1972 Nova vs Subaru wrx sti

[jonnyboy9012]

I have a freind who says his cousins car could woop my ass so i ask him whats he got he says a subaru wrx sti so i go look at the specs and im thinking pretty good. I was just wondering what you guys think i want a 2nd opinon before i go get my ass handed to me by some rice (and im not saying that in a bad way at all).

[209 neon]

this is your very first post and you decide to start a thread about racing a sti huuuuuuuuuuuuuuuum I guess race and find out, if you lose oh well you will live to race again, and if you win then I guess you win

[TatII]

maybe redneck should look at this, since he is also building a nova but he is using a 383 small block making more power. but i think he would know more about it then any of us.

[chevydrummer76]

if you were stock he'd take you but with the fast burn 385 I think you'd win as long as you can get traction..........

but now i'm thinking thats bs cuz you called it a big block 350

[Alldar]

lol all i gots to say to you is AWD launch is great so watch out for it

[-The Stig-]

Ahh so this is where you posted...

I was wondering why you called it a big block myself... nothing big about it.


But like I said in PM, if you can hook up and know how to handle that 5-speed. You should be able to play catch up after the STi ribs you a new poopshoot. Possibly taking it on the top-end...

Who knows... go race, be safe... and let us know what happens.

[jonnyboy9012]

I called it a big block cause a freind of my freinds dad called it that i didnt understand it much either but i figured what the hell its better then calling it a small block and also ive heard that saying before on a couple of websites i will give you a link if i can find them again. But ya i will go tonight or tommow night to the races were he goes i will tell you guys the outcome. Thanks for the info and setting me straight about the big block small block thing i will change my sig.

[chevydrummer76]

calling it a big block is better??? you see you can't pick which one it is the 350 is a small block, always will be.

[jonnyboy9012]

Ok im posting this right before im getting ready to go to the races, this is f-in crazy. I will probobaly post the result of the race right after i get home see you then.

[Zodiac]

Originally Posted by chevydrummer76

calling it a big block is better??? you see you can't pick which one it is the 350 is a small block, always will be.

Yeah but a 350 is a big a** engine though.

[Tiburon99]

Wish ya luck, be safe, have fun, and represent!

[chevydrummer76]

Originally Posted by Zodiac

Yeah but a 350 is a big a** engine though.

compared to import engines yah...but its small compared some of the big blocks like the 502 and 572

[jonnyboy9012]

Ok i went and raced him and holy shit here is the story:

K a little bit of info before i get to the juicy stuff, a couple of months ago right after i got my tranny i had my dads freind regear it cause he works on trannys for a living, i had him set it so it would reach approximatley 150 mph in the quarter (although i dont think my engine could pull that much but later i found i was wrong).

So me and my freind phone up his cousin a little early cause we know there some big shit going on over in the desert tonight (i dont want to take out someone with my car). So we head over to the desert after filling up (the drive there is about 15-20 min), we get on the freeway and im so excited to race his ass he gets in the middle lane and i punch it even though his car is awd and i know he can out maneuver me so i switch over into the fast lane and im still holding down the gas, as we hit a staight strech of freeway im thinking low traffic what the hell why not as im reaching about 4k on my tach i slam it up into 5th and gun it i see he is about a car length behind and im thinking holy shit my car should have been gone so i decide to let off at about 120 cause i can fell my car getting a little squirely with the pot holes and messed up freeway.

We finally arive at white water road and i start warming up my tires i did the longest ass burn out so i can get my rubber nice and sticky knowing how good awd launch, after the burnout we have my freind stand at the finish line to see who actually wins, me and his cousin decided to do a honk for the go so we line up and i can see my freind down the road and im thinking "here it goes" i rev it up to about 3700 rpm cause the road is nice and hot from the sun. I hear the horn and i drop the clutch my tires started spinning and he took off and im like "aww crap" so i feather a little and get massive ass traction it rams me back in my seat and now im thinking "this is what im talking about" so i slam it into 2nd and floor it i can see he has about 2 car lengths on me (damn tires) i get it up to about 5200k on the tach and pop it into 3rd im catching up he only has about 1 1/2 car lengths on me now as i near the 5200k mark on the tach i pop it into 4th and once again push the pedal through the floor board im only about half a car length behind and now im thinking "i got his ass this is mine" and since i know 5th is my strongest gear i slam it into 5th, we are nearing 130 mph and im hearing my motor start to get a little high but that is when i really puts out those ponys so at 137 mph im even but i know these subarus hit 150 easy but not in the quarter because of lack of torque and HP so as i go roaring by his driver side door with my 385 ftlbs of torque and 385 HP im thinking "thank god". I look at my tach and im reaching 5500 rpm then i glance over at my mph gauge and its at 149 i let off and go through the finish line.

Thank you to all of you guys who told me how to race this guy especially redneck.(Oh and by the way when i say those subarus have a lack of HP and torque i dont mean over all i mean to go that fast in the quarter, for the setup they have they are very powerfull. i say these cause i dont want a peved off sti owner doesnt come to my house and stab me.)

[BlueovalWhig]

sounds like an awesome race. must have been a really long road

[jonnyboy9012]

ya it is a pretty long road it is out in the desert, ive driven down the full road before and it is about 12 miles long but were we race till were there is a really sharp turn it is only about 3-4 miles maybe i will go measure it next time im out that way.