Re: Chevy speak (long)

[John Larson <jdlarson@ix.netcom.com>]

So, your mildly to highly modified Honda/Mazda can beat/nearly beat a 911/930 in
a drag race. Suppose the guy with the Porsche spent an equivalent amount of
money, a percentage based on the purchase price of the car, how do you think his
ETs would compare to yours? Let's be fair about this, and while we're at it,
lets compare the relative quality of life experience provided by each car. We
own a Mazda 323 sedan, and for what it is and what we ask of it, it's a great
car, but it's not the 90Q, nor is it my VW/911 Bus, or the Norton, or the 914,
or the bicycle for Pete's sake! What's the guy with the 911 doing at the
dragstrip anyway? He should take 10% of the money he spent on the car and buy an
old GTX or Ramcharger and do it right! Now, THAT, out of the box, would put the
Miata and the CRXs under the table, and you wouldn't need a coffee can to make
the exhaust look bigger.
John

sdF wrote:

> Hi all,
> Have been out of the Coupe following business for a while, just catching up
> three months of list traffic.
>
> Looks like some Coupes have been biting the dust. I'm sorry to see that. Are
> those who have totaled the car buying the salvage to part? If so, contact
> me.
>
> Had to comment on this, Mark:
>
> >>  A read
> >> of a recent Turbo Magazine with the 11sec ET CRX might help put
> >> that quote in
> >> perspective.  That means the "kid in the Honda CRX" passes the
> >> 993tt by the
> >> 660ft mark.
> >
> >Scott...I've seen a 911TT at speed...it will leave ANY CRX at will.  I've
> >been in countless older 930 Turbos with adjustable boost controls, that
> will
> >blow the doors off any CRX.  Realize that you can put an awful lot of boost
> >to a Porsche Turbo, and once it spools, there are VERY few cars on the road
> >that will catch it.
>
> >>I don't care what kind of a CRX it is, and I question
> >>the mentioned ET BTW, it simply will not touch a Turbo.  If you get a
> chance
>
> >Scott, go drive a Turbo...even an older one.  You can't even begin to
> >compare the awesome acceleration of one of these cars to an Audi, much less
> >any other car.
>
> There are a ton of CRXs and Civics that will turn 11s. I can give you a few
> who have broken into the 10s. Hondas can offer up some amazing power with a
> little work, even without building the bottom end. I am driving an upper 12
> second Miata with a bone stock bottom end... 113mph in the 1/4. Looking at
> Motor Trend numbers they range from 12.3 at 114.4 for a '96 Porsche 911
> Turbo to 11.9 at 116.6 for a '97 Porsche 911 Turbo S. Granted, these are
> stock numbers, but the import numbers I quoted were from bracket racing, not
> just starting the clock when the car rolls, as Motor Trend does.
>
> Now, at a couple import drags there have been 911s that have shown up, and
> have been tuned a bit. They are very competitive and have won some, but that
> is a very bold statement that and older 930 will blow the doors off any CRX.
>
> Bottom line - don't question ETs of Hondas unless you're seeing 9s. It's a
> very fast world out there... wait 'til I get my high pressure actuator,
> revised exhaust system and a 50 shot of juice on the miata... look out low
> 12s ( and look out 911 turbos <g>)