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56oval · 12-29-2000, 03:29 PM

This is great, I really think that SVT was faster then mid 15s. I talked to the guy and he was pretty cool. He said his car was stock. He also said it had 220 hp?

I know the SVT would be even faster, but it suffered from bad wheel hop in second and it spun most of first. That must be a hand full putting that much power in a front wheel drive. we raced for about 1/3 of a mile and he was flying. It was by far the quickest front driver I've raced. I've just killed, smoked and embarassed those Civics and Intergras. Course I know a lot of those guys put VTEC stickers on base cars, so it hard for me to tell what they really have.

Of course another possiblity is that the 5.0 was ragged out and the SVT was new. I know my car is slow right now because I'm running the stock heat exchangers( the heat on a VW comes off the exhaust) It possible that I'm only running low 15s or high 14s right now.

I know when I run the larger exhaust in the summer I have to go up two sizes on the main jets and that is quite a bit of fuel.
Thanks.

12-29-2000, 03:29 PM	#8
56oval Registered Member Join Date: Dec 2000 Location: GA.USA Posts: 8	This is great, I really think that SVT was faster then mid 15s. I talked to the guy and he was pretty cool. He said his car was stock. He also said it had 220 hp? I know the SVT would be even faster, but it suffered from bad wheel hop in second and it spun most of first. That must be a hand full putting that much power in a front wheel drive. we raced for about 1/3 of a mile and he was flying. It was by far the quickest front driver I've raced. I've just killed, smoked and embarassed those Civics and Intergras. Course I know a lot of those guys put VTEC stickers on base cars, so it hard for me to tell what they really have. Of course another possiblity is that the 5.0 was ragged out and the SVT was new. I know my car is slow right now because I'm running the stock heat exchangers( the heat on a VW comes off the exhaust) It possible that I'm only running low 15s or high 14s right now. I know when I run the larger exhaust in the summer I have to go up two sizes on the main jets and that is quite a bit of fuel. Thanks.