cyrus Posted October 24, 2005 Share Posted October 24, 2005 Car Mag Shootouts! Did you see the Motortrend or C and D, they had a big shoot out. The cars typically cost $55000 ish total with all mods and delivered lame performance. The cars never seem to deliver. There was a 396 HP civic SI turbo (2525 lbs)that ran 13.5@106 and a 452HP Neon SRT that ran 13.4@112mph. That got me to thinking I must be putting doen around 750 HP with this new math... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
materchan Posted October 24, 2005 Share Posted October 24, 2005 yeah it was funny in last year C&D shootout they said after all the tuner cars finished they did all the tests with a stock zo6 vette and it beat every car on every test. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moridin Posted October 24, 2005 Share Posted October 24, 2005 Front tire fryers. Makes for great traction. Shouldn't those trap speeds be a bit higher for the claimed output? 400HP and 106MPH. Something is not adding up. I mean, a 370RWHP Cobra will trap above 110 easy. Don't the C5 Z06's trap around 115? Maybe its driving style or extremely small powerband. Who knows? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest bastaad525 Posted October 24, 2005 Share Posted October 24, 2005 I didn't understand the results either Only the Evo's and Elises seemed to run what they should have been. Was nice to see the SRT stomp all over the Honda's though Having just bought an SRT, I'm going to have to hold onto that mag for whenever honda kids want to tell me how much my car sucks I am left wondering how that SRT ran such crappy times though... the owner of that car is a frequent poster over at SRTforums.com, he's got a very extensive list of mods. I can tell you this, there are guys over there with much shorter lists (typically an upgraded/adjustable wastegate actuator, upgraded exhaust... and uh... maybe better tires) that can run mid-low 13's all day long at like 104-108mph, and have posted the timeslips to prove it. Those guys typically put down like 250-270hp to the wheels. So SOMETHING was going on there..... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kennysgreen280zt Posted October 24, 2005 Share Posted October 24, 2005 yeah, my roomates SRT runs like 13.3 @ 108-109 pretty much all the time with pretty much the mod list you said. Kinda wierd for that high of HP SRT to do that poorly. We just got done installing the AGP 50 trim kit, so next racing season his car should be going a little faster. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gollum Posted October 24, 2005 Share Posted October 24, 2005 I havn't gotten my copy yet ;( All in due time. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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