do you think i can win???????

i have a 1998 oldsmobile cutlass gs with a 3.1 liter v6, all the mods i have are intake and i got my fuel injectors thoroughly cleaned. and my friend has a 1999 pontiac grand am with an intake and a cat back exhaust. do you think ill be able to take him or should i not try?????:apuke: :help:

u mean urs is the gls? is his a gt or es? if its the es, then u guys should be pretty even. u guys both 5sp? u need to give more information...if both are 5sp an if his is an es, then it'll be very even, with it all coming down to driver. if its a gt, then u have ur work cut out for u, an ur gonna have to be a better driver then him. go for it hto, s'all in fun eh? :D

well mine they both are automatics. and his is a grand am gt. but mine is just a gs. the difference between a gs and a gls is leather and standard alloy rims. thats about it. but he won but not by too much. my front end was at his tire. but he also got a good jump on me. but in about a month ill get a $5000 loan from the bank and im goin to try to get my car port and polished and skunk 2 fuel injectors and custom headers with a full dual exhaust. maybe if i have enough money left over from all of that ill try to get a 100 shot. maybe just maybe..........

Why not use the $5K, as well as the money that you could get from your Olds, and drop that on something new :D ?

interesting, i didnt know skunk 2 made parts for domestic applications, namely, oldsmobiles

man don't worry about that ho he ain't got sheeeeettt. heheh j.k larry:D his olds is acually pretty fast. beats lots of imports round here, cept mine :flipa:

why not use the 5k for a manual tranny?? :confused:

is there anyway i can switch my car from front wheel drive to rear wheel drive????????????????????????:smoker2: :smoka:

Man-u-al - Tr-ans-mis-sion say it with me, it will help you out alot more than rwd

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i know it will help but im also wondering if there is anyway i could change it to rear wheel drive also cause it would be alot funner to drive........??? :bonghitte :flamer: :dogpile:

Oh I'm sure it's possible, just not worth your effort. Just get a rear-wheel drive car instead...

Originally posted by oldsmobileondubs
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i know it will help but im also wondering if there is anyway i could change it to rear wheel drive also cause it would be alot funner to drive........??? :bonghitte :flamer: :dogpile:

As the saying goes - with enough money you could build a bridge to the moon. You’d be better off buying a new car then the expense of converting a FWD to a RWD.

Originally posted by civicHBsi91
Man-u-al - Tr-ans-mis-sion say it with me, it will help you out alot more than rwd

WASTE OF MONEy, say it with me. Won't help all that much. Automatics are usually better for serious drag racing. Their only downfall is they rob the car of a tiny bit more power at the wheels. You can launch just as good if not better with an auto, you never have to worry about misshifting, and the auto tranny can outshift you on the best day of your life. With a shift kit, and higher stall you are set. Spend the money on something else. Hundred other things I would do first before even thinking about swapping out and auto for a manual tranny.

i got a couple of questions......... how do i set my stall speed to be a lil bit higher? is there anyway i can change the gearing in my auto to make it go a lil bit faster?? like give it 5 gears instead of tha four i have now???and does anyone know of any lowering kits for it??? there are some for a 1998 chevy malibu... would those fit????? its basically the same car....:alien: :alien: :alien: :alien: :alien: :alien: :alien: :alien: :alien: :alien:

Originally posted by oldsmobileondubs
i got a couple of questions......... how do i set my stall speed to be a lil bit higher? is there anyway i can change the gearing in my auto to make it go a lil bit faster?? like give it 5 gears instead of tha four i have now???and does anyone know of any lowering kits for it??? there are some for a 1998 chevy malibu... would those fit????? its basically the same car....:alien: :alien: :alien: :alien: :alien: :alien: :alien: :alien: :alien: :alien:

Buy a higher stall torque converter. Shift kits will firm up the shifting and give you a little bit quicker shifts. You really don't need another gear. What you might look into though is a gear set. Perhaps a higher ratio, that will give you harder acceleration. Don't know about a lowering kit...

where do i find the higher stall speed torque converter and tha gear set at. im looking for anything that will make my car alot faster. i know it would be easier just to get a new car but if you think about it.........everyone has a honda or acura.......but how many people have oldsmobiles that kill other imports on a daily basis???????? thats what im shooting for......any help would be greatly appreciated...:confused: :confused:

WASTE OF MONEy, say it with me. Won't help all that much. Automatics are usually better for serious drag racing. Their only downfall is they rob the car of a tiny bit more power at the wheels. You can launch just as good if not better with an auto, you never have to worry about misshifting, and the auto tranny can outshift you on the best day of your life. With a shift kit, and higher stall you are set. Spend the money on something else. Hundred other things I would do first before even thinking about swapping out and auto for a manual tranny.


Yea but manuals are just fun to drive. More control over the car.

...and you just get that shweet Fast and the Furious 7 shifts, one @ every .6 seconds look when you're driving one. And that really gets the ladies. Shoot, when you're all the way into 5th (in a race, hehe), just shift down to 3rd and start again. They'll never notice.