owned a z28
 

Well i had my first kill today with the formula, I was going up a two lane part of route 924 and a 98+ z28 passed me out so i cought up with him up the road a bit at a red light, so he starts revvin his engine and smiling so i just sat there. The light turns green and we both punched it he got me off the line cause i couldnt hook up but i pulled on him hard after i hooked up, we raced a good 1/4 mile about i bet him by about 3 or 4 car lenghts. he just fallowed me then so i pulled in a parking lot and we bullshited for a bit, i found out his was all stock and an automatic too. i wish i would have hooked up off the line because he did and i still beat him i wonder how much more i would have beat him if i would have. overall im pretty happy how it performed being this is the first time i raced my car.

...god your car is awesome.

congrats

swweeet

Grats on the kill!
 

How much differance is there between a stick and auto anyways? They have the same engine. How can there be such a huge difference?

well, there's a big difference actually.

1. manual's can launch at higher RPM's, meaning harder pull off the line
2. manual's lose less power through the tranny than auto's do, typically 16% through manual and 18-22% through the auto.

but if you look at the latest testing the difference is small (I saw the new mustang so I'll use that as my reference) the auto was a 13.8 the stick was 13.7 so statistically no difference

Dude? i have an auto and so did this guy..

ya he was just answering the question whats the diff between the 2, not implying that u were racing one

not related but im just looking at your sig...your jumping on a brand new 600cc bike already? how long you have that 250 now?

Yes the auto is becomin a better tranny, If im wrong correct me but I heard that in the 05 GTO the auto is just as good as the 6spd in it. Unless thats just in the Spor Package option.

I think your right, the big thing I've noticed on test results is one or the other is usually manufacturer supplied info, teh other is a test car that was usually built for teh magazines to play with

Nice kill.

On the auto/manual thing, I prefer manual mostly for the fun. I honestly can't see myself driving a nice big z28 with an auto. I'm a control freak I guess. :)

When I was looking for camaro's in my price range, I saw lots of z28s that would fit my price, but they where all autos.. I actually went with a 5sp v6 instead because I'd be more happy with it. I'm wierd like that. :lolsign:

your nuts

and still don't have extra control