alero 3400V6 ..vs.. Acura 3.0CL

[spoolinmonkey]

ok guys got one for ya, who do you think would win in a heads up race eaither from rolling or dig..."both stock"
here are the stats
my buddies 97 acura 3.0cl
-3.0v6 200hp and 195lbs torque
- 4spd auto
- V-TEC ENGINE!
...OR MY 2002 ALERo 3400v6
-170hp 3.4v6 200 lbs torque
-4spd auto aswell

he tells me he will kill me, because of only having 170hp but i tell him it will be a fair match due to my larger displacment, and tittle more torque...so what do you think guys.....

[kman10587]

Hard to say without knowing the vehicles' weights and gearing. I know that GM's pushrod V6s and 4-speed automatics tend to put up much better performance than their numbers would indicate, so I think it'll be a damn close race going off of that alone. I guess the only way we'll ever know is...race them and find out :P

[Jimster]

I don't think that the torque advantage will mean much at all, given that it's really small.


It's all about which one's lighter.

[k3smostwanted]

like kman said, GM "non performance" vehicles tend to sometimes really give cars a run for their money.

look for the race to be very similar until about 60mph when i would think the Acura will start to pull away. GM's automatic's gearing suck large, grotesque monkey balls. i can hang with Mustang GT's in 1st gear in my GTP but as soon as i hit 2nd the damn thing falls right on its face.

[blakscorpion21]

id put my money on the acura, even though its hard to say considering i dont know the weight, but id assume its about even. your extra displacement means nothing considering his car still makes more power. and the extra 5 ft/lbs will do very little in your favor as well.