darrinb

my friend in his 540 went against his cousin in his new g35c, both of em r bone stock autos, 540 won 4 of 4 races by 1-2 cars up to 70ish

the g35C is gonna go against me soon, its next on my " to kill" list

power3dfx

if he can drive, you will lose but not by much. in a fair race, i highly doubt you can take him but good luck!

zeroday

no comment.

I'm itching to run you in my Z; on video...anytime you're in the area...

Scrib

540s are quick, but they shouldn't walk a G.

Black CL-S 4-Life

Are you joking??? A manual 540 will walk away from a 6sp G on the highway. Hell an auto 540 will give it a good run.

zeroday

540 autos run the 1/4 in around 14.8...the stick model should be closer to 14.4. A manul 540 beating a G35C by 2 car lengths is hard to swallow considering those performance numbers. Unless we aren't comparing stock w/ stock.

Black CL-S 4-Life

I'm talking highway performance not 1/4 mile racing.

Scrib

And I wasn't talking highway performance, I was talking 1/4 runs.

quikcls

highway or 1/4, g35 takes it!

I am RobG

my friends got a 540 in stick, a 97....with intake that thing is fuckin fast. I BARELY pull on him

EVANCRUZ

my business partner has a 2000 6 spd 540i. i've never ran him with my cl-s, but my last car was an 02 nissan altima 3.5 se
w/5spd manual. stillen intake/exhuast. i ran him 0-60 from a green light and we were head to head. we had to shut down for lack of road. i'm sure from third gear on he would have smoked me. i also ran a g35c auto from a green light in the altima and it was also head to head until 3rd gear i started to pull.
the only 540i i ran with my cl-s 6spd was an auto 540 and in 3rd gear i was no match for the bmw's v-8 torque. but when i caught up to him again to get another ass whooopin we were already doing 85 mph. this time i was in 4th gear and there were different results the 540i couldn't pull me from 85-115mph. we shut down .
i don't think acura ever intended for the cl-s to be a 1/4 mile monster but it wins the crown for being a cruise missile. one thing about the altima according to stillen the intake/exhuast combo on that car were good for 19.6 wheel hp or 29 flywheel hp.
taking it from a stock 240hp to 269 hp/250+ ft lbs trq. 3263 lb car.
i have a large stack of rent-a-car reciepts from owning that altima for 8 mo.
5 mos. in with my cl-s and no rent-a-cars i worked on cars for 17
years and that experience showed me what i already knew. honda/acura all the way. going faster isn't everthing.

Montez

i am with you the auto traps from 14.4-14.8 @93-95mph so an auto CLS/TLS or 3.5 Altima or Maxima can take one witha good launch, the manual is another story. I have seen them run from 13.9-14.1 from 97-100 mph so thats in CLS manual territory.

zeroday

uh...hate to bring up the tranny issue...but my CLS was the most unreliable car i've ever owned. I haven't had a single problem with my Z so far, whereas at 1500 miles, my CLS tranny died. I'm not saying the CLS is a hunk of shit or anything..it was a cool car when it wasnt in the shop..i'm just saying it may be a bad example to use if you are talking about reliability.

zeroday

if you can pull on him then it must not be very fast at all :P






lol you know im just fukin wichu...

darrinb

i think all the magazine times for an auto 540 are bullshit, they are low-mid 14 sec cars, drive one and you'll know, mad torque all through the gears, theres no reason why a 540 auto cant beat a g35c auto

darrinb

i'm down

philly cheese steaks and some racing:P

but why me??, theres plenty of cl-s around u w/ my exact setup

zeroday

because I like you so much...and I want to see you destroy my Z

ApocalypseCL

my dad owns a 540i 6spd....if i bring his car against a g35c i can basically guarrantee ill beat it.. that thing is no joke its heavy too but it has a lot i mean a lot of torque.

darrinb

if u know how to drive you'll prolly beat me

AC_RENAMED

A 540 Auto (sport package that is) can do mid to low 14's all day long...it's amazing how some of you pull the worst numbers ever published by car mags and say "it runs 14.8 so we should take it". A manual CLS is a different story all together as I feel that car is very capable of mid to low 14's stock. G35s are quick but not that quick, and yes a 540 will walk it after 80 with no problem, hell I wouldn't be surprised if a 740 will walk the G after 80.

zeroday

I said around 14.8...which is the average time I see 540's doing the 1/4. Of course there will be both higher and lower numbers. All this 'after 80, the 540/740i will walk the G' is unproven BS...no point in even mentioning it unless you can prove your case.

I am RobG

my dad had a 98 740il and i beat my friends WRX from a stop with that thing, now just take that, minus 1000lbs and add a 6speed....their fast

NOVAwhiteTypeS

I have a 740iL any one w/ a G35 hit me up

aim: joekim1113

703-980-2378

I"ll bring video footage from 80~ 130mph

but from a start this thing is a fucken tank. my CL would smoke it to 80 PERIOD.

zeroday

dude..you're joking right? cmon now. No disrespect to a 740i, but they're just not 1/4 mile sprinters...i've driven one. Now on the highway it could be a different story.

AC_RENAMED

It's not BS because I have done it over 5 times to my friend's Black G35 Sedan Auto...

I'll admit that it was fairly close to about 40, then I started to pull (yes I was modded, but keep in mind that Dinan stuff, unless supercharged doesn't do much) and by 100 I was pulling even harder. We must have done this about 5 times. As a matter of fact, the G35 will launch harder due to it's lighter weight but the 540 eventually catches it and passes it. Against auto, not sure what it can and can't do against G35C.

NOVAwhiteTypeS

zero is correct the 740i w/ sports package and 740iL's still can't break 6 seconds to 60mph. the subi must have started in 5th gear or something.

darrinb

bottom line is that the 4.4 hauls ass past 50mph

dets

540 hands down. before my 01 cl-s, i had an audi a6 2.7T. i would work 540's off the line, but as soon as we hit 80-90, the 540's were always out. just speaking from exp.........

dets

please video tape that.... i would love to see you disprove everything that i know about cars. 740 beating a wrx off the line?!? robg you gotta be smoking some ill shit on the island and whatever it is send some to jersey.

EVANCRUZ

yeah.... major bummer those tranny's. my wife bought a 03 tl-s the same night i bought my 03 cl-s 6spd. she heard about the tranny issues now she's talking about another car already.
4500 miles on her car no problems. 14000 miles on the 6spd of course no problems. we drive the piss out of both cars. not haten
on the z cars. before i got into mustangs i was into the old z's
prev. z's
74' 260z
75' 280z n42 square port head, erson 490 cam, hooker headers,
weber throttle body, cold air intake, 2.5 inch exhuast. 5spd 2600lbs v-8 eater!
80' 280zx
81' 280zx n42 square port head, erson 490 cam, hooker headers
weber throttle body, cold air intake, 2.5 inch exhuast. 5spd
pulled everything of the 75' put it on the 81' of course it was heavier, it wasn't as fun....anyways about the reliability thing
i based what i said on not only personal experience but the hundreds of people i talked to about their cars over the years.
don't sweat it you have a nice car

Chaptorial

I would have thought for sure it would be the 540. And it was.

I am RobG

who ever said the driver in the wrx was good?

zeroday

uh yeah and who ever said the driver was awake?

I am RobG

i still dont understand why people think the WRX is so fast. It was bone stock the kid had the car for a week and had no idea how to drive it. His best was a 14.7....his average was a 15.0...he wasn't the best driver

zeroday

So you're original post should have instead been something like this??


See how ommitting these very pertinent details can completely change the tone and meaning of your post?...you first made it sound like a 740 can beat a wrx from a stop...driver independant...

I am RobG

well then i apologize for the misunderstanding

1SICKLEX

I think it would be a close race but while Nissan overstates HP numbers, BMW understates them. The weird thing is 280hp from a V-6 and the 540 has "only" 282 hp from it's 4.4. ( I like the BMW only).

G35s coupes are very quick cars off the line in manual and auto forms don't sleep. Shit, I really can't call it. I can say I have seen 6 second plus figures in magazines for the G35c and I have always seen sub 6 second figures for the 540.

darrinb

how do u do against 540's lex??

DUNCANMVP

G35 coupe with the manual will easily walk over the heavy 540i. Both the top magazines car/motor both have the g at 14.2 1/4 and I have seen the gs at the track hit 14flat stock. The auto g vs a 540 manual will be a close race.

1SICKLEX

Driver's race. The cars are equal. The ONLY chance I got to run a manual, the guy panicked, missed 3rd gear and I walked him. I would say he was slightly ahead, by a nose. This was when I was stock.

Autos, on the highway the cars pull even up to 120mph+. The winner is the better driver around any traffic.

I met a 540 manual guy as he was interested in the GS (reliablity issues). He was a car guy, owned a 911 turbo as well. This is my car with SRT Intake and upgraded suspension. We took his car through the backroads first. He drove then I drove it. Amazing for a stock car, it was a MANUAL, sweet as can be.

We then drove my car the same way (hard) on the same roads. We both concluded, acceleration was even or negligable if one was faster. My car handled much more flatter than his and we took my car at higher speeds in the twisties. My brakes (upgraded too) were better. Feel was better in his car, due to tight steering and the manual.

That is why I really LAUGH as guys that have no clue. When a magazine gets 6.1 and another car 5.9 (for example) it's a drivers race. I say a car a truly faster when it is .5 seconds faster than another car. Then driver error can be overcome through the power of the larger or better engine.

And as someone has stated, PLEEEEEEEEEEEEASE don't quote ONLY what u want.

For example, Altima owners love quoting that 5.9 sec for the manual and 6.2 for the auto but never mention the 7.1 in Road and Track.