Focus won. Z28 was 305 and auto. Focus has only CAI. It's my boys focus. Camaro is an 86, carb'd 305 w/th350. He had him by a good buslength.

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You should have won they only have 170hp at the crank. even though you should have similar but you should have been able to launch better than him and then have him playing catch up. Sorry about your loss.

 

they are both friends cars. i wasn't driving. and how exactly do you think the 305 auto should launch better than the SVT 6-speed?

 

I was always under the impression auto > manuals for launching.

 

Are you serious? Maybe with a drag car with a stall converter or something. Autos blow until you beef them up.

 

Eh, Autos are decent, I like manuals better for launching w/ slicks, all has to do with how well you can hook

 

It is a FOCUS, man what the hell race a real car I can beat a focus in reverse blindfolded

 

SVT focus has as much horsepower stock as most thirdgens came with. Couple that with a 6 speed and a car that weighs less, well, I think even you can do the math on that one.

170hp@7000, 145 lb@5500
10.21:1 comp. curb weight of 2,593 lbs. (3-door), 2,675 (5-door)
I think it will take most pre-TPI thirdgens pretty easily, and smoke all lo3's without an issue, as long as there is a competent driver on board.

edit:spelling

 

i remember car n driver doing a test with the SVT. not very quick especially not what it should be for a SVT car.

0-60 in 7.8 sec

1/4 mile at 15.9 at 89 mph. granted their probly is abit of room for improvement. but everyone says magazines cant drive cars. well some cant but all car n driver guys do is test cars. for years. you figure they would start to get good at it sometime. LOL

http://www.caranddriver.com/article....&page_number=4

 

I dont care what you say, they are S L O W, no matter what numbers you put out there I can take one with my grandmothers buick.

 

No matter what the fact say, you have to be right!

 

yah look at the post right after mine, 1/4 mile at 15.9 at 89 mph. Thats one hell of a 1/4 mile time there isn't it genius. Go home and clean you K&N for the l33t horsepower, and take out your windshielf wiper fluid for that extra .10

 

I agree with pasky, you must really be stupid. That time above was fronm the same magazine that called an LS1 camaro a 14.3 second car. Yeah, right. I dont have K&N's. I own a camaro. I dont have any imports and dont speak your silly little language (however for some reason you seem to).

Besided if you know so much why do you ask stupid questions in all of the forums?

 

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thats why i said 15.9 with probably room for improvement. you never know.

most 305 auto cars are 15 seconds or so, and especially older TPI or non TPI cars. non TPI cars usually low low 16's or so. deffinately a close race.

 

Me and fuel injection are teaching eachother the basics. Before this car the most work I did w/ anything having to do was fuel injection was changing the oil in my moms buick . But I see that it is workable now, and it is possible to tune it for high 10's and still mantain decent fuel economy. I am not saying I know everything, but I sure think you guys that have your 3inch exhaust and K&n filters and try and race need to get a real job and get a real car. I'm tired of not seeing anything other than a ninja that can mess with me and i'm tired of all the posers out there. Street racing has gotten so much WORSE over the last few years it isn't even really enjoyable for me anymore, for the most part it is rich kids that can't drive or old guys that won't bite.

A ford focus is an absolute waste of time to even post about beating, I wouldn't even bother hitting the gas if he was revving up to me. Even if it is a 15 second car what makes it worthwhile? Hell I wouldn't waste time if it was a 14 second car from the show room.

Anyway I'm pissed off and rambling without proof reading so--

 

Why would you even want to race them is my whole point, what a waste of gas

 

well for your "11 second " car it would be a waste to race a stock Z06.LOL not everyone has the luxary of owning a fast car. mine will be but i dont have the funds right now. it does 13.9's and with 3.27's i hope for 13.8's or so. that aint bad. i am in college and my car is at home. i dont have a steady job right now LOL i am sure others are like that too, that dont have time or money to fund a project car LOL


i agree i think it is a waste to race them. for me, just a mash of the throttle and i should be pulling on them quickly. then let off cuz pointless to keep going. they do the flyby and its on to bigger and better things.

 

I totally understand the money situation, I have been there. I am just trying to say if you don't have it, then why try to act the part?

Like a pornstar with a 2" pecker

 

I wouldnt bother racing one, because they are below my class. Anyone with 3 inch exhaust and filters needs to rethink thier "mod" list. What I like reading are sigs on here that list MSD plug wires and aluminum water pumps and crap like that. A lot of people here have a lot to learn about this stuff, but acting like a jerk to them doesnt teach them anything. And being arrogant doesnt get anyone anywhere.

 

A lot of guys are running high 14's with a CAI and some exhaust mods. A lot of people are spraying a few seconds faster, on the stock bottom end. Not a badly assembled engine. Plus there are a lot of engine mods that are readily available. Is it a sports car? Not in my opinion. Can it be made fast? Yep, sure can.

 

Maybe they will leave racing to the big boys?

 

Not likely. Thanks to the ever evolving culture of "street racing" we are stuck with all of these little bleach blonde punk kids in their type-r crap cars trying to race anything with dual exhaust. Thats just the way its going to be.

 

so i should take out my "mods" in my sig? i mean without them thats a stock L98 car and its not really stock. those 'mods' total over 2500 bucks and that isnt easy to make with my job LOL

 

I love to give them the wake up call they need. Its priceless sometimes. But I agree, the crap gets old.

 

It doesnt matter what they cost, its a matter of what they do. If you are listing things like above, then ya, it is kinda silly. New leather power seats can cost 1000 bucks, that doesnt mean they belong in the mod list, unless you are posting on the appearance board.

 

Thats nice but not everyone here can and we could care less that you think you can in reverse...



Hmm do you have a pic of this car of yours that you have ??

How about a time slip to show all of us how fast it really is ?

 

well all the mods in my sig are mods that improve power, handling and et's. LOL so i guess thats cool to stay.

 

well yeah what lj meant was people that put in thier mods they installed new plug wires and did a tune up ....LOL....honest to goodness ive seen it on here and all i can do is laugh ....

i cant remember who it was but they listed new plugs as a mod....LOL

 

there was more than one (several )

 

Yes I am serious, esp if your on street tires.

 

atleast 2 or 3 people

 

you are a complete tool. gtfo and diaf, please don't post in any of my threads ever again. kthnxbye..


thanks for the comments from everyone else.

 

Yea, that guy isn't too bright, would be nice to bar him from this board entirely.

 

he doesn't seem to bright to me nither.. comon what a ***** really. my firend has a svt ****as and i personlly think it's slow so... but well thier always room for improvement

 

Well, I guess I've just never riden in an auto that could out launch a manual (**Stock). Now that I think of it, I think the only auto sports type car I've ever driven was a lightning. That thing didn't even hesistate to break the tires loose. But then again, I was just a lot tech, and I had one chance to launch it and that was it.

 

Generally, a auto will launch better with a higher stall. If its got a shiftkit and a nice stall, the auto will almost always launch better. The manual will usually trap higher. These aren't rules of thumb, but the stick makes up for the launch by optimizing the powerband.

 

My best 60 ft. on the factory 16X8's and 245/50/16 Cooper Cobras was a 1.98. The only car that launches better than mine on the street around here is my friends 95 Talon TSi. His best 60 ft. is a 1.7X but he runs a 12.8 @ 106. Before he swapped turbos, we both launched about the same. Gotta love AWD.

 

my dad has an 02 SVT...they have absolutly NO ***** under 3,500 rpms...in order to lanuch them decently hard you really have to stink up the clutch..you cant dump it becasue of the traction control...you can turn it off but it still is very intrusive...any hint of wheelspin anywere (launching going around a corner) and it will put a stop to the fun....i drove my dads to a 15.3@90...factory stock..there also very easy to powershift..

its a pretty fun car actually...its very eagar to rev and rev and rev..all the way to the 7,800 rpm revlimiter...they have very strong breaks and handle pretty damn good...

he talked alot of smack about my LB9 but one race and that all stopped

 

All I have to say is I beat a friend of mine's 2004 SVT Focus by at least 9 cars! Slow as hell is all I have to say, for a used car that cost $20,000!!

Kevin

 

Yes, auto is better off the line. Those hardcore manual lovers out there will swear to every thing they hold sacred that a manual is better in every single way. For the most part they are better, but off the line? No. There is a reason drag racers, serious drag racers, use an auto, same as track guys using a manual.

 

 

2004? That HAS to be a new record.....

 

LMAOOOOO!!!!!!!!!!!!

 

Had no idea it was that old. I just troll the street racing boards for laughs and cause some are interesting. My bad. Very funny "Necromancy" though.