Hey I was on youtube and found a vid of a 5gen running 12's has anyone seen this or know what his mods are. I checked the timeslip database and the closest 5gen there is running 12.8's

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xOzsDZrmfdA

 

That is Jime

 

oh I am so used to seeing his 4gen forgot all about the other car

 

i can NEVER get enough of the youtube and streetfire comments

 

ahahaha, says its a v6 trans am...running 12.92eh? buncha idiots over there

 

Yah i LOL'd at the stupidity in the comments section. Like that sounded ANYTHING like a V6....

 

yeah for sure, our v6's arent anything like that and theyre 1000X better than a trans am v6

 

V6 Trans Ams are DOGS. I remember racing one back when I had my VQ35 4th gen. In my rear view mirror it looked like he was doing WOT in reverse.

Jime surprised the **** out of that guy. Launches super straight and smooth. Every time I show that video to someone they're like 'holy crap I had NO idea an auto maxima could launch like that!'.

 

I was very impressed, I seen another vid of his 4gen running 12.6 ..nice

 

Very impressed .....12.6 huh ....!!!

 

That was not a V6 Trans Am, there is no such thing. All Trans Am's were v-8's except for the turbo v6 trans am in 1989ish (TTA).That was an LT1 trans am with is a 350 CID (5.7L) pushrod V-8, not the more potent LS1 v-8 in the last body style and c5 corvette. They made around 275 hp at the time if my memory serves me correctly. The V-6's in the camaro and firebirds sound like **** and are complete dogs, I'm talking like high 15's low 16's stock I had some friends with them in h.s. The comments on there are ridiculous, some ppl are so ignorant. " there's something really done to that car" Yeah it has a rocket on the back didn't you see it? The something that has been done is good driving and smart modding + tuning.

EDIT: For clarification the F-body cars (camaro and firebird) had base v6 motors and the Z28 and SS camaros are all V-8's and the trans am and formula firebirds were also v-8's.

 

I seen some camaros with RS emblems were the Z28 or SS would go, I believe they were 95+. Is the RS a V8 as well? Cause I notice they have dual exhaust unlike the V6 which has one.

 

93+ RS camaros are V6s. Back in the 60s and 70s there were V8 RS Camaros. RS lately is just an appearance package (dual exhaust, ground effects, etc).

 

Auto maxima FTW!!!!!

 

Not sure if it was an LT1. Either way it was a V8 and it was not stock - it was faster than any stock Trans Am actually. 114 mph on the trap speed while a stock Ls1 traps 105-108 and the Lt1 is closer to the 100ish range.

 

Didn't jime have a 100shot of nitrous in that 5th gen?

 

Hard to tell in the video but if it was a TA then it might have been an LT4 which I think was offered on the '96. Stock for stock they are faster than an LS1. Either way it didn't sound stock and 12.9 is about the right time for an average driver with lid & exhaust LS1

 

The LT4 was never offered in the F-body, only in the 96 Corvette Grand Sport.

LT4s typically dyno the same to a tad higher than the early LS1s and a tad lower than the late LS1s (all stock).

 

man that video is a classic...i remember seeing a site he had of his mods3-4 yrs ago. now that i have a maxima the sites all gone. but he did have laughing gas in there...or how bout the one of him and his son
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RNKfm...elated&search=

 

1997 firehawk slp package, but just realized how rare those are so that wasn't one of them

 

Wow you are right, I never knew that. I've only ever seen a two Corvette GS' that I can think of, never seen an LT4 Firehawk that's for sure.

 

the 1 of him and his son is classic

 

haha ta got owned

 

the comments on youtube are almost as bad as street fires. First of all i dont think ive seen a 12 second v6 firebird, even tho they were never made, let alone a 12 second v6 camaro. second if a v6 sounded like that, then i guess ive been hearing some weak *** V8's.

i remember the first time watchign that vid about a year ago just after i got my 02, and it inspired me. Now all im lacking is some NX