RX7 R1 vs. BMW 328is vs. Camaro Z28
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RX7 R1 vs. BMW 328is vs. Camaro Z28
Alrite, so this all starts out with me (93 RX7 R1) on my way home going west on I-90 just before the tunnels...you WA people know what I'm talking about...anyway, I check the mirror and see two sets of headlights bombing up behind me.
FANTASTIC!!! Possibly my first race in the new FD. I drop it in to third just in time to catch up with these two (red Camaro Z28 and a black E36 328is).
We are all about even through third and into fourth going about 120mph. We enter the tunnels and the 328is drops back behind a car and the Camaro and I go at it through the twisties.
Nearing the end of the I-90 tunnel I'm holding my position about a car length ahead of the Camaro, check my left side mirror just in time to see the 328is bombing up bimmer style through the curves.
The 328is passes both of us about 110mph on the last curve and we all go WOT on to the bridge. As we hit the end of the bridge, the 328is is about 2 cars ahead of the Camaro and the Camaro about 2 cars ahead of me and no one is pulling on anyone. DEAD EVEN!! And by this point all of us are smashing at about 140mph.
I let off and let the Camaro and the 328is keep it up as I coast slowly to a blistering 60mph!
*side note: I'm running low boost and stock cat instead of my test pipe because I had to pass emissions...That was also my first high speed run!
FANTASTIC!!! Possibly my first race in the new FD. I drop it in to third just in time to catch up with these two (red Camaro Z28 and a black E36 328is).
We are all about even through third and into fourth going about 120mph. We enter the tunnels and the 328is drops back behind a car and the Camaro and I go at it through the twisties.
Nearing the end of the I-90 tunnel I'm holding my position about a car length ahead of the Camaro, check my left side mirror just in time to see the 328is bombing up bimmer style through the curves.
The 328is passes both of us about 110mph on the last curve and we all go WOT on to the bridge. As we hit the end of the bridge, the 328is is about 2 cars ahead of the Camaro and the Camaro about 2 cars ahead of me and no one is pulling on anyone. DEAD EVEN!! And by this point all of us are smashing at about 140mph.
I let off and let the Camaro and the 328is keep it up as I coast slowly to a blistering 60mph!
*side note: I'm running low boost and stock cat instead of my test pipe because I had to pass emissions...That was also my first high speed run!
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Yea, low boost (7 psi) and I have the stock cat on...plus they were both modded, most definitely the 328is.
I have greddy smic, pettit unlimited ecu, and profec b spec II on the way
and ****....i just bought the damn car a few days ago!
thanks for the positive responses
I have greddy smic, pettit unlimited ecu, and profec b spec II on the way
and ****....i just bought the damn car a few days ago!
thanks for the positive responses
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Originally Posted by FDNewbie
You're happy? Uhh...you must have a crucial boost leak or something...or you shift HORRIBLY. You shoulda SPANKED those cars, BADLY.
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Originally Posted by arghx
an LS1 Z28 should be able to hang in the straight line with an FD
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Originally Posted by wrx19
Oh yea...I'm just starting to get used to how much grip there is in deh twisteeez
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but an FD is a MOnsTA in the Twisties
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Originally Posted by kim307
Yeah true, but I think it'd be interesting to see a uphill match between z06 w/ suspension vs FD w/ suspension. I wouldn't be so quick to bet my money on this match. What do you guys think?
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Originally Posted by arghx
an LS1 Z28 should be able to hang in the straight line with an FD
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Originally Posted by quick_brick
3rd and 4th gen F-bods with slight suspension mods will definetly hang, or rape, a FD in "dA tWisties". My Volvo wagon might even hang with you...it has some mods, to
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Originally Posted by DannyD
ahahahahahhahaha!!!! havent laughed that hard in a long time.....
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Originally Posted by quick_brick
Once more, the stock RS (F41) pulled .88g's on the skid, pretty impressive for a base model car. once modded, the same car pulled .95 on the skidpad. Thats just springs and shocks and tires and Z28 sway bars; with more extensive mods, these same cars have yanked over 1.00g's on the skidpad. Keep in mind the 99' vette pulls .91g's on the skidpad. i'm not about drag racing, that is basicly a never ending pissing contest...
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Originally Posted by legal-z
didn't a stock r1 pull .98 or .99 g's when it was first tested? i don't think everyone thinks a camaro can't handle, just that an fd is tough to match even with a stock suspension. i can tell you for sure that my 94 is easier to drive fast in the corners than my friends c5. the c5 may ultimately have a higher limit, but that doesn't mean it handles better.
american cars CAN handle!