He was auto, 00-02 model, male driver mid 40s. He had aftermarket exhaust. I dunno if trans-am or not but from zero to 80 he put 5-cars on me.
My car feels sluggish off the line I can barely chirp the tires,is this normal, I got Dunlop A2s, wtf? and I got ypipe/bpipe/midpipe/crackpipe in the car. Looks like I'll be calling PFI soon.

 

should have just titled that ur car was slow, also probably all the weight of the crack pipe is slowing you down. how many miles you have?

 

I have 135kmiles, I still think I should have done better. I dunno if he had LS1...

 

well..it's a firebird... so no surprise...

 

well, the noise factor would be a dead give away for an LS1 v8... stock is a good deal quieter. also, u shouldnt feel remotely bad about getting beating by a firebird

 

it was probably a V8, i raced my friends V6 auto firebird and he only put about a car on from 80-110, Before that we were pretty much the same.

 

Honestly, my guess is that it was a modded v6. I think the v8 would have slaughtered you by a lot more than 5 car lengths. If it didn't say "Formula" somewhere on the car, it was the v6. Unless he debadged it but..

 

It was v8 for sure I could tell from the sound. His license plate also had a remark about LS1. I think I jumped on him at first as he didnt expect me to pull on him from red light, and we shut off around 80 so if we continued he could put more distance.

 

you shouldnt feel bad my brother got a 98 t/a auto (the slowest of the ls1's) they have like 325hp and 340tq. he kicked my ***, stock at beach bend he ran a 13.7 i gtech at 15.3 with i/y. there were too many car lengths to count. by about 90mph

 

I guess I'm just not used to losing, not by a huge margin.
Anyways, there will always be a faster car out there...

 

well if you were hlh0501 youd have about 4-6 car lenths on that TA all day long. Yes i envy hal....

www.hlh0501.com

 

i really wouldnt feel bad. its a lot more fun to find your limits and get beaten then just racing hondas all day. sure i can beat my buddies integ any day of the week... but whats more fun is getting smoked by another guys 65 mustang, how can you resist?

 

yeah I knew I was gonna lose but it felt pretty good racing a V8 300+hp car. BTW I can smoke 94-96 mustang GTs, if they are auto.

 

so can i...sometimes if i catch my friend (same guy with the 65) in his 98gt 5 speed at high speed, i can keep up, but low end and off the line, he kills me

 

what are you running 1/4 mile?

maybe like 15.4 im guessing?

how are you not used to losing races? haha

im running 14.8 and i lose some races
depends what kinda cars your racing

 

Its one of those things I never measured...

Remember 95s can be factory freaks (mine is built in 94) plus I have some mods. I normally race teg, A4, golf,focus. I lost to a WRX once from roll to 90 by 2-3 cars... I think HAI is hurting my launches.