School Me (Imports)

3400 or 3500 with a turbo can easily make over 400hp, thats over 450tq, Ive seen a few people doing that on a stock engine, so if you did that it would give almost anything a run for there money as long as you get traction, from a roll it will be close. If you build the engine up you can see a ton of power for about a $1000- $1500 on forged parts and a good cam. I would think you could see 600 or more hp. Traction becomes a problem though. Remember our cars are extremely light. A camaro or mustang would way 1,000 plus more pounds. My car weighed 2400lbs I think last time I weighed it. My friend 98 ls1 weighed 3600lbsm that is about a 1200 lbs difference. I believe ever 100lbs equals 5 hp. A 98 camaro ls1 makes about 350 whp I think, so if you made 300whp which is fairly easy then you will give a stock z28 a run for their money. My friend has an 98 LS1 camaro, we always race each-other, his was a lot more modified then mine was at the time, but that has changed.

Ok, so a few things to say to your last post:

1. I plan on keeping my car stock, because I'm not really into all the "mods" and all of that. I just want to keep it alive and all original.

2. How the hell do I even get traction with a 3.1, 3 speed auto? I can't seem to grab the road right from a dig.

3. 100 pounds of weight is more equivalent to like 8-10 HP really. I've seen it on an online calculator once, but am too lazy to look it up right now. :lol:

4. Back to the original question. What kind of Civic's and other imports can I beat? What will take my Z down? This isn't a quarter mile, but rather just a short sprint. I know our cars are fast off the line, but lack a lot up top. That's normally where we lose out on the race right? After 60 MPH or so?

If you could, try and answer 2 and 4 please. Haha, thanks.

Denny,

I don't think many people are answering your question because frankly, it isn't a very good one. The intentions behind it seem juvenile although you do make an effort to address it. The last thread you made about racing didn't go so well for the same reasons.

Yes, we all were teenagers once and few of us learned a few things ripping up the street causing havoc. The thing is, the internet has provided us a whole new way of getting information to a point where we depend on it, taking us away from our own instincts and creativity. If you think finding out what might be faster on the roads might give you an upper hand in your "sprints" then you are missing the point entirely. If the opportunity comes for a little bit of a competition, just go for it to see what happens, that's part of the excitement. If you lose, you'll learn yoru limitations first hand, not because somebody on a forum told you so. You don't need to doubt yourself and ask the internet, because half the time we don't know what we are doing either.

Honestly, anything over 100hp, Japanese, and some-what sporty will be a match. These cars are not the best designed, as you already said, it's already hard enough to get traction from the stock tires so they aren't even that great from the stand still. Couple that with an asthmatic top end and you got a pretty slow car, but then again, I'm also a useless driver and that's my own limitation.

Well I understand they are very slow stock. Thank you guys for the advice. I guess if the opportunity comes up, then it comes up right? Anyways, if no one is to answer these questions, then I won't worry about it. I own one now, so I'm aware of what my car is capable of. I'm gonna keep it stock, but try to get it tuned up to the point where it runs at it's best. The best example of that would be trying to get it to run like it's brand new again.

P.S. - I know my last thread didn't go so well with this lmao. I still don't understand this, considering back in 02' and 03' everyone on here was ok with racing. I show up, and people act like a bitch about it. I know it's not ok to street race, but would still like to know stats on where we run, and what we run with, when it comes to the streets. Any who, thanks much for the input guys.

I have the measely peasely 2.8liter and while it is slow it is quicker than some other cars that are newer.

I've been pretty impressed with it.

There are a lot of people who assume it has a 4 cylinder in it and are surprised when they find out it is a V6 after a light to light race. I do indulge in that sometimes.

I raced a 94 Cav RS with the 3.1 and it was about even with my car. Of course I don't know what his tune was and if it has problems or not.

Many of the 4 cylinder non-turbo cars nowadays have about the same hp as I do with a V6. They are much better at making cars today more fuel efficient and have good performance. I feel I have a better take off though than a lot of cars from a dead stop at a red light, depends on the car really. I tried to race a V8 with 400 hp once and got beaten very badly haha.