kane_tools
26-04-2005, 01:20 AM
Hi all,
As the topic suggests. On Sunday night late, three empty lanes to choose from, dead straight and level and no traffic to speak of, I get stuck sitting at a red light. (I was sitting idly and driving mellow in no hurry etc and NO I don't condone street racing BTW!!) When a VYII SS ute M6 rolls up beside me, looks around checks my car notices the GENIII badge on the guard and gives me the 'lets have a go buddy!!!" squirt on the throttle. Lets face it with the scene set who could resist a quick blat!!
Anyway I thought I would get hammered. I have a VXII Berlina wagon so for a start I'm about 100kg heavier, have ONLY 225kw (supposedly) opposed to his 245kw, his was an M6 and mine is obviously an A4 being a Berlina so more drivetrain loss, and lastly M6's run a 3.46 diff to my A4's 3.08 right. My cars only mods(that I know of!!) are MCAI with 2 hole mod and a catback HSV 2 1/4?? dual system with opened cat pipes and no rear resonator.
BTW his car was not running it's standard exhaust.
Anyway I got the jump being an A4 it was just point the wheel and floor the loud pedal and it bogs down and just launches. He got off fairly cleanly as well traction wise and he absolutely caned it then bang in to second with a HUGE chirp bang into third another huge chirp.
Now to my original question- "How can this be??, because he had NO hope in hell of EVER passing me not even close. I pulled out 3/4 of a carlength on him and about the closest he EVER got to me the whole time was inline with my 1/4 panel/ rear door shut line. This is the secong time it has beaten more fancied opposition in the last fortnight (it mauled an HSV R8 off the mark) which I thought was a fluke, but obviously not.
Can anyone please explain???? Why my car is a FREAK! I don't think he could believe it either, infact rather stunned because he was playing for real, he flogged the rectum out of this ute (so did I to my beast for that matter)
I wonder as it was an ex Holden engineering/evaluation vehicle do they build themselves 'specials' with extra herbs coz there is NO WAY this thing has ONLY 225kw!!
Cheers Kane
As the topic suggests. On Sunday night late, three empty lanes to choose from, dead straight and level and no traffic to speak of, I get stuck sitting at a red light. (I was sitting idly and driving mellow in no hurry etc and NO I don't condone street racing BTW!!) When a VYII SS ute M6 rolls up beside me, looks around checks my car notices the GENIII badge on the guard and gives me the 'lets have a go buddy!!!" squirt on the throttle. Lets face it with the scene set who could resist a quick blat!!
Anyway I thought I would get hammered. I have a VXII Berlina wagon so for a start I'm about 100kg heavier, have ONLY 225kw (supposedly) opposed to his 245kw, his was an M6 and mine is obviously an A4 being a Berlina so more drivetrain loss, and lastly M6's run a 3.46 diff to my A4's 3.08 right. My cars only mods(that I know of!!) are MCAI with 2 hole mod and a catback HSV 2 1/4?? dual system with opened cat pipes and no rear resonator.
BTW his car was not running it's standard exhaust.
Anyway I got the jump being an A4 it was just point the wheel and floor the loud pedal and it bogs down and just launches. He got off fairly cleanly as well traction wise and he absolutely caned it then bang in to second with a HUGE chirp bang into third another huge chirp.
Now to my original question- "How can this be??, because he had NO hope in hell of EVER passing me not even close. I pulled out 3/4 of a carlength on him and about the closest he EVER got to me the whole time was inline with my 1/4 panel/ rear door shut line. This is the secong time it has beaten more fancied opposition in the last fortnight (it mauled an HSV R8 off the mark) which I thought was a fluke, but obviously not.
Can anyone please explain???? Why my car is a FREAK! I don't think he could believe it either, infact rather stunned because he was playing for real, he flogged the rectum out of this ute (so did I to my beast for that matter)
I wonder as it was an ex Holden engineering/evaluation vehicle do they build themselves 'specials' with extra herbs coz there is NO WAY this thing has ONLY 225kw!!
Cheers Kane