Beating a 300zx tt with a 1990 mr2 turbo

[beetus]

hey everyone
i straigh out wanna beat a 300zx tt, theres a guy in town whcih has one and gets 236hp atw and has been telling every1 my car would even come close......... im gettin a gtech on monday and i wanna prove it to him that hes wrong.iM running 3sgte with exhaust and running 14 psi do i have a chance? coz i dont know how fast these zx's really are i mean ive seen the specs on em but yeh what you think? what sorta power would i be runnin? hes so cocky ahhh so annoying............... cheers guys

[moogleX]

"If this generation 300ZX had an Achilles' heel, it was weight. The '90 Twin Turbo weighed an astonishing 3,474 pounds..."

http://www.edmunds.com/insideline/do...ticleId=100641

they are rated at 300HP at the flywheel, which means his car is pretty much stock, and a little worn. though they are still beautiful cars.
After reviewing about 10 sites, I found there was 10 different numbers for the wieght of an mr2. The highest being 2,780lbs. which is still 694pounds lighter than the Z.

wieght, driver skill, gear ratios, there are many factors, but imho I would say you can beat him. thats A LOT of extra weight, and you should be relitivly close in power.
weight advantage, close in power, launch advantage, and MR2's are geared very short

[beetus]

yeh i did notice the mr2;s if u launch them well they go very hard off the start..............any other ppl comments?

[CompanyFlow]

Id say its a drivers game at this point.

[MKI_S/C]

let out at 3500 rpm if you decide to have a pissing contest and you should get out there pretty hard and fast, and have some faith in your two

[rsr001]

i used to own a tt zx they are really strong on top end 3rd gear through 5th is where they shine.i beat a stock tt zx in my mr2,ofcourse my mr2 is not stock.as for you like said before its all up to condition of the two cars and driver skill. but you should really be close if not in front

[the reid]

90 and up 300 turbos run a low 14 outta the box as compaired to the mr2 at a high 14, will depend how long you go with him for, simliar driving ability 300s will give ya a scare, with exh and 14psi you'll run him in the bottom just don't expect to go for the long run imo. depends if its an auto too.

[beetus]

the are both manuals...............

[CompanyFlow]

Buy yourself a nice downpipe and you should be set for a drivers duel.

[beetus]

i got a dump pipe to go on but the exhaust joint wouldnt put it on becuase the cat is there and its illegal to take em out where i am............

[CompanyFlow]

And who is going to know that the cat is missing? You think people really have their cats on? Most people dont. Just install it yourself, its literally just a bunch of nuts and bolts to unscrew.

[beetus]

so i have a 3 inch dump pipe right................will that bolt straight onto what ive got?

[CompanyFlow]

No. You have to remove the cat and bolt it in place of where the cat was. A good amount of exhausts dont retain the stock cat anyway so I question what exhaust you have.

[beetus]

umm standard but ive taken the back muffler out and put twin pipes in........ in the sw20

[nepopolus]

lol i have a stright pipe to a apexi muffler(muffler is not even street legal) no cops even notice they are retartred usually when it comes to cars you are fine as long as you dont high rev all over the place