i'm not lying i swear!!!!, raced a WRX Options

[98celica3]

ok, first off i'm not lying to you guys, why would i lie. ok last night i was going to hickory and this black wrx pulled up beside me. he stayed right beside me for like a 1/2 mile so i looked over at him and he was just staring. i nodded my head, but he just keep on staring, it wasn't an intimidating stare, it was kind of a retarted stare. so i thought he wanted to race, i downshifter to third, let him hear that i was ready and hit it. i took off and he didn't do anything. i was like "ok", so i shifted back into fifth and keep cruising, next thing i know he comes flying by me, gets in front of me and hits his hazards. Yes, the pattended "ricer fly by".
You gotta know, me and my friends hate ricers, so my friend in his SVT Contour pulls by me after him, so i follow.

OK, list of my mods first: 98 GT
Cat back exhaust
DC Sports intake
UR pulley
plugs and wires
Venom VCN 400

The kid in the wrx was NOT a good driver, my friends said he grinded fourth in a highway run, WTF? Also the car was brand new, not even broken in yet, but it was a Five speed.

We took off after him and, I Swear, i pulled on him in third and passed him in fourth. not by much mind you, just barely but i did. we slowed down, and here he came and passed us and hit his hazards again (****)!!!
so we took off after him, we were doing 120mph and i was right behind him, no problems. I could smell the new exhaust burning out. but i was wondering why the hell that thing wasn't faster.

adam

[97sccelica]

QUOTE (Supersprynt @ Jun 8, 2003 - 9:20 AM)

Maybe it wasnt a WRX and was rally a 2.5RS - WRX really shouldnt be competition for anything besides a GT4.

you mean only a gt4 would be competition for a WRX.

it probably was a real WRX. you have to remember what the car was built to do. it is a rally car and highway flying is not one of its talents. if you guys were at say, 40mph, the fact that the guy had awd did nothing but slow him down. he may have had 227hp but the HP advantage was going to accelorating the dead weight. as for break in times, the might result in a lower HP number but not by much(besides, shouldnt engines be babyed while in break in, what a dumb ass)

point is, even though you have lets say 150hp @ the crank and he has 227@ the crank, you car is smaller, lighter, more aerodynamic, and has a more efficient tranny. that would put the two of you pretty close together as you said you were.

and on highways, the skills of the driver are less important, no launching, just get it in the gear and continue to accelorate