Twin turbo IS-F 1/4 mile *VIDEO* Somone please confirm...Grrrr
11-04-09, 12:25 PM
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I have no clue why my friend made the video like that. Maybe to make it look cool and show how scary fast his car would be? No matter what kind of video it is, his CLS55 is very fast and sounds sick in person.
11-04-09, 01:52 PM
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Sorry for bringing this up again... but I'm just appaled at how many Americans are talking about selling their very reliable, Japanese ultra-performance sedan to buy a Corvette.
11-04-09, 02:14 PM
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Don't get me wrong...I love my F
...but there are many cars out there that will own it all day, every day. The Z06 and GT R are about the best bang for your buck available, if you're talking straight performance numbers.
11-04-09, 02:52 PM
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no need to argue over opinions as if this is m3post 
as long as we all agree, this 1/4 is BS without a timeslip or even the time on the light board! if someone ran 10's, they would run around with the timeslip as if they hit the mega million lotto, not get the wife to defend times.
and to delete posts on youtube shows how sensitive this guy is, which is probably why he couldn't handle losing to someone then dumping $15k on a largely discredited TT set up.
as long as we all agree, this 1/4 is BS without a timeslip or even the time on the light board! if someone ran 10's, they would run around with the timeslip as if they hit the mega million lotto, not get the wife to defend times.
and to delete posts on youtube shows how sensitive this guy is, which is probably why he couldn't handle losing to someone then dumping $15k on a largely discredited TT set up.
11-04-09, 02:59 PM
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Guys lets keep this thread mature and polite. I think it would benefit us all for the owner of the car to join and share more details about his setup.
11-04-09, 06:09 PM
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11-04-09, 06:10 PM
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I think an Mitsubishi Evo is a better bang for the buck for straight performance numbers.... $40k for the car with $30k+ to mod it, im pretty sure its a realllly bang for the buck car... Just my opinion, don't jump up and bite me, lol
11-04-09, 06:33 PM
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My slips are less than impressive, but my real world performance is. There is no question about a car putting down more power when you can go from stepping on the gas at 100MPH and getting a nice, subtle pull.. vs stepping on the gas at WOT and having the tires brake loose.1st gear is what's killing us. It's going to be very hard to see below a 1.9 60', i believe.
(Edit: by 1st gear I actually mean the torque converter which allows massive slip in 1st)
The weather is getting cooler here, slowly.. I will begin to post more evidence soon.
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11-04-09, 06:42 PM
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But then there's the fact that the Evo doesn't take very well to mods and without serious custom tuning, it definitely isn't really reliable or dependable. There are a lot of reports on evoxforums and evolutionm of X's with blown blocks because the owners were running mods and high boost without a tune, just a map. I'll have to agree that the Evo is one hell of a handling car from the factory, and lots of power to boot... but it lacks the refinement of, heck, even a WRX STI. And it has no proper manual transmission (just a 5-speed Mitsubishi has some petty excuse for, which I can't quite remember), even though if you're going to be putting almost $50k towards this thing, might as well get the TC-SST, which really gets the most out of the engine.
11-04-09, 06:43 PM
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Gearing isn't the problem. It's the skinny tires the factory gave us. My Supra is 300+ lbs lighter than the F and it came with 255s. Everyone tracking a Supra says it needs 315's on all four corners. I'd say that says the F could use 335's on all four corners for the weight it has.
11-04-09, 06:46 PM
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Gearing isn't the problem. It's the skinny tires the factory gave us. My Supra is 300+ lbs lighter than the F and it came with 255s. Everyone tracking a Supra says it needs 315's on all four corners. I'd say that says the F could use 335's on all four corners for the weight it has.
