waaaaaah... i lost to a ford taurus....

[cyrus240sx]

getting onto the freeway in town, goes from a stop light with two lanes to one after about 1/8 of a mile then goes to freeway... i was waiting at the light minding my own business.. when i ford taurus pulls up next to me.... he revs his stock car, i didnt think much of it.... then at the green he hauls off... i didnt really think much of it at the beginning... but when i heard him pretty much floor it to redline i did the same... i was think i could just stay on his *** all the way to the onramp and then pass him once on the freeway.... i was wrong... got behind him... and he pulled on me ever so slightly through the whole thing ... then for some reason i could see him flip me off ... oh well.... i think if i was manual i would have pulled on him kinda like he pulled on me... thank god thats the next thing im doing

[cyrus240sx]

and no it wasnt a SHO taurus... i wouldnt even try to race one of those... well unless i was turbo

[Zydeco]

that suck I lost to a ford truck once. but it was less then an 1/8 mile so im not suprized.

[Atomic-S14]

hehe this was like when i lost to a freaking rice civic -_- bad feeling i tell ya....

[grimple1]

Was it the newer Taurus body style or the older? Just curious.

I don't think it would've mattered if you were an auto or not..btw.

[Veriest1]

I'm going to assume it was a newer Taurus. My dads old '90 was a an underpowered pig.

Maybe if your wheels weren't so heavy you would have won. :P

[skylinedreams]

hmm my sohc was able to beat a 80's style camaro rs on the highway. so much for v8 powah. the kid is a friend of mine he now wants to sell his car. i passed him in 4th gear and waived at him going into fifth.

[naed240sx]

Damn that really sucks. guess its time for a transmission swap? haha jk

[skydragoness]

I'm going to assume it was a newer Taurus. My dads old '90 was a an underpowered pig.

Maybe if your wheels weren't so heavy you would have won. :P

[hannibal]

hmm my sohc was able to beat a 80's style camaro rs on the highway. so much for v8 powah. the kid is a friend of mine he now wants to sell his car. i passed him in 4th gear and waived at him going into fifth.

An 80s Camaro RS has a V6...

[ETTInnov04]

at the most it the rs would have a 305 but even still nothing amazing. I also want to know what year taurus. I used to drive a 92 wagon and o my god i think it had 120 or 140hp in a 3000+ car. The newer tauruses (96+)with the 24 valve DOHC V6 are pretty peppy.

[skylinedreams]

its an rs with a v8 possible engine swap? then i hang out with the kid not exactly sure on the year its kinda like the 90's ones but i think its older. either way he said my car was fast and absolutly hates his camaro now

[Meantime]

A third-gen F-body with the 305 and an automatic isn't much faster than a manual SOHC S13. I know, I owned both. They're also more likely to have been abused early on in their lives.

If it were the V6 you would've moidered him.

[cyrus240sx]

yeah my wheels are rather heavy.... im just trying to have a good platform to add power to..... and yes it was a newer style taurus.... soon ill be faster.... so then only the sh|tloads of mustangs and camaros will be beating me... not the normal cr@p...

[GrilledCheese33]

sorry to hear that cyrus, that had to be humiliating. o well, just wait till your faster.....

[skydragoness]

One time i couldn't keep up with a benign-looking Mazda Protege ES (last model year it was also a stick), although at that time my car didn't have its tuneup yet and its timing was retarded by 5 degrees (makes a big difference, lol). Pretty embarassing nonetheless.

[GEO]

cyrus, your turboing the automatic too?

[cyrus240sx]

well i would rather just go manual first... im actually gonna try and get a personal loan once i pay off my credit card.... since the two reasons the bank said they wouldnt approve me was that i didnt have 2 years of credit history and i owed too much on my credit card... well im about to have my credit card paid off and i have more than 2 yrs of credit history now so hopefully when i apply again ill get it... i need that money so baad... especially since one of my friend is getting an srt-4 soon and hes gonna rub it in my face every day

[Veriest1]

yeah my wheels are rather heavy....

I was just kidding with you. If you look in my sig you will see the same wheels on my 240. They look good but they're rather portly. *sigh*

[cyrus240sx]

but they are damn heavy... especially with a 275 tire... once i put them on i noticed a dramatic difference driving on the freeway... oh well.... will be better for traction issue later down the line

[Veriest1]

I'm fairly certain mine are hedging in on the 35 pound each mark... with 255's.

I know with out the tires and on my super scientific Wal-Mart Spec bathroom scale the rims alone wieghed in at about 22 pounds each.

[MAXIMUS Nismo]

what does the stock 14 SE wheels weigh?

[Bronze MFP]

stock SE s14 alloys are about 18lbs if i remember right.

I cant believe you couldnt hang with the taurus.. my roommate has an SHO and he walks me like you described, so i'd assume I could beat a standard tarus.

[whiterps13]

i guess that taurus really tore ***.

[HashiriyaS14]

hehe this was like when i lost to a freaking rice civic -_- bad feeling i tell ya....

I saw a "freaking rice civic" blow the brakes off an M5 once.

Be careful with appearances, you never know.....

[bcar240]

I have a manual and I lost to a car the other day. He jumped a light and I tried to catch up like you described. Over about 1/2 mile he pulled about a car length from when I got on the gas. I was suprised and noticed it was an Acura RL, I didn't know until I got home and looked up "the car that beat me" that I realized it has a 300HP V6. I think I did good considering

[rico05]

Losing to a Dodge Ram 1500 made me decide to do a motor swap instead of fixing my timing chain rattle in my KA. For a smidge more than the cost of the chain etc. I got a CA and havn't lost since.

O wait, I don't street race. Nevermind

[shinkutat]

I rented an '05 Taurus a while ago. You'd be surprised how quick those new ones are! I definitely prefer my 240, but yeah, a heavy automatic family sedan with a big V6 still has a big V6.