# 350 z goes down tonight **URL:** \ **Category:** PittSpeed Automotive\ **Created:** [April 11, 2009, 9:56pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/350-z-goes-down-tonight/202501 "2009-04-11T21:56:48Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 1\ **Showing post:** 125
**Author:** ![MBH](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/a6a055/32.png) [@MBH](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/MBH)\ **Post date:** [September 20, 2009, 8:37pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/350-z-goes-down-tonight/202501/125 "2009-09-20T20:37:38Z")
> [@How to drive 101](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/how-to-drive-101/41151/2): > > I’m quoting shit that I’ve seen run firsthand. Benchracing is theory, what I’ve seen is fact. Also, because the car is owned by the shop that tuned my car and I am friends with the guys that own the shop, yes they are my “buddies”. Btw, 1200 rwhp is goood enough for 8’s. The 350z I’m speaking of ran that 9.35 on one if it’s first times to the track, it probably has run 8’s since, but I didn’t keep up with it cause it’s not my ride. The rest of your first paragraph is not worth responding to cause it wasn’t worth you typing it. > > The difference of changing engine vs. building one is that you’re putting a different motor in the car than what it originally came with. Then it just comes down to putting the most powerful engine in the lightest and most aerodynamic ride. It just becomes a pointless conversation until someone decides to put some 8.0L engine in a motorcycle (I’m exaggerating, but you get the point). > > A ls9 will hold more boost b/c the cylinder walls are a hell of a lot thicker than the ls7. The ls9 block was designed to work under those conditions, the ls7 was not. That’s not saying you can’t put a turbo or sc the ls7, it is simply has less potential due to its build. We’ll agree to disagree on this one. > > Since you’re obviously concerned about semantics, please tell me how stupid my “blanket statement” was?!? Also, please explain what a fast car is in your opinion? I’m not sure if you have a reading problem or what your deal is. To repeat myself for the third time, I mentioned that there are basic performance upgrades that can be done to a 350Z, which I’m sure will get it to the low 13’s, maybe even 12’s with the right driver. Yes, you can build the engine (this is optional as I’ve read that the stock internals on a 350z can take about 500 rwhp), go with a pair of nice turbos, fuel system, etc. I’m also aware that a lot of cars can take more power than a 350z without having to rip into the internals… I drive one of them. Although, you would probably say otherwise b/c I had to put a fuel system on my car to support the larger turbo. 1200rwhp is good for 8’s. unless its in a supra, then its good for 10’s at 150mph (sarcasm with a hint of truth). IDK, I stopped subscribing to the ‘my friend has a friend has a buddy has a friend with a 6 second street car’ theory a long time ago, so I’m very skeptical anytime somebody rattles that crap off. Not saying it isn’t true, but I’ll be damned if I’m not hooked up to the same internet as the next guy with a google search. Blame SVTPerformance for that. Nothing personal 🙂 I’m not sure what to say other than I don’t think a 13/14 second car is fast? Hell, the first post in this thread says it all. There are a whole bunch of things I could say, but honestly they have no bearing on your own well formed opinions which differ from mine. We just see things differently, that’s all. FWIW, I know you’re right & wrong about a few things that you said, notably the LS9 vs LS7 argument does hold some water 😉 --- _[View the full topic](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/350-z-goes-down-tonight/202501)._