My automatic 99 coupe vs 03 M3
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St. Jude Donor '09-'10-'11-'12
That's great. I'm glad you didnt let the C5 community down.
What kind of mods is he planing to do now that you showed him who's boss? and what mods are you going to have to do to keep up with him?
see the never ending vicious cycle???
aint it great?
What kind of mods is he planing to do now that you showed him who's boss? and what mods are you going to have to do to keep up with him?
see the never ending vicious cycle???
aint it great?
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St. Jude Donor '03-'04-'05-'06-'07-'08-'09-'10-'11-'12-'13-'14-'15-'16-'17
Did he like the taste of crow? 
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Melting Slicks
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Needless to say, he was making excuses the whole time. Usual stupid excuses most people make up when they lose a drag race, e.g. "Well I couldn't get traction! It hard to launch a 6 speed." Those were the main excuses. Well he wants to get a chip for it now. More than likely, those 3.2L I6 motors are probably already maxed out, unless he wants to spend thousands of dollars for a turbo kit.
I'll just have to wait for more mod money because my C4 is currently under the knife. But the next thing for my C5 is maybe a nicely cammed LS2 402 stroker. Maybe a 3.42 gear swap and a nice 3000 rpm stall torque converter. But my dad said I have to save up more $$$ and work at the shop a little more. Then I can play with the big guys!
I'll just have to wait for more mod money because my C4 is currently under the knife. But the next thing for my C5 is maybe a nicely cammed LS2 402 stroker. Maybe a 3.42 gear swap and a nice 3000 rpm stall torque converter. But my dad said I have to save up more $$$ and work at the shop a little more. Then I can play with the big guys!
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From: Kathleen FL
I wouldn't think my A4 Vette would be good on a slalom/road/autoX course against an M3. The auto gear ratio is spread very far apart. It would have too much rpm drop from gear to gear. If I wanted to swap over a 6 speed and better gears, + the Z51 suspension, I suppose it would be pretty close.
Plus both of us are not the autox/road car types. Straight lines for now.
Plus both of us are not the autox/road car types. Straight lines for now.
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Originally Posted by hooblyboobly
My buddy's M3 ran a best of 14.281 @ 101.802 mph. His 60' was 2.011.
Eighth mile, he ran 9.125 @ 82.264 mph
My stock auto C5 ran 13.259 @ 106.043. My 60' was 1.972.
Eighth mile, 8.461 @ 87.020 mph
All I did was mash the gas. Easy as pie!
Originally Posted by hooblyboobly
My buddy's M3 ran a best of 14.281 @ 101.802 mph. His 60' was 2.011.
Eighth mile, he ran 9.125 @ 82.264 mph
My stock auto C5 ran 13.259 @ 106.043. My 60' was 1.972.
Eighth mile, 8.461 @ 87.020 mph
All I did was mash the gas. Easy as pie!
That's great, good job, I also like that you posted the results, a lot of times people say they are going to but I seem to never see them, again congrats 
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