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05-03-2011, 03:49 PM
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05-03-2011, 08:59 PM
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Which I'd have to do in a fully loaded gt too 
our cars are plenty fast. Torque is more important just off the line and when pulling stuff. The only time our low torque comes into play is the first 5k revs in 1st gear. After that we stay up top in the rpms. No lack of torque or power there. My wheels were breaking loose plenty on Sunday even low rpms in 2nd gear coming out of hairpins. More torque would just break em loose quicker lol. We can carry more speed through a corner than ur typical 400 HP musclecar/pig so we need less torque/HP to get the same if not better result. Granted a well handling 400 HP car would kick our *** but try to find one for the money of an 8 besides evo's and sti's I don't think there are many and they have 300 stock. Just remember if the 8 had the 16x or a Turbo 13b it would have cost 50-60 grand. Priced more like the rx-7 in today's economy prices. We get a ton of quality for really not much money. Just look at your interior and then step into a Ford
our cars are plenty fast. Torque is more important just off the line and when pulling stuff. The only time our low torque comes into play is the first 5k revs in 1st gear. After that we stay up top in the rpms. No lack of torque or power there. My wheels were breaking loose plenty on Sunday even low rpms in 2nd gear coming out of hairpins. More torque would just break em loose quicker lol. We can carry more speed through a corner than ur typical 400 HP musclecar/pig so we need less torque/HP to get the same if not better result. Granted a well handling 400 HP car would kick our *** but try to find one for the money of an 8 besides evo's and sti's I don't think there are many and they have 300 stock. Just remember if the 8 had the 16x or a Turbo 13b it would have cost 50-60 grand. Priced more like the rx-7 in today's economy prices. We get a ton of quality for really not much money. Just look at your interior and then step into a Ford
05-04-2011, 07:02 AM
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You need to go back to school and take a physics class and study up on rotating mass.
Plus with changing the overall diameter of the wheel+tire combination you are in a sense changing the gearing, and depending on which way you change the diameter will directly effect your acceleration.
I know there has to be an article on it somewhere on the internet, I'm surprised you haven't found it yet. I'm guessing you haven't because it contains useful information and not dribble.
05-04-2011, 07:25 AM
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...it was a damned joke...one about how cool ranch doritos make us accelerate slow. Hence the whole statement about how something weighing a couple grams has a hard time pushing a 3000lbs car. Yes...I do understand that lighter and smaller wheels will slightly alter acceleration because of the "ease" of moving a smaller rotating mass. If you need every last ounce of power out of your car...sure...go sneak some 17's on there...but in the big picture of things does it really matter all that much? You might knock a tenth of a second off per run...but when you're seconds off the pace...who cares.
05-04-2011, 07:53 AM
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1). Over night
2). 2005
3). No, it is 1 month old
4). Not huge but definitely more than a handfull
5). Check the wives/girlfriends with rx8's thread in the gallery
2). 2005
3). No, it is 1 month old
4). Not huge but definitely more than a handfull
5). Check the wives/girlfriends with rx8's thread in the gallery
05-04-2011, 07:58 AM
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Oh, and if you were really good at regurgitating what you read on the Internet you would have known the battery in my car was 1 month old. Apparently you can't even do that right.
This is fun.
This is fun.
05-04-2011, 08:10 AM
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the tires on those 17's will knock seconds of my time. At least it did for Steve so I'm imagining it will for me too. And all of a sudden that tenth matters. And don't forget it's not just at launch you gain a tenth. Every time you come out a corner you accelerate quicker so if you do that 10 times per run all of a sudden you have a second
05-04-2011, 08:19 AM
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1). Battery is fine
2). 2007
3). Probably stock one.
4). Each one is two hands and a mouthful
5). I'd get knocked the **** out if I did lmao!
05-04-2011, 01:31 PM
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Getting popcorn...as Brian readys his treatise on the advantages of weight reduction in relation to unsprung rotational mass.
Follow-up will involve an explanation of the shape and area of a tire's actual contact patch in juxtaposition to the physical dynamics of rubber compounds as it all applies to acceleration, deceleration and lateral grip.
Popcorn....Yummy!!!
Follow-up will involve an explanation of the shape and area of a tire's actual contact patch in juxtaposition to the physical dynamics of rubber compounds as it all applies to acceleration, deceleration and lateral grip.
Popcorn....Yummy!!!
05-04-2011, 02:10 PM
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I knew that along with the approximate size and shape of your woman's ***** and the fact that I could find pictures of her in the Hot gf's thread and on her facebooks. But I have to regurgitate everything I read...not just part...because part might lead to an answer I am unprepared for answering according to you. Eye iz weee tahd...durrrrrrrrrrr
05-05-2011, 07:16 AM
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