ok my freinds grandparents are buying him a 98 SS ,spoiled. but anyways what would it take to beat him in a 91 rs 305 tbi or a 91 z28 305 tpi.havent decided what to buy the z or the rs) i have money issues and i wont know what i can buy till may. by the way i want both auto's and i want ttops in both so i cant get a stock 350,thanks aheead of time

 

The 91' tpi would be quite a bit quicker than the RS. As far as beating your friends SS....probobally not gonna happen. You would need to drop over 2 seconds off your 1/4 mile e.t., and mods like that would cost you an arm and a leg.

 

save $$$ to get a nice car when your 18,trust me,you need a $500 beater for your first car......

 

Easy, buy my car.

 

You need a 2-stage nitrous kit about 400 HP. Then its time to buy another motor. Race him once for a lot of money or pink slips like in fast and flurries.

Pete

 

in other words its not even going to be close without a miracle (thousands of $$$ or engine swap)

 

can you say PSI???? Bet you will win then.

 

Seriously man if you wanna beat an SS its gonna take a LOT of $$ under the hood of either car. Like in the thousands.
Condition is first priority though. Gotta have a nice car. TBI 3rd gens are great "first V8-RWD" cars because they aren't extremly powerful and get away from you less, provided you don't go crazy with the throttle around corners . Insurance is also cheaper for an RS. I pay $1075 every 6 months for my Sport coupe (no RS in my year) and thats bad enough. But the Z will definately be much faster.

 

you can always buy an ls1 and stuff in there
Andrew

 

I drove it in highschool,I did so many burnouts in that parking lot,I think everyone in my school at one time or another has seen me do a burnout,race,fishtail ya get the idea

 

And I wonder why my insurance is so much.

 

what about if i drove our 67 mustang gt fastback s code with a 390 cid 4 speed or in our 68 shelby cobra with a 428 cobra jet 4 speed is it possible that i could beat him???

 

I wouldnt abuse them and spend the gas for a race.

 

hey i know there is this guy on this message board that has a 305 TPI that runs 12's
but he has a paxton supercharger which will cost ya round $2k or so
i'll post a pic of his car...i had his website but it wont work for me now




im 16 and i have a 305 HO q-jet....im savin up to build up a 350 for my car some say it will beat a LS1 but who knows......all i know is that this motor will b fun!!!

check out the website on the kit
its 1300 or so from jegs
http://www.holley.com/HiOctn/ProdLin...K/300-503.html

 

my friend came within an hour of racing and getting a '90 Mustang GT w/ a souped up motor... they were gonna race for pink slips. then it slipped that my friend didn't just ditch the 305 TPI and go for a 350 TPI. someone happened to inform the mustang owner that is wasn't even a 350 under the hood. it was a 406 under the hood and it used TPI. it has over 450 tq. (prolly closer to 500) and over 400 ponies. last time it went out to the track it ran a 12.1 spinning the tires practically the whole way... can you say time for Mickey Thompson's??? I can't believe my friend drove it all last summer. his pockets were practically empty because of how much gas it ate.

 

I think it would be quite hard to get someone to just give up a pink slip over a race. I mean ****, if you just lost even though you were stupid enough to race for the pink slip would you really give it? I would be like "yea, lemme get that for ya its in the glove box" (hears car start...scrrrrreetch)

 

It'll take more than engine work to beat him. You'll need real good power, proper gearing, suspension work to hook up, good tires...... You get the point. There's more to going fast than just gobs of power. Gotta be able to transfer it to the ground. Also, these are old cars and stuff is bound to break every once in a while (more than every once in a while in my case) and you have to add that cost into the car.

 

Dude.... there is no way in hell you're gonna be able to take a '98 Camaro SS unless you dump thousands into your car... and seeing as how you said money is an issue for you even buying the car, we can pretty much toss the whole idea out the window...

If money does allow you, buy the '91 Z28 TPI, trust me.

-ONE2FLY

 

the cobra would whoop his ***, but agian the same answer keeps getting repeaded over and over, and one final sentence you have to do 1 of 2 things, 1) dump thousands into your ride, or 2) get a new car.

 

ZZ4

 

Actually you could get a 350 and T-Tops. And Id say get the cheepest third gen that is is clean in and out with a V6( cause it is cheaper ) and than go to the junk yard and buy a used corvette motor and drive train and drop it in. Its a little pricey but the only way you can get a 305 to be fast is under boost, and evan than a 350 with the same mods would be faster. Also it would be real easy and cheaper to fix up a motor and drive train if it is out of the car.