Calling Them Out?

Sorry if this is posted in the wrong forum all.


I have a buddy with a 2000 VW Jetta TDI 5spd which he's lowered and added 18" rims to but no performance parts. Basically his car looks good and that's about it, if anything it's slower now from what he's done to it!

Anyways, i had him over to my place the other night and was tentatively giving him a tour of the Pontiac (i say tentatively cuz i haven't cleared away the last season's rust and really shined her up yet this year, she looks like hell right now) and i asked him if he wanted to race.

He kinda laughed and said no way, that his car wasn't a race car. Obviously mine isn't and i tried to persuade him but he was set that he'd lose, especially on the highway (which is the only place i think i could take him).

Any thoughts on how to coax him out? I think it'd be a great run if i could get him to go with it!

On a side note, i was challenged to a race by my little brother today; he drives an '89 bone stock tempo sedan with the 4 cylinder and automatic. What can i say? The kid's just bought his first car!

:iceslolan Sorry this is just really funny!

So i laughed and said 'sure, what the hell!' So we negotiate our way to to a quieter freeway 15 minutes out and merge on, him right behind me. My cell rings and i answer it...it's John on the phone and he says " i'm right behind you, and i'll flash my lights 3 times and if i can pass you i win, if i can't you win". I just laughed and hung up the phone.

So he flashed his lights, pulled out with (i'm assuming) his foot to the floor. I floor my own gas pedal and he gets starts getting smaller and smaller in the rearview mirror. I'm killing myself laughing at our idiocy as i slow down and he catches up. He keeps coming like crazy trying to do a fly by, so i floor it again, and his momentum and my acceleration put us about even for a few seconds 'til i start to pull on him, and again he gets smaller and smaller...

So yeah, that's my little story to accompany my question. I'm pathetic and strange i know!

:bananasmi

Oh what it was like driving when you get your first car... Great times. That sounds like fun. But you really need to find a way to race that jetta. I've always wondered what kind of power they withold...

find a way to race that jetta. I've always wondered what kind of power they withold...


I know!!... suggestions??

well i doubt the 18's slowed that jetta one bit since it is a turbo diesel. so its all low end. those things are for towing stuff, not for top speed runs.

I know!!... suggestions??
Do this...
You: Man i raced my little brother and all the sudden my damn car started skipping. I think i might have messed something up i'm going to look at it today.
Him: Hum, what do you think it is.
You: Maybe the carburator, not that expensive i'll get a new one soon probably.
Then dont say anything about you racing him for a while. Ask him to come over and tell you what he thinks in a couple of days. Pull out 2 spark plug wire just enough to where its not firing right, then let him drive it and ask him what's wrong.
A couple days later ask him if he wants to race still, start talking shit about how your car could beat his not even running right (he will get PISSED) and then re-connect the spark plug wires. Damn i'm good. Peace. :smokin:

Do you speak from experience?

:grinno:

lol it sounds like it, but its not a bad idea :)

Haha that's just to funny to think about...i had a friend who had a tempo...we tried to measure the 0-60 on it but i got side track for dozing off lol.

a TDI??? Turbo Diesel is built for gas mileage not for racing its kind of slow from what i hear.

Do you speak from experience?

:grinno:
I've took out my share of cars by being a liiiiitttle tricky. :smile:

sounds like an anti-import owner to me. :rolleyes:

that's the lamest thing i've ever heard.
let him drive it with some plugs disconnected?
genius.

with enough money anything can go fast

/\ master of the obvious club member... gold card holder... ;)

it is obvious to some people and alot of people don't realize it so someone has to say it. ive seen k cars outrun modiefied supras and ive seen civics outrun vipers. so as much as people argue that something isn't doable someone has to be the one to say it is

if someone can't see that, they're biased and ignorant, as it IS obvious...

90Stangjc:

That's actually not a bad idea! I'll try that...


flywsi:

Why isn't this idea so great? I think it's genius! Though i'll be having to try REALLY hard to keep from smiling like crazy!

:iceslolan

if i have to explain

Or you can do the childish thing and insult his mother and his relatives...:grinno:

Some people build their cars for show,
Others build their cars for go.

He built his car for show and not for go, so i doubt youll be able to race him, unless you wager some money on it or something.

Some people build their cars for show,
Others build their cars for go.

He built his car for show and not for go, so i doubt youll be able to race him, unless you wager some money on it or something.
Well if he knows he built his car for show and not for go, then he wont be stupid enough to bet on a race...I hope

if i have to explain
Please do. Also what the hell is wrong with you? Have you not been getting laid lately? Everywhere i post there you are to say something shitty back to it. Take a nap.

Please do. Also what the hell is wrong with you? Have you not been getting laid lately? Everywhere i post there you are to say something shitty back to it. Take a nap.
I agree with stangjc, leave his threads alone. I dont want to read flames.

wtf children.
don't post in his threads...
don't post threads that get negative feedback.

FYI:
these are not flaming posts.
if you want flames, you'll get them.

no offense to either of you two, but your threads are rather conducive to the negative replies.

i make a comment on the quality (or lack thereof) of a post, and i'm flaming?

lightweights.

Or you can do the childish thing and insult his mother and his relatives...

LOL, yeah, but since he's a good frine di'd rather not. Plus he could kick my ass!

no offense to either of you two, but your threads are rather conducive to the negative replies.

i make a comment on the quality (or lack thereof) of a post, and i'm flaming?

lightweights.

There's no need to get upset, you do seem to have a short fuse based on some of your posts...people are just wondering what's happend to make you upset is all.

Explanation leads to confirmation and appreciation between those of a nation.

Some people build their cars for show,
Others build their cars for go.

He built his car for show and not for go, so i doubt youll be able to race him, unless you wager some money on it or something.

This is true...ya'll haven't seen my car though...honestly, when i say racing a Geo Metro stop light to stop light is a good race, i'm serious!
I have no low end power at all!

My car off the line = :yugosmili

upset?
no.
annoyed?
yes.
look at the quality of the people that have been on this board lately.
the same person has been banned with 5 names in 2 days for flaming.
it gets old.
and that's just in this forum...
look at all the locked threads... and look at why they're locked.

haha
my Olds. is pretty decent off the line for a heavy vehicle.

Well then landyatch I only have one proposition for you...Hit him and then run in your car then make him chase you :icon16:

LOL, Raz that's awesome! I'd never do it, but it's still awesome!



haha
my Olds. is pretty decent off the line for a heavy vehicle.

My car does ok i suppose...but you have to keep in mind my car weighs about 4500lbs and is 22 years old!


flylwsi if that's your reasonaing then i agree with you. Bunch of teenie boppers with nothing better to do then be ass wipes.

On a happier note, tomorrow is TGIF!!!

I've always wondered what the tdi could do. My friend has a duramax with intake, exhaust, and chip and it's fast. 14.4 last time at the track. Riding around in a 330whp and 700lb ft tourque truck is pretty cool. It totally changed my mind about diesels. If your going to have a big worktruck diesel is the way to go. 5 speed allison transmission and 20mpg not to mention the towing power. You should of seen the look on peoples faces when he brought it to the street races. When you here him load up that truck for his launch it puts a grin on your face from ear to ear. Anyways enough reminiscing you would think the tdi would be capable of some good power if the trucks can be as fast as they are.

TDI's can be uber quick...
there's a company in the UK that has one running with 1.8t's.
it's not hard...
add propane injection and nitrous, as well as freeing up the exhaust, and you're flying

TDI's can be uber quick...
there's a company in the UK that has one running with 1.8t's.
it's not hard...
add propane injection and nitrous, as well as freeing up the exhaust, and you're flying
Theres a new beatle at the dealership I went to look at the rx-7 that has a 1.8 in it, and turboed :screwy:

i missed something...
why the silly smiley guy for the 1.8t beetle?
a. all vw's 1.8 motors are turbo
b. you can get the 1.8t in almost all vw platforms, beelte included...

duramax with intake, exhaust, and chip and it's fast

Do the same thing to the Powerstroke 6.0L. Stock model in '03 from a stop is faster through the intersection then the '03 Mustang Mach 1.

Stock is 325 horses and 565lb-ft of torque. Not to mention the best transmission for the diesel trucks in the 3/4 tonne - 1 tonne class!!

Add intake and exhaust and the chip to the Ford, line it up against your bud's duramax and that'd be an AWESOME show!!

i missed something...
why the silly smiley guy for the 1.8t beetle?
a. all vw's 1.8 motors are turbo
b. you can get the 1.8t in almost all vw platforms, beelte included...
Theres nuttin wrong with it...I just find it weird to have a turboed Beetle. Just like when you see a nice set up in an accent

TDI's can be uber quick...
there's a company in the UK that has one running with 1.8t's.
it's not hard...
add propane injection and nitrous, as well as freeing up the exhaust, and you're flying
Can someone please explain to me how propane injection works?

Can someone please explain to me how propane injection works?
:1: I asked that question on another thread (because I heard that cop cars use propane as fuel) Is this better/worse? In fact I'll start a thread on it

Turbo beetle is a fun idea...it makes a great little sleeper car!

im not positive but i thought i saw in my vw owners manual from 97 that the tdi only had 95hp, because i was amazed my 2.L 8val. had 115 n not 95...