lose to a c5?

[NoStickers]

I always think about all the hard work and money ive put into my car when someone lines up with me on the street. i might as well die with my car if i get in a wreck (j/k but ya know what i mean)

[Phax]

First of all, if you haven't removed your speed limiter, the car will shut down around 112mph. Assuming you were able to overcome that, you'd still get smoked.

I raced a C5 Vette down the 110 and over the Vincent Thomas Bridge (Ever seen the new Gone in 60 Seconds? That one.) My car is only running 8psi with I/E. We had a couple of runs, where I was using 3rd and 4th. He had more power, but it wasn't THAT much more. With another 10-15 pounds of boost and some more agressive suspension settings, it's conceivable to be able to at least hang with a C5.

Those cars sound mean at WOT.

Edit: I have no idea what I was talking about. I got the C5 and the Z06 confused (sorry, I'm not a big Vette fan). The car I raced was a Z06. He kept walking away from me.

[Asleep Altima]

no limiter on a 5spd first gen alty. id like to be able to beat one at some point. weve sorta determined that a 75 shot on a ka is about the equivalent of 10-11 lbs of boost on a ka-t. from a dead stop, the c5 will take it no doubt. from a roll, it can be even'd up a bit.

[entity]

entity: i did the swap myself. whats colors the 240? you do a swap?

Mine's green, and no mine's still a KA. I don't know nuff to do a swap heh.

[240dreams]

I cut off a c5 and he changed lanes to pass me but i gunned it. Im pretty sure he was at WOT b/c he stayed behind me to whole time til 70 then we stopped b/c of traffic. I think from 0- maybe 80 a SR'd 240 can hang with a C5 but after that, its over.

[240SXer]

I held a auto 2000 C5 till 120mph at 12psi, so I dunno about you dudes. We're only talking about a car that runs low 14s/high 13s. Not knowing exactly which model and trim the C5 was it's hard to say, you're basically looking at a 12.8-14.5 possible 1/4 mile performance (12.8 being a zo6, 14.5 being an auto convertable). Being that most sold are auto hardtop, you would have won.

We all seem to have illusions about how fast a C5 really is. I'd say after about 120-130mph the C5 would start to pull on your average T25 boosted SR, but not much before that. (assuming the SR has Intake/exhaust, FMIC and 14psi)

[Ubernoober]

Quote »what car do you drive ubernoober? That's what I thought. Another rookie tries to step up.[/quote]

What does this mean? Am I supposed to suck?

1970 Mach11970 Torino GT1999 Supercharged Saleen

Which one of those you wanna race me in?

[240SXer]

None of those cars are fast stock. The Saleen is pretty quick, but it's not even crazy fast. Let's not argue.

[NoStickers]

entity: I didnt know anything about cars and ended up doing a swap

[entity]

entity: I didnt know anything about cars and ended up doing a swap

Ouch..how long was your car down for?

[NoStickers]

8 months to do everything (suspension and engine stuffs). thats only working weekends, waiting on parts and i ended up buying another 240 within that time. the actual swap took 8 hours to make running and the only experience i had before all this was changing oil. i hadnt even changed spark plugs before.

[PantherRacer]

ummmm wow....so...it'd be better to SR my (future) 240? or turbo it? there's this mustang around here that PISSES me off....soon as i get my 240 I'm gonna whip on him ....speedin roun here like he has no sense...can't count on tha Honda boyz ta do him nuttin...2 all motor civic hatchbacks...oh wow...no balls ta get that ford jack-*** (no, it's not a horse) DAMMIT THERE HE GOES AGAIN!!!!!!!! GRRRRRRRRRRRR

[MainEvent212]

please dont...

[PantherRacer]

don't wat?

[Big Perm]

be careful with those old boys with the stock looking c5 hardtops. Some of those good old boys can simply get a set of cams and a few other goodies and still look stock. Especially from the rear, which is where you will be seeing it from.

Don't get me wrong - I love my turbo import as much as the next guy. Vettes can be monsters in the right hands.

[PantherRacer]

yea, corvettes do have some juice behind em, but mustangs gat weak sauce lol

[Mr1der]

be careful with those old boys with the stock looking c5 hardtops. Some of those good old boys can simply get a set of cams and a few other goodies and still look stock.

you mean cam;)

hey Ubernoober, what's under the hood of said Mach 1 and Torino GT?