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Post by morbital on Jan 26, 2010 17:02:38 GMT -5
i just had to get this off my chest.. im sorry to say that i lost against a stupid NEON SRT goat.. i had no idea these damn cars were quick. at the time when my car was running well, i had done a full exhaust and new plug wires, and custom chip. when i raced it. at first it was head to head at first and after the 50 mph mark the darn car left me.. i ended up at least a car and a half away. them cars go fast after they get to high rpm..
the best race i've won was against a 2004 bmw z4 series.. totally owned it.. spanked it and left a chevy emblem in the face.. left it at least 3 car lenghts... surprised i won, thought those straight sixes were quick.. it wasn't a m seires so that explained why i won.. or the guy sucked at driving a manual.
that neon cannot go out of my head.. i feel like i put our cars down.. once i get my car up and stuff. hopefully with my ls1 in i would spank one. i hope i still want a rematch!
anyone wants to share their good and bad moments..?
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Post by z28camaroracer on Jan 27, 2010 0:08:18 GMT -5
I think the srt4's run mid to high 13's stock and 12's with mild mods.
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Post by Lucid on Jan 27, 2010 3:02:49 GMT -5
SRT4 Neon's make like 215-230hp and 245-250 lb*ft of torque with a 2900 lb curb weight.
Our Fbodys have a curb weight in the 3200-3500 range.
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Post by monkihead on Jan 27, 2010 17:25:53 GMT -5
srt4's stock run 14s. Mild upgrades get them into the 13s. Suspension work and tweeking the map sensor can get them into the 12s.
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Post by throttleposition on Jan 27, 2010 18:28:17 GMT -5
Lets see what have i raced...? keep in mind this is on my practically STOCK 89 formula 350 with at the time had over 170,000 miles on it, burning oil and losing compression, stock manifolds, exhaust leaks, and a weak fuel pump.
I have raced 2 Fox Body mustangs, one was an 86 5.0 the other was an 87 5.0.
When I raced the 86 he had swapped over to different heads (like the 87 5.0's heads breathe better so he put those on) and basically rebuilt the top end of the motor. I raced him on his own turf and lost twice. He had a flowmaster and fat tires and I couldnt catch grip. The next time I race him I want to do it from a 20 roll. That was before I did the fuel pump, delete pulley, or any of my other minor mods.
I used to work with a guy that has an 87 5.0 that has a king cobra clutch, larger throttle body, headers, MSD, cold air kit and flowmasters. I raced him from a 20 roll. From 20-50 it was dead even until I started to pull him. and then he fell away (gave up?) his excuse was he missed a shift. He used to talk so much crap and he wont race me again lol. that was after I did some minor mods.
I raced a Honda CRX one time on huebner, lol it was badass. I was cruising right there on i10 near dezavala and this red CRX like flies past me, all loud and ricey. I see him dodge thru traffic all crazy and obnoxious, so Im thinking to myself, so this idiot thinks he can just drive like that cause he thinks he has a badass car? The angel on my left shoulder was all like "dont do it." the devil on my right shoulder was like "CATCH HIM"
lol so I said, FUCK IT and he turned right onto huebner and I caught him at a light and he was in front of some cars at the light and I was in line behind them. So the light turns green and he like FLOORS it and is all hauling ass and i go around the other people, see that hes like flooring it due to his ricey high pitched 7000 RPM exhaust note and I just glide past him like it was nothing, and so im like 7 car lengths in front of him going 90ish and i see him in my rear view and I let off. all I hear is him start to try to catch up so I just hit the gas a little bit and he just cant seem to come any closer, lol. I was just playing with him. And finally we meet up at another light, its just me, and him. He revs it up all gay. I look over and smile.
This time it's on, baby. Lets see what that POS can do. I drop it into 1st gear on my 700r4. Light turns green and I hear him try to gun it and my reaction time was perfect, I burn out all the way thru 1st gear and manually shift it at 4800 RPM to second and by the time im ready to stick it into drive (or 3rd gear) I already see that he just got owned. so I just slow down and at that point he just cruises mildly to our next red light. I look over at him and he looks at my car and goes "its just a v4!" i replied with "you mean Inline 4, cause theres no such thing as a v4!" It was some mexican kid. That was alot of fun making that guy feel like a douche bag. Maybe next time he wont try to drive all crazy for no reason acting like hes all hard when hes not.
Ive raced badass cars not thinking I was going to win but rather just to see how badass they really are. I raced one of those new Lexus IS 350 a couple of times just for fun and they pull me, and I raced a Mercedes SL550 AMG just for shits and giggles and those things are waaay fast. Also, a E-500 Mercedes pulled me as well, but barely.
Ive raced a Nissan Sentra SeR with headers, no cats and cold air and absolutely raped him. At the track I raced a Dodge Cummins Turbo Diesel 3500 and completely obliviated him. Ran a 14.8 I think? I also raced a brand new Honda Fit that was turbo on the track. I killed him all the way up to 3rd gear and he started coming up fast and that race I ran a 14.5 and he barely won with a 14.3. remember this is with my stock 2500$ Firebird with 170k+ miles on entire drivetrain!
other times Ive raced, against some white highschooler in a silver integra, killed him, raced a couple of eclipses, won every time, basically ive never lost to a 4 banger that wasnt turbo'd. Raced a late 90's maxima with exhaust and other unknown mods, killed it. Raced a 3.5 v6 Maxima and that fucker was pretty fast on the highway and he didnt pull me nor did I him. raced a couple of F-150s, won every time.
I raced a Lightning on the highway and believe it or not I was expecting him to absolutely kill me but he wasnt pulling on me all that hard, like if i had a manual or an intake better suited for highway racing i would have easily taken that one.
but yeah there is my short summary.
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Post by morbital on Jan 28, 2010 12:21:34 GMT -5
throttle position damn! that's quite a list! i wouldnt mess with them fox body mustangs. esspecially with big fat tires in the rear. i heard those cars are cheap to get horsepower. and alot of them are boring them 5.0 or swaping to a 351W, those things are EVIL!one thing i've noticed about the ricers here is that they drive crazy in highways. i guess they think doing that makes them improve their driving skills?? what's up with that! good kills tho!
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Post by throttleposition on Jan 30, 2010 19:46:18 GMT -5
Yeah stock high mileage 5.0's wont beat my car especially with those stock gears at a 20 roll or at a light. My boss has an 87 GT thats like well maintained, its a ttop and a 5 spd. Hes tryna sell it for 2500$, id be downgrading massively. He is the original owner and everything is stock down to the muffler. He wont race me because he knows he will lose. lol
But like you said they are super cheap to make fast, one with minor mods can put a whooping on my high mileage stocker easy
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albani
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Post by albani on Feb 6, 2010 10:53:15 GMT -5
This old man don't race anymore. Got that out of my system many years ago. Now, I just like cruising and shifting through the gears.
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