Know who to race!

I have a pontiac grand prix with some exterior and engine mods but nothing serious. The other day I was driving in a highway and a corvette pulls up and starts reving his engine and looks at me. What exactly is he trying to prove? That he can beat a 3300lb 4dr with 260hp? Anyways we were going uphills at 80km and by the time I reached 160km he was 3 cars ahead so I slowed down. Nothing unexpected! now here is the fun part, a vw golf that was behind us all this time now pulls up and wants a race. Lets just say I did what the corvette did to me. Man ppl with ferraris should get really frustrated the other day a lexus was highbeaming a 360! what was he thinkin?

Highbeaming? (sory am new and stupid still)

Using his brights.

My friend has a 94 grad prix with nothing but exhaust...he revs against everyone just to see them take off...including a modded viper. It was amusing to say the least.

yeah but a corvette wanting to race a grand prix...

My car is way too loud, I got pulled over cauz they thought I had a cutout but I didn't. Maybe the vette driver was one of those guyz who think loud is fast!! If he is he doesn't deserve his car.

Man ppl with ferraris should get really frustrated the other day a lexus was highbeaming a 360! what was he thinkin?

That Lexus probably has what I have under my hood :biggrin:

I always want to see try and see what I can do against one of those cars but oh well, they usually don't do anything. Beaten a couple of stock C5, GT, one SL55AMG, older Cobra not the 03+ (would like to try though). I only have the Lexus IS300, oh wait there's a little thing under the hood that makes the car sound pssssssssssssssshhhhhhhh!

oh wait there's a little thing under the hood that makes the car sound pssssssssssssssshhhhhhhh!

:confused: Maybe you should get that checked out I don't think your car is suppose to do that. Who really cares who's trying to race you it's up to you whether they want to race or not. You never know anyways when you might get a nasty surprise^^

i know how ya feel...had a Camaro try to race me a few weeks ago (i have a 93 Toyota Corolla w/ header+cat-back). i just kinda shook my head and let it go...probably was just looking for an ego trip

You shouldn't be offended by a Corvette reving on you, especially if you were that close at 160km/h. I'd take that as a compliment.

There's nothing wrong with reving on people...i've reved on Porsches in my car, LOL, they give me a look like 'are you on drugs?' and i just rev again and look them square in the eye.

They figure i've got a hidden time bomb under the hood so they go like shit! I get to just cruise behind them, i've seen a great launch (usually) and they clear the road ahead of me of the cops.

Great system!!

:confused: Maybe you should get that checked out I don't think your car is suppose to do that. Who really cares who's trying to race you it's up to you whether they want to race or not. You never know anyways when you might get a nasty surprise^^

Yes my car is supposed to do that. And I've been beaten by my share of cars. Especially those old American muscle cars that just seem to keep pulling and pulling and pulling. Haven't lost to a year 90+ Ford yet (haven't tried an 03+ cobra or modified older Cobra/Saleen). Lost to 1 Z06, a modified Camaro, 1 turboed teg, couple of modified eclipses gen II & III and some odds and ends that I probably already forgot.

Pushing out 360-380rwhp isn't bad for a Lexus IS300 (have pics of the car + dyno sheet + timeslips from Carlsbard Raceway). I'm coming up near 400 rwhp, not there yet but my goal is to reach 500rwhp by the end of the year. Best 1/4 was 13.018 @ 112 mph with a 60' of 2.3. With proper traction I've got a 12 second car. But that's with proper traction :banghead:

That Lexus probably has what I have under my hood :biggrin: I only have the Lexus IS300, oh wait there's a little thing under the hood that makes the car sound pssssssssssssssshhhhhhhh!

I really hope you weren't implying it's turboed, if so you should not be driving a car as expensive as that one! Unless of course you turboed it yourself, then I retract my previous statement.

But if you haven't turboed the car, I'm going to have to agree with poweredbyunclebens on this one, you should get it checked out, that noise probably isn't going to render anything good.

Yes my car is supposed to do that. And I've been beaten by my share of cars. Especially those old American muscle cars that just seem to keep pulling and pulling and pulling. Haven't lost to a year 90+ Ford yet (haven't tried an 03+ cobra or modified older Cobra/Saleen). Lost to 1 Z06, a modified Camaro, 1 turboed teg, couple of modified eclipses gen II & III and some odds and ends that I probably already forgot.

Pushing out 360-380rwhp isn't bad for a Lexus IS300 (have pics of the car + dyno sheet + timeslips from Carlsbard Raceway). I'm coming up near 400 rwhp, not there yet but my goal is to reach 500rwhp by the end of the year. Best 1/4 was 13.018 @ 112 mph with a 60' of 2.3. With proper traction I've got a 12 second car. But that's with proper traction :banghead:

I find this hard to believe. I'm not flat out calling you a liar or anything, it's just there are so many people who come on this forum and post BS stories with "fairy-tale" cars that they make up in their head.

Post your pics, mods and dyno sheet and I bet you'll be surprised how warm of a welcome you'll get from everybody here. But without those, I wouldn't expect anybody to believe, or read, much of what you say.

"You shouldn't be offended by a Corvette reving on you, especially if you were that close at 160km/h. I'd take that as a compliment."
Well yeah I guess it was a compliment in a way one that I would never give someone else. I guess I should get a exhaust silencer or something loud mufflers get too much attention.

http://www.til-the-end.net/turbois300/turbo/

Didn't feel like lowering the size of the pics and 1 dyno vid so here you go. Yes it's turboed and I don't BS. I've run different times at the track with different boost levels. At 10-11 psi I run mid 13's with traps of 105-108mph. At 15psi I can hit low 13's easily with traps 110-113mph. All my 60's are 2.3-2.4

With the crappy cali 91 octane I can run 10-11 psi safely. To run 15 psi I usually mix 76 100 unleaded ocatne with 91 to get about 94-95 octane. I have pushed 17.5 psi on the highway with all 100 octane in the tank against a 350Z and it wasn't a pretty sight after I was done.

Car has a PFS (Peter Farrell Supercars) stage II kit on it, installed by PFS (car was shipped to Virginia). I plan on upgrading by the end of the year with either 2JZ-GTE internals or a complete GTE bottem end swap to handle up to 500rwhp easily. Future plans is the Supra V160 6 speed manual tranny swap. And don't ask how much I have in the car already also :P

Also why would I spend so much on an expensive car. Well after going through college, getting a family and buying a house (actually have a house and a rental property) I feel that I can finally spend a little on myself. Always loved fast cars but had other priorities back then, like school, my wife and kid. After I break into the 12's I'll be happy and will probably be doing mostly Auto X with some buddies of mine. They've been trying to get me out there but I want to hit 12's in the 1/4 mile 1st.

I retract my previous statements. I appologize if I seemed rude, I wasn't accusing you of BS, just making sure.

From what I was able to see, you have quite a car. Congrats on everything, good luck with the future tuning and welcome to AF.

See? This is why the racing forums are going to hell, no one believes anyone anymore. Noone can come to these forums and just join the community without someone jumping the gun and accusing em of lying. It's not like he was making absurd claims like "yeah my car destroys everything". Sorry just a lil rant.

See? This is why the racing forums are going to hell, no one believes anyone anymore. Noone can come to these forums and just join the community without someone jumping the gun and accusing em of lying. It's not like he was making absurd claims like "yeah my car destroys everything". Sorry just a lil rant.

I never flat out accused the guy of BS. An is300 with nearly 400whp isn't something you come by daily, that's a nice car! I just wanted to make sure. But I agree, I did jump the gun a little. However, I did apologized to the guy, I retracted my previous statments and then welcomed him, did I not?

But you also have to agree that so many people come on here with fake cars and fake stories. The mods are constantly banning people who think it's funny to make up a s/n and start bullshit threads. So proof, like what was asked for, is almost needed sometimes.

All in all, you're right though, I did kinda jump down the guys throat. I really haven't been on the forums that long either, so I would venture to say that I don't quite have the authority to be making such bold statements as "BS".

I'll put myself back in my place now :loser: lol...sorry about that DL72

I think people are just so fed up with people that are full of crap that they are quick to analyse to make sure they aren't wasting their time. After all, look at me and what i'm driving, and what i've killed in some of my previous posts and such.

When i tell people i've beaten a 5.0L Mustang in this car, everyone waves the BS flag, they don't take the time to ask me how it happened. It was driver error on the part of the Mustang, and i just happen to know enough to take advantage of it.

loud mufflers get too much attention

And it's not always positive either, i respond negatively to them...i hate the sound and the impkication of power from stock cars that have them. It drives me nutes, but that's just me.