So I was crusin down the highway today and I came upon a Civic. It was white, no ghey ass body kits or anything stupid. Plain ol' Civic. I decided to give him a try even though I pretty much knew my top end couldn't hold against his (we were goin prolly 60 - 65ish). I downshifted to 4th and hit it after he took off. He held me by a couple car lengths for a while before he let off. I ended up in 5th going close to a hundred. We were back and forth for a couple miles until we hit the bridge.
He gets in the EZ Pass lane and I keep going straight (EZ pass if you didn't know is where you just drive through instead of just paying a toll). I get stuck behind a line of traffic, while he passes through. I looked over and a Vette (prolly 1998ish - Convertible) honked at me and gave me a "I'll take care of him" kind of notion with his hand. They both slowed down to pass through the sensors and then took off. The vette had an easy 6 lengths on him before he gave up and the civic flew past. They were both screamin down the lanes, but of course the American muscle won.
I think the Civic might have been turbo, judging by the pillar pods (might have had a boost gauge). I though I heard it too, but I'm not sure because I wasn't paying alot of attention (and music was loud).
Either way, thought I'd share. That Vette stomped him.
This may come out the wrong way, but that Civic better of had a lot more than a turbo if you were in a 5.0 Mustang but then who the heck downshifts to 4th at 60 and expects to beat anything but the UPS truck??? In 5th before 100?!?!? Were you trying to insure a loss? Did I read the signature right, you are in some kind of V8 Mustang???
If not please let us know what car you were in, maybe I need glasses or something, if you were in something like a stock Civic yourself or something forgive me, if you were in a 5.0 or newer Mustang please stop racing, for every Mustang owners sake because that Vette should have been the race you were in and it should have at least been close. Downshift to 4th at 60, ugh.
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So a civic with a turbo can't be in the 13s? Hell you better tell that to the guys with bolt on N/A D series SOHC vtecs running 13s.
What do you have? A stock GT with stock 3.27s? Is that why you think his shift points are off? 3.73s are going to make a giant difference in shift points and patterns.
Yea. I didn't completely wind out 4th because I wasn't planning on going for too long. There wasn't much room for a 100+ mph race considering there was traffic.
I'm not really trying to get anymore points on my license. That, and I've been driving a 5 speed for a month. Gimme a break.
Not only that, but I think a Civic pulls a little harder around 65 than my V8. I knew this before I even tried too. Remember, my fox is stock.
theres no way a vette could beat a turbo civic........ i've seen the fast and the furious 23 1/2 times, civics are teh sh!t. (sarcasm)
and i can't even beat a ups truck at 60mph in 4th............ i dunno, maybe it was because my AC was on
theres no way a vette could beat a turbo civic........ i've seen the fast and the furious 23 1/2 times, civics are teh sh!t. (sarcasm)
and i can't even beat a ups truck at 60mph in 4th............ i dunno, maybe it was because my AC was on
Me vs. Civic + Civic vs. Vette
