SS/SC Vs. NSX part 3: The Proof.

[Elk]

Originally Posted by -Jayson-

Also how the hell do you find so many damn races?

I think he get so into many races is because carbon fiber hood screams race me.

Paint your hood black and add a fake hood scoop and I bet you will get a lot more people trying to race you.

[BullDog71ss]

Originally Posted by -Jayson-

nice job bulldog, good job showing these naysayers what a supercharged 4 cylinder can do. I think i need to invest in a video camera.

Also how the hell do you find so many damn races? Christ you get more races than cars i see. Also how many close calls with the cops have you had? I fear your luck is gonna run out soon.

Look a few posts above this one for explainations of the number of my numerous races. As for the fuzz, I'm fairly picky about where and when I run a car, along with having some pretty good cop karma. I'm always watching out ahead and behind me when I drive anyway, so I usually have a good idea if I'm being watched or not. Can't stay lucky forever though...

[BullDog71ss]

Originally Posted by Elk

I think he get so into many races is because carbon fiber hood screams race me.

Paint your hood black and add a fake hood scoop and I bet you will get a lot more people trying to race you.

You've gone too far with that one buddy!

But yeah, the wing + the c/f hood do advertise "I might be kinda fast...race me and find out!"

[youngvr4]

Originally Posted by Musashi3000GT

the only reason people here are hating the SS is the same reason they hate on the SRT-4. Some jerks just cant fathom the fact that a car that costs 3 or even 4 times less then thier overpriced cars is kicking the crap out of them.

keep it up bro.

i do hate the srt-4 but i actually like the cabolt. its just i have to be left with all types of reasons how it happen. i'm not going with driver error here. its as if i killed a ferrari 355, from beggining to end, or a Z06, it would make you guys think also, like how is that possible. well its very possible but certain things must be for it to happen.

regardless good kill buddy

[almost there]

I think that u might have raced a 95-97 nsx because 95 was the first year the introduced the "SportShift" Formula 1-inspired shifting system, which was controlled by a small lever behind the steering wheel. which would explain why it sounded like an automatic and also in the thrid vid when he drives of it sounds like he down shifted. the stats are
Production: 780
Engines: 3.0 V6 270 bhp @ 7100 rpm, 210 lb-ft @ 5300 rpm.
Performance: 0-60 in 5.7 seconds, 1/4 mile in 14.0 seconds.
and i think they tested it with a manual to get that. so the sport shift might be a little slower.

btw nice race

[BullDog71ss]

Originally Posted by almost there

I think that u might have raced a 95-97 nsx because 95 was the first year the introduced the "SportShift" Formula 1-inspired shifting system, which was controlled by a small lever behind the steering wheel. which would explain why it sounded like an automatic and also in the thrid vid when he drives of it sounds like he down shifted. the stats are
Production: 780
Engines: 3.0 V6 270 bhp @ 7100 rpm, 210 lb-ft @ 5300 rpm.
Performance: 0-60 in 5.7 seconds, 1/4 mile in 14.0 seconds.
and i think they tested it with a manual to get that. so the sport shift might be a little slower.

btw nice race

Thanks.

I think a sport shifter almost sounds about right. Cause I know he kept downshifting that thing, but his upshifts sounded like they were auto shifts. Makes sense.

[209 SRT]

[quote=youngvr4]i do hate the srt-4

why must you hate...........why, why, why

[RaidenKing]

Cool, this is exactly what I requested. I guess I'll have to go download quicktime to check it out though.

I don't think people hate on your car just like they hated on the srt-4 because its ripping cars 3-4 times more expensive, I think that just as people criticized the srt-4 for basically being a faster neon, people just see the Cobalt SS as just being the newer, faster cavalier (kinda like jayson). Haha I'm just messing around but really, I wish you were around my area, I am aching to run one of those and see how I fair on medium boost. Now that I've been able to reach 14 psi I've acquired somewhat of an invincible ego that requires shattering before it gets me into any trouble.


Edit -
Just saw the vids and you hung in with him well, I can't tell but did you get a jump on the roll? Because it looked like he stepped on it right after you did as he began to pull a bit. The dig was closer but it seemed as if he shut down right at the end in both.

from looking at your kill list, it looks like you have eaten everything just below your level, Time for you to seek out some of the bigger fish now just like you did with this one.

[BullDog71ss]

Originally Posted by RaidenKing

Cool, this is exactly what I requested. I guess I'll have to go download quicktime to check it out though.

I don't think people hate on your car just like they hated on the srt-4 because its ripping cars 3-4 times more expensive, I think that just as people criticized the srt-4 for basically being a faster neon, people just see the Cobalt SS as just being the newer, faster cavalier (kinda like jayson). Haha I'm just messing around but really, I wish you were around my area, I am aching to run one of those and see how I fair on medium boost. Now that I've been able to reach 14 psi I've acquired somewhat of an invincible ego that requires shattering before it gets me into any trouble.


Edit -
Just saw the vids and you hung in with him well, I can't tell but did you get a jump on the roll? Because it looked like he stepped on it right after you did as he began to pull a bit. The dig was closer but it seemed as if he shut down right at the end in both.

from looking at your kill list, it looks like you have eaten everything just below your level, Time for you to seek out some of the bigger fish now just like you did with this one.

The first vid happend like I explained in the story...neither of us were making a move, so I got on it for a bit to let him know I was ready. Then I slowed back down and waited for him to line up with me but he nailed it before he got totally even. He was infact the first one to hit the gas though so the little gap wasn't really too big of a deal. What killed is was the fact that I was pulling on him pretty good but nailed the rev-limiter, which gave him a chance to catch up.

Also, it looks like he shuts down short in both races because we ran out of runway to continue our little battles, but in both races I was ahead a bit on him. The first vid I was maybe 5 inches ahead when he shut down and in the dig he was at my door. If my G/F wouldnt have spazzed out and actually got the footage of the first race, then It would have been much easier to tell the quicker of the two cars. That one we both were dead even and both hit the gas at the same time. I made no shifting errors either and ended up with about 1/2 - 1 car in front of him.

As for going for larger game, I plan on it. But beggers can't be chooses and it's not always that easy to say..."I think I'd like to run an 06 Sti tonight, lets go find one!" So I'll get them as they come.

[Elk]

Originally Posted by BullDog71ss

You've gone too far with that one buddy!

Ok that was a little bit of a rip on your fake hood scoop, but I guess I can understand why the company that built your hood didn’t set it up to be real. A real hood scoop does look a little odd.

[rice(er)]

Originally Posted by Elk

Ok that was a little bit of a rip on your fake hood scoop, but I guess I can understand why the company that built your hood didn’t set it up to be real. A real hood scoop does look a little odd.

is that chevy's ground effect kit on the cobalt?? honestly i think the cobalt ss/sc looks a little ugly from the back because of the tail, the other models look decent, i've seen one of the ss/sc before and it looks a lil bulky like a box from the back, otherwise any angles looks pretty nice on the cobalt

[BullDog71ss]

Originally Posted by rice(er)

is that chevy's ground effect kit on the cobalt?? honestly i think the cobalt ss/sc looks a little ugly from the back because of the tail, the other models look decent, i've seen one of the ss/sc before and it looks a lil bulky like a box from the back, otherwise any angles looks pretty nice on the cobalt

That's the 272 concept or something like that. Very nice car, I love the kit that they have on that. I'd also much rather have the spoiler on that one than the thing that's on mine. Also, my scoop is somewhat functional. It's not a ram air or anything, which would be mostly pointless on a blown car like mine anyway, but it does take in cold air from outside the car and push it over the blower/engine, then back out in front of the windshield.

[RaidenKing]

Originally Posted by BullDog71ss

The first vid happend like I explained in the story...neither of us were making a move, so I got on it for a bit to let him know I was ready. Then I slowed back down and waited for him to line up with me but he nailed it before he got totally even. He was infact the first one to hit the gas though so the little gap wasn't really too big of a deal. What killed is was the fact that I was pulling on him pretty good but nailed the rev-limiter, which gave him a chance to catch up.

Also, it looks like he shuts down short in both races because we ran out of runway to continue our little battles, but in both races I was ahead a bit on him. The first vid I was maybe 5 inches ahead when he shut down and in the dig he was at my door. If my G/F wouldnt have spazzed out and actually got the footage of the first race, then It would have been much easier to tell the quicker of the two cars. That one we both were dead even and both hit the gas at the same time. I made no shifting errors either and ended up with about 1/2 - 1 car in front of him.

As for going for larger game, I plan on it. But beggers can't be chooses and it's not always that easy to say..."I think I'd like to run an 06 Sti tonight, lets go find one!" So I'll get them as they come.

Maybe I didn't see it right, it just looked like he had you in the roll, yet you had him slightly in the dig and since you had him in the dig, it leads me to believe that if everything was perfect, you would have clearly had him in the roll as well. But actually if it was a sportshift then it couldn't really launch the right way could it?
Regardless, I'm not going to go reinstall quicktime to check myself, you had a good run with an nsx and thats all that needs to be said.

[Elk]

Originally Posted by BullDog71ss

That's the 272 concept or something like that. Very nice car, I love the kit that they have on that. I'd also much rather have the spoiler on that one than the thing that's on mine. Also, my scoop is somewhat functional. It's not a ram air or anything, which would be mostly pointless on a blown car like mine anyway, but it does take in cold air from outside the car and push it over the blower/engine, then back out in front of the windshield.

I got the picture from this website: http://www.rsportscars.com/eng/cars/...ss_concept.asp

I think there would be some benefit to a real hood scoop, I mean even with the K&N setup your still pulling some hot under hood air into the engine right?

I have to disagree with your hood scoop being somewhat functional. It would have to be at the front of the hood to get any real air flow over the blower/engine.

[BullDog71ss]

Originally Posted by Elk

I got the picture from this website: http://www.rsportscars.com/eng/cars/...ss_concept.asp

I think there would be some benefit to a real hood scoop, I mean even with the K&N setup your still pulling some hot under hood air into the engine right?

I have to disagree with your hood scoop being somewhat functional. It would have to be at the front of the hood to get any real air flow over the blower/engine.

It may not flow a whole lot of air directly over the blower, but it does evacuate some hot air from under the hood and replace it with cool air from outside the car. Just kinda keeps it circulated, which is better than nothing. As for my k&n...it gets nothing but cold outside air. It goes down into the driverside fender area between the front bumper and the fender lining. Took over an hour to install, but it's a great setup. Just have to watch out for giant puddles is all.