Beat a 7Gen GT..., WTF just happened??? Options

[JoKeRkId613]

I'm on my way home... I see a blue 7th Gen Celi GT on I-75... So I'm just cruising and I notice it's a young guy and the Celi has a little body kit. So I'm thinking, "let me just see how much that car can beat me by". So I pull up even next to him. Three honks. Beep, beep, beep. GO. I had the guy the whole time, pretty much... He kept up with me for like a second. Mind you I have an automatic ST. WTF just happened??? I thought the new Celis were faster! This is a true story and apparently this guy does not know how to drive. I mean, he honked thrice so this was a race. Maybe he was messing with me? What happened? Lol.

[darksecret]

I agree auto ST needs help, I really need a video of this stuff, when you're comparing about 128 whp 156 lbs. ft (well that was a couple of years ago when the previous owner had it, not much has changed since, just an intake) to maybe 145 whp 95 lbs. ft. with about a 200 lbs. weight difference yeah I would say I have enough power to hang with any Honda less than a Prelude VTEC. I figured I would get my a** handed to me when I first ran a '98 Si on I485, I figured I did pretty good seeing he had at least an intake and exhaust, I also learned that the KA20 powered Si's are slow I ran right beside one on I77 and I was in 5th the entire time, the main reason people get beat when they push there Celicas to the redline is that any amount of real power was lost about 1,500 rpm back and now they're wasting speed when they could upshift at about 5,000 and take advantage of the powerband, just because a car has a 9,000 rpm redline doesn't mean it has a lot of power.

This post has been edited by darksecret: Jun 13, 2005 - 9:50 AM