whoooped a turbo si!

[Grendel]

Originally posted by erricer


What im saying is ricers throw bs storys like their civic runs a 10 in the 1/4 mile, when the fastest top fuel fwd car runs 8's.

Now if a domestic were to tell me that their vette runs 8's in the quarter mile and its street legal i would have to say bs as well. But even an 8 in the quarter is still possible by a street legal vette. But their is no way in hell a civic can be street legal and also run 8's.

I wouldn't call a 8 sec street legal 'Vette BS... I saw a Dodge Dart w/ a blown Hemi on another forum who was street legal (probably had slicks tho) and ran 6's

-Grendel

[flylwsi]

i understand, but here is the point.

the fastest rwd cars run 4s. no one bs's that they can run 6s.

an 8 sec fwd car is the fastest out there right now. however, 10s are not too hard to attain. hell, look at the video of the dodge k car that ran a 10 and smoked a supra.

breaking into the 10s is similar for both rwd and fwd, but fwd has a huge barrier to overcome at 8 secs..

so what i am saying is that common knowledge will tell you how fast a car is. i know that anyone who tells me they have a 10 sec car in general is lying, regardless of fwd vs rwd.

but your quote made little to no sense.

and no one said that there was a street legal 8 sec car. and i highly doubt that having slicks on a car that runs 8s (rwd) counts as street legal.

[fatninja19]

perhaps the term 'street legal' means that they drive their cars on the street... hahahahhaha

[erricer]

Originally posted by flylwsi
[b]i understand, but here is the point.

Obviously you dont understand or you wouldn't have written this long thing that says my quote makes no sense!

an 8 sec fwd car is the fastest out there right now. however, 10s are not too hard to attain. hell, look at the video of the dodge k car that ran a 10 and smoked a supra.

If they're not so hard to attain, then why don't I see 10's civics at the tracks? I have yet to see a fwd car do 10's at our track and many other tracks. Hell some of the fastest crx's only do 11's!

breaking into the 10s is similar for both rwd and fwd, but fwd has a huge barrier to overcome at 8 secs..

If breaking into the 10's is similar then why dont I see a 10 sec fwd car at the tracks when I see 10 sec rwd cars all day long? Fwd cars have huge barriers to overcome at 11 seconds much less 8!
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so what i am saying is that common knowledge will tell you how fast a car is. i know that anyone who tells me they have a 10 sec car in general is lying, regardless of fwd vs rwd.[quote]

But ask yourself this, who would you believe more, a Chevelle owner, or an Acura owner?

but your quote made little to no sense.

Only to you it made no sense!

So to conclude my lecture, I think your lost in the world of physics. You think that a car that makes momentum from the front wheels while the wieght of the car shifts towards the rear wheels will be a quicker car!

You probably think that a turbo charger is a replacement for displacement.

Let me tell you a little something. There is no replacement for a big fat cock! Only a guy with a little cock will tell you that its not how big but how good you are! But the guy with the big cock can be just as good and still have the bigger cock! *translate to engines* There is no replacement for displacement. You can have a 5.0 go against a 2.0 and the 5.0 will spank the 2.0 all day long. Now if the 2.0 gets a turbo all the 5.0 has to do is get a turbo aswell and the same results. The 5.0 will win all day long. No if's and's or but's about it. Its pure physics.

[Grendel]

Originally posted by erricer

Let me tell you a little something. There is no replacement for a big fat cock! Only a guy with a little cock will tell you that its not how big but how good you are! But the guy with the big cock can be just as good and still have the bigger cock! *translate to engines* There is no replacement for displacement. You can have a 5.0 go against a 2.0 and the 5.0 will spank the 2.0 all day long. Now if the 2.0 gets a turbo all the 5.0 has to do is get a turbo aswell and the same results. The 5.0 will win all day long. No if's and's or but's about it. Its pure physics.

Haha, good analogy... :P

-Grendel

[Bryan8412]

ahem, pardon my bluntness, but...


WHO GIVES A DAMN! It was a little signature not like he personally said it to you. And it makes plenty of sense to me. It's like someone saying they can bench press 400lbs when the world record is 405 (don't go correcting me the numbers are merely for the analogy). Basically he's saying that if the best of a certain car overall runs this, than close to that probably isn't likely on the street, and he's right. Sorry but civics are NOT DESIGNED TO BE FAST. Yes they can be, anything can be. But the point is, it's a low displacement 4 cylinder engine, not designed for preformance. I just went to the forum recently and they admit they lack torque. And what's perfect for street racing and draging in general? Good ol' low end torque. Sorry but like i said any car can be made fast, but civics weren't designed for preformance. Sorry i just can't stand it anymore, im in no way bashing civics, they can be done very tastefully and have a very vast aftermarket allowing uniqueness in each car, but they aren't built stock for speed, and it takes lots of money to make on go 10's. ditto for lots of cars! people think 10 secs in normal after fast and furious but beleive me, 11's is very quick in real life, and 10's are awesome.

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[R1-rider]

To get a street legal car into the 10 second range takes alot of work and money. And a whole hell of a lot of stress on the engine depending on its size. And I have never seen a FWD car come even close to hitting 10's.

[Pennzoil GT-R]

does anyone know what kind of 0-60 time a 10 second car would do. i know there would be different factors such as turbo lag and power bands that could affect it, but do any of you have a general idea as we dont really talk about quarter mile times in europe, more 0-60 and 0-100 times.

[R1-rider]

0-60 should be around 2.5 - 3 seconds
0-100 should be around 7.5-8 seconds

Those can very depending on weight and torque curve.