# Pick one V. s2k or 350z **URL:** \ **Category:** NYSpeed Automotive\ **Created:** [January 23, 2009, 11:04am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/pick-one-v-s2k-or-350z/61787 "2009-01-23T11:04:43Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 5
**Author:** ![buffalo\_vr4](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/7ea924/32.png) [@buffalo\_vr4](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/buffalo_vr4)\ **Post date:** [January 23, 2009, 9:54pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/pick-one-v-s2k-or-350z/61787/81 "2009-01-23T21:54:38Z")
my buddy just picked up a 03 6sp z touring with 50k on the clock for $12,000 two months ago from rochester, and it’s in mint condition. although both of them are 14 sec in quarter mile, i heard that you have to launch the s2k at 9k rpm to achieve that time. ---
**Author:** ![brent\_strong](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/brent_strong/32/7203_2.png) [@brent\_strong](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/brent_strong)\ **Post date:** [January 23, 2009, 10:15pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/pick-one-v-s2k-or-350z/61787/82 "2009-01-23T22:15:46Z")
Not exactly 9k RPM. 6k+, you want the tires to slip. If you dead hook, the diff takes WAY too much abuse. Spin the tires a bit, feather the throttle and hook. ---
**Author:** ![turbociv](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/dfb087/32.png) [@turbociv](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/turbociv)\ **Post date:** [January 23, 2009, 10:24pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/pick-one-v-s2k-or-350z/61787/83 "2009-01-23T22:24:53Z")
> [@ILC](#): > > V > > as in CTS-V +1 ---
**Author:** ![ILC](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/ilc/32/5337_2.png) [@ILC](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/ILC)\ **Post date:** [January 23, 2009, 10:44pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/pick-one-v-s2k-or-350z/61787/84 "2009-01-23T22:44:50Z")
> [@brent\_strong](#): > > Not exactly 9k RPM. 6k+, you want the tires to slip. If you dead hook, the diff takes WAY too much abuse. Spin the tires a bit, feather the throttle and hook. call me retarded… but i thought tire slip is to keep the motor from bogging down ---
**Author:** ![bigwoode](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/bigwoode/32/5175_2.png) [@bigwoode](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/bigwoode)\ **Post date:** [January 23, 2009, 10:47pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/pick-one-v-s2k-or-350z/61787/85 "2009-01-23T22:47:50Z")
LS1 — i kid. But if you fit in it, grab an s2k, it all depends what your goals are… I would own an s2k if i wasn’t 6’2, not my comfort zone. I like the 350z as well, both sleek cars. Fo real, what are your intentions?? ---
**Author:** ![brent\_strong](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/brent_strong/32/7203_2.png) [@brent\_strong](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/brent_strong)\ **Post date:** [January 23, 2009, 11:04pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/pick-one-v-s2k-or-350z/61787/86 "2009-01-23T23:04:59Z")
> [@ILC](#): > > call me retarded… but i thought tire slip is to keep the motor from bogging down That helps too, but my main concern was to keep my diff intact. There was a ton of discussion of launching the S2000 the proper way over on s2ki. ---
**Author:** ![boardjnky4](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/96bed5/32.png) [@boardjnky4](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/boardjnky4)\ **Post date:** [January 24, 2009, 6:36am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/pick-one-v-s2k-or-350z/61787/87 "2009-01-24T06:36:27Z")
I am pretty sure 350Z achieves a quarter mile time in the high 13s. Don’t really wanna start splitting hairs though. ---
**Author:** ![khoveraki](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/khoveraki/32/5131_2.png) [@khoveraki](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/khoveraki)\ **Post date:** [January 24, 2009, 10:41am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/pick-one-v-s2k-or-350z/61787/88 "2009-01-24T10:41:41Z")
> [@boardjnky4](#): > > I am pretty sure 350Z achieves a quarter mile time in the high 13s. Don’t really wanna start splitting hairs though. [2004 Nissan 350z Roadster 5.7 14.3](http://www.albeedigital.com/supercoupe/articles/0-60_Quarter_Mile_Times/G_H_I_0-60times.html) loollllzz and yeah hatch vs trunk they both have similiar amounts of room but the z has backseats. =\ s2k seats don’t even recline. ---
**Author:** ![walter](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/walter/32/7202_2.png) [@walter](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/walter)\ **Post date:** [January 24, 2009, 10:56am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/pick-one-v-s2k-or-350z/61787/89 "2009-01-24T10:56:27Z")
this thread fucking sucks. Who cares if it is slow, or three tenths faster than slow? ---
**Author:** ![MrSmith](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/mrsmith/32/5254_2.png) [@MrSmith](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/MrSmith)\ **Post date:** [January 24, 2009, 11:16am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/pick-one-v-s2k-or-350z/61787/90 "2009-01-24T11:16:16Z")
Never considered the 350z. 10k will buy you a clean 00-01 S2000. The car stock is great on the track where you can keep the rpms up. Driving around town it is gutless to the point of being aggravating. You have to drop multiple gears for any sort of acceleration. Imo the car needs boost to be enjoyable. If you aren’t looking to spend much money weight reduction and gears should wake up the car a bit. And you can’t beat a convertible for a summer cruiser. ---
**Author:** ![2TurboZ](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/2turboz/32/7577_2.png) [@2TurboZ](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/2TurboZ)\ **Post date:** [January 24, 2009, 11:31am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/pick-one-v-s2k-or-350z/61787/91 "2009-01-24T11:31:12Z")
> [@khoveraki](#): > > [2004 Nissan 350z Roadster 5.7 14.3](http://www.albeedigital.com/supercoupe/articles/0-60_Quarter_Mile_Times/G_H_I_0-60times.html) > > loollllzz > > and yeah hatch vs trunk they both have similiar amounts of room but the z has backseats. =\ s2k seats don’t even recline. What Z have you ever been in that has backseats??? The 350z never came in a 2+2 configuration. if it did…its called the G35 ---
**Author:** ![STEALTTH](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/stealtth/32/7582_2.png) [@STEALTTH](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/STEALTTH)\ **Post date:** [January 24, 2009, 12:18pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/pick-one-v-s2k-or-350z/61787/92 "2009-01-24T12:18:20Z")
> [@boardjnky4](#): > > In a straight line my car would crush a stock s2k. I have driven both cars. Thanks for playin though What are you smoking? :lol: Crush? The cars stock to stock are both capable of high 13’s…the s2k traps at 100, the z traps at 102. So unless the vert weighs in lower then the coupe, you’re not crushing anything. Either way, who cars? They both are about the same speed…both cool cars. I’ll only speak from experince and say that the stock S2k was awesome at the track. I liked it as a daily, but did miss low end power. Still fun though. ---
**Author:** ![khoveraki](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/khoveraki/32/5131_2.png) [@khoveraki](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/khoveraki)\ **Post date:** [January 24, 2009, 12:29pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/pick-one-v-s2k-or-350z/61787/93 "2009-01-24T12:29:32Z")
> [@2TurboZ](#): > > What Z have you ever been in that has backseats??? The 350z never came in a 2+2 configuration. if it did…its called the G35 Oh shit you’re totally right. I don’t know what I was smoking that made me think the Z I drove was 2+2. ---
**Author:** ![dmoffitt](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/dmoffitt/32/7455_2.png) [@dmoffitt](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/dmoffitt)\ **Post date:** [January 24, 2009, 11:34pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/pick-one-v-s2k-or-350z/61787/94 "2009-01-24T23:34:19Z")
What MPD said. I was in this EXACT dilemma a couple of years ago, bought the Z because 1) I was going to be taking multi-thousand cross country trips and 2) I felt safer in a hard-top after having flipped a 951 a few years back. Both are great cars, the S2k “could” be more capable in the right hands but the Z is far easier to get 90-95% out of. ---
**Author:** ![CRX\_SI\_ZC](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/crx_si_zc/32/5203_2.png) [@CRX\_SI\_ZC](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/CRX_SI_ZC)\ **Post date:** [January 25, 2009, 12:12am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/pick-one-v-s2k-or-350z/61787/95 "2009-01-25T00:12:02Z")
s2k all the way man…and they sound so good… ---
**Author:** ![JDMSIR](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/jdmsir/32/7376_2.png) [@JDMSIR](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/JDMSIR)\ **Post date:** [January 25, 2009, 12:17am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/pick-one-v-s2k-or-350z/61787/96 "2009-01-25T00:17:03Z")
Remember that s2k at Holland speedway racewars??? Lol, I would still get one though over a z. ---
**Author:** ![ILC](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/ilc/32/5337_2.png) [@ILC](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/ILC)\ **Post date:** [January 25, 2009, 12:17am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/pick-one-v-s2k-or-350z/61787/97 "2009-01-25T00:17:28Z")
> [@CRX SI ZC](#): > > s2k all the way man…and they sound so good… perfect reasoning for getting an s2k. hey a g35 sounds awesome too… buy one of those too:nerd: ---
**Author:** ![dmoffitt](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/dmoffitt/32/7455_2.png) [@dmoffitt](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/dmoffitt)\ **Post date:** [January 25, 2009, 12:34am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/pick-one-v-s2k-or-350z/61787/98 "2009-01-25T00:34:47Z")
IMO my Z sounds like fucking sex on wheels. But maybe I’m biased or just deaf from too many track days spent well north of 5500rpm w/ test pipes LOL. S2k sounds like, well, a honda. Not BAD at all but it a tweaky 4cyl - that just doesn’t “do it for me” anymore. ---
**Author:** ![jt76](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/jt76/32/5100_2.png) [@jt76](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/jt76)\ **Post date:** [January 25, 2009, 12:40am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/pick-one-v-s2k-or-350z/61787/99 "2009-01-25T00:40:16Z")
> [@MrSmith](#): > > Never considered the 350z. 10k will buy you a clean 00-01 S2000. The car stock is great on the track where you can keep the rpms up. Driving around town it is gutless to the point of being aggravating. You have to drop multiple gears for any sort of acceleration. Imo the car needs boost to be enjoyable. If you aren’t looking to spend much money weight reduction and gears should wake up the car a bit. And you can’t beat a convertible for a summer cruiser. truth. I drove my friends 00 S2k a few times, it takes some getting used to. He had to yell at me to rev it past 7k the first couple of times i got on it, im not used to a 9k redline :lol:. But damn is it fun to drive when you get the hang of it! IMO its the only choice here. ---
**Author:** ![jt76](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/jt76/32/5100_2.png) [@jt76](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/jt76)\ **Post date:** [January 25, 2009, 12:41am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/pick-one-v-s2k-or-350z/61787/100 "2009-01-25T00:41:42Z")
> [@dmoffitt](#): > > IMO my Z sounds like fucking sex on wheels. But maybe I’m biased or just deaf from too many track days spent well north of 5500rpm w/ test pipes LOL. S2k sounds like, well, a honda. Not BAD at all but it a tweaky 4cyl - that just doesn’t “do it for me” anymore. really? idk to me its not your typical “honda sound” :gotme: [Previous page](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/pick-one-v-s2k-or-350z/61787.md?page=4) [Next page](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/pick-one-v-s2k-or-350z/61787.md?page=6)