just beat a 95ish V8 Mustang

[kidrocket]

werd i love racing 5.0s



although every now and then you run into a modded one that severely owns you and you have to just sit back and laugh

[DemonZX]

oh yeah don't get me wrong all kills are good ones. I'm just saying the rare race through the twisties is much more rewarding. Well to me at least.

[-The Stig-]

Originally posted by TatII
thanks guy. see redneck atleast your car can go past 120mph even though your speedo only goes up to 120. my car has a fuel cut off and its really slowing me down. but its not like i go 120 that often anyways, but when i was racing that S4 avant. that limiter really costed me the race. he was only slowing gaining until i hit the limit and thats when he flew by me. oh wellz.

hahaaa, yeah i've got minimal rev limitor on the car. With the new motor and new gearing the car should be able to windout to about 140-150mph. If I keep the stock rear end at 3.08s... good lord i dont want to know has fast 425hp will push that car.

Originally posted by TerminalVelocity
Especally taking a nova through small european-ish streets *like the roads of italy, the area called naples is where we were *in Ca*

60-90 on small roads with mass bumps and my at the time fat ass dont mix when you have air shocks

Ahhhhh the nova....I'll miss jezzy

And in time, We have nova 2! and My next warhorse...I need to find a better job....

Ahh yes... That night of rallying through Naples. Which is only 1 car width wide. How long did we chase that Grand Am full of girls? 2 hours?

We know now not to race or rally againts red Grand Ams driven by girls. Something always breaks on my car when I do.

First time, Throttle return spring came off... throttle went wide open. And stuck! Had to throw the tranny in neutral and kill the motor... which at the rpm the motor was turning cold of diesled the engine and snapped Mr. Cam shaft. Probably wasnt the best for it. haha.

Second time, Just rallying over the crappy roads in Napples after the car load of hot chicks.. blew mt Air Shocks... which had only been on for 3 days. hahaha stupid girls.. I learned my lesson.

[Venomized281]

NO FLAME INTENDED, but to me thats not considered a race. A race on the street would be next to each other on a roll from lets say 40 mph then nailing it or racing from a red light. Thats just being even more stupid racing through turns at 115 mph than just racing from a light or from a roll.

[DemonZX]

Yeah, that isn't to smart. It must have been a pretty wide turn to take it at 115. Wide enough that it is pretty much straight. Where the Mustang probably should have still been faster.

[Cbass]

Hey Venomized281, racing isn't just in a straight line you know... Where a Mustang might have the advantage in a straight line, the 240SX is a very nimble sports car, and with good tires has a huge advantage in the corners.

Good to see people have fun in the twisties too, even if they are sweepers on the freeway

Nice kill Tat!

[TatII]

thanks for the comment guys. and for Venomized281 the beauty about 240's is that the steering and the whole car in general is very communicative to the driver. if driven often enough you can tell exactly what the car is doin. ESP WHILE CORNERING. i'm not an idiot driver who just drives the car. i've been testing out my car's limits slowly for the last 15K miles. so i know what my car can do and can't do. and i just evened out my tire pressure on all 4 wheels and it made a world of difference. where as before the car would feel sloppy because i had one new tire and the other 3's pressure droped becusae it got colder. so i know what i'm doin. and for a car that as good feed back and from a driver who knows what hes doin has allowed me to recovered from a few spin outs becuse the car was tellin me exactly what i needed to do. *don't ask why i spun out* anyways if the mustang and i had the equal start then maybe he would've beaten me but not by much. becuase i was leaving him in the turns. and i was stayin in one lane. if i took up 2 lanes to do those turns i would've definitly have him eat my exhuast fumes even more. and if that wasn't a race. he would've just drove by me when i slowed down. but he got sooo himulated by me that whenever he got close to me from behind. he would just slow down and just stay behind me even further. and for VR6. yes the late model Ford Probes look like S13's. the S13's are the hatch back 240's with the flip up lights. and coincidentally the late model Mazda MX6 looks like the S14's which is my car. even though its the other way around becasue the MX6 came out first.

[Venomized281]

How often do people wanna race through turns on the street? I see mostly red light races and from a roll. If you wanna race through turns then go road race it on a road course. I know drag racing isn't good either on the street but its a LITTLE more safe racing a straight line then racing through turns while at 115 mph someone wants to race from a roll or whatever. Also why do you make it sound like I said you don't know what your doing? I never said that so don't assume so. You better be careful with what you say, "I know what my car can do and can't do". Well you better know that you can either injur or kill yourself or someone else driving on the road. All I'm trying to say is that "race" you had was stupid and it wasn't even a race. Be careful!

[BlkCamaroSS]

I kinda have to agree with him, racing at 115 on public streets isn't safe, regardless of what road you're driving on, or what your skill. Must take into account the stupidity factor, mostly from people other than yourself. They're not prepared to be barreled down on by cars from behind.

Not to call the kettle black, I've had my share of races, just generally not in that range. Just keep it safe, as I'm sure you do, don't need anyone wrecking, or heaven forbid dying due to racing...

Off of my soapbox...good kill.

[Cbass]

Living in a relatively sparsely populated area, the Comox valley, I have the advantage of back roads and well paved twisty roads everywhere. If you stay in your own lane, and aren't passing other cars in the corners, it's okay to go fast in the corners. A sports car is much safer at speed than any other kind of car, because you are more likely to avoid an accident. A sports car, such as Tat's 240SX can handle a sweeping corner like the ones he mentioned at 115mph using 90% of it's roadholding ability, whereas at the same speed, the Mustang would be using 100%, if it could even keep up, which it couldn't.

Tat was on the freeway, and he was going through big sweeping corners in his own lane. That's quite a bit safer than a drop clutch drag race with people lining the road on either side...

Where we race out here, we have several country roads that are about 1 km(0.6 miles), very straight, and well paved. There are fields on either side, so the worst thing that's going to happen is rolling into the ditch and wrecking your car.

However, there are so many good roads here, like Back road, which has a 180 degree wide hairpin(horseshoe), and lots of nice curves. The only downside is there are a few spots where visibility is poor over hill, so you have to cool it.

[TatII]

thank you CBass. i was on a highway. it was a long decently sharp *for highway standards* sweeps. it was 2 a.m. on a weekday. i didn't just race him out of no where. i waited for him to get to a safe point to race. and as soon as i got out of that area i slowed back down to 70 immediately. i'm not a wreckless drive. or atleast i dont' think i am. heh but trust me taking those sweeps at 115 is not that fast. i can name a whole shit load of cars that can take those turns even faster *most of them aren't domestics* but anyways. if i was driving any other car. i wouldn't even considering goin faster then 80 because i would be soo scared to even turn in those cars.

[GTi-VR6_A3]

thanks for the info tat. now the big queistion are they all the same body or diff bodies with just super look alikes? kuz i have real trouble telling em apart. i really am not too knowledgable in this area as i am in others... german, some british, other euro, american and some jap cars. these named are a bit out of it for me. as for your car i wish i lived somewhere even remotely close to NYC so i could check out your car or even race you after i get way better at driving. my friend suggested waiting til like 3 in the morn goin on the free way and swerving a bit to te get better at knowing my car when i get it. what do you think?

-GTi-VR6_A3

[DemonZX]

I agree with Tat on the steering of the SX. My Z is the same way. After a while you get such a feel for the steering and the throttle it's kinda crazy! It's almost like I can feel everything all my tires are doing.

[TatII]

they are not the same car. they are all just super look a likes. the top of the line for the mazda and the ford all run on v6's so they are alittle faster then the 240's. the main and the mean the really big different between those cars and the nissan is that the nissan is a rear wheel drive *one of hte only rear wheel drive japanese sportcars* when the mazda and the ford are all front wheel drives. thats basically it i guess.

[student_anonymous]

Nicely Done!

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