Surprise and Embarrasment --beat off the line by a Honda Accord
07-26-2007, 05:33 PM
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The 03 accords have 240hp & weigh about the same as a 928....so your 79 has 220 hp.......with the lower gears of the accord....it makes sense he jumped ya.....I want to say those accords were rated at about around 6.9 0-60....which is a shade faster than the 79 928.....don't forget those cars are very easy to modify too
07-26-2007, 05:45 PM
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Originally Posted by Andrew Olson
Actually when I said NOS for less than $1k, my setup actually cost me $500 (plus filling up the bottle).
07-26-2007, 06:12 PM
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Originally Posted by Andrew Olson
Actually when I said NOS for less than $1k, my setup actually cost me $500 (plus filling up the bottle). The problem is that it gets wickedly addictive and that bottle doesn't refill by itself.
07-26-2007, 06:16 PM
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Originally Posted by 3000teeth
Hmmm.... what NOS are you using?
Here the thread of my install. https://rennlist.com/forums/928-forum/200769-nitrous-install-update.html
07-26-2007, 06:20 PM
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Originally Posted by Larry928GTS
It's like buying a nice cheap crack pipe.
The pipe is nice and cheap, works perfect.....but the crack gets sooo expensive.
Speaking of, where is Mr.Smiley Brett with the 200mph run?
07-26-2007, 06:54 PM
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I abhor drag racing. It impresses me not one bit. In fact it is a sleeping pill for me. But...............I recall my adolescent days when I had my Chebbie...........
and here is what we said then: Do it with gears. I still say that. Dave said the truth: these cars aren't meant for drag racing. Mine has a 2.2 final drive. My car is smiling at 80 to 100, and cracking up at 100 to 140 mph. But if you must engage in such antics, do it with gears.
and here is what we said then: Do it with gears. I still say that. Dave said the truth: these cars aren't meant for drag racing. Mine has a 2.2 final drive. My car is smiling at 80 to 100, and cracking up at 100 to 140 mph. But if you must engage in such antics, do it with gears.
07-26-2007, 07:47 PM
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Originally Posted by 3000teeth
Ha! I thought, so on green I gunned it off the line with a little wheel squeal, and sure enough, the guy nosed me by 4-5 feet by third gear.
FWIW, I'm considering swapping out the stock exhaust on our 84 with a new Y-pipe; just to get a little more hp.
07-26-2007, 08:35 PM
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In 1980 a Z-28 or Trans-Am wasn't putting out 200hp. The 'Vette was allegedly 200+, but that may have been optimistic. The 240hp the 928's engine genereated was pretty damn impressive.
Today we have Camrys w/270hp, Accord HYBRIDs w/265hp and Chrysler Caliber SRT4s w/300hp from a 4 cylinder engine. We also have 500hp 'Vettes, and for that matter (probably) more 500hp cars now than we had 200hp cars in 1980.
There are plenty of cars these days that can beat a 25 year old 928 in race. And there are plenty that can't. And there were VERY few that could do it when it was new. You have nothing to be embarrassed about.
Today we have Camrys w/270hp, Accord HYBRIDs w/265hp and Chrysler Caliber SRT4s w/300hp from a 4 cylinder engine. We also have 500hp 'Vettes, and for that matter (probably) more 500hp cars now than we had 200hp cars in 1980.
There are plenty of cars these days that can beat a 25 year old 928 in race. And there are plenty that can't. And there were VERY few that could do it when it was new. You have nothing to be embarrassed about.
