Alex57r

I don't know if I necessarily beleive the magazines, but when I test drove a manual coupe I thought to myself, if that's all this car has got, I'd rather just have an auto. I live in NYC and even though a stick is much more fun to tdrive, there is always traffic here. To be honest I beleive that a pro can drive a stick faster than even a 7at, but in the real world, this will never happen. I remember when I had a maxima 5MT (2000) it was a whole second faster 0-60 in stick than in automatic, but nowaday, a couple of tenths? eeh, who cares?

One thing for sure, in those videos, launching techniques make a difference on a AWD car. As long as there is no wheelspin, the sooner its in the powerband the faster your time. How much difference? eeh.... Its still a heavy car...

G37MA

I went from a 6MT s to a 7ATX and I can say that the auto does feel faster.

Alex57r

It would be interesting to see a 6MT coupe vs a 7at AWD X sedan race head to head under the same conditions...

G37-6MT

Actually, some wheelspin of the line helps the car get into the powerband immediately. When I drag raced my Mustangs, my best 60ft. times came with the perfect blend of wheelspin and riding the clutch. If I just dumped the clutch off the line, the car would bog or have too much wheelspin.

Watch the 1/4 mi launch of the G37 on this clip: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uuri5zIqbTw

If wheelspin didn't help, they would avoid it.

Mike

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Wheelspin gets your engine further into its powerband, but you're not putting the power to the ground. It's being wasted in the form of wheelspin.

Remember, Static friction > kinetic friction.

You want to put enough power down, that you're putting more to the ground than the threshold to maintain kinetic friction, but not enough to break static friction.

Ideally, you want to be right under static friction cap.

chasemyaccord

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Mike = rocket scientist

Gamedog

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Don't give Mike the credit, I read all that on the back of my box of Cheerios this morning.

Plagiarism FTL.

G37Sam

Mike =

bunluvsvw

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My 08 G37 coupe with 5at did a 13.6@ 102mph. The best thing to do is to leave it on DS mode and floor it. At the light, I did step on both the brake and the gas and kept the rev at around 1600-1800 rpm. Once the light turned green, I instantly let go of the brake and the car just takes off. Oh I forgot to mention I was running on 20s so I think its not a bad time. I sold the G and got a IsF and took it to the track. My IsF is doing a flat 13.0 @ 111mph so I know im having traction problem with it right now. I just gotta keep working at it till I hit a 12.6 i guess my tires are too new and are not sticky enough yet. Not to mention the stock 255s are kinda thin for a 400+ hp car.

Mike

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None of you fools went to college? Oh wait this is high school physics that everyone sleeps through

chasemyaccord

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Haha, I loved high school physics. I actually passed the AP test on that one Too bad I don't remember squat anymore....well a few things here and there...centripetal force = (mv^2)/r...hahahaha

shumby

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lol i got a 92 on my AP physics exam

Alex57r

I went ... to.... wait, what were we talking about again...?

Oh well..