Quote Originally Posted by Vteckidd View Post
seems you got my friend fired up last night lol.


Heres what i think, and this is my last post on the matter

1) What SHOULD a car run vs what a Car actually runs is a very huge misconception. Too many variables. I always say what my car has RUN, not what it SHOULD run. To date its run 14.1@98mph (i think on one run i trapped 99 but had a slower ET). My old 190whp CRX trapped 103mph and ran 13.8. Weird.
I don't have a problem with that.

But 200whp, B16 tranny, 2200 pound car IS a 12 second car with a good driver, slicks, and prepped track.

2) I really dont know what it SHOULD run, because ive never really pushed it to the limits. When it ran 14.1 i didnt have the cams,valvetrain, etc. Now i only gained 5-6whp, but i also gained a lot more RPM. So in theory it should be faster but ive never gone back to the track to find out.
Like I've been saying, come out to SDR one night and run it. I think it'll impress you if you'll get some slicks and drive the shit out of it.

4) My old 240whp CRX SHOULD have run 11.7-11.9 all day, but i never tracked it. That car was MUCH faster than the car i own now. Not even close to the same power. I believe in all reality if i give the car to a great driver with 22in slicks and a perfect track that isnt commerce, its a LOW 13 car at best. Im talking 13.2-13.3.

I just dont see the 12s in it at all, i know how fast a 12 second car is, i would have RAPED that C5 vette. I would have RAPED Chunky and Voya, im not, im hanging with cars that make similar power. Cars that run in the 14s.

The vette consistently runs 13.8s. I think he ran 20 times that night an it was 13.8-13.9. You telling me he puts Drag Radials on and it runs high 12s? gimme a break. Its an Auto vette with exhaust, how is that possible?

FYI My 60Fts were 2.2. SHITTY i know, but no one was hooking that night.
Your car with slicks WILL launch HARD. It's light, great gearing, strong motor. You keep telling me how bad everyones cars were spinning, but you keep saying cars are slow at commerce. No wonder. A honda spinning/bogging and a honda launching hard are two different animals... running a high 12 NA honda from a ROLL is like running a 13 second anything else. 1.8 60' and 2.2 60' can be around .8th of a second difference in 1/4 time Add in spinning 2nd and 3rd gear, and you have your 12.

Power : weight


My friends STOCK LS1 auto camaro CONVERTIBLE, so it was heavy, ran a 13.4. Corvette is lighter than just a regular camaro, then you add in it was a convertible camaro and the corvette had exhaust. With traction that's possibly a high 12.