Camaro Kills Girly Eclipse

This was the funniest thing that ever happened month. I called my friend with the Camaro to pick me up from work last night. We were on our way to my house when I see this girl(high-schooler) and her Eclipse(with a banner that reads "Nopi Girl" and some fugly vinyls) pull up next to us. I know her because I raced her once myself and won. I hear her rev the engine twice. When she saw me in the passenger seat, the look on her face was priceless.

Light turn green, John stomps the pedal, and the car barks like a rabid dog. by forth gear I see the Eclipse starting to pull closer, only to get left behind as he shifts to fifth and pretty much left her about 9 car lengths back before we decide to shut down. When she pulls up next to us, she gave me this dirty look and speeds off.

I love when high-schoolers think they're faster than everyone else...It just makes you feel better when you show them that they have a long way to go :evillol: .

I knew Camaros were fast, but damn...This thing took off like a F-14!

I highly bought it went form 0-170mph in 1 second flat. Cause thats how the f-14 does it. But thats besid the point.

When i was in highschool i drove a 1982 BMW 320i. It was heavly modified. Custom built turbo kit and a wack load of other things. No stupid stickers or nuttin.

But there was one guy in the mechanics class who always was braggin how fast his Z28 was. And how slow all imports are. So i said well my BMW is an import fancy a go?

He accepted. So there is a long strip infront of the school. We line up and go. He had me in first gear. I didnt make any boost till 4500rpm so he got a good car length on me. But by second i flew past him. Chirped 3rd 4th and 5th. He never said imports were slower than his Z28 from then on. He just said Hondas were slower:)

Camaro's are nice as american cars go. Im not a big fan but they are pretty nice. Got respect for ones that are tastefull. NO BIG WINGS OR SHIT LIKE THAT PLZ.

what year camaro? anything done to it? just curious.

good kill :D

Umm im not shur of the year. i thik it was 85 but im not shur. It had thw 2 square headlights, kinda square body. Nice looking rilly. He said he had lots of engine work. Had it stroked or sumptin. Beuatiful car for a Camaro. From what i could see it had a K&N, Induction hood, MSD ignition, Holley carb i think(it was shinney:D), shift kit, gutted, and prob some other stuff to.

All in all a very nice car:)

I dont have anything against import cars(except for the VW Beetle) or muscle cars, but that was my first time riding in a Camaro. I wish my Mk. III was ready, but it won't be until sometime January or February(and my cousin says if I keep bothering him it'll never get done :banghead: ). I know this girl and she's very, very, very hot(makes you wanna :boink: and :boink: and :boink: until the break of dawn), but she's 2 years younger than me. When my car gets done I'll race her again and her friend's Tiburon(it sounds mean as hell and maybe even runs faster than her). If she thought the Mk. II Supra in sleeper mode was something; just wait until she sees the Mk. III... :evillol:

NICE, Well it looks like you should let her win then. Get on her good side boink her and then go for a rematch and beat her:)

That would be fun!

F-14's don't go 0-170mph in 1 second... Maybe when launched from an aircraft carrier, but not on the runway...

the 85's were dogs as far as camaro's go...only like 190hp stock or something...

nice kill story with the eclipse too bud...

Just to clarify, the Grumman F-14B/D Tomcat has 2 General Electric F110-GE-400 afterburning engines each producing 27,000lbs of thrust.
F-14's are primarly a carrier bassed aircraft, they were designed to take off and land on an aircraft carrier. At launch with 54,000lbs of thrust and a steam driven catapult the F-14 B/D Tomcat launches off the deck at 185.3 MPH during enitial testing at the General Electric test facility.

So yes they do go from 0-170 in a second.

But a good kill

You guys are all wrong.

Google is your friend.

Catapults — The four steam-powered catapults thrust a 48,000-pound aircraft 300 feet, from zero to 165 miles per hour in two seconds. On each plane's nose gear is a T-bar which locks into the catapult's shuttle which pulls the plane down the catapult. The flight deck crew can launch two aircraft and land one every 37 seconds in daylight, and one per minute at night.

Aircraft Carrier Facts (http://www.chinfo.navy.mil/navpalib/ships/carriers/powerhouse/powerhouse.html#cats)

Ok im not wrong. My uncle usto work for grumman. The manufacturer of the Tomcat. I have test inormation on the Tomcat. And yes the steam catapult will launch an A-6 intruder, or a F-18A to 165mph with there engines not nearly at full power.

The F-14 produces enough thrust at full afterburn to launch it to 185.3mph in 1 second.

102,000lbs of force will launch the F-14 B/D series Tomcat to the speed i mentioned.

Ok im not wrong. My uncle usto work for grumman. The manufacturer of the Tomcat. I have test inormation on the Tomcat. And yes the steam catapult will launch an A-6 intruder, or a F-18A to 165mph with there engines not nearly at full power.

The F-14 produces enough thrust at full afterburn to launch it to 185.3mph in 1 second.

102,000lbs of force will launch the F-14 B/D series Tomcat to the speed i mentioned.



Wrong again, any aircraft that launches from an Aircraft carrier always launches at full power. Don't you watch Discovery channel? Or Discovery Wings channel?

And, let's not start this "I know this one guy who was a friend of my Dad. His fathers landlords 2nd nephew knows this kid from down the street who knows his shit on Aircraft Carriers."

But since you started it, My cousin was an Radar Operator on the Nimitz during the Gulf War. I've been on both the Nimitz, which I got an extented tour of it when she was docked in Pearl Harbor, Hawaii. And I've been aboard the USS Kittyhawk.

But enough of that... Point of the matter is the steam catapults can propell a plane from 0-165-170mph faster than we can say ... well a really big word.

Let's be thankful the USN uses steam catapults instead of... dare I say NOS. :rofl:

Ok im not wrong. My uncle usto work for grumman. The manufacturer of the Tomcat. I have test inormation on the Tomcat. And yes the steam catapult will launch an A-6 intruder, or a F-18A to 165mph with there engines not nearly at full power.

:lol: :lol: :lol:

Why in the HELL would they launch an aircraft with a catapult without running the engines at full power? Why not just crank the power on the engines up and forget the catapult altogether? The whole reason the catapults exist is because the planes can't accelerate fast enough under their own power to get airborne in the space of a carrier deck.

- Jason
ex Aircraft Structural Repairman
My best friends dad touched a Stealth Bomber's wheel one time :biggrin:

My best friends dad touched a Stealth Bomber's wheel one time :biggrin:


Actually, I touched the SR-71 Blackbird when I was like 3 years old. Was at a local airshow, they had one in a Hangar guarded by armed soldiers. They were letting little kids touch the nose antenna. Any person older than the age of like 10 years old was shot no questions asked... for 'security reasons'. Lucky me. :iceslolan

Best part of that airshow was when a airborn SR-71 in the area did a few fly-bys. If I remember correctly, he did one supersonic pass over the crowd. Like I said I was only like 3.... and I still remember that day like it was yesterday.

So Sweet.

not to burst your bubble guys but not all eclipses (dsm) are slow they have some pretty quick ones out there that are sleepers.. so dont sleep to much on them.. but nice killl..
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Let's be thankful the USN uses steam catapults instead of... dare I say NOS. :rofl:

Funny you should say that, since early warplanes used nitrous to get bursts of speed in emergencies :lol:

I highly bought it went form 0-170mph in 1 second flat. Cause thats how the f-14 does it. But thats besid the point.

When i was in highschool i drove a 1982 BMW 320i. It was heavly modified. Custom built turbo kit and a wack load of other things. No stupid stickers or nuttin.

But there was one guy in the mechanics class who always was braggin how fast his Z28 was. And how slow all imports are. So i said well my BMW is an import fancy a go?

He accepted. So there is a long strip infront of the school. We line up and go. He had me in first gear. I didnt make any boost till 4500rpm so he got a good car length on me. But by second i flew past him. Chirped 3rd 4th and 5th. He never said imports were slower than his Z28 from then on. He just said Hondas were slower:)

Camaro's are nice as american cars go. Im not a big fan but they are pretty nice. Got respect for ones that are tastefull. NO BIG WINGS OR SHIT LIKE THAT PLZ.
I would have punched you just for saying "fancy"

not to burst your bubble guys but not all eclipses (dsm) are slow they have some pretty quick ones out there that are sleepers.. so dont sleep to much on them.. but nice killl..
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SAYS WHO!!! IMPORTS ARE SLOW!!!!!!!! :nono:





































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O and as for imports being slow. Well lambo or a ferrari, or porsche and tell me thay are slow.

I would have punched you just for saying "fancy"


LMFAO!!! I was thinkin the same thing... :lol:

I highly bought it went form 0-170mph in 1 second flat. Cause thats how the f-14 does it. But thats besid the point.

When i was in highschool i drove a 1982 BMW 320i. It was heavly modified. Custom built turbo kit and a wack load of other things. No stupid stickers or nuttin.

But there was one guy in the mechanics class who always was braggin how fast his Z28 was. And how slow all imports are. So i said well my BMW is an import fancy a go?

He accepted. So there is a long strip infront of the school. We line up and go. He had me in first gear. I didnt make any boost till 4500rpm so he got a good car length on me. But by second i flew past him. Chirped 3rd 4th and 5th. He never said imports were slower than his Z28 from then on. He just said Hondas were slower:)

Camaro's are nice as american cars go. Im not a big fan but they are pretty nice. Got respect for ones that are tastefull. NO BIG WINGS OR SHIT LIKE THAT PLZ.


first of all as redneck pointed out the f-14 does not go from 0-170 in 1 sec not even with the catapult


second i would like to know what compressor trim did that turbo had on your BMW?

Well i have books that prove what im saying about hte F-14 Tomcat. ie The Encyclopedia Of Modern Warplanes/ Bill Gunston Pg. 131 middle of the page.

And as for the BMW i will have to let you know about that. The turbo was installed before i bought it. Engine was dead as well. Just did the fabrication of the intake manifold and exhaust manifold, and other ods and ends. I will hopefullt be baroughing my brother in lawys digital cam. ill try to get a good pic of the turbo and the stampings on the side.

Ill poste pics as soon as i have em.

Well i have books that prove what im saying about hte F-14 Tomcat. ie The Encyclopedia Of Modern Warplanes/ Bill Gunston Pg. 131 middle of the page.




really cuz this says differently

http://science.howstuffworks.com/aircraft-carrier4.htm

"This totally steam-driven system can rocket a 45,000-pound plane from 0 to 165 miles per hour in two seconds! (a 20,000-kg plane from 0 to 266 kph)"

and so does this:

http://www.globalsecurity.org/military/systems/ship/cv-design.htm

"A steam-powered catapult accelerates an aircraft under full throttle, from 0 to 165 mph in 2 seconds during take-off to help it reach take-off speed"

and again

http://en2.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aircraft_carrier

"A steam-powered catapult accelerates an aircraft under full throttle, from 0 to 165 mph in 2 seconds during take-off to help it reach take-off speed."


getting the picture?

and don't say that there is little difference between 1 sec and 2 since its twice the acceleration.

Funny you should say that, since early warplanes used nitrous to get bursts of speed in emergencies :lol:


i thoguth they used water injection, to basically increase the compression ratio.

idelaysionl is right nitrous was originally used in old airplanes and then later adapted in drag racing

idelaysionl is right nitrous was originally used in old airplanes and then later adapted in drag racing

I swear you guys get off into that other shit sometimes.

[QUOTE=DkShadow]SAYS WHO!!! IMPORTS ARE SLOW!!!!!!!!


Well bring your mustang on down to AZ. Ill shhmoke ya!

Actually, as for how quickly a Tomcat accelerates on launch from a carrier I cannot comment, and honestly ain't all that concerned about. But, when someone mentioned earlier that Tomcats do not always take off at full military power he is correct. Let me explain.

The original F-14A was kind of underpowered for such a big aircraft. Fully loaded out that aircraft is a heavy mother and had to take off at full military power (in afterburner) The problem with this is afterburning uses a LOT of fuel in a very short amount of time.

There are two problems with a carrier plane taking off in full burner. Jet fuel is not cheap and is in limited supply onboard ship ...period, so they like it when you spend less at the pump.

But mainly, the biggest problem is it reduced loiter time when the Tomcat was running CAP, and essentially acting as the only real point of defense between the carrier and a cruise missile attack from soviet bombers (You know, that thing Tomcat pilots did when they were trying to keep the Soviets from slamming a few cruise missiles into a Nimitz class)

In that instance the Tomcat that took off in full burner is either a:Going to have to join up and mid air refuel much quicker than with no burner on takeoff or b: return to the carrier much quicker.

As Tomcats truly are the defender of the fleet and Tomcats and JP are both very limited quantites onboard a carrier assuming the onset of hostilities. Anything that keeps the Cats in the air longer doing their job defending the fleet, AND saves jet fuel is worth it's weight in gold to the Navy.

When the Tomcat got the engine upgrade in the B and later D models, the performance of the airplane improved greatly. And, afterburner was simply no longer necessary upon takeoff, which was stated as one of the major benefits and reasons for the engine upgrade in the first place. So no, the big Cats most definately do not always take off under full military power, and it would not make sense to do so.

Just a far off topic FYI.

haha yeah the germans descoved nos in WWII

O and as for imports being slow. Well lambo or a ferrari, or porsche and tell me thay are slow.


They are all slow. Slow and expensive!! :disappoin















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[QUOTE=DkShadow]SAYS WHO!!! IMPORTS ARE SLOW!!!!!!!!


Well bring your mustang on down to AZ. Ill shhmoke ya!
Wut Fer? :dunno:






Arizona is not kind to Mustangs :headshake

Fuck we should open up another thread about the F-14, i mean how do we get from a camaro to an F-14 :uhoh: but umm...ya... good race???

Fuck we should open up another thread about the F-14, i mean how do we get from a camaro to an F-14 :uhoh: but umm...ya... good race???

Typical Street Racing forums.. hahahaha..

They are all slow. Slow and expensive!! :disappoin

:nono: Expensive: yes. Slow: only a few... My Mk. III Supra will be done by February(hopefully my cousin and some of the other guys at the garage can work that fast) and then all the little ricers can see again that sleepers rule this world. I thinking of signing my position as team president over to the Camaro though...

Yes they are expensive and slow, slow and ugly... Cant outrun ugly thats why its slow :uhoh:


















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hey... it also depends on what kind of car you are racing with..some of the import cars are very slow but some them with mods are very fast.. Camaro with z28 not even match..Such as Toyota supra with VR4 or 3000 Gt with vr4 ..Camaro's ?? no match at all!

hey... it also depends on what kind of car you are racing with..some of the import cars are very slow but some them with mods are very fast.. Camaro with z28 not even match..Such as Toyota supra with VR4 or 3000 Gt with vr4 ..Camaro's ?? no match at all!


yeah if you put one of those vr4's in your engine nothing can beat you not even those camaros with z28 inserts:sly:



I saw one of them supra vr4...nasa was using them to reach escape velocities for new satelites :icon16:

O and as for imports being slow. Well lambo or a ferrari, or porsche and tell me thay are slow.

Yes, but when people around these parts say "import", they mean Japanese cars ;)

this thread is no longer about the race :banghead:

quick very very newbie qestion what is VR4?
i think engine kit ,right ?
if so please were can i find specifications

this thread is no longer about the race :banghead:

Good point.