Single Turbo 350Z vs H/C/I/E LS1 Camaro

[BoostAddict]

Well a few months my buddy enlisted in the Navy and got a pretty fat enlistment bonus, so he decided to put it into his car. I must say, I'm not into American muscle at all but I thought it was a pretty cool build. Basically what he had done was: a Pretty big Cam(don't remember exact specs, Stage 2.5 Heads, Eagle rods, 11.5:1 pistons, Long tube headers, LS6 intake mani, Ported throttle body, 3.73 gears, 4000 Stall, and a shift kit. All said and done he made 410whp, but was told it was realistically closer to 450ish because the stall eats up a lot of the power. Anyways, pretty cool.

While at the gym his usual American car loving cocky attitude started doing some talking. The end result, he said I could never beat his car, and that my car was slow. I just shrugged it off as we both know his car should be faster in a straight line, and I would pretty much destroy him around turns.

Now, the interesting part. As we leave the gym we end up at a light next to each other. He was egging me on so I said fine, I'll run from a dig. Light turned green and I out launched him. I shifted to second, spun really bad and he caught up and passed me by a half a car. I shifted to third and pulled back up. 4th gear, I barely started to creep, literally a foot in front of him, then he shut down at 100mph. I know if we would have kept going I would have pulled more, but I'm just happy he's back in his place.

Overall, it was the most fun race I have ever been in. It was back and forth the entire time. Win or loose I would have loved the race anyway just because of the intensity. So far his best track time is 12.1@113, but he just texted me a picture of a nitrous kit, so it all over for me.

[Sticky]

There is something intoxicating about a big American V8.

12.1@113? Not bad, not exactly a car you can get cocky with though.

With nitrous he will dust you but maybe you will run into him when the baby doesn't have his bottle full.

[krnnerdboy]

12.1 @ 113 seems hardly fast for a 400+whp auto...does he have a high stall torque converter? My z4m on a 75 shot ran 12.2 @ 117 on 19" r888's Nice job keeping up though b/c I know those z's have a hard time putting the power down...btw doesn't your car have 400+whp?

[fundahl]

All that work for 410whp? I would be disappointed, naturally aspirated or not.....

If he was super/turbocharged, different story!

[BoostAddict]

12.1 @ 113 seems hardly fast for a 400+whp auto...does he have a high stall torque converter? My z4m on a 75 shot ran 12.2 @ 117 on 19" r888's Nice job keeping up though b/c I know those z's have a hard time putting the power down...btw doesn't your car have 400+whp?

YEs, 4000 Stall. IT's weird it seems like it takes lots of power for a Camaro to trap decently. I raced him on my 6psi map which is 380whp.

All that work for 410whp? I would be disappointed, naturally aspirated or not.....

If he was super/turbocharged, different story!

In all fairness, he's currently limited to what his stock injectors can do. He's about to order 42lb injectors, and get a retune then it will be a monster. Similar setups to his minus the raised compression do 460-500whp so I'm curious to see what he gets out of it before spray because after that it just going to be insane.

[Sticky]

12.1 @ 113 seems hardly fast for a 400+whp auto...does he have a high stall torque converter? My z4m on a 75 shot ran 12.2 @ 117 on 19" r888's Nice job keeping up though b/c I know those z's have a hard time putting the power down...btw doesn't your car have 400+whp?

Any more details on your Z4M? Your nitrous setup? Would like to see your slip as well and add you to the 1/4 list. Maybe make a thread in the S54 section?