Last week my bud took me to a place where there is a 1/4 mile measured out. First I went against a Auto, Stock 98 Grand Prix GT. He jumped out in front by half a car in 1st and held it to the finish. I thought for sure I would beat him. Next I went against a 90 5 speed SHO. I jumped in front by half a car and after that he passed me at 50 mph and kept on going. He beat me by 2 cars. I lost twice!
I did have an SES light come on 2 weeks ago for ignition coils.
Maybe that could explain the losses?
I need to get my max dynoed!

 

bad ignition coils = your car is mad slow... get new coils and you should be ok

 

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wow losing to a stock grand prix gt....ouch

 

 

thats rough. sorry bro. fix the Max up

 

thats hard man...i have lost to civics so it cant be that bad...

 

i beat that model SHO by the skin of my teeth.....with intake but B4 the y-pipe

 

Whats wrong with that ?He's driving a 2000.The grandprix weren't no joke

 

Are you an auto or 5spd. If you're an auto then it's not that bad, but on the other hand if you're a manual then you should beat those cars.

 

grandprix have lots of low end torque but after a certain speed they arent worth ****

 

They aren't worth **** period. Just because a piece of junk is reasonably fast doesn't make it worth owning. It is just a fast piece of junk.

 

 

get a ypipe !!! world of difference check out my sig.........i've beaten s.h.o.'s before,especially on the highway too .......i also raced a 2 door grand am gt and beat him by 2-3 cars.1\4 mile.

 

OT: 1BADMAX your car is so hot... Man, i still love those wheels...

 

whew....that sucks.

 

yea 1badmax, I saw your car at the orlando meet and in my opinion that was the best looking max there. I love those rims, where did you get them

 

be nice~

what does losing 2 races have anything to do with getting owned on maxima.org?

 

Thanks.

 

tell me you are speaking of the GTP not the GT!?

 

Whats wrong is he should be able to beat a GT no problem, the GTP is a diff story though

 

Not a Pontiac fan but I wouldn't speak so harshly. http://www.3800performance.com/thrasher_cage_car.htm

 

Oh, by the way that car ran 11.788 @ 117.56 MPH in the 1/4 mile.

 

Sounds like your in need of a turbo kit

 

Was your ebrake still up?

 

Grand Prix GTP = 3.8 Liter Supercharged

That will give you a run for your money. But they don't stop so good. We had one in the body shop just recently so I took it for a spin. Nice engine in that thing, pulls really hard but the brakes were absolutely horrable. Couldn't stop the car unless I stood on the pedal. Once again GM shows there ability to screw up what can be a really nice car. Interrior was typical GM too. The heads up display of your speed was the only thing that was kind of high tech.

 

yes they are a joke. The grand prix gt is a dog. I've seen one run at rockingham with some type of headlight intake and exhaust and it ran a speedy 10.1 @ 68.

 

That's 1/8mi, right?

 

yes 68mph in the 1/8 is impressive right

 

A GTP still isn't that tough. I've taken one from a roll in my 2k 5spd. I prolly would have lost if I were auto, but I got a jump with the 5spd and kept it.
Jerk thought he could keep me from passing him in a lane that ended. He could not.

 

No, I wasn't saying it was. I just don't see many 1/8 times posted is all.

 

You need the get ur ignition coils fixed I had the same problem and I lost massive power if your ignition coul is completely out like mine was then your prob running on 5cylinders not a good thing

 

I'm not that impressed. To quote the website, "The Thrasher "Cage Car" GTP was a collaberation between Thrasher Engineered Performance and GM Powertrain to push the L67 engine to it's absolute maximum power potential."

You would think that with the help of two large companies and a fully gutted interior they would be putting up some better times. Hell, Mardi is only .2 off of their time and he doesn't have as many mods and did it/paid for it himself.