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Old 02-07-2002, 09:10 AM
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The other night I was on the way to the mall with my friend who is 305 pounds. Im not making fun of him at all but when I went to race a grand am, the guy was pi**ing me off, I bearly won. We were dead even through my 1st gear then half way through second I slowly pulled away. I can feel a difference with him in the car but how much of a difference will I really feel 1/4 wise ??
Is my car jsut slow
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Old 02-07-2002, 09:41 AM
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The other night I was on the way to the mall with my friend who is 305 pounds. Im not making fun of him at all but when I went to race a grand am, the guy was pi**ing me off, I bearly won. We were dead even through my 1st gear then half way through second I slowly pulled away. I can feel a difference with him in the car but how much of a difference will I really feel 1/4 wise ??
Is my car jsut slow
Well u have a 5spd 96 and I have an auto 96 and i have beaten a grand am, by a lot. PLus also was it a grand am or grand prix? the Grand Prix GTP is a good race, very close. Anywyas back to ur question, yes, ur friend is hurting ur HP. Did the pontiac have anyone in the car? Extra people in ur car, ( or heavy subs) will hurt ur performance.
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Old 02-07-2002, 10:21 AM
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The other night I was on the way to the mall with my friend who is 305 pounds. Im not making fun of him at all but when I went to race a grand am, the guy was pi**ing me off, I bearly won. We were dead even through my 1st gear then half way through second I slowly pulled away. I can feel a difference with him in the car but how much of a difference will I really feel 1/4 wise ??
Is my car jsut slow
Hell yah 300+ pounds will make a difference. Your car only weighs about 3100 pounds. When your friend gets into the car, that's a 10% increase in weight. It probably won't translate into a 10% increase in 1/4 times, but it definetly WILL adversely affect performance to add 10% mass. So just imagine how your car will perform if you strip out 10% of the weight.
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Old 02-07-2002, 10:30 AM
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Thats the same reason why people with big subwoofer boxes etc are slower. More weight = less go.

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Old 02-07-2002, 11:04 AM
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Acceleration has to do with weight and as all racecar tuners know, your power to weight ratio should be high to low. 300lbs is a lot of weight and will drastically impede your acceleration.
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i beat a grand prix once with 3 people in the car (prolly around 500 lbs, including myself)
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Old 02-07-2002, 01:24 PM
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i beat a grand prix once with 3 people in the car (prolly around 500 lbs, including myself)
That was a great story.
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No I beat him...It was just harder for the car and I felt a difference :P
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well yah - weight is definitely a factor
- was he sittin up front or on da back?
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No I beat him...It was just harder for the car and I felt a difference :P
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Front...I did race a civic before hand and won...I can feel my car hesitate alittle more but I still win

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Originally posted by Str8ridin


That was a great story.
I heard that they are thinking of making into a movie.

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