Im 17, turn 18 here soon and have saved up enough money to buy a corvette and do some small modificatons to it. All of my friends are so fixed on ricers thou and keep telling me to buy one and just twin turbo it and put a body kit on it and stuff. Why cant they just understand that you need some horsepower to start with in order to get high numbers. Post pictures or videos of your corvette destroying a foreign car in a race for me. so that i can show them that they should respect the corvette.

post pictures, videos, dyno sheets, and 1/8 miles times, and 1/4 mile times but plz only n/a engines only cause im old fashion and want to show them pure engine power will still beat their little twin turbos.

 

I hear that Toyotas are selling pretty cheap right now. Some of them are tooo fast!

 

Ive done a few Imports before and owned a few. I must say I have seen some fast ones. BUT Vettes are much more fun. I have a 2001 413RWHP 396RWTQ Only major mod is a 237/242 .609 112LSA Cam. The rest are just bolt ons. I just added a FAST 92mm Intake and a 90mm TB so Ill have new numbers in a week or so.

 

ya but im in it for the horsepower and the sound of the engine with a nice cam. MPG is not what i care about in a car.

 

Really bad sound (car is to loud) but here is mine. I also forgot to trun the video off at the end

 

I have had them all man. Actually I still have them all.

Currently I have a 3000GT VR4 Twin Turbo with 400BHP/375ftlbs, and have owned many other imports. Irregardless you just can't beat the feel and sound of an LS1 in a 3100lb car. The vette beats any car i've ever owned.

Remember this and I know it may seem hard to do when all your friends are following a different path but, do what YOU want. Personally, I don;t like to follow the path everyone else takes. Be different from your friends. Own a car that will show theirs up because remember, even if their Honda Civic has 500WHP, it is still a Honda.

 

im 19 and i must say i love my vette, i got it cheap as hell and im moding it head to toe, haha

so far i have ported intake, but she is getting a huge cam/150shot and heads so ill be good for at least 450-550hp



i love my 300zx as much as i love my vette, and ill say this, watch out for some of those "ricers" by which u mean imports, because ik some that will shove a boot up your *** because they rape you

 

ya but what im saying is lets go engine only, no superchargers, no turbos, no nos, my point is with a little 4 banger to put a cam, heads, and rebuild the lower end and make all of the new parts be high performance. its still a 4 banger if you were to do that to a 5.7l v8 or any ls motor its alot bigger difference.

 

ya but throw on very little mods, and a turbo some of those honda engines, they HAUL ***. i mean **** watch this.
http://www.streetfire.net/video/RICE...-VS_638166.htm

 

431rwhp
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The cars you talk about are so differnt you can't really compare them so let's not try!

I have a stock 2002 Z06 and a 2001 convertible with a cam and tune that puts out 415 RWHP / 385 Torque. My son has a 1995 CIVIC with a JDM motor swap and turbo kit just like in the video and that little 4 banger will kick my a$$ every time so pick the one that you like the most and go for it!!

Final note, just be safe whatever you do, either car with 400 - 500 RWHP is a lot to handle and can easily get away from you so get plenty of seat time AT THE TRACK!!

 

i do both i played with my daily drive 02 neon did 15.89 in 1/4 thats respectable fora 22 sec auto. that was the learning car. now i have a 99 vette and love her. but just like evryone says speed kills you have to respect it.the one lnice this about small cars they are slow and can be made fast. vette is already fast so if you have never been in a fast car it can seem scary. your choice my i would get vette

 

at the end of the day its still a honda....

 

This video ALWAYS makes me laugh. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cnAwoGSoPdg

 

I own both, why discriminate?

 

More or less, as the old saying goes, there's no replacement for displacement. A 5.7L V8 is always going to have more potential than a 2.4L 4cyl. Fine, turbo a Honda. You'll get the same power as a stock LS1. Now turbo an LS1 and double that of the turbo 4.

More importantly, there's a bigger issue at hand. A Civic was not designed to go fast. I don't care if they say the Si is "faster" than the other Hondas. It's not designed to go fast. Even if you have a slow Corvette, it's still designed to go fast, so the platform is a BETTER platform to start with. Civics only have one benefit - a cheaper upfront cost. But no Civic on a budget is going to drive over 150MPH with stability or even for a long stretch. It costs a lot of money to transform a Civic into a road race car. Specifically, something along the lines of a Corvette.

Corvettes were designed with long-term speed in mind. The Z06 is designed to travel at 175MPH for 30min (until the gas tank is empty). It's a car that's incredibly stable at high speed due to its rigid chassis and long wheel-base. Aerodynamically, it's a better choice for high speed travel than a Honda Civic. And it's wider stance keeps it's center of gravity lower than a Civic. The suspension was designed for performance driving, unlike the Civic's suspension that was designed to go to the store, work and home in normal driving conditions.

You start with a good platform and you get more bang for your buck down the road.


BTW, a bone stock C5Z06 will generally demolish any "rice car" your friends can come up with both street and strip. Beware, your friends may turn on you when they get jealous.

 

its still a honda...

 

Very nice. What specs for your cam.......Love the idle

 

And this vid, very very funny. I wish i new what that c5 had done to it.

 

Here is all motor that you ask. No race vids though. Just a walk around and a couple revs.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XWC1bGu-WP8

And my guess is...if you asked the guy w/ the 500hp honda which he would rather have, corvette or his 500hp honda...he would say corvette. Maybe thats just me though. Just remember, even if you lose, you still own the better car.