Anyone tangle with a V?
09-09-2012 | 01:57 PM
#63
Burning Brakes
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Well I did burn this neon the other day... and I did get smoked by a new Honda Prelude though at a stoplight in my 79' (stock I might add). 1000HP CTS-V? How much does that put down on the rear wheels.
Anybody who mods a car and then brags about beating a stock "off the dealer lot" car shouldn't get too many nods of appreciation. Big deal. It's sounds like these 18 year olds in their 700HP civics. Big deal who cares. Modded cars are a fools game. You're better than the next guy until he mods his with more boost pressure, bigger turbo etc. etc. Ad infinitum.
As far as cost... when the boost kit costs more than the car it's going into, you have your answer before it's begun.
Anybody who mods a car and then brags about beating a stock "off the dealer lot" car shouldn't get too many nods of appreciation. Big deal. It's sounds like these 18 year olds in their 700HP civics. Big deal who cares. Modded cars are a fools game. You're better than the next guy until he mods his with more boost pressure, bigger turbo etc. etc. Ad infinitum.
As far as cost... when the boost kit costs more than the car it's going into, you have your answer before it's begun.
with Twin Turbos....and to the answer of how will a CTS-V stand up to cars in 20 years,the HP already speaks for itself,I think it will do just fine!
1066 HP at the rear wheels!
964 Rear wheel torque!
http://autos.yahoo.com/blogs/motoram...190832135.html
http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature...&v=-RTpw4MIdVc
Last edited by inactiveuser1; 09-11-2012 at 10:44 AM.
09-09-2012 | 08:12 PM
#66
Drifting
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Here's that answer to the question how much rear wheel horsepower a modded CTS-V puts out even thou a modded 7 liter LS7
with Twin Turbos....and to the answer of how will a CTS-V stand up to cars in 20 years,the HP already speaks for itself,I think it will do just fine!
1066 HP at the rear wheels!
964 Rear wheel torque!
http://autos.yahoo.com/blogs/motoram...190832135.html
http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature...&v=-RTpw4MIdVc
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-RTpw...=results_video
with Twin Turbos....and to the answer of how will a CTS-V stand up to cars in 20 years,the HP already speaks for itself,I think it will do just fine!
1066 HP at the rear wheels!
964 Rear wheel torque!
http://autos.yahoo.com/blogs/motoram...190832135.html
http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature...&v=-RTpw4MIdVc
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-RTpw...=results_video
Last edited by rgs944; 09-09-2012 at 08:43 PM.
09-09-2012 | 11:37 PM
#69
Three Wheelin'
Joined: Oct 2005
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From: Memphis/Chicago
this thread is stupid as he11, you are trying to justify. a race is a race, you "run what you brung", period. age, cost, etc has nothing to do with it
my guess is he beat a 1st generation V, a win is a win. 2nd gen V's are stout
my guess is he beat a 1st generation V, a win is a win. 2nd gen V's are stout
09-10-2012 | 12:13 AM
#72
Administrator
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Take the same budget that produced that monster CTS-V and apply it to a 928....no contest.
They also weigh over 4,200lbs.
556bhp @ 4,200lbs versus Gretch with 500hp to the rear wheels @ 3,600lbs
Winner = Gretch
He would have blown a 1st generation into oblivion so bad the driver would have checked his rear view mirror for a parachute.
The #1 disadvantage a high power 928 has against modern cars is traction off the line, not an issue with a roll-on race.
That is why Todd is working on launch control on his twin turbo.
09-10-2012 | 12:29 AM
#75
Team Owner
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From: one thousand, five hundred miles north of Ft. Lauderdale for the summer.
set the record at the Nurburgring for a 4-door sedan (7:59.32) in May, 2008.
and held that record until it was broken by a Panamera Turbo a year later (7:56 and change) in July, 2009...
http://www.caranddriver.com/news/200...-ring-car-news
http://www.clublexus.com/forums/car-...rburgring.html