Beating a Mach 1

[z28 boy]

Hey whats up guys. I know that yall have been waiting to find out who won. I am happy and to say that i now have an extra 100 bucks in my wallet. It was pretty bad ass. We raced 3 times. I won all three by atleast a car length. He had me on the start every race but i would catch him before i hit 2nd gear and i would pull away and then at the end he would pull close again. I think that it was because my tires are smaller than they are supposed to be. I spun the tires a little bit on the takes offs but not to much. The guy didn't hesitate to pay me either. When we got into town I talked to the driver and he said that he had done the best he could. He said he thought that he was going to win every time cause of the take off. He gave me props for winning and said that my car was pretty fast. I beat his cobra too.

[Joseph1082]

Damn, a victory, nice!!! Finally some proven facts. BTW what kind of Cobra, and i'm curious what you have done???

[Genopsyde]

Congradulations, your victory has also won you a post in your thread by the one and only "Genopsyde"

[z28 boy]

It was a 96 cobra with 4.10's and flowmaster exhaust some kind of intake and a different shifter. Whipped his ass. By about half the race i was ahead by 2 and 1/2 cars. he didn't close in at all. I have hpp3, 160 degree stat, and 80 series flowmaster.

[Mediocrity]

Good job man. At least the driver of the car had some humility about him

[89IROC&RS]

well done man, kick ass showing for the camaro crowd. and nice to hear about the amicable ending to it all as well. thats how it should be.

[Vlad_Tepes]

Good job....

[Chevyracincamaro]

all bow in humble admiration to the genopsyde... now that the formalities are out of the way, sounds like it was a good run. you just gotta love the camaro...

[youngvr4]

i figured you would win, just looking at the stats and weight. good kill!!

[GTStang]

I'm wondering something.... You beat a 03 Mach1 by at least a car length each time. But yet you beat a 96 Cobra basically the same exact car but a tad lighter which had 4.10's and the same driver as the Mach1 by 21/2 car lengths by half-way through something close to a 1/4 mile I imagine. Now what makes the Mach1 faster than previous solid axle Cobra's is the 3.55 rear gears. A 96 Cobra wit 4.10's you destroyed but you only beat a Mach1 wit 3.55's by a car or so length at the end....
Sorry people by I'm throwing it up!

[Vlad_Tepes]

Always a killjoy =Þ

[khris barger]

Hay gtstang dont get your panties in a bunch because it tacks forced induction for a stang to beat a LS1 besides who would drive a pony car any way's

[DVS LT1]

Congrats buddy! So nice to hear - damn I can't wait to get my car back on the road for some summer street racing!


And about the whole Mach1 vs Cobra thing, there's so many variables that could explain the differences in acceleration. For one thing, we're looking at one brand new car and one 8 year old car (has the 32valver been around that long?). Even if the '96 was well maintained if the engine hasn't been rebuilt or its got a lot of miles you'd think the new motor would have the advantage. I don't remember the first run of 32v's putting out the same HP they are now - you often hear LS1 guys saying the early '97+ LS1 didn't make as much power as the '01-'02.

Could all boil down to the day of the week each car was built.

Mach1 might have been put together on a Wed afternoon and in fact be a ringer (not likely by how the race turned out ). Cobra could have been built on a shitty Mon morning by guys who had just started assembling these motors.

It can't be that hard to believe he beat an older 32ver by a slightly bigger margin even if it had shorter gears.

[Joseph1082]

Doesn't a new Mach 1 have the 4.6 powerplant rated at 305HP, the same as the '96 Cobra w/ a 4.6 @305HP, so we are talking essaintially racing the same thing... ony difference is the rear-end. Simply the '96 is not running as good as the '03, and even the gearing advantage isn't enough.

[youngvr4]

another possiblilty is the 96 cobra doesn't have tc but i'm pretty sure the mach1 does, if the mach turned it on just for the begining and then turned it of on grip if the tires on the cobra are slicker he wouldn't get enough traction, i mean there are so many reasons why it coulda happen that way.