Beat by an Iroc-z cant let that happen need help!!!

[japtrapracer]

ok so heres the deal. at one time well a week ago i had the fastest car in town which isnt sayin much cause its only a SOHC but my friend bought an iroc z and wanted to race so i did and now hes being a dick about it telling everyone he killed me when he barely beat me in the 1/4. We have a race set up for April 21 where everyone is going to be there to see who is lying.. and who really has the quickest car...I have only lost once but that was enough for me and i will be damned if i get beat infront of everyone....my income is only like 200 bucks a month so i need help with some performance....Let me know

[Ricochet]

You're dead unless you:

a.)Buy nitrous to beat him, but blow up your engine after a handful of refills.

b.)Yeah you're dead.

[crabby760]

what all do you have ? what car? wat motor? what mods?

[knorwj]

what exactly do you already have done, and what is it that you are driving. that he barley beat you? irocs are fast cars, they really got some power.

200 a month? i hope you have been saving...

[Ricochet]

Originally Posted by knorwj

irocs are fast cars, they really got some power.

Stock, not really... I think those boats run high 15's - low 16's, and that's if they're in decent condition.

[crabby760]

what year is the iroc-z and is it a z28 what year? tell us what you have also as in mods?

[Miataracer]

some years of IROCs didnt even get the 350... only the 305 they are not that fast really, and most of them are beat way beyond their prime.

[Ricochet]

Yeah I was assuming he's talking about the old boxy rust buckets..

[knorwj]

it really depends on the year, i think the first year they were out they were a mid to high 15 sec. but i think the 1990 or so was about a 14.5. their times really fluctuate depending on the year.

like miataracer said some didn't get the 350; those were dogs. But the 350's were ok for there time. A friend of mine had one in highschool and he used to take it down to e-town every once in a while and run about a 14.7 if i remember right. hard to remember it was about 6 years ago and i haven't seen the guy since then.


~wheres redneck when you need him...or blackSScamaro (i think its something like that)...haha

[Ispankyourmom]

If he's talking about a D16Y8, he doesn't stand a snowballs chance in hell unless it's in a boned out CRX and he's got some serious money poured into it.

D16s are slow as hell no matter what you do to them. Yeah, Eddlebrock makes a 50 state street legal turbo kit that will get you performance a little better then that of a stock Si B16A, but that's not really saying much since a stock Si will only run like a 15 something in the 1/4 - the only thing you'd have going for you if you did that is the fact that your performance would be A LITTLE bit better, and that SOHC VTEC engines are lighter then DOHC VTEC engines.

You're not gonna win pal - you should just spend your money on partying until you can get a better job that will allow you to make more money to spend on your car if you really want to be able to smoke this guy in his wack @$$ camaro. The only decent sports car that GM makes is the Corvette since they cut out the Trans Am/Firebird (never really cared for Camaros). Of course, you could just race him, and hope he blows his engine - American cars aren't exactly known for their reliability - at least not when compared to japanese imports.

[knorwj]

Originally Posted by Ispankyourmom

You're not gonna win pal - you should just spend your money on partying until you can get a better job that will allow you to make more money to spend on your car if you really want to be able to smoke this guy in his wack @$$ camaro. The only decent sports car that GM makes is the Corvette since they cut out the Trans Am/Firebird (never really cared for Camaros). Of course, you could just race him, and hope he blows his engine - American cars aren't exactly known for their reliability - at least not when compared to japanese imports.

you are just gonna start another flame war with that last comment man...

and just so you know i have seen a hell of alot more blown engines in civics than in camaro/firebird/mustang. reason being that the engines handle abuse from stupid kids better i think,the engines don't have to work as hard to give the same output, therefore less stress. but in the long run they won't go the miles if driven properly. but of course who knows with the newer ones as none have had to go that long yet.
granted more little things go in domestics.

[Ispankyourmom]

My mom/dad had a firebird - the amount of small stuff that constantly went out on it made her get sick of it real quick and it barely had a little over 100,000 miles on it. That car was literally nothing more then a constant headache - if something wasn't immediately noticably broken, there was always some rattle or vibration that would make you nervous because you never heard it before. Don't get me wrong, I've got love for GM, I mean to me their cars are just SO much more comfortable then any Honda I've been in, but in my current economic situation, I need to have something that will start up, get me where I need to go and back without any problems, and so far my Civic has been flawless (of course it still hasn't cracked 30K miles yet - but to me that just means I shouldn't have to worry about any thing for quite a while from now).

If I came across some serious money, I'd definitely have a Cadillac CTS (in top performance trim).

To tell you the truth, I've also seen quite a few imports with blown engines, and every single time it's because of the dip$#!t owner neglecting his engine's oil level, or he doesn't have any coolant in his radiator - totally preventable.

[SiGNAL748]

Originally Posted by Ricochet

You're dead unless you:

a.)Buy nitrous to beat him, but blow up your engine after a handful of refills.

b.)Yeah you're dead.

since you'll only have around 600 by april. thats about enough to get a basic nitrous setup. hopefully you'll get lucky and he'll screw up.





btw, you're dead - no offense, but ricochet's right.

[Ispankyourmom]

I think we have a flake or a liar - if a SOHC engine is the fastest in his town he must live in a town with only like 500 people - most of who still rely on horses to get around. I wonder if he's raced any mustangs.

[Sulsa]

I'm going with the flake.