Eclipse GST - Page 6

bricooper78 · 07-13-2010, 07:21 PM

Spy, I would like to steal that quote for a sig if you don't mind

myneedforspeed · 07-13-2010, 09:12 PM

buy the eclipse. get chased by johnny tran. good f%ckin luck.

SpyhunteR · 07-13-2010, 09:13 PM

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Originally Posted by bricooper78

Spy, I would like to steal that quote for a sig if you don't mind

done!

bricooper78 · 07-13-2010, 10:16 PM

woo hoo!!!

DrFabulous · 07-13-2010, 10:25 PM

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Originally Posted by SpyhunteR

I laughed, I cried, I posted. Thanks for the thread guys.

Could be said about 30% of the threads on the board, no?

Saber326 · 07-14-2010, 08:32 AM

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Originally Posted by AMRAAM4

you're focking high. the engineering and handling of the 3rd gen RX7 were more ground breaking than the c5 (which, if you look at the c5 it actually stole many design features from the RX7

) Designed from the car that won the 24hr of LeMans, perfect 50/50 weight distribution, 2800lbs soaking wet with no carbon fiber or high priced composite materials.

If the c5 is an engineering marvel, why did it turn the Nürburgring at 8:40sec. with it being beaten by 41 seconds by the C6 Z51 and the 4300lbs. 2009 CTS-V at 7:59sec.?

Here are a few other cars that beat it's time around Nürburgring:
Mazda MAZDASPEED3
S2000
BMW 335i coupe
350z
Evo
Jag XKR
Cobalt SS
2010 Camaro

tires

AMRAAM4 · 07-14-2010, 09:40 AM

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Originally Posted by Saber326

tires

...dude, stop embarassing yourself.

07-14-2010, 10:03 AM

i couldnt imagine an s2k being faster...

zukiracer19 · 07-14-2010, 10:09 AM

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Originally Posted by hahano404

i couldnt imagine an s2k being faster...

You're an idiot.

DrFabulous · 07-14-2010, 11:09 AM

This is an excellent magazine-racers thread.

AMRAAM4 · 07-14-2010, 12:39 PM

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Originally Posted by hahano404

i couldnt imagine an s2k being faster...

i couldnt imagine anyone being dumber...

07-14-2010, 03:31 PM

ey. chill out. just sayin s2k's are painfully slow. every car on that list could spank it. and im assuming STOCK of coarse.

and from expierience. you would have to drive the piss out of a s2000 to even come close to a

Mazda MAZDASPEED3
BMW 335i coupe
350z
Evo
Jag XKR
Cobalt SS
2010 Camaro

AMRAAM4 · 07-14-2010, 04:14 PM

seriously, do you not have a basic clue?? Road racing is not always about flat out speed. Speed can make up for some deficiencies when exiting a corner and going down the straight away, but the time it takes to get around a track...from a mechanical standpoint...depends on how efficiently a vehicle can put the most power to the GROUND. The s2000 is a very very good handling car, because it can use a majority of it's power while holding its ground in the corners.

A RWD Vette is very difficult to handle coming out of a corner with a lot of speed. Even on a dry surface you can whip the tail out. Even a small whip of the tail can lose you .5 a second.

Saber326 · 07-15-2010, 06:00 AM

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Originally Posted by AMRAAM4

...dude, stop embarassing yourself.

are you a mechanical engineer or do you have any professional track experience? if not i dont even really care what you have to say. im wasting my time.

cardude007617 · 07-15-2010, 06:47 AM

he's the all knowing Bob. dont challenge his knowledge

Saber326 · 07-15-2010, 07:35 AM

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Originally Posted by AMRAAM4

seriously, do you not have a basic clue?? Road racing is not always about flat out speed. Speed can make up for some deficiencies when exiting a corner and going down the straight away, but the time it takes to get around a track...from a mechanical standpoint...depends on how efficiently a vehicle can put the most power to the GROUND. The s2000 is a very very good handling car, because it can use a majority of it's power while holding its ground in the corners.

A RWD Vette is very difficult to handle coming out of a corner with a lot of speed. Even on a dry surface you can whip the tail out. Even a small whip of the tail can lose you .5 a second.

my friend is selling his s2000 to get a c5 corvette. it has inferior handling and power. i have driven it many many times and it is blatently obvious that the performance of the corvette is greater in every single aspect.

07-15-2010, 07:43 AM

not that i'm praising the vette or anything. my focus was on the s2k itself. i would think someone with more driving expierience, as in a professional driver, would want something other than a s2k to go around a track fast. although it may handle fantastically, its still lacks in any straight line accel. i guess i should realize that the nurb is chock full of turns that gives the s2k the advantage. if it were on one of the many other coarses. higher powered cars would easily leave it. seen it numerous times.

zukiracer19 · 07-15-2010, 08:55 AM

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Originally Posted by hahano404

not that i'm praising the vette or anything. my focus was on the s2k itself. i would think someone with more driving expierience, as in a professional driver, would want something other than a s2k to go around a track fast. although it may handle fantastically, its still lacks in any straight line accel. i guess i should realize that the nurb is chock full of turns that gives the s2k the advantage. if it were on one of the many other coarses. higher powered cars would easily leave it. seen it numerous times.

s2000 could take a 350z, possibly more on that list, stock for stock. You're a pretty biased person without any knowledge of what a s2000 has.

zukiracer19 · 07-15-2010, 09:31 AM

and anyone dumb enough to want a c5 corvette for performance overall is stupid, id rather dish out the cash for an evo.

07-15-2010, 09:57 AM

it doesnt matter. you win. i guess the 2 i drove were just part of the crap batch. all other s2k's are beasts.

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07-14-2010, 03:31 PM	#112
hahano404 Guest Posts: n/a	ey. chill out. just sayin s2k's are painfully slow. every car on that list could spank it. and im assuming STOCK of coarse. and from expierience. you would have to drive the piss out of a s2000 to even come close to a Mazda MAZDASPEED3 BMW 335i coupe 350z Evo Jag XKR Cobalt SS 2010 Camaro Last edited by hahano404; 07-14-2010 at 03:43 PM.

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07-14-2010, 10:03 AM	#108
hahano404 Guest Posts: n/a	i couldnt imagine an s2k being faster...

07-15-2010, 07:43 AM	#117
hahano404 Guest Posts: n/a	not that i'm praising the vette or anything. my focus was on the s2k itself. i would think someone with more driving expierience, as in a professional driver, would want something other than a s2k to go around a track fast. although it may handle fantastically, its still lacks in any straight line accel. i guess i should realize that the nurb is chock full of turns that gives the s2k the advantage. if it were on one of the many other coarses. higher powered cars would easily leave it. seen it numerous times.

07-15-2010, 09:31 AM	#119
zukiracer19 BoOsTiN' AKA: slograndam Join Date: Sep 2007 Location: State College, PA Posts: 2,700 Vehicle: ev0m0de	and anyone dumb enough to want a c5 corvette for performance overall is stupid, id rather dish out the cash for an evo.

07-15-2010, 09:57 AM	#120
hahano404 Guest Posts: n/a	it doesnt matter. you win. i guess the 2 i drove were just part of the crap batch. all other s2k's are beasts.