Word around the campfire is......

[pbr87]

At the end of the day, one guy goes to sleep as a ricer.

I guess that would be me?
Just curious, do you consider anyone who drives a japanese car a ricer?

[pbr87]

Drag racing an E30 is like taking a hooker fishing.

It might be fun, but that is not what you got her for.

If that's really true, then what is this?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TAJLrl75Bzk&feature=related

correct me if I'm wrong, but it looks like a street-driven e30 that runs low 9s.

[pbr87]

Hmm so you won and now what?

now I wait until said e30 gets tuned for higher boost....and then I will DEFINITELY lose.

[DSP74]

please die

[twothrees]

Drag racing an E30 is like taking a hooker fishing.

It might be fun, but that is not what you got her for.

Luke, you are a wise man. I think you summed up this bullshit thread quite nicely.

Hmm so you won and now what?

[TDE30]

Yes, I sandbagged my #s a little bit, I'll admit I'm probably making over 300 rwhp...all the same, said e30 makes over 250 rwhp and weighs ~800lbs LESS than my car. That's a pretty big power:weight ratio advantage. I beleive that the real reason I won is that my car has taller gearing...that's the only way I can explain the e30 feeling faster by the seat of the pants, yet my car winning in a 2nd-3rd gear roll-race. And as for you saying a "turbocharged 2.0L I-4 doesn't have the kind of power a TT V6 would have"....I've seen Evos and 240s that make quite a bit of power on 2.0L I-4s. Shit, when the e30 I mentioned gets a race-fuel tune, it should make around 400rwhp.

Oh my gosh, seriously. That's so cool. Show me a turbo'd M42 that makes 400 rwhp. I wish I had a race-fuel tune and a couple of bottles of naus.

[Fidhle007]

yeah coz you know... those JDM versions of each car I listed are just so much superior... with the exception of any models that received smaller turbos stateside such as the 3000gt, they are all still plenty formidable platforms... also... that tends to be why a lot people seriously into the import scene tend to... you know... try to... import... the better parts for their cars... from the market of origin... like that KDM Tiburon fidhle wet dreams about while telling everyone how he takes out 3000GT VR4's from a highway roll. But he completely understands how difficult it is to get an E30 over 150mph... that's why he had to start running afterburners+nawz.Those vr4's... they just take so long and pull so weak in the triple digits, they can't even touch a flying brick!

P.S.
fidhle, you really do crack me up calling "magazine racing" on me quoting top speed on my car, just because it's coming from a guy who claims he can beat said car on a highway pull, based off of horse power per litre.... seriously, you are a funny motherfucker. Is this how you look blowing away vr4's down the highway in your e30 fidhle?

Found a Mitsubishi board yet? I'm the first one to admit that a 3000GT would have taken me off the line in my cars old configuration, and maybe even now too, thanks to it's AWD system. You have obviously never driven an E30 other than your shitty ETA and lack a lot of basic BMW knowledge. That first video is interesting, that's pretty much how long it takes my car to climb in 5th but I've never had it over 140 because I live in reality where speeds like that aren't safe. It was quicker than that with the short diff I had for awhile but the high RPMs were annoying on the highway so I went with a longer ratio.

[pbr87]

Drag racing an E30 is like taking a hooker fishing.

It might be fun, but that is not what you got her for.

it was a roll race...30-80...or ninety, I was really more focused on the road than on my speedo.

[pbr87]

Phrasing it like that may have helped your case. If you really want to learn more about E30's, why come on here and post a (probably fictitious) kill story about one? The fact that you compared a car as streamlined as the Z32 against the box that is the E30 is questionable. A turbocharged 2.0L I-4 likely doesn't have the kind of power that a twin-turbo V6 (that easily makes ~250 rwhp, dwarfing your "200+ rwhp" figure,) would have.

I assure you, my story is not fictitious. I put a full length on him the first run (I had the jump), and just over half a length on him the second run (he had the jump). The reason I'm posting it is because it is one of the most epic races I've ever had. Seriously, the fact that you think "streamlined aerodynamics" make a difference in a 30-80mph race amuses me very much. Maybe if we raced a 50-120 roll, my aerodynamics would have given me an advantage. Yes, I sandbagged my #s a little bit, I'll admit I'm probably making over 300 rwhp...all the same, said e30 makes over 250 rwhp and weighs ~800lbs LESS than my car. That's a pretty big power:weight ratio advantage. I beleive that the real reason I won is that my car has taller gearing...that's the only way I can explain the e30 feeling faster by the seat of the pants, yet my car winning in a 2nd-3rd gear roll-race. And as for you saying a "turbocharged 2.0L I-4 doesn't have the kind of power a TT V6 would have"....I've seen Evos and 240s that make quite a bit of power on 2.0L I-4s. Shit, when the e30 I mentioned gets a race-fuel tune, it should make around 400rwhp.

[sticksdaman]

I like turtles

[StereoInstaller1]

Drag racing an E30 is like taking a hooker fishing.

It might be fun, but that is not what you got her for.

[TDE30]

Phrasing it like that may have helped your case. If you really want to learn more about E30's, why come on here and post a (probably fictitious) kill story about one? The fact that you compared a car as streamlined as the Z32 against the box that is the E30 is questionable. A turbocharged 2.0L I-4 likely doesn't have the kind of power that a twin-turbo V6 (that easily makes ~250 rwhp, dwarfing your "200+ rwhp" figure,) would have.

[pbr87]

Someone joins R3V with no E30 and a stupid sig with a Z32 twin porker and tells us that he street raced (OMGz keWL) against an illusive 2.0 liter turbo'd E30 with a 5-lug swap and beat him.

And, wow, isn't that amazing stuff.

I'm going to get an E30 when I sell my civic next year, and I do like e30s very much. Thought I'd start by clearing up that big mystery for you. I joined this forum because I want to learn more about E30s, and because I have a couple of friends who are members. I'm also a stupid person, so my sig fits me well. The reason I posted this is because I was genuinely astonished by the outcome. The afforementioned E30 feels faster than my car (seat-of-the-pants feeling), weighs almost 800lbs less than my car, and has (I'm assuming from what I've seen and been told) tens of thousands of dollars invested into the engine and drivetrain. I lined up against him a couple of times from a 30 punch just (shutting down somewhere between 80 & 90) for shits and giggles, expecting I would lose by at least 2 lengths.

[TDE30]

Someone joins R3V with no E30 and a stupid sig with a Z32 twin porker and tells us that he street raced (OMGz keWL) against an illusive 2.0 liter turbo'd E30 with a 5-lug swap and beat him.

And, wow, isn't that amazing stuff.