So i have an automotive class with a guy who drives a 93' foxbody. This guy swears his mustang is the baddest shit around. Its got a 5.0 out of some mercury that him and his dad "built". It has gt40 heads, a mild cam, demon ignition shit, and headers. He walks around telling everyone that his car puts down 420rwhp. Now I don't know much about old v8's, but taking that his motor had ~220 fwhp stock, I immediately call bs.
Of course being in high school, 95% of the kids have slow ass cars. So this guy is racing all of these kids with civics, eclipses, focus's and nothing at all challenging. Now all the kids at school think his car is stupid fast cause he smashed them. Now im not one to jump up and try to show off, i usually just play things cool and not worry about it. But i get tired of him talking about his car, so i decide to drive my dads e46 m3 to school. So now he is bugging me all day to race when school gets out, so i just agree.
School gets out, we hit the highway. Now my dads car is all suspension work, and only engine performance is a K&N intake with proper heat shielding. So we start in second gear from about ~35mph. We got a good start, neither of us jumped first. As i had expected, i had pulled him by two cars, maybe a little more, by the top of third gear. He thought i was just kidding when i said M power was not to be fucked with.
So the next day at school i let everyone know what happened. He says i only pulled so much because i had a short shifter, and that if we would have stayed on it he would have smashed me. So basically my 270rwhp outran his "420rwhp" because of the shifter? Must be the best shifter on the market if i must say.
So i recently got my e30 up and running. Its boosted putting down ~280rwhp. He still to this day thinks that his mustang will smash my car. If my dads m3 outran him that bad, and my lighter e30 is making equivalent power, what is this kid not seeing?
For all you muscle guys out there, is there any chance that his car is even close to that power with the given mods? I personally think he might have around 300whp. And thats being generous. Also, for reference he raced a stock 03' gt and only pulled him by one car from 2nd to 5th. What kind of power do you guys think he is making? I told him he should dyno his car and he says "why would i pay someone to blow my car up?"
Of course being in high school, 95% of the kids have slow ass cars. So this guy is racing all of these kids with civics, eclipses, focus's and nothing at all challenging. Now all the kids at school think his car is stupid fast cause he smashed them. Now im not one to jump up and try to show off, i usually just play things cool and not worry about it. But i get tired of him talking about his car, so i decide to drive my dads e46 m3 to school. So now he is bugging me all day to race when school gets out, so i just agree.
School gets out, we hit the highway. Now my dads car is all suspension work, and only engine performance is a K&N intake with proper heat shielding. So we start in second gear from about ~35mph. We got a good start, neither of us jumped first. As i had expected, i had pulled him by two cars, maybe a little more, by the top of third gear. He thought i was just kidding when i said M power was not to be fucked with.
So the next day at school i let everyone know what happened. He says i only pulled so much because i had a short shifter, and that if we would have stayed on it he would have smashed me. So basically my 270rwhp outran his "420rwhp" because of the shifter? Must be the best shifter on the market if i must say.
So i recently got my e30 up and running. Its boosted putting down ~280rwhp. He still to this day thinks that his mustang will smash my car. If my dads m3 outran him that bad, and my lighter e30 is making equivalent power, what is this kid not seeing?
For all you muscle guys out there, is there any chance that his car is even close to that power with the given mods? I personally think he might have around 300whp. And thats being generous. Also, for reference he raced a stock 03' gt and only pulled him by one car from 2nd to 5th. What kind of power do you guys think he is making? I told him he should dyno his car and he says "why would i pay someone to blow my car up?"
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