PistonExGirlfriend

My stock SLow still put arrogant drivers in their place behind me on the road, and it's not much slower than my FC is now. I didn't get rid of it because I wanted to; ******** fucked her up hardcore.

thatpoorguy

How many miles do you have on your fc?

RotorDad

Might have seemed pretty quick. If I remember right world's fastest SL on boost only runs 11.48 @ 127 mph & the world's fastest VR4 runs 9.66. These cars have been extensively modded, while the times they made are not shabby by any means just not the greatest. Think about it depending on the year the car weighed in between 3200 & 3800 lbs at 220 crank horsepower. Okay now with the mods you listed going with a moderate 100 shot, that puts the SL slightly above the factory rating of a VR4 which could net a 13.7. Now I was wandering since you said cam was yours one of the early 12v single cam versions, because they on produced 160 to the crank thus not even putting you at the stock VR4 rating. While saying the car might have been a mid 13 car definitely not fast. They were indeed very good looking cars & had great interiors.

PistonExGirlfriend

SOHC 3000GT came into circulation in 1995 and was only done to the base model 3000GT; the SLs still kept their DOHC and 222 hp stock. Mitsu did it to keep the base out there and give people performance reasons (in my opinion) to buy the SL model. The 94 SL may have been a little sluggish, but it kept up with what it was supposed to. I could bypass any Mustang V6, just like a VR4 would run against the 'stang GT. The fastest SL bagged a not too shabby 10.191 quarter time, not 11 (I dig the specifics), but the fastest VR4 runs about a..9.214, courtesy of 3SX performance. Now I'm not saying the SL was a firebreathing monster shooting lightning from the headlights, but it wasn't just the brick that everyone thought it out to be. Maybe it was just me outlaunching, but I didn't feel much fear with whatever loudmouth might've been sitting beside me.



@thatpoorguy, my FC's got about 141xxx on it, supposedly only 39k since the rebuild, which it does sound pretty solid, but using the same injectors after a rebuild makes me a little skeptical, but I can't be sure how long that car had been sitting after that or the conditions.

RotorDad

Nice wasn't aware that they got their car in the low 9's. I haven't kept up on 3000's or DSM's in awhile. I wasn't trying to offend anyone on the SL thing, but you can't deny that the VR4 was a better choice. V6 Stangs LOL my daily Spec V walks them on a regular basis & it's a four door 4 cyl FWD. The 98 V6's made 150 hp in 2006 the made 210 so yes definitely a good victory for the 3000GT/Stealth. That still doesn't change the fact that a lightly modded SL was a pig, now if you wanted to go all out sure it could produce decent times. With that said other cars at the level they are in lay down better times. Most of the guys I know with VR4's use them as their daily & race their GSX's which are on the tail of the world's fastest 3000GT's.

thatpoorguy

Yeah, I always ask for paperwork to prove that it's been rebuilt if I'm told that. Even with a turbocharged engine it's fun to walk all over muscle cars. Most racing bodies determine that a rotary should be classed at twice it's displacement, meaning any 13b powered car will be considered a 2.6. Add forced induction and they'll double your displacement again putting you at 5.2L. I have no problem taking most v8 muscle cars, though vetted can pose problems if they have many mods because of their low weight. I'd say rebuild and turbo your car and start romping on those big Detroit iron toys.

RotorDad

A buddy of mine has a modded Z06 on the spray, that thing is a monster on the highway.

PistonExGirlfriend

Yeah, I love my 3000GTs, been my dream car since I was about 12, so 11 years now I've wanted one. I got the SL and was disappointed at first, but on a street scale they're not a slow car; however, this isn't 3si or ink3s so I think I'm gonna leave the 3S talk for there. As it stands, I think i'm just gona save up and stick he 20b in the FC, give people something to look out for on the road.

thatpoorguy

Good choice, but a pricy option. Best of luck man.



@rotor dad, when I was in Texas I lived about a 10 minute drive from nitrous express. They cut deals for locals so a ton of cars were running nitro, including about 3 of every 5 muscle corvettes. We'd all hang out at the local sonic and pop hoods. I'd bring some tools and the rotary guys would all help each other chase bugs and increase power. We had to stick together there with the only rotary shop being more than a two hour drive away.

RotorDad

I hear you I'm the oddball at the local car meets surrounded by DSM's, Honda's & V8 guys.