what z car do you think would out run what mustang? Whenever i see any mustang i never fail to think that my zx would smoke it no problem. and i often see videos online that contain a z car smoking mustangs. you guys got any input on this?

I hope you're not talking about a 2011 Mustang GT. It would run away and hide from your ZX. It has 412 hp. My 2005 GTO is fairly modded and those new Mustangs still give me a tough time. And the Shelby GY500 will outrun me but with 540 hp, it should. Ford really outdid themselves this time.......

Edited February 3, 201114 yr by sblake01

Just google the power to weight ratios of the cars of interest, and you get a pretty decent idea of their "quickness". Next question is, in a straight line, or on a road course?

idk. i guess either. i like to think both. i guess i am really cocky about my car.

also i don think that power to weight ratio would be an accurate way to tell what vehicle would out perform the other due to the design and quality of the engine and the design and areo dynamics of the car. not to mention the way the car is put together.

I'd love to get my hands on a newer Roush Mustang. the 427R. or the Stage 3 set-up.

But honestly though, Your ZX won't stand a chance against the Supercharged Mustangs. Sorry. Though you might have fun going against their V6's. Our Power to weight is a little better and it's funny as hell when you pull away from them and the look on their face as you do it.

I too am cocky, until I'm proved wrong. it happens. Not often, but it happens.

Dave

Seriously...look at even the 2011 base V6 Mustang...0-60 in 5.1 sec...That is what 305HP and a 7K redline will get you...and 30 plus MPG.

Edited February 3, 201114 yr by het976

Any new Mustang is going to smoke your ZX (assuming it is as stock as it looks in your avatar). If it doesn't, the other guy didn't know you were racing him. This is true on a road course also. Your ZX would have been faster than my first car, a 79 Mustang with the 2.3L Pinto motor.

Edited February 3, 201114 yr by jmortensen

Seriously...look at even the 2011 base V6, Mustang...0-60 in 5.1 sec...That is what 305HP and a 7K redline will get you...and 30 plus MPG.

Yea, after 25 years of making fun of Honda's V-Tech they've finally put it in their engines.

also i don think that power to weight ratio would be an accurate way to tell what vehicle would out perform the other due to the design and quality of the engine and the design and areo dynamics of the car. not to mention the way the car is put together.

Power to weight ratio does pretty much determine performance. The other things you mention? The new Mustang has your car beat in all of them. Cocky is one thing but in this case I'm afraid you will have to face reality.

i was not just talking about my zx. i was talking about any model z.

There is a serious need to define the exact perimeters of your question.

Are you talking stock Z/Mustang? Which yr or yrs? Modified or not?

There are heavily modified Z with more than 400-500HP and upgraded suspensions that would compete with newer Mustangs I would imagine.