after 6 months of baiting them a g35c bit...60 mph got the jump on him and we stayed pretty much even, he was pulling slowly up on me..40mph he got the jump and pulled about a car up to 115. Not bad for a pretty much stock tl-s

 

Is he an auto? What mods do you have, as you're "pretty much stock"?

 

i dont know if he was an auto..
i have a weight reduction, debadged hahaha
and no intake resonator..so its loud...+40hp
oo oh ya! and i got some tire shine on +20hp

no i dont have anything performance wise done, im guessing it was an auto

 

the 04 and below G35s are easy to beat...but the newer ones with 290+- hp are pretty quick..i have never lost to a G35 tho or a 350Z

 

G35s aren't that fast, they're faster but not that fast. nice run

 

i've raced my frens g35c, which is 6 speed with an injen intake its an 03 and its dead even until about 100 then he pulls away..from me..we did pulls from like 30,40,50,60 same results even until 100 then he starts to pull away..if i get a lil jump on him then i'd stay in front...the only chance i had to beat him was when 3rd didnt go in for him my tl is an 04 auto...and i've gott the pro cats, comptech exhaust, and the aem intake..i wanna kno what else do i need to do so i can walk away from him....another 06g35 was next to me and pulled away from me like breeze mostly cuz my tires were just spinning and i wasnt goin n e where..it probably helped that he ate the light 2 but still...i have a big traction issue...and i dont even have a sc....yet...lol

 

gots to be an auto. was it a coupe or sedan?

 

black coupe..had led tailights, dont know if they all have them though...had some big chrome rims, prolly didnt help him too much

 

Well 2 continue from the last thread regardless of how much faster the GT is, if you're a shitty driver you could lose to almost any car. I do know what a GT is and do I think he should have beat me? Yes. But I beat him from one block to the next so yes I will post a thread about it. What do you want me to posts threads about countless civic's and integra's i've beaten just so you can believe it? I've had a 65 Chevelle 327, 69 Lemans 400, 87 camaro(high school) so yes I DO know what power is. But when someone revves their engine at me then I'm going to take the challenge in whatever car they have unless its dangerous. Pull out all the stats you want whiny TL but everytime I beat a car I think I shouldn't have I will post it here.

 

Interesting because most stock TL-S' and 3rd gen TLs struggle to get into the 14s and the 6MTs struggle to break mid 14s. My stock auto G35 sedan has done 14.3-14.4@97-98mph consistently. I'm not calling BS and I've never raced nor seen a 3rd gen TL run at the track, but from what I read on this site, they're about .5-.8 seconds and 4-5mph slower in the 1/4 mile. BTW, the auto G35's give up only .1-.2 seconds to the 6MT cars and often times the autos tend to post the quickest times due to the ease of launch.

 

when the hell did this turn into 1/4 mile times?
I hate racing 1/8 or 1/4 such a useless benchmark for comparing dick sizes...
just my

 

It's just a natural course whenever someone posts "X car vs. Y car." Reason being is that 1/4 mile times is usually indicative of how "fast/quick" a car is. I mean, what good is a car if it can go 300 mph, but it takes 2 hours for it to reach that speed?

As for your original post, yeah nice job.

Did you mean you started at a 60 mph roll? or that you had the lead at 60 mph from dead stop? I wasn't exactly sure whatit meant.

If I had to guess, I'd say it was an Automatic. The 6 speeds are pretty fast, and stock for stock the six speed should edge out the TL-S.

Good race though. With a couple more bolt ons you could give them (G35 autos) a hard time from a roll.

 

^^^ Exactly!! Not to mention the relative safety of racing on the track itself...as opposed to the street.

 

^werd..thats what I was thinking

I raced a g35 C from a dig in my 02 TL-P and was embarrassed it was like I was standing still...I thought G35c would walk 2nd gen TLS...

 

 

exactly what i was gonna say, a g35c smoked me in my 99 tlp, i mean smoked he just flew..and i would imagine it would do the same to a tls, but not by much

 

A stock 03 Type S will run high 14's as well as the 3rd Gen TL and with a few bolt on will get into low 14's. The VQ is a larger engine in a lighter car with RWD so it should be able to outperform the TL-S in the 1/4 but it will not blow it away.

 

Soseductivesf & AcuraDriver2006 can you guys please ignore each other and choose to disagree?
if you guys can't do that then take it to pm or email.

thanks

 

You are correct sir.

But from a dig, the TL-S or 04 and up TL should lose to the G35. From a roll, from 20-30mph... the TL-S/04 TL should give the G35 (auto) a good run for it's money. On a few occasions I've managed to edge out G35's from a dead stop (mostly when the G35 burns out) and I've held the lead up to 100 mph or so.

I usually stop after 90-100 because there's really no point in going any faster, at that point it gets to be dangerous whether you're on a track or street. I mean we have decently quick cars, but they're not cars with "super sports" handling. Be careful of the weight of the car, cause when going that fast, a slip of the steering wheel in one direction can cause us to lose control and slide...

For 6 speed G35.... I'd suggest you have an 04 TL 6 Speed.

If you're racing a g35 with AWD; you will gut burned off the line, but from a roll you still have a good shot.

 

Just raced with my sis G35 coupe 5AT 04 yesterday (dead stop and my tire is gone VSA on tire still spining) got pull about 1/2 car next to her door and shut it down about 60mph(2nd gear top) I dont want to change it to 3rd cuz I felt she is going to blow me alway after 3rd

I got a 3g 04 5AT with AEM CAI,Buddy club gorunding kits,outlaw spacer,and exhaust cutout(the time when I was racing with the G my cutout is open all the way so I lost alot low tq) but I think If I got some new tire and cutout 30% open I chould probably side by side with her.

I donno think that G35 try hard enough, but great run and great car

btw the G is totally stock

 

Thinking my story is BS is one thing but I don't like to be disrespected.

 

^ relax, cut it out and let it go.

 

Well, I'm just going by what I read on this site. Most auto TL-S/CL-S/ 3rd gen TLs autos struggle to get into the 14s. The 2nd gen cars with headers do make some very solid gains which, on average brings them down into 14.4-14.6 range. I've never read of any TL/CL with basic bolt-ons going low 14s, much an auto car. I'm not talking about the rare few that post exceptional times. If that was the case then I would have brought up a G35 coupe AUTO that has an intake, exhaust, ECU, and plenum spacer that's running 13.8s@102mph or a 6MT G35 sedan with aftermarket cats running 13.7s@103mph. I'm pretty sure those types of numbers would crush most any NA TL/CL on this site and would possibly walk a SC'd auto TL/CL. However, those G's are not the norm.

You guys need to get it out of your head that the auto G/Z cars are significantly slower than the 6MT cars because in actuality they tend to be quicker. The quickest stock 350Z has run 13.6@102mph, both an auto and 6MT have done it. The quickest stock G35 has run 13.9@100mph with a 6MT and 14.1@99mph with the auto.

IMO, street racing proves nothing and there are way too many factors that influence the outcome. Hence the reason I wasn't calling BS. In a street race you don't know reaction time or 60 foot which are two things that greatly influence the outcome of the race. Just a .5 second slower reaction time would allow a 15.0 second car to walk a 14.6 second car.

 

Correct. My old car was a 02 CL-S and I had OBX headers and HKS Mufflers. No Intake! I ran 14.2 at 99.8mph with just those two mods.

 

?????? Do you own a ACURA? If not why are you here?

 

any automotive enthusiast is welcome to post on the board.

your comments are right on dave!

 

I was at some races several months ago and I lined up with an 03 G35 auto coupe in my auto 04 TL. I was actually able to pull 3/4 a car length on him in 1st gear and pulled another 1/2 car through 2nd. I honestly was shocked......i thought i would lose based on what everyone "claims" their G35 runs. Even the people observing the race where kind of shocked. Everyone was asking what I had done to my TL (absolutely nothing except a good, hard break in )

 

thats the best part of this forum...people that don't own just acuras give their views...otherwise it would be just a bunch of us TLers kissing each other ..

 

Impressive pimpin-tl! I have an 03 TL-S with I/H/P/E and the fastest I've gotten was 14.5 at 98.1 mph.

Damn... maybe CL-S are faster than TL-S.

BTW: Dave B is correct, the auto Z's and G's are fast as well. But I'd be hesitant to say they're just as quick as the 6mt.

 

I love nissan's vq35 engine. it is a great engine, but so mnay people underestimate the J32 honda and it's potential with bolt-on's. my 99 tl w/I/H/E/P/S and few other little mods can beat any stock AT maxima and G35. I haven't raced an 05-06 G but I'm sure I could hold my own anyday. now my buddy's 03 max 6MT is a little faster than my car, but not a lot like I thought it would be. he is stock though. give me a 6-spd and I would whoop him too! acura made a bad decision and didn't provide for an MT option for our TL's and everyone here hates them for it, as do I. sorry for the rant, but the J32 is a kick ass engine.

 

I'm not knocking your ride at all, but have you run your car at the track yet? I think you're beating crappy drivers. Most G35 drivers don't understand how to launch these car and that manually shifting the 2-3 and 3-4 shift is extremely important because in drive "D" the car shifts way early and it means the difference between running a stock 14.3-14.4@97mph vs running a 14.7-14.8@95mph. When it comes to launching, you can't brake stall for more than about a second or the ECU will yank quite a bit of timing and bog the launch.

I'll be going back to the track in November and I'll be testing out my plenum spacer which adds about 10whp. I'm hoping for a upper 14.1@99mph with my new launch technique.

There's a guy at my track with an 01 TL with I/H/mufflers and he runs pretty consistent 14.9s@93mph. There's another guy I know with a CL-S 5AT with headers and intake and he swore up and down that he'd walk my G in the 1/4 once he got the headers because his dyno showed a gain of around 25whp. He now runs consistent 14.5s@98mph. No matter wha either of these guys try, the TLs just refuse to cut anyting better than upper 2.2 60 foots. They've got strong topend power, but from 0-30mph, they're a bit sluggish and they both admit it.

 

BTW, I had a modded 96 Maxima 5MT with some bolt-ons (y-pipe, intake manifold, ECU, modded stock airbox, 14.3@100mph) for about 6 years and spent way too much time on Maxima.org and modding Maximas. I can tell you that most 6MT Maximas run 14.6-14.7@95-96mph. Only a very select few have broken into the sub 14.5s stock. These cars prove to be very hard to launch.

 

The 3.5 L VQ has low end torque where the 3.2L J32 doesn't have much low end torque that we all hate. Once we install headers & crank pulley and learn to launch this large monster it will be at the most 14.2-14.3 at 97-98 respectively. The 6spd with the same mods will run 14.0 -14.1 at 99-100 mph..Really I don't see the point of taking a luxury sedan to the track to run 14's no matter how you look at it 14's or high 13's is nothing to brag about at a track , if you can get it in low 12's or 11's that's a different story.

 

I completely disagree I've found taking my lower 14-second sedans to the track is far more enjoyable than running my old modded low 13-second 94 Z28. With an F-Body, Stang, or any other car that's suppose to fast, 12s and 13s is nothing. If you're not running at least 11s, no really cares because 2 door sports cars and coupes are expected to be fast. However, when you show up to the track in a sedan and start clicking off mid to lower 14s and start beating LT1 F-bodies, 5.0 and 4. Stangs, etc here and there, it becomes quite enjoyable. I get a lot more people coming up to me at the track asking about my sedans than I ever did with my Z28. Speed is all relative. I find lower 14s to be plenty fast for most any street car. I'll eventually purchase a used 03 Cobra or early 2000s C5 for a "fun" car, but until then, my decently quick sedan fits the luzury and speed bill

 

Yes, it was at a sea-level track plus I think the CL-S might weigh less? Haven't checked. But those headers gain a large amount on that engine.