first vette kill :D

whipster24 · **first vette kill :D**

So I was driving out to Omaha friday night for the Midwest Stangs cruise/bbq on sunday. I was staying with some friends there.. Anyway, back to the vette.

I was heading west on I-80 out of Des Moines and I notice a C5 up in front of me a little ways. Of course there is a few cars between us taking up both lanes so I had to just ride close to them all for a while until I could get around. As I'm approaching the vette I pass a yellow 5.0 sn95 and send a smile/wave at the hottie driving.. (she probably just had to laugh about that

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I pull up next to the vette and match speed then drop into 4th and take off. At this point I was just letting him know my intentions since we were in traffic at that point so I slow back to a reasonable speed and he follows me for about 30 minutes until the road clears up.

He inches up next to me and I look over to see an old guy and his white haired wife riding along with a big ole grin on her face. I give him the jump and drop it into 4th at 80 mph. we stay even for a split second and then it's instapull. Not even close

It made for a nice little ego boost

Kyle · 07-31-2005, 10:02 PM

awesome man

Dark02Pony · 07-31-2005, 10:03 PM

awesome man. i raced a vette .....but i lost

lowflyn · 07-31-2005, 10:03 PM

Haha nice man

Tbird232ci · 07-31-2005, 10:05 PM

and i thought i was hot shit beating a camaro

good job

i might start chasing the C4's around here, see if i can beat up on some L98 ass

Monkey · 07-31-2005, 11:31 PM

fun huh?

red herring · 08-01-2005, 12:18 AM

Hate to spoil the fun but I'd say the guy wasn't racing or made a big mistake. Corvettes are fast, especially up top, so if it wasn't even close then he wasn't racing or he made a mistake or something like that.

Tbird232ci · 08-01-2005, 12:24 AM

so a supercharged mustang cant keep up with an LS1 corevette?

also...lets see...he's putting down more hp at the wheels than an LS1 corvette has at the flywheel...

red herring · 08-01-2005, 12:27 AM


Quote: Originally Posted by Tbird232ci so a supercharged mustang cant keep up with an LS1 corevette? also...lets see...he's putting down more hp at the wheels than an LS1 corvette has at the flywheel...

I'm just uncertain. N/A horsepower is different from forced induction horsepower. The corvette should have more aggressive gearing and perhaps weighs slightly less (and should have less wind resistance at those speeds.) I'm not doubting that he won, it's just that I would imagine it would be more competitive.

fast64 · 08-01-2005, 12:46 AM

ego boost.....was that a pun??? lol, good job

Tbird232ci · 08-01-2005, 12:49 AM


Quote: Originally Posted by red herring N/A horsepower is different from forced induction horsepower.

could you please explain that?

red herring · 12:55 AM

I mean if you took a car and gave it 300 hp with a turbo and took the same car and gave it 300 hp N/A the N/A version is usually faster. It usually has a flatter toque curve and doesn't have to wait for the power to kick in or have turbo lag.

The reason I say this is because usually what I see on bimmerforums is that the Euro S52 with 320hp runs faster than the American S52 which comes with only 240hp, even if it's been turbo'd to 320hp. The turbo car with the same hp usually isn't as fast, even though it's same car and same hp. Also, dyno's usually show the N/A S52 with a flatter torque curve.

n8r · 08-01-2005, 12:59 AM


Quote: Originally Posted by red herring I mean if you took a car and gave it 300 hp with a turbo and took the same car and gave it 300 hp N/A the N/A version is usually faster. It usually has a flatter toque curve and doesn't have to wait for the power to kick in or have turbo lag. The reason I say this is because usually what I see on bimmerforums is that the Euro S52 with 320hp runs faster than the American S52 which comes with only 240hp, even if it's been turbo'd to 320hp. The turbo car with the same hp usually isn't as fast, even though it's same car and same hp. Also, dyno's usually show the N/A S52 with a flatter torque curve.

Perhaps thats the case with turbos, but, he is pimpin an S/C.

red herring · 08-01-2005, 01:04 AM

Does it seem right for him to be losing almost 100 hp to the wheels? I mean, that could be normal but holy hell, that's a lot of hp.

Tbird232ci · 08-01-2005, 01:09 AM

and turbo lag is a common misconception that 90% of non-turbo drivers have

if you know how to drive a car, it will not lag

as for the torque curve, a turbo car can/will have a better torque curve than an n/a car, especially if driven properly, people assume because a turbo lags, that torque is horrible, and thats not true, generally turbo cars are more torquey than N/A cars with similar horsepower numbers

there was a guy who build an N/A 2.3L, ported head, cam, bumped the compression to 10.5:1, header back exhaust, custom intake manifold, and the thing was capable up running up to 8K rpms, it churned out i think 202hp at the wheels, and something like 192rwtq, where as my stock 2.3L turbo puts down 190hp and 240ftlbs at the flywheel, with the small mods i have, i should have about 200 at the wheels, and around 260ft/lbs of torque at the wheels...explain that

red herring · 08-01-2005, 01:23 AM


Quote: Originally Posted by Tbird232ci as for the torque curve, a turbo car can/will have a better torque curve than an n/a car, especially if driven properly,

the torque curve should not change with drivers, it just depends on how the driver can utilize what he/she has.

I don't see what you're asking explanation for...you gave rwhp for one and crank hp for the other expecting a correlation. Are you comparing 2.3L from the same car? Also, the N/A guy changed cams; as far as I can tell cam setups often sacrifice torque for hp or vice versa. That may not always be the case but from what I've seen on dyno graphs people often lose a ft.lb. of torque when they get cams, but gain hp.

Also, what "small mods" do you have that took you from 240 crank torque to 260 wheel torque.

Thomas91169 · 08-01-2005, 01:23 AM


Quote: I mean if you took a car and gave it 300 hp with a turbo and took the same car and gave it 300 hp N/A the N/A version is usually faster. It usually has a flatter toque curve and doesn't have to wait for the power to kick in or have turbo lag.

im sorry to say but youre backwards.

n/a cars have no top end(unless theyre built right) or theyre a honda. however a turbo car will rape in the top end, thats where all its power is. you say turbo lag is bad, i say its just foreplay, cause once it hits full boost, more than likely its over for the other guy.

youre right about the bimmer thing, but you gotta remember, the ones that start out with 320 are tuned for that, the ones that had to mod to get there prolly arent. and prolly like the difference between n/a supras and tt supras, 300zx tt and n/t , there are differences in the motor rotating assembly, even though its the same motor. one is meant for bewst, one isnt, and the one that isnt that gets boosted wont make the same amount of power, even though it could have everything from its boosted counterpart.

and you cant ever, ever put n/a vs f/i hp in a comparison. if i am making 350whp boosted and i pull up on a fbody making 350whp n/a im telling you right now, for the fbody guy, it aint gonna be pretty. btw at 15psi ive already taken numerous fbodies on the freeway, and that was only running 25lbs/min running rich. imagine 20psi with around 40lbs/min tuned. and aside from that, i raced a vette once and we were dead even.

there is no doubt in my mind whipster took a vette. theyre fast but not invincible. i mean, just look at the AMS 600hp evo that took on the 650hp supercharged vette, and look how that ended up. vette was seeing taillights, and that was on a freeway, where the awd of the evo is like throwing an anchor out back, and the vette should have had the advantage with less drivetrain loss.

red herring · 01:37 AM


Quote: Originally Posted by EclipseGSTdude there is no doubt in my mind whipster took a vette. theyre fast but not invincible. i mean, just look at the AMS 600hp evo that took on the 650hp supercharged vette, and look how that ended up. vette was seeing taillights, and that was on a freeway, where the awd of the evo is like throwing an anchor out back, and the vette should have had the advantage with less drivetrain loss.

That's crazy. See, I'm not doubting that it's the truth, but just by looking it's not what I would expect. If somebody posted that I would say "that seems weird being that the evo loses power up top and has less power to begin with."

Hahaha! Why is Tbird quoting me? Even eclipseGST has stipulated that FI hp is indeed different than N/A hp.

Thomas91169 · 08-01-2005, 02:06 AM

yeah but im drugged up on dayquil and ib profin, i have the excuse of double guessing myself.

i think i meant you can compare it, but youll be wrong everytime about the outcome or who will win or such and what not.