, by about 3 car lenghts at 120mph. That is probably where it would have been if he would have stuck with the agreed upon race conditions. I think it is funny that he was dishonest about the race, ran drag radials, and we had to go from the speed that he determined, and he still only outran a showroom stock viper(down to the paper filters) by a small margin. THe owner of the SRT wanted to see what it was capable of stock, before I get my hands on it. :D I think the SRT held it's own very well. :2tu: :usa:
 

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Gary lets see some pictures of it with the HRE's if you ended putting them on that is!
Ricky :2tu:
 
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GARY J

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dave,
I think we are going to shoot right past the bolt on stage and go right to the beast stage with this one!! :eek:

Ricky,
I have not had the time to put the HREs on the car yet. I want to lower it first and then we can see how it looks at the proper height. I'll be sure to post the pics as soon as I take them. :2tu:
 

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dave,
I think we are going to shoot right past the bolt on stage and go right to the beast stage with this one!! :eek:

Ricky,
I have not had the time to put the HREs on the car yet. I want to lower it first and then we can see how it looks at the proper height. I'll be sure to post the pics as soon as I take them. :2tu:

Awesome! Keep us posted! :2tu:
 
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GARY J

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STU,
I know they have done quite a bit to it. Big turbos and everything associated with that. He claims he has run 100mph in the 1/8th before, but after this performance, I'm not sure what I can believe. I know I will be coming with my A game with this guy from now on.
 

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Also, did you have a cameraman in the viper and he had no passenger?
 

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his car will only make more power on race gas if he either advances the timing or increases the boost in which case he would have to give it more fuel. so yeah if he turns up the boost then he could bring on another 50 hp otherwise advancing the timing is only gonna give him like 10 hp.
 
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GARY J

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his car will only make more power on race gas if he either advances the timing or increases the boost

Really? :confused:

I think anyone with a big turbo is going to know to up the boost on high octane...
 
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