Savagegeese Nissan Z Full Technical and Driving Review

[Freewill]

because people were shitting on the bridgestone tires on the Z. it will be a direct comparison to the supra since they are also using the tires people were shitting on to see if the performance actually goes down a notch

Again, it would make sense to test them all on the better tires. Still a level playing field, and it would give Z owners a chance to see if better rubber makes a difference, rather than hoping the competition buys worse rubber after the factory originals wear out.

 

[because_murica]

Odd why not put decent Michelin's on all of them? It's down grading the Supra, not upgrading the Z. Most Z owners would buy better tires, most Supra owners wouldn't buy worse ones.

I think the point is to show how much a shitty tire affects performance. They likely have a baseline laptime for the Supra with its stock tires.

 

[DevonK]

Savagegeese has posted photos of the cars being dynoed, should make for an interesting comparison.

Just in case any of the Savagegeese team read this (@dezoris): Can you explore in some detail how the 3 compare re: fun to drive on the street? In particular, is the Z worth the extra $ over the GR86 in that regard?

 

[trackratZ]

RE71Rs are still great tires, warm up quick, and do not drop off (cycle out) as fast as the slower warmup PSC2s, I wouldn't call it a step down. Will be interesting on the test results.