1 fast z Posted May 10, 2009 Share Posted May 10, 2009 Fast is relative. Some would yawn at anything wimpier than 7 lb/hp ratio, or slower than 3 seconds to 60. Looks like a great find, Yasin. Would make a nice daily driver. And Some of us are not happy with anything more than 4lbs per HP! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Daeron Posted May 10, 2009 Share Posted May 10, 2009 Isn't hp loss more like 3% per 1000 ft? That'd be an 18% loss at 6000 ft.120rwhp at 6000ft would "correct" to 146rwhp at sea level. WEAK! Damn, did anyone used to think these cars were even remotely fast?! Its all about area under the torque curve... once the car gets above about 3,000 RPM, the torque starts coming on and its almost like barking second in an aggressive lightweight 240 with triples. Then by about 3500-4K its just instant ON from there on out, and it doesn't peter off at the top end. Have you ever driven a stock 280ZX turbo? The power it puts onto the road generates about 2,000 lb-ft of fun, however much the horsepower actually comes out to. BTW, if you look at the torque curve from about 3.5K on, it ALMOST resembles a profile lines of a s30/s130 Z car!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John Scott Posted May 10, 2009 Share Posted May 10, 2009 And Some of us are not happy with anything more than 4lbs per HP! Ahh, my point exactly. After a day at the keyboard, my Antique Schwinn Cruiser seems fast. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HowlerMonkey Posted May 10, 2009 Share Posted May 10, 2009 Car and driver got a 15.2 quarter mile out of the 1981 280zx turbo automatic. The reason the time was better than the other magazines is because the driver at car and driver braketorqued it for around 3 seconds before he let it go while the other magazines just hit it. A lot of grand national drag tests by magazines were compromised the same way by guys who didn't bring up boost before leaving the line. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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