Two years ago, Nissan unveiled the seventh generation of its Z-car line of sports cars, the Nissan Z. It’s not a race car, but Emelia Hartford and a team of experts prepared the car for a 1/4 mile test to determine whether this Nissan Z was the fastest or slowest in the world.
After a series of technical changes to make the car stable on the track, they installed a twin-turbo 3.8-L DOHC V6 engine with 2,000 hp (1,491 kW) in the Nissan Z. Nissan executives and Motortrend were present to document the test, and the car was tested at the Famoso Dragstrip, home to the annual March Meet, also known as the U.S. Fuel and Gas Championships.
After the car was warmed up, they began testing. The first two runs were trial runs to get the car tuned to its maximum and achieve the desired goal. They took a slow-mo video of the car launching and see that the car is actually pulling left without the wheel pulling left. After that, the car went out on the track again and achieved a time of 8.5 seconds, which was already a new record. But that was not enough, because they wanted more.
On her last outing on the track, Emelia achieved a time of 7.75 seconds with a top speed of 291.2 km/h. This meant that this Nissan Z was the fastest Z model in the world.
Source: Emelia Hartford via YouTube
