i know its nothing exciting, but i still got the kill.

1st run was both of us at a light i pulled real bad on him and ended up about 1 car length ahead by 60mph, i know he had mods probably intake and for sure an exhaust.

the 2nd run we lined up again at a light and an eclispe decided to line up as well, all three of us took off and i had them beat from the start, by the time i knew it i had at least a car and half lead,
we all gave each other nods and thumbs up as i turned off.

 

cant beleive a lumina would even want to race you! an eclipse i can see, but a lumina...he must have had A LOT of confidence in his car. anyway nice kills!

 

That was a very fair race.
Ran a 328i with intake today, pulled on me on the launch all the way up to around 60-75, after that i pulled on him 1/4-1/2 car length up to 100something, shutdown after that. Mountain roads ahead

 

what kind of Lumina was it? Their standard 3.1L is a POS. There're ones w/3.4 engine, they have over 200hp. Also, there're police package 3.4 Luminas with dual exhaust, after '95.

 

think it was the POS the kill was way to easy, i was kinda surprised to see that the lumina wanted to race but oh well more fun for me

 

Lumina? What??????????????

 

I thought those Euro 3.4 Luminas were not bad.... but anyways, nice job

 

3.4L Luminas are rare. More often it is 3.1L 140hp 188lbs/ft V6, if you're talking '90-'94 models. I owned a 93 Gr Prix (read: the same car)prior to my Maxima and read the owners manual. Some of those came w/3.4L and 5spd tranny. But that was like before 1996 model year.

 

SORRY GUYS i got all mixed up it was a MALIBU not a LUMINA my bad

 

I hope you were shifting at 4k RPM's or something if you only beat a Malibu by 1 car to 60. Your car should be several seconds faster to 60 than his which is a whole lotta car lengths more than one.

Stereodude

 

Nice kills!!

 

dont underestimate lumina ltz... 200 hp 240 torque 3.8 3800 series ii engine, and noone expects it to be fast

 

The LTZ Lumina is the same engine as the Monte Carlo i think?? which was like 200 hp....

However, my friend used to have a 1995 dual exhaust Lumina 3.4L it was listed at 215 hp... That sucker would pull on me off the line when I had my 93 SE Maxima w/ 190 hp... both of us are autos... I would start to catch up to him around 80 but we never had the chance to go any faster.

It's no comp. for a 5th gen though

 

Malibu...must be souped up Malibu..either 2.4 4cyl or 3.1 v6..POS otherwise..any visible mods on that car?

 

Actually, Malibu's feel pretty fast. My cousin rented one and let me use it for the day and it was pretty peppy. I think it just comes with the v6 now. I think they dropped the 4banger.

 

yes, you said it right, it feels fast. They dropped 4 bangers, and now it is a 175hp 3.1 motor

 

One of the reasons the Malibu 'feels' fast is the non-linear throttle control. On that car, just pressing the throttle even 1/4 of the way opens it up quite a bit. But, if you keep pressing it, the throttle doesn't open up much more after that. It is a cheap way to make the car 'feel' faster. I have had the malibu as a rental a few times and every car feels this way. In fact, the throttle on the rental ford taurus I have feels the exact same way.

 

yeah i wouldve have but the streets we ran on the 1st time was still wet because of the rain thats why i slipped bad the second race and the first one not too bad but couldnt get too much traction, i guess details are important