E30 vs sc2

[irish44j]

You will both get smoked by the soccer mom with the Honda Odyssey full of kids the next lane over.

true story.

[djjerme]

Actually its the opposite of that. The hp ratings were listed at a lower level to fool insurance companys to get more people out to buy these cars when they were new.So if my SS396 had a listed rating of only 375hp on paper,its was actual hp of about 420 hp at the flywheel in theory.Thats why on the lets say 1970 hemicuda.It had a rating of 425hp but it really was over 500hp and the same with the 1970 SS454 chevelle LS6 it was rated at 450hp but was really over 500hp as well. It was to keep the price on insurance lower for the consumer.

Actually, both are somewhat correct. The difference in how hp is rated and claimed.. The way they did it "back then" was the hp rating at the Flywheel, with the motor sitting on an engine dyno, and no accessories hooked. This rating is no longer used (and hasn't been used for a while), instead hp claims are based on the number after all the accessories are attached and mounted in the car. This is why HP numbers "nose dived" after '72. The motors did have lower compression in some instances then their previous incarnations, but now they were using NET HP numbers vs GROSS.

That's not to say the LS6 Chevelle wasn't bad ass, it was a beast. Me though, I prefer the '66 Chevy II with an L79. Though, my '66 hard top Chevy II with the 377 I built for it was plenty fun.

[MonkeyMan]

Please slowly re-read my last post.

+1000

.. just about fell outta my chair

[Lodsin]

lol pretty lame thread , just for the record though if you have any skill driving you would dominate him on an auto-x track , probably in a straight line too

Can't say I'd agree with that. SC2 is lighter, similar HP/tq.

You will both get smoked by the soccer mom with the Honda Odyssey full of kids the next lane over.

true story.

Can say this will happen for sure, she might even be picking her nose and getting thrown up on. While you're granny shifting and not double clutching like you should.

Also, sounds like dude has been driving before you. And will probably stomp on you while you bounce revs, granted these are 5 spds were talking about...

[ST1G]

I googled sc2 and a bunch of starcraft shit came up.
Wtf is going on here

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u15HmEMp2Qc

[irish44j]

on a side note, I believe this SC2 won a Chumpcar race in the last year or two. Not that Chump is ultimate motorsports or anything, but Chump races are full of e30s (including ones with engine swaps) and IIRC it beat all of them in one of the races.

It was also generally as fast or faster than our e30 at Chump Pittsburgh....though we beat it on the 2nd day due to a mechanical issue after finishing right behind it on day 1.

[JCarp90]

I'm getting tired of this shit. I want my R3v back.

[Jborame]

OP, thank you for making my crappy day not so crappy anymore :D I think I literally laughed for a good 5 minutes reading this.

In all seriousness though, I hope this thread is a joke. lol

[Hochspannung]

I think the Saturn would win because when you crash into each other at least he will be able to pop the dents out of his plastic body panels and carry on.

[CrusherCurtis]

Factory HP ratings from that era are very exaggerated, they only have like a little over 200 whp but still had lots of torque.

This, I had a Plymouth Satelite with a 383 in High school. Felt fast and sounded fast. probably wasn't, but I wish i still had it.

Anyway race the guy. I had a 92 dodge shadow and brother had a 92 -95 civic. I was a sophomore and he was Junior. We raced, I won. It was tall fun.