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hey guys long time reader first time poster

:whistling: noob

anyway i took a m35 stagea for a test drive today and it felt slow. it felt slower than my sigma

ive never driven one before so im looking to jump in someones car(with them) for 5min or so

anyone south of the city would be awsome i will drive to them

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Slow?

1st time I drove one I was impressed.

You sit pretty high in a stagea.. This would make it seem slower then it is.

That's odd.

Seriously slower then your sigma?

If that's the case, walk away. Look at another car.

yeah it felt slower(sigmas 130kw atw)but u do sit low

in D rolling 10km/h, then flat to the floor and it didnt pull me hard into my seat like all the other turbos ive owned

the fuel light was on, does it go into eco/limp mode

i really need a ride in another to compare, it could be im just use to shitty cars that are either on or off with power and it is fast

Stockies are not all that quick, infact, a stock turbo M35 would be around the 130awkw with a much heavier car that a sigma. However this can be upgraded. Simple mods will net good gains, and wake it up. The stock turbo is fragile and will run out of puff at 200rwkw tuned.

The M35 will drive rings around a sigma with some power and suspension mods. But at the end of the day, it's a big ass wagon, Not a sports car. Buy a sports car if you want one, and a wagon if you need a wagon.

It's 204kw at the fly factory, attessa system is full time RWD with torque split as necessary.

RWD only loose 15 - 20% through the drive train, so that's a max loss of 40kw, which makes around 160rwkw

And in 70/30 split its about 30% loss which is 140kw at all 4.

You have to remember this.

Your sigma, silvia, corolla, datsun, etc are all around 1.0 - 1.2 T.. With the same if not

More power at the treads...The M35 is 1.6 - 1.7 T

That's an extra 0.5 T of weight is has to move.

You can't compare cars like that.

In the end it's a family wagon... It will beat an SS commo wagon...

BUT - the M35 has alot of unlocked potential.

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