Speed Claims, What to Believe?
12-05-2012, 03:25 PM
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I'd bet there has never been a "stock" Cobalt (with or without a turbo) that would take a C5. Modified is a whole different story. My modified 91 Eagle Talon TsiAWD 4-cyclinder would leave my near stock 02 C5 in the dust.
12-05-2012, 04:16 PM
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About 20 years ago I drove a "T" Bucket around on Saturday nights to the local hotrod hangouts. it ran a 327 small block with a "671" blower, 2-4s, 4.56 gears, beefed turbo400, etc...[scarry fast]
There was always some body telling me about his cousins brother, uncle, stepdad etc... who had a [you fill in the blank] that could Blow the doors off my 10.5 second street rod but he was not in town or some other excuse!
If you have a nice car corvette, mustang, hotrod or otherwise, Its a magnet for jelous people!
There was always some body telling me about his cousins brother, uncle, stepdad etc... who had a [you fill in the blank] that could Blow the doors off my 10.5 second street rod but he was not in town or some other excuse!
If you have a nice car corvette, mustang, hotrod or otherwise, Its a magnet for jelous people!
12-05-2012, 04:32 PM
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So you are correct, unless your vette was missing a couple of plug wires, it's faster by far.
I'm not sure why this turned into a stock Cobalt could beat a Vette thread.......
12-05-2012, 05:19 PM
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That yellow thing behind my modified C5 was tough to shake:
It had rained all day and the track was still damp and I was sliding around a lot trying to put the power down. I finally had to point him by. He was the better driver and was flogging that little car. It's hard to believe he was in the green group.
It had rained all day and the track was still damp and I was sliding around a lot trying to put the power down. I finally had to point him by. He was the better driver and was flogging that little car. It's hard to believe he was in the green group.
12-05-2012, 05:54 PM
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That yellow thing behind my modified C5 was tough to shake:
It had rained all day and the track was still damp and I was sliding around a lot trying to put the power down. I finally had to point him by. He was the better driver and was flogging that little car. It's hard to believe he was in the green group.
It had rained all day and the track was still damp and I was sliding around a lot trying to put the power down. I finally had to point him by. He was the better driver and was flogging that little car. It's hard to believe he was in the green group.
You did good giving him the track....
12-05-2012, 06:27 PM
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12-05-2012, 06:44 PM
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Sometimes an instructor in the beginner group will drive the student around to show him/her where to go.
12-05-2012, 07:25 PM
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Here's an example of a "lesser" car being better than a sports car under certain conditions.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G0pB_jnLDtw
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G0pB_jnLDtw
12-05-2012, 07:26 PM
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I was riding with a guy in his C5Z on a track that lapped an insturctor driving his friends new SS camero that was pretty well built for the track and the C5Z was faster and way smoother around the track then the GT500 Mustang built for the track that I had just got done riding in.
hard to compare something that was designed to go fast to something that was forced to lol
hard to compare something that was designed to go fast to something that was forced to lol
12-05-2012, 07:53 PM
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That yellow thing behind my modified C5 was tough to shake:
It had rained all day and the track was still damp and I was sliding around a lot trying to put the power down. I finally had to point him by. He was the better driver and was flogging that little car. It's hard to believe he was in the green group.
It had rained all day and the track was still damp and I was sliding around a lot trying to put the power down. I finally had to point him by. He was the better driver and was flogging that little car. It's hard to believe he was in the green group.
I own both cars.
Ron
12-05-2012, 08:13 PM
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I think people need to consider there is a difference between fast in a straight line, and fast in straights and turns. Some of these light cars with loads of horsepower may do great at the drag strip, but get them on a track, or auto cross, and they will most likely fail. From what I've heard and read, these late model mega-horsepower Mustangs do not handle very well in the curves. I guess it depends on what you want; a sports car, or a sporty car. A drag car or a track car, even though the Vette is good at both. Things can get interesting when you tell someone your Vette has 350 HP, and they proceed to tell you how the new Mustang has more than that. In fact some of the current Mustangs have more HP than a base C6, but then you're back to the sports car vs sporty car discussion. Car guys should know what's up, but others just see numbers, and bigger is better.
I've lived long enough to see a lot of cars that are fast and faster than our vette.
But I stand by that right out of the box and for the money invested you won't find many that can handle a C5.
Any car can be made to be faster than it, but give me that money to put in mine, and they are in the rearview.
12-06-2012, 09:23 AM
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12-06-2012, 11:24 AM
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I've lived long enough to see a lot of cars that are fast and faster than our vette.
But I stand by that right out of the box and for the money invested you won't find many that can handle a C5.
Any car can be made to be faster than it, but give me that money to put in mine, and they are in the rearview.[/QUOTE]
100%
But I stand by that right out of the box and for the money invested you won't find many that can handle a C5.
Any car can be made to be faster than it, but give me that money to put in mine, and they are in the rearview.
[/QUOTE] 100%