how do u go against v8's on highways

[playa]

hey all.

i flog most v8's in 1st 2nd 3rd and 4th ... but havent had da chance to race one on da higway anything over 100km/h.... my mates keep telling me "ohhhh v8's have best top end blah blah" but i beg to differ... wot u guyz experiened...?

[benm]

On the way back from Summernats I smoked 1 of those old 351 Ford GT's, he thought he was all smart pulling up beside me and giving it afew revs, i dropped it from 5th back to 4th (if i went to 3rd it would have been over much earlier) at about 100km/h and flattened it on 7psi (didnt bother switching it to 12psi) so back then 7psi for me was about 180rwkw or something, bye bye ford GT.

[Jay95R33]

One of the few runs I've ever had with another car was with a 300kw Commodore.

Rolling start from about 40km/h in 2nd gear. All the way through 2nd gear and the start of 3rd we were dead even, but then the good old 3rd gear came into effect and I got about 1/4-1/2 a car length on him. We both stopped trying at 140km/h which is good cause that's the top of 3rd anyway

I was suprised as was he.

I haven't seen him around since then - I still remember the lic plates cause it was HSV-0##.

At that stage I had full 3 inch exhuast, pod with CAI, 12psi...

Not bad for a car that cost me $26k against a car that was $90k+

J

[Sil8ty]

Had a rolling start from about 50km/h with a VU Manual ute.. Thought it may keep with me, i was mistaken, pulled a car length on him in a gear change, but getting to the 150-160km/h mark the V8 slowly comes back.

Car mods: Cat back exhaust, pod filter, bit more boost V's Gen III Exhaust, Cold Air, MAF meter, blah blah.....

Certainly changed his perspective of so called "Jap Cr*p"

[rb26dett]

i dun even bother bout them. everyone wants to race me. dunno y. even hyundais.

[NiteskyR]

do u get tvr's over there ?

[SLY33]

hardly any TVR's over here dude... I always wanted a Griffith 500, but now theres all sorts of wicked sixes available!

btw for those that dont know, a TVR is a british sports car about the size of an MX5 mazda, but with big V8 or highly worked six under the hood, all doing 0-100 in around 4 seconds off the showroom floor.

[GTS-t VSPEC]

The Tuscan Speed 6 is my fave TVR, I hope to see some when I'm in the UK soon:D

[Guest Yoda]

i dont mind the look of the new 350. think it'll grow on people. i'm tossing up between a highly modded gtr, and the new 350z. any thoughts?

[Chino]

Dont be like that yoda buy tha GTR you wont regret it..

[Silver-Arrowz]

At the track against a monaro gto, fairly even but he was pulling very slowly away on the straight at eastern creek. Out braked him into the corner though. Should match or do better now that a/f ratio is fixed.

On the twisties however, left him for dead. But something tells me it was more of a driver factor, rather than machine there.

[Les]

I have taken out an SS 5.7L commodore in my twin turbo six five

he was pissed..

in my AUD1,800 car... that i have spent.. well ah... $8,ooo in total now..

[Soulja]

I guess it all depends what you are up against, i dont see a v8 Holden beating a Skyline, for some reason holden can't get the set-up right on there v8.

ALso by the way "monaro gto" are 2 different things a monaro is a $50,000 LS1 350chevy and a GTO is a $115,000 Ls1 350Chevy with 300kw.

Anyone which wants to see how they do against me i will have my car in a few weeks really would like to see how to goes up against a skyline (live in Perth) Car: 88 vette

[Jay95R33]

Originally posted by Soulja

ALso by the way "monaro gto" are 2 different things a monaro is a $50,000 LS1 350chevy and a GTO is a $115,000 Ls1 350Chevy with 300kw.

Yepp, that's true. The only reason I knew the commodore I ran was a 300kw one is that they have a little badge on the back that says 300

I must say that they sound amazing though....

[Soulja]

Jay95R33 i agree a corvette is a LS1 and only pulls 300hp and chevy knows what they r doing with they engines. and i gto would not be able to keep up with a vette no way in the world. holden should have took a chpt. out of chevy book and put a Ls6 with 405hp 0->100 in 4.8second that is a really powerhouse machine.

I must amit i will enjoy beating holden more than skyline in my vette, cuz they all think they r hot shit with 300kw which is really FAKE!

[rev210]

There are plenty of very fast V8's to make the majority of gtst's look like slow crap.

[Soulja]

rev210 u dont see many of them on perth streets, they are all shitty SS or HSV which couldnt pull a low 13 to save there own life. dont get my wrong i like holdens and v8 but most of them are shit house. i would rather race a skyline than a hsv, i think it would be more a closer race (untill my car is finish)

[two40]

wow, the testosterone in this thread is suffocating me.

so i wonder what would happen if a 300hp skyline took on a 300hp v8 of the same weight?

wait, don't answer that, i already know the outcome.

just thought i'd add some of my testosterone.

[red900ss]

two40 you lost all your testosterone when you sold the 33. You then had testosterone envy and now once again your cup runneth over with your latest purchase.

[two40]

:bahaha:

So true, so true.