KILLED a G35 coupe
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I was mentioning money because you spent a lot on your intake, and didn't spend the $50 to see if you gained anything at all from the mod. Lets face it, anytime you are doing mods you are looking for bang for the buck.
I can not believe you guys actually think pulleys will net you any gain in power. You may pick up 1-2 on the absolute top end of your power curve, just in time to shift. I have always considered bolt ons on a N/A engine somewhat silly (unless your going for the sound/looks). You can spend up to 8k doing bolt ons to gain 15 hp, or spend 8k and gain 120+ with a FI application. Remember you don't just add the claimed hp from each mod and call it a day. I would be willing to bet you aren't making 190 hp.
I can not believe you guys actually think pulleys will net you any gain in power. You may pick up 1-2 on the absolute top end of your power curve, just in time to shift. I have always considered bolt ons on a N/A engine somewhat silly (unless your going for the sound/looks). You can spend up to 8k doing bolt ons to gain 15 hp, or spend 8k and gain 120+ with a FI application. Remember you don't just add the claimed hp from each mod and call it a day. I would be willing to bet you aren't making 190 hp.
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Yes, let's compare the G35 with a half-mill supercar....
Jons95c36amg- don't take offense man, honestly I think the 350Z/G35 are great cars, great bang for the buck, etc. but I just can't stand the "we're driving the fastest damned thing on the road" motto that most drivers seem to have on the road and on forums. I mean, it's been proven that the two of them are great cars with very decently powered v6 engines, but statements like, "you need an AMG badge to kill a G"...that deserves a slap!
MB needs either a V8, a V12, a supercharger, turbos or a combination of those to beat a 4 year old V6 engine Japanese car. I don't know about you guys, but that's doing too much for too little performance. Like I said before, you fanboys need to get your heads out of your asses before you talk smack.
MercedesFTW: I have forum friend in Chicago with a TT G35. Wanna run with him? Let's see what your AMG car can do against a "throaty V6" engine car.
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Spoken like a true fanboy. I guess when you can't disprove a person on a forum you just automatically call him a troll. 
And no, I did not race you because I drive the new G35S and your car's acceleration is teh ghey compared to mine. If I did race you, you would be posting a different thread about it. Something along the lines of "stupid G35 driver tried to race me but I kept it cool and let him pass...."
And no, I did not race you because I drive the new G35S and your car's acceleration is teh ghey compared to mine. If I did race you, you would be posting a different thread about it. Something along the lines of "stupid G35 driver tried to race me but I kept it cool and let him pass...."
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You're being a fanboy too man. The new G37/old G35 are not going to win any races against the new E550 or CLK550. Sorry, but if you're a magazine numbers "facts" kinda guy, the numbers are there, the 4000lbs Benzes would take them. The S600 or CL600 is going to take ANY G35, blown or otherwise. I don't see any AMG badge on those. 
Anyways, sure I'll run with your friend, I'm always game for some fun. I ran about even with a S/C one that belonged to a friend till about 100, when I started to pull away.
Like I said, I do think they are good cars, just don't like most of the drivers.
Anyways, sure I'll run with your friend, I'm always game for some fun. I ran about even with a S/C one that belonged to a friend till about 100, when I started to pull away.
Like I said, I do think they are good cars, just don't like most of the drivers.
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You're being a fanboy too man. The new G37/old G35 are not going to win any races against the new E550 or CLK550. Sorry, but if you're a magazine numbers "facts" kinda guy, the numbers are there, the 4000lbs Benzes would take them. The S600 or CL600 is going to take ANY G35, blown or otherwise. I don't see any AMG badge on those.
Anyways, sure I'll run with your friend, I'm always game for some fun. I ran about even with a S/C one that belonged to a friend till about 100, when I started to pull away.
Like I said, I do think they are good cars, just don't like most of the drivers.
Anyways, sure I'll run with your friend, I'm always game for some fun. I ran about even with a S/C one that belonged to a friend till about 100, when I started to pull away.
Like I said, I do think they are good cars, just don't like most of the drivers.
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You're being a fanboy too man. The new G37/old G35 are not going to win any races against the new E550 or CLK550. Sorry, but if you're a magazine numbers "facts" kinda guy, the numbers are there, the 4000lbs Benzes would take them. The S600 or CL600 is going to take ANY G35, blown or otherwise. I don't see any AMG badge on those.
Anyways, sure I'll run with your friend, I'm always game for some fun. I ran about even with a S/C one that belonged to a friend till about 100, when I started to pull away.
Like I said, I do think they are good cars, just don't like most of the drivers.
Anyways, sure I'll run with your friend, I'm always game for some fun. I ran about even with a S/C one that belonged to a friend till about 100, when I started to pull away.
Like I said, I do think they are good cars, just don't like most of the drivers.
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You're being a fanboy too man. The new G37/old G35 are not going to win any races against the new E550 or CLK550. Sorry, but if you're a magazine numbers "facts" kinda guy, the numbers are there, the 4000lbs Benzes would take them. The S600 or CL600 is going to take ANY G35, blown or otherwise. I don't see any AMG badge on those.
Anyways, sure I'll run with your friend, I'm always game for some fun. I ran about even with a S/C one that belonged to a friend till about 100, when I started to pull away.
Like I said, I do think they are good cars, just don't like most of the drivers.
Anyways, sure I'll run with your friend, I'm always game for some fun. I ran about even with a S/C one that belonged to a friend till about 100, when I started to pull away.
Like I said, I do think they are good cars, just don't like most of the drivers.
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And you're saying the G37 is just as fast, despite a roughly 15% weight to horsepower handicap? And one less gear? And 50% less torque?
Forget about the CLK500; even the heavier E550 (10.17 lbs/hp) or CLS550 (10.52) would take that thing. That's three. No AMG needed.
Proof: Road & Track tested the E550. Article:
Numbers:
0–60 mph 4.9 sec
0–100 mph 11.5 sec
0–1320 ft (1/4 mile) 13.3 sec @ 108.1 mph
And, as luck would have it, they also tested the G37, in this article:
0–60 mph 5.5 sec
0–100 mph 13.5 sec
0–1320 ft (1/4 mile) 14.1 sec @ 102.5 mph
Hell, even the portly S550 can hang right with it:
Article:
0–60 mph 5.7 sec
0–100 mph 13.8 sec
0–1320 ft (1/4 mile) 14.2 sec @ 101.1 mph
So, let's see here: the heavier E550 beats the G to 60 by 0.6 sec, to 100 by two full seconds, and to the 1/4 mile by 0.8 seconds and almost 6 mph...and you're saying the G35, with about 30 less horsepower than the G37, is as fast as a CLK550, which is over 100 pounds lighter than the E550?
Nice one.
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Jons95c36amg- don't take offense man, honestly I think the 350Z/G35 are great cars, great bang for the buck, etc. but I just can't stand the "we're driving the fastest damned thing on the road" motto that most drivers seem to have on the road and on forums. I mean, it's been proven that the two of them are great cars with very decently powered v6 engines, but statements like, "you need an AMG badge to kill a G"...that deserves a slap!
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Yea, nothing says performance like a 4000 pound family car with a V8 engine... And no, you would just be a poser.
Actually, I'm just stating the facts. What car in the MB non-AMG line up can actually "kill" a G35? Not beat, not walk, but rape the G35 in a straight line like the author implied when he titled this thread "KILLED a G35 coupe". The new G35S is just as fast as the CLK550. Besides if you really want to be fair, and I know you guys don't, we should be comparing the G35 to a car in the same class: the C320. Even the new C350 does 0-60mph in like what, 6 seconds?
Actually, I'm just stating the facts. What car in the MB non-AMG line up can actually "kill" a G35? Not beat, not walk, but rape the G35 in a straight line like the author implied when he titled this thread "KILLED a G35 coupe". The new G35S is just as fast as the CLK550. Besides if you really want to be fair, and I know you guys don't, we should be comparing the G35 to a car in the same class: the C320. Even the new C350 does 0-60mph in like what, 6 seconds?
You say "how can we be fair and compair cars like these." I agree, Mercedes and Nissan shouldn't be used in the same paragraph.
I'd LOVE to race ANY G35/G37 against my non-AMG, almost 3 year old, slower than stock CLK500 (not 550) or even my mom's S550. Maybe you can set something up with one of your forum members from NY? It'd be my pleasure to get a race filmed and posted on here.
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I like your logic. You use hard numbers and facts. This is exactly why i think the OP is full of ish.
...and I've seen modded Civics running 10's. Lah-de-dah....other than the no-brainer that cars can be modded to be faster than other cars are stock, what's your point?
IOW, "Let's restrict the cars so that we compare the fastest in the Infiniti lineup with the non-fastest in the Mercedes linup." Nice. Problem is, Infiniti doesn't have a separate performance line; their flagship performance car is the G37.
Got any empirical data to support this? None of the major American mags have tested the CLK550. But if we look at the specs for the two cars, we see that the CLK550 has 3720 lbs/382 hp = 9.74 lbs/hp, while the G37 (6MT) has 3668 lbs/330 hp = 11.11 lbs/hp.
And you're saying the G37 is just as fast, despite a roughly 15% weight to horsepower handicap? And one less gear? And 50% less torque?
Forget about the CLK500; even the heavier E550 (10.17 lbs/hp) or CLS550 (10.52) would take that thing. That's three. No AMG needed.
Proof: Road & Track tested the E550. Article:
Numbers:
0–60 mph 4.9 sec
0–100 mph 11.5 sec
0–1320 ft (1/4 mile) 13.3 sec @ 108.1 mph
And, as luck would have it, they also tested the G37, in this article:
0–60 mph 5.5 sec
0–100 mph 13.5 sec
0–1320 ft (1/4 mile) 14.1 sec @ 102.5 mph
Hell, even the portly S550 can hang right with it:
Article:
0–60 mph 5.7 sec
0–100 mph 13.8 sec
0–1320 ft (1/4 mile) 14.2 sec @ 101.1 mph
So, let's see here: the heavier E550 beats the G to 60 by 0.6 sec, to 100 by two full seconds, and to the 1/4 mile by 0.8 seconds and almost 6 mph...and you're saying the G35, with about 30 less horsepower than the G37, is as fast as a CLK550, which is over 100 pounds lighter than the E550?
Nice one.
IOW, "Let's restrict the cars so that we compare the fastest in the Infiniti lineup with the non-fastest in the Mercedes linup." Nice. Problem is, Infiniti doesn't have a separate performance line; their flagship performance car is the G37.
Got any empirical data to support this? None of the major American mags have tested the CLK550. But if we look at the specs for the two cars, we see that the CLK550 has 3720 lbs/382 hp = 9.74 lbs/hp, while the G37 (6MT) has 3668 lbs/330 hp = 11.11 lbs/hp.
And you're saying the G37 is just as fast, despite a roughly 15% weight to horsepower handicap? And one less gear? And 50% less torque?
Forget about the CLK500; even the heavier E550 (10.17 lbs/hp) or CLS550 (10.52) would take that thing. That's three. No AMG needed.
Proof: Road & Track tested the E550. Article:
Numbers:
0–60 mph 4.9 sec
0–100 mph 11.5 sec
0–1320 ft (1/4 mile) 13.3 sec @ 108.1 mph
And, as luck would have it, they also tested the G37, in this article:
0–60 mph 5.5 sec
0–100 mph 13.5 sec
0–1320 ft (1/4 mile) 14.1 sec @ 102.5 mph
Hell, even the portly S550 can hang right with it:
Article:
0–60 mph 5.7 sec
0–100 mph 13.8 sec
0–1320 ft (1/4 mile) 14.2 sec @ 101.1 mph
So, let's see here: the heavier E550 beats the G to 60 by 0.6 sec, to 100 by two full seconds, and to the 1/4 mile by 0.8 seconds and almost 6 mph...and you're saying the G35, with about 30 less horsepower than the G37, is as fast as a CLK550, which is over 100 pounds lighter than the E550?
Nice one.
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So wait, the person "MBSUCKS" is saying that NO non-AMG cars will beat the G35/350Z?
Are you kidding?
Have you forgotten the SL600, CL600, S600 with their V-12s cranking out over 500 horsepower and 600 lb ft torque?
Hell, I'd bet my money on the E550, CLS550 etc to walk the G35!
Face it, your little sports icon car (Rice trash) just loses completedly. Epic fail once again..
Are you kidding?
Have you forgotten the SL600, CL600, S600 with their V-12s cranking out over 500 horsepower and 600 lb ft torque?
Hell, I'd bet my money on the E550, CLS550 etc to walk the G35!
Face it, your little sports icon car (Rice trash
) just loses completedly. Epic fail once again..
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Set up the C320 against Jon
s 350Z and we'll see which is faster. I think you guys are taking the G35/7 and 350Z for granted. Don't sleep! When you guys(Advan,Jon) run I'd like to incld one of my Bimmers for the hell of it.
Unless that C320 is running 13's ,I have to see how much faster they are compared to G35's which are pretty comparable to E36 M3's.
s 350Z and we'll see which is faster. I think you guys are taking the G35/7 and 350Z for granted. Don't sleep! When you guys(Advan,Jon) run I'd like to incld one of my Bimmers for the hell of it.
Unless that C320 is running 13's ,I have to see how much faster they are compared to G35's which are pretty comparable to E36 M3's.
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