I beat a cobalt ss
 

Me and a buddy of mine were cruisin around and i rolled up on a cobalt ss it was a dude and his chic i just drove passed them then he got right up beside me and i could tell he was almost at the end of his gear im in third so i drop it to 2nd and blow off that really got his attention he was really ready now my buddy counts 1 2 3 go we take off i put a car on him before i shift to 3rd and then my pull stops i shift to 4th and pull another car then 5th another car then i let out then when he drives by his girlfriend gives me the finger and then they turn off how rude she was just mad that my POS beat her boyfriends brand new car thats comdey I LOVE IT!!!

holy run-on sentence, bud...
Congratulations... They're not THAT fast, though.

Well i guess there not fast compared to a 12sec car but in my case im lucky to get in the 13s so i was just posting a kill i made over the weekend.

No, they're not that fast. You beat it, so I'm glad. If you didn't, then there'd be something wrong.

Chevrolet Cobalt SS Supercharged: Standing 1/4-mile: 14.7 sec @ 97 mph
http://www.caranddriver.com/article....&page_number=2

Don't think I'm ragging on you, though. I'm just saying that they're not god's gift to automobiles. God's gift to ricers, maybe...
That engine is a good base, however. Take that supercharger off, and hang a turbo instead, and the stock internals will support 500whp all day.
If it's not forged in that engine, it's semi-forged. Sodium filled exhaust valves, GM did their homework on that engine, surprisingly.

I read they run 14.4 at the track in hot weather. If ur right then he wasnt stock because i run low 14's in hot weather. Owell it was funny i payed 1000$ for my car and did all the work my self his car cost 20000$ lol

congrats! stupid people with to much money.. or nice parents..

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as sport compact car states it they sped by you in a ultimate display of suck. I hate it when they do that they think oh I passed him so I won screw you but they are so wrong I beat a TC the other day al I could see it he had a exhaust and my first gear dont work sad completely normal N/A supra beat him starting in second.

I dont want to sound like a dumbass but wat does the underline stuff mean?

each time he says "i put another car on him" it means that he is a car length ahead of the cobalt (approx. of course). in other words he is pulling away from him each gear he shifts through.

thanks buddy

I raced my buddies 92 talon tsi all wheel drive with a jdm cyclone engine and I beat him by a car and a half. He did a 5,000 rpm drop so he had me on the launch but once I shifted I had him already. I did a 2,500 rpm drop and my car is completed stock except for 3 inch exhuast from turbo back.

congratulations, what did you win?? nothing
street racing is bad enough, but it still is somewhat a controld situation
cuz u got a long straight line with no cars,

but using stoplights and turning regular streets to your very own racetrack
for what?

hoping that everycar is paying attention to you dumbasses, or maybe you'll bet lucky the car that you might hit there's no kid in the backseat

i get a lot of pple doing that to me, and i guessing everybody in this forum too, sh!t you are driving a supra, thats like an open invite

but its up to the driver to do the right sh!t

remember you're jus not putting yourself in danger, think about other pple on the road

yes street racing is bad. i dunno if anyone heard but there was a couple killed in vancouver, they were coming back from there 17th aniversary i believe and got hit from the side by a street racer going 140km/h through a red light. they also had a 7 year old kid that has no parents now.. and now people caught street racing, it is seen as a criminal offence and there cars will be CRUSHED and they will not get any money for there car.. but i think thats just mainly in big cities where the street racing is organized. sure, i race on the streets but, its either at a set of lights, just a straight drag, i rarely go much over the speed limit(20km/h over), i never run red lights or stop signs and i dont swerve in and out of traffic. just use ur head. i love that feeling when you own a civic.. then again, it is a civic.. :)

I dunno, Ive raced many many people, sometimes to over 80 mph, and i would never consider doing it if not safe. I have never once come close to crashing while racing someone. So i dont know how many people die and crash doing that, Ive been doing it for a year now with not much driving exp (im only 19) and i still have a good sense of saftey and common sense. Its just dumb people that give us a bad name http://www.toyota-supra.info/forums/...ons/icon13.gif

And to add to the race stories, I beat a regular cobalt SS (non s/c) and i shit stomped him. It wasnt that slow, but not as fast as id expect a brand new car with 170hp to be. Imagine in 20 years, when the supras are 40, and people still have em and if there still faster than some of the cars on the road, how cool that would be. :)

first of all your first comment made me laugh

second werent u the guy that was bragging about beating a mustang GT in a street race...then you say that^


but i get what youre saying...be smart while on the road n dont do it with a lot of cars around

Yes, everything should be controlled by the anti-fast driving people and we should always drive below the speed limits to save gas or just walk so we will never endanger anyone.....give me a break. Get the drunks off the road, get rid of hand guns and assault rifles, then maybe you can lobby against street racing.

Most of us know when and when not to race. It has been going on ever since the second car was built. There are stupid people out there, but there have always been stupid people. I have been driving for over 30 years and have done the occasional street race. I think the most danger I have is avoiding the idiots using their cell phones and driving.....now that combination will kill people!

Russ

yeah, in a semi controlled track, as in streel racing at its best, where you can prove your car without endangering pple that have no clue what going on arounf them

its safer in there, for years i have been going to the same street scene, and never have i seen a single accident

because here , everybody knows that somebody's going to race any moment
everybody knows to look first b4 you go driving on the street,
thats why i can still say and brag about my races

cuz i ddnt endanger anybody but myself

answer me this, did you have anybody clearing the streets ahead that you were driving on when you raced this cobalt?

Its like you hinted at though, its not you you need to worry about its the other idiots around you. When I was young like some of you guys I did alot of racing, both on the streets and on the tracks. the only reason why I was never involved in an accident is....I was LUCKY! dont get me wrong, I know my talents behind the wheel and Ive been driving for 25+ years as well. But it all comes down to luck...What Im saying is, no matter how good of a driver I am...unexpected things occure that are beyond your control. And those things can get people killed.

When I was in my 20's and 30's I was into motorcycles. I was there building "cafe" bikes before there was such a thing a factory "crotch rocket". One night I was on my way out to a desert party just before midnight. this was in a Town of under 20k people so you can imagine the lack of traffic. As I approached a traffic signal I attempted to "warn" an oncomming car (their turn signal was on to make a left turn, crossing my lane of travel) that I was there. I flipped my brights at her twice, slowed down to 5 miles below the posted limit (35) and moved to the right side of my lane. Just as I started to roll back on the throttle thinking I was sure I was past her.........BOOM! That car turned in front of me and I barely had time to think "OH SHIT!" much less react. (later the cops asked me why he didnt find any skid marks from me, and I told him I was too busy leaving skid marks in my shorts to hit the brakes...lol). I spent 14 days in the hospital and 9 screws, one stainless steel plate, and a bone graft later...I was able to keep my leg.

My point is that I did everything right...and it still almost killed me. What do you think the outcome of that story would have been if I was slamming through the gears on my way out of town on a nearly deserted road....Well, I would bet you wouldnt be reading this story right now.


One last thought, Im not trying to say you cant have any fun. Im not even one to preach about speed or pushing the limits of your car. Im just saying, that speed has consequences...how do you think your life is gonna end up if you're the one behind the wheel when the guy you're racing screws up bad and kills someone? I can tell you what the cops are gonna say..."Guilty of manslaughter"....yep thats right...YOU can be held responsible for the other guys mistake...remember that next time you "rev" it at a stoplight.

once again thank you weezl,
you got a knack to say what i feel

but thats all what i was trying to say, i ddnt not say that you cant enjoy your car anymore
but a hapless teenager with his girlfriend is not a measuring stick for your skill

do it in a race a real one, it doesnt have to be legal,
we try to keep it as safe as we can here, we block off any streets that car can come from,
we got cars before the line, in the streets, and after the end, so we make sure nobody gets hurt

hey, im new to the boards but i saw you guys talking about racing, i had a couple of questions, if you could answer them id really appreciate it

1. how do you signal to someone that you wanna race, and how do you know when the race is over?

2. i drive a 1990 turbocharged supra, and i heard that there was like some way to rev it up before a race and it will do better is this true? if so whats the secret

any help will be appreciated thanks

1. there's alot of ways to signal a race... i usually rev my car, or you point forward.. start rolling forward at a light.. or just straight out ask the guy. make sure you not gonna kill anyone tho.

2. is it a manual or automatic? with a manual, u can rev up the car and launch it harder, but you have to work on that.. see how high of an RPM you can launch at without spinning your tires. also.. work on shift points.. if your shifting at 3000rpm in a race, you wont do very good.. but try and stay below redline.. i usually shift at 5000-5500rpm.

good luck.

darn.....supraboy's reply surely hits the nail in the head concerning the debate on this thread......... way-to-go Supraboy.............NOT !!!

actually this thread is talking about racing and supraboy wanted to know a few things about racing.

plus the thread was out of date so it didnt matter.

most threads topics are carried on to other things anyway

This is old and for weezl, But in your story with bikes you mentioned flashing your lights are her, and then she turned in front of you. Perhaps she took the faslhing lights as a "you can go" thing. lol. I know why people cut off bikes too. I saw a motorcycle coming down the road and turned in front of him, at a safe distance but he was closer than i thought. And they look like their either going really slow or it looks like a car thats further down the road.

well, thats a hell of a way to resurect a dead thread.!!...

maybe someone should show supraboy where the "new thread button " is.

to supraboy
are you talking about racing random pple?
i got an advice for you,,, DONT F***ING DO IT
dont you know where local tuners hangout and race in your area?
do it with them

but if you were talking about on a closed out street
we flash our brights to clear the track and warn everybody that a race is about to happen

and after finishing the hazard lights are turned on

Ha
 

COBALT SS is a crap car SUPRA is the best import car hands down

a guy in my town wants to race me in a eclipse 4 cylinder front wheel drive GAY car but we cant seem to have both our cars running at the same time i wll beat him easy becasue his car is slow mines an 88 nonturbo auto and is fun and fast

eclipses are wimps, (except for the gsx)

but that fwd will lose badly to you

i dusted a 03 ecplise by 3 lenghts on a heads up race

The front wheel drive eclipse sucks lol. especially n/a automatics. SO SLOW! The awd talon tsi/gsx/gst however is a different story, I rode in one of these in the rain andi t had more traction than my supra has on dry street. Crazy ride lol. The cobalt SS/SC is a quick car, Def faster than a stock mk3, But its apples and oranges. Hopped up economy compact vs one of the best sports cars of the 80s nad 90s lol. I saw a video article on some cars vs the porsche 944, And they didnt include the supra cause it would have won lol. It was the 944 turbo S(not the 250hp one that came out later) vs Starion ESI-r, Rx7 turbo II, and a 300zx turbo. I really have no idea why they didnt put the mk3 in, I still think its because they wanted the porsche to win.

cuz we would be mopping the floor with a mop named porshe 944

dont get me wrong i know sumbody who has the same car with 350hps and get this 500 lbs/ft of torque ,

but i know this one with a stock one
and stock for stock, it was a slughter,
those car aint got nothing on us
KING KONG AINT GOT NUTHING ON US lol

Yeah, That 4 cyl makes big torque. Its a 2.5L. The stock n/a feels a little bit slower, if not just as fast, as an n/a mk3. Ive never rode in a turbo one, But I would expect the same thing. The porsche beat the other 3 in drag times, But I think a stock turbo supra would have beat it. They said its real main point was the awesome handling, better than the other 3. Thats a porsche for yah. Also the car weighing 26-2700 lbs helps. Almost 1000 less than a targa top turbo/automatic. lol.

Just found the video article thing. Its in 86, Probably why they didnt have the supra, Even thou the turbo would have been around in late 86 but as an 87 model.


I think the supra would have fit in nicely

Porsche - 6.3 0-60, 14.6/95mph 1/4 mile

RX-7 - 7.2, 15.3/91mph

Starion - 8.1, 16.5/83mph

300z - 8.9, 16.2/86mph


Supra turbo - 6.6 0-60, 15.2 1/4 mile. Its 2nd fastest! The 944 has the benefit of being light as hell...lol. rx7 too, they weigh in at 2700 lbs as well. It said its the lightest of the group thou, So the 944 must be a lil more.

damn, i must have raced a bad driver lol
he missed 2nd
so i was leading already
i strted paddling the car (to make it more fun)
i was in fourth (still paddling)

he caught up, when i punched it
he tried shifting to 5th
and went back to third
he had an extra big exhaust, so you can hear him f-ing up