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I have raced a few V-6's and after hitting second I start gaining. know only if I can get better low end torque. I have also made a dession to only race other 4 cly like the Grand Am. Besides there no other V-6 around here
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the only guys i can find to race around here are vw golf gti's, ive only raced 2, but beaten them both!
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I raced a riced out Hyundai Elantra and mopped the floor with him. But being a Hyundai, it wasn't really a fair fight. The ricer boys in my town will race each other, but don't really accept challenges from anyone else. Very suspicious!  ------------------ 1999 navy blue SE Zetec ATX PIAA headlamp/foglamp bulbs Hella Optilux 1100 foglamps Sidemarkers No performance mods, yet.
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As soon as my freind getts his licence back (long story maid short girl he had a crush wrecked his 97 Grand am and he took the rap for it) We'll his parents got him a 98 grand am. He thinks it's fast but wait till I kick hes ass in a race
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I feel so bad...I only took on a new vw beetle...and no he didn't beat me up...but they sure go faster then they used to. Are they like a golf under all that stuff. I didn't think that sunflower on his dash helped...
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What do you mean a sunflower is good for 40 horse
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I think that you may get a surprise from your buddies Grand Am. The old rounded body style ones with the 3.1 litre 6 may look slow but I used to have a Sunbird with the 3.1 litre and it was quick. It may have a laughably low redline and run out of breath above 4 grand but the torque that thing puts out can light up the tires of an ATX. I did.
On the other hand, the new (quite sharp looking I must say) GA's are usually equipped with a wussy 2.4 litre 4, the same as in the laughable Cavalier Z24. They'll probably be slow but I think the top of the line GT's get a six, a thoroughly modern one at that. I'd check first to see you don't get embarrased.
As for racing, have two takes. Stoplight I will usually stick to BMW 318i's and 320's and Audi 1.8T's. But on the freeway and offramps, favored prey are these pathetic 80's Cutlass supremes and the like. I love passin' em and just schoolin' em on the twisty offramps. Even better are old 70's and 80's Chev pickups that are all slammed with fat rubber. They handle even worse, no anti roll bars and that pathetic live rear axle. Clowns.
And to top it off, I had one of these hick trucks raced me on the freeway. The poor schmuck could only hit 140 km/h (85mph) as I cruised to 180 km/h until I backed off, laughing all the way.
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In So-Cal there are mostly ricers, and they challenge me all the time. I beat all those cars, but I was once embarrassed by a fixed up 328i BMW (in the contour svt). My two most memorable instances happened in my Cobra.
1. C5 Vette pulls up next to me and tells his girl friend how Cobras are built like s*** and are pieces of s***, basically. After I wiped the road with him, he wouldn't even look at me as I laughed at him. (I like C5 Vettes, but don't underestimate my little Cobra).
2. Driving home from work at 2:30 am, a turbo civic pulls up next to me and blurps his throttle several times, again with a female sitting next to him. So I drop it in fourth and pull about 10 carlengths on the poor guy. Here he comes again, so I let him think I'm out of steam, then mash the throttle, puuling 'til I barely see him in my rear view. I let go, and the guy eventually passes me and again didn't want to look over as I laughed at him.
BOTTOM LINE - Don't you love getting challenged by some cocky guy, then wiping the floor with them?
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haveing a ztec atx doesnt let me wipe the floor with many, except the local high schoolers whos parents buy them mini-sport futility vehicles, like rav4s and suzuki's. I take them out one by one. Stock civics (non-SI) are no challenge either, plenty of those to go around. I just pick my battles wisely, and once i hit the twisties, not many stand a chance. - Thats what Ztec contiques are best at! Mark ------------------ Black 98 Mystique GS Spree Ztec ATX (arg) Dropped w/ H&R's, KKM intake, Accel Thundersport 300+ plug wires, Autolite Platnium Pro plugs, Alpine CD, pulled out rubber fender boot, Fog to DRL mod, Accel ignition coil, Mobil 1 Oil (good stuff!) looking for new rubber soon....more? pics here: http://hometown.aol.com/crazyshovl/myhomepagephoto.html [This message has been edited by SpreeBoy (edited October 25, 2000).]
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Having a contour zetec mtx and some mild mods really helps me save some gas mileage, plus surprize some so called really fast rice boys....I think my car was made on a wensday, I won't let ford tinker with it.NUff said?
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