Great review! Why did you not get an m3 or 911? Faster than the z yet more driver involvement than the gtr I went for a ride and left that car with a whole new outlook on how "slow" my car really was haha Tune and downpipes in a friends went 11.2 with 1,500 miles on the car. The few times I was in a GTR the car blew my mind, its interesting to here that from you who has owned one that was modded as well. GTR>370z GTR=370Z TT IMO, that is why OP is throwing rims and a turbo on it, in what seems like before the engine breaks 5k miles, ha. Give me a TT 370z, which I couldnt logically do because of possible engine failure down the line, diminished life of all your drivetrain parts, and excessive costs to repair things, and I would be about as happy as I would be in any higher end sports car. The awd and incredible traction of the gtr also kills some of the "fun", But to me throwing a tune and downpipes/exhaust and going down the 1/4 in 11.2-10.8 is certainly something I could have fun doing. If the GTR's DCT is as good or better than the scuderia's I think a lot of us would be suprised at how good and fun they could be. BUT after driving a scuderia for just 8 laps around the track I would of been more than pleased with that tranny. I couldnt afford a GTR but if i could I wouldnt buy it due to the lack of a true manual. think about all the auto guys who love there 370z just as much as us manual guys. The GTR is a beast of a machine, that is MUCH faster and handles MUCH better than our Zs. Our final speed is not noticeably higher, but in important other areas we notice a serious improvement in aerodynamics of the Evolution fuselage in combination with the Evolution front wings.As much as I agree with the OP here in what he wants from the car and the Z delivering. We find the 1000 cm2 just a little better balanced than the 900 cm2, which may not give a little too much lift. The stiffer profile is certainly to the reason for this. The 1000 cm2 front wing gave only a little bit more lift than the new Evolution 900 cm2 front wing, but is very fast and is also very long easily controllable. In a direct comparison with others, we were able to stay on the foil longer with wind dips and we could just stick 1 or 2 degrees higher upwind. We had to sail faster than we are used to with the 0 degrees spacer instead of the +0.5 degrees where we almost always have more wind foils. In addition, the 900 cm2 front wing in particular gives significantly more lift. That gives confidence and therefore you can keep pushing longer. It is simply easier to go stable down wind. The clearly stiffer front wings clearly give more control down wind when it goes fast. Is this due to the higher weight or that they are fractionally thicker? Or does Starboard secretly use different carbon?īack to wind foiling. However, during wind foiling it is very clearly noticeable that the front wings feel a lot stiffer than the old front wings. According to Starboard, the carbon quality of the front wings is the same as that of the old front wings, C300 carbon. We also experience these differences with the Evolution 1000 cm2 front wing. But it is ultimately about the wind foil properties.Īs mentioned above, during our 1st session we experienced a big difference in wind foil properties of the Evolution 900 cm2 front wing compared to the old IQfoil 900 cm2 front wing. So what Starboard lists as changes doesn’t seem entirely consistent with our findings. Except for the 800 cm2, which has become slightly thinner (and also thinner than the 725 cm2 at most measuring points).On average, the wings have become slightly thicker (we are talking about max 0.5 mm).Except for the 800 cm2, which has become about 40 grams lighter (= -4%). All measured Evolution front wings have become between 45 and 66 grams heavier (= 5% to 8%).Because we no longer had all sizes of the old front wings, we could only compare the 1000 cm2, 900 cm2, 800 cm2 and 725 cm2. Because we were triggered by a completely different sailing behavior of the 900 cm2 front wing, we started measuring (we even measured several front wings of the same size) and we came to quite surprising insights. Thinner profile of the Evolution front wings, or not?Īccording to Starboard’s website, of the tips of the 900 and 800 front wings should be thinner and the 1000 cm, 725 and 650 would have remained unchanged.
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