Prelude smokes Z28

[Self]

Tonight, I was driving along side my friend who was in his Intake-only Prelude. We slowed to about 30 mph to let the traffic in front of us clear up. I decided to let his taking off dictate the start of the race, my own way of giving him a sort of a handicap. Anyways, I'm waiting for him to go, and somehow don't notice the change in his engine pitch that signified his downshift. He guns it, taking me by surprise, and I downshift and take off in his wake. He's at least a car length and a half in front by the time I give chase. Anyways, as we approach 80ish I'm closing on him fast, and would have probably have overtaken him by 90, but we both had to slow down because we were coming up on traffic again. So, log one for the imports here, lol. Good race I guess, and it helps me to gauge the speed of a Prelude a little bit better. I know I would have take him in an even race, but a loss is a loss, I suppose.

[LjasonL]

wow, the only time ive ever heard of a prelude beating a z28.

[4ndrms]

my cusin got beat by and eclipse turbo on the interstate and he drives a stock 00 camaro ss automatic

[Self]

Do you mean an Eclipse with a stock turbo, or aftermarket? And do you know of any mods the Eclipse had??

[LjasonL]

hard to believe a stock eclipse would beat an ss camaro, ive beaten turbo front drive eclipses and got real close to the 2 all wheel drive turbo ones ive raced, and i wouldnt stand even a remote chance against an ss, even an automatic, and DEFINATELY not on the interstate!

[SickLude]

Originally posted by ldelaysionl
wow, the only time ive ever heard of a prelude beating a z28.

actually, i know this guy whos friend has a '00 Lude with mods and Nitrous....and he strayed on this LS1 and beat him nicely. so it can happen. Never doubt the lude baby. :smoker:

[LjasonL]

i dont doubt it, just most if not all of em i see around here are fixed up for looks but they dont have no go fast mods, and a lude would need more than the basic intake header exhaust to beat a z28. i like preludes though i wish there were some fast ones around here

[4ndrms]

my bad, it was a mitshibishi 3000gt vr-4 tt not and eclipse turbo

[LjasonL]

oh well thats different, vr4s are badass

[Hanguk87]

My bro beat a mid 90s Z28 in an EVEN race. Also, I'm pretty sure you would have won if it was even start.

i had an 84 z28 and any 4th or 5th gen vtec prelude would smoke those ones. the newer style z28 is a different story though... i have never raced one but arent they pushing like 300 hp?

[LjasonL]

older z28 = slow as hell. newer (like 94+) means u better have some good shit in your car cuz our little 4 cylinders are a lot slower thatn those in a straight line. road course though, thats another story. and as for rally, i got any camaro in a rally.

[kidrocket]

my brother drives a 2001 slp engineering SS <chevy version of firehawk> and the otherday a 97-99 body style GS-X eclipse pulled a fly by so my bro just dropped it into 2nd and caught that kid in like 3 seconds. LS-1s are not something to be dismissed. just ask blackbird.

[YogsVR4]

Originally posted by ldelaysionl
oh well thats different, vr4s are badass

Yes.

Yes they are.

[taranaki]

waaaaay badass