Why laps times are poop

[TylerLieberman]

Originally Posted by totopo

You chose a poor car to make your point. On lightning lap the 370z wins by 6 seconds, and back then the 2008 lightning lap times was amateur drivers and pobst ran the brz tines, so a prp can probably get an even better 370z time.

On Adams the 370z would probably win by half to a full second on equal tires, more on the oem tires. Why people in solo2 cs qq'd so hard they got the 370z kicked out of the class.

The twins aren't some handling gods. They were meant to be fun, not fast. If don't understand the obsession people on this forum have over lap times. Just accept that the car is a fun drivers car.

You basically just said the same thing I did after criticizing my post lol. On a higher speed track, the Z easily wins by a few seconds or more. On a smaller track, where the Z can't use that power advantage, the times are a bit closer. I even said the cars weren't really direct competitors but I used the two vehicles as an example relating to this post.

I also never stated the twins being handling gods, and if you've ever seen some of my other posts, you'll know that I don't think the FRS is the end all be all of sports cars, and that it definitely has its shortcomings.

I also, like previously stated, don't really care that much at all about lap times. I think it's cool to see in terms of comparison, but it only tells so much of the story. Like I said, If I cared about lap times that much, then for $35-$40k, I would have bought a different vehicle than the one I own now.

I just think your jimmies got rustled a bit cause I mentioned a Z in comparison, which you own.

[strat61caster]

Originally Posted by TylerLieberman

Think about if you took a BRZ and compared it to a 370Z ( I know they aren't direct competitors). How big would the difference in lap time be at a track like Big Willow at WSIR? I imagine it would be a few seconds. Then what about a smaller track like Adam's Kart Track?

Originally Posted by totopo

The twins aren't some handling gods. They were meant to be fun, not fast. If don't understand the obsession people on this forum have over lap times. Just accept that the car is a fun drivers car.

Going back and looking at the autocross results, here's a short list of cars my 86 'beat' on street tires with stock suspension + camber plates.
E36/E46 M3
'15 Mustang GT
987 Cayman S
997 911 S
'15 Golf R
'02 Viper
C5 Vette
Evo X
'12 Gen Coupe 3.8 RS