LOL Tiburon GT!
 

So yeah, in case you guys were following along with my emo-rant in the lounge, I decided I needed a 'guys-night out' so I called up a couple buddies and we went bowling (lol -hey, bowling can be fun) so on the way back through ricer town (Gainesville, GA) we got behind a new Tiburon, and I saw him weaving in and out of traffic before we came to the red light, so I was like, haha, I wonder if this old family car can even keep up... first off, I'm in my old 1984 BMW 533i...180,000m on the clock, and 2 passengers riding with me. I figured it could maybe keep up with the Hyundai if I was by myself, but with 2 passengers?! Please! So after the light turns green, I follow fairly close, and sure enough - the rear end drops and I follow in pursuit. My friends and I are just lolling about how I'm still behind the guy, and I move over into the right lane to toy with him a little. To my surprize he doesn't let off the gas, and I take this opportunity to shift to 3rd. We're moving pretty good now, and I look over, and we are slowly (ever so slowly) creeping up on his door. As we (take in to account, we are on a decently long straight, just before leaving town - no one around us) near 80mph I'm basically side by side with him. Right before it bounces off the rev limiter in 3rd (read 90mph-ish) I slam on the brakes, but at this point, my nose was ahead of his!!! I basically reeled in a new 'sporty' car. Hah, it was hilarious to my friends and I, and we noticed that at the next red light he stared straight ahead. I was about to die laughing. OMG that was funny. So yeah, my old beater has still got it! lol, but what doesnt make since to me is..according to a website with a lot of 'car performance stats' my car (brand new) would do the 1/4 in ...well here they are..


1983 BMW 533i 7.7 15.8 (close to 84...what can the differences be)
2002 Hyundai Tiburon GT V-6 7.1 15.6 (so whats up with that..)

doesnt make since to me, my cars a piece of crap, terrible suspension, 5 speed, OLD, not even running its best...idk. Maybe the dude was shifting worse than I, or whatever, but it made for a few laughs. Good day sir! :rlaugh:




PS: all the following activities were performed by professionals on a closed course. In all seriousness, don't try this. (I made the decision, due to traffic and circumstances, but it was still a stupid decision) LOL @ that..but yeah, dont flame me for 'street racing' it began more or less as a joke, and ended much in the same fashion.

Sounds like fun. :)

Remember the Tibby is FWD which = teh suck. It takes more skill to get the best out of FWD, especially from a dig. It also doesn't help that they have crap for power, especially considering they have a V6.

lol nice kill

The tib absolutley sucks. Waste of money. Not even a dd.

^What? Are you kidding? New Tibs are actually really well built (for a Korean car). You have to admit they are pretty damn neat too. I raced one a while back with the FC. This guy wasn't stock though, he had a shit ton of shit not to mention a roots-type supercharger. Fun fun.

We have an 05 Tiburon here that is supercharged and only makes 250hp! SLOW! He wanted to race my FD for "pinks" and I laughed! It's slower than their supercharged 02 RSX which I had already beat.... Good times....

250HP from a car that starts with 171 to the flywheel? And tons of torque? Not bad for a supercharged car that won't blow up with a lean condition ;).

theres better ways to spend ~16k.
well on a car

^I'll agree with you on that. Hell, you can find FD's for around that much.

psh you guys dont know what your talking about my cousins supercharged tiburon owns my rx7 even without the supercharger. he dynoed 320whp with the supercharger and bolt ons. they can be made to looks pretty cool here are some good examples.

1 seoulful racing turbo tiburon non v6 400+ hp
2-3 my cousins supercharged tiburon

^Prime example. I'd rock that shit!!!

171 stock for a v6 sucks, my scion tc i had only had 162 hp and 163 lbs or torque and ive killed the tiburon gts in my town, and my tII eats them alive, and the 4 banger is even slower..hahah Plus the tC looks beter neways if ide say so myself....

hahha good shit

I used to own a Tib GT V6 6-speed, I had BPU mods and let me tell it doesnt hold a candle to my FD. Even when it isnt running right. I would NEVER trade back to my hyundai. Yeah it was built nice and all but seriously you need a lot of money to make them go fast. The supercharger aint cheap and even with it your still moving a 3400 lb FWD hyundai.

For what its worth its a great car, dont get me wrong, but I found out very quickly after owning it - it wasnt nearly as fast as I wanted it to be.



Anyways, nice kill!!!

They are both chick cars anyways.

:)