Which vehicle do you fear racing the most?
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Originally Posted by UniqueTII' date='Jun 14 2002, 10:55 AM
Subaru = reliable. I don't want to change that equation in any way. If the motor does happen to go, though, can I swap the turbo motor into it? It's an '88 DL with the 1.6l, I think.
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Originally Posted by winger' date='Jun 14 2002, 07:50 AM
i would even think about racing that....i'd be in 5th gear by the time he'd be halfway through 1st and far ahead of me
I don't think a viper can do 100+ mph in first gear. I would bet the 1 - 2 shift on a viper would be some where between 30 - 40 mph. Just like most other high performance cars.
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Originally Posted by ILUVMY88CABRIO' date='Jun 15 2002, 02:11 PM
[quote name='winger' date='Jun 14 2002, 07:50 AM']i would even think about racing that....i'd be in 5th gear by the time he'd be halfway through 1st and far ahead of me
I don't think a viper can do 100+ mph in first gear. I would bet the 1 - 2 shift on a viper would be some where between 30 - 40 mph. Just like most other high performance cars.[/quote]
I'd like to know how he'd get to 5th gear, which would be somewhere around 120-130, before the Viper even made it to 180 mph. I HATE it when people talk about a car beating them without going past "x" gear. It makes no sense.
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I hate how people think that hp determines a car's top speed (well it does with low powered cars), when it all about the gears. But then again, you can gear a car to the moon, you just need the hp to get through them all. 