random people wanting to race me
05-10-07 | 11:04 AM
#46
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05-10-07 | 11:07 AM
#47
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Having owned an E46 M3, I will concede that it would probably could be a close race, depending on the drivers, conditions, etc... but if you put the same driver in the both cars, stock for stock the M3 will always come out on top.
Don't get me wrong, I love the new IS but its just the reality of the situation.
Don't get me wrong, I love the new IS but its just the reality of the situation.
I wish the IS350 had the launch control my M3 had, that was pretty cool... And I heard the european M3 is able to launch from an even higher RPM...
Anyway, I can't wait to watch an IS-F vs 2008 M3... That will be a fun race...
05-10-07 | 11:16 AM
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05-10-07 | 11:34 AM
#49
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i'm curious if anyone else has had this happen to them. i've had the car for about 2 months now, and about 6 or 7 times i'll have some random person rev his engine, give me look, yell at me, speed up, whatever, indicating he wants to race me. usually its at night, but has happened at various times of day, usually in the suburbs, with bimmers, a accord, impala, some pontiac, wrx, etc. i have a awd, so usually i hit the ECT power and let it go, sometimes adding paddle shifters for fun. it's just really interesting....
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05-10-07 | 11:35 AM
#50
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plus they lose some of their structural rigidity
Yo Sonny! is that a house for your cars? lol
damn nice garage man
about the racing, no1 has wanted to race yet.
only had the car for about a month.
everybody in the ny/nj area has an IS 250 awd so
people think IS 350 doesn't exist!
They think you're talking about an ES 350!!!
Last edited by nabbun; 05-10-07 at 11:40 AM.
05-10-07 | 11:56 AM
#52
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I'm gonna post in the NELOC forum soon about a dyno day... I am thinking we will do June 8th or 9th... I am friends with a bunch of the BMW guys on dtmpower and we setup midnight dyno runs at ISP in Maryland... There are definitely some good roads for racing around there, so we can do it that night (Although I live in DC and am in the No VA area all the time so we can meet up almost anytime)... I'm going to do a dyno-run to see if my car gained any HP during "break-in"... I dyno'ed my car with less than 1000 miles on the odo, and now that I am past 5000, I am going to dyno again to see if there is any truth to the belief that cars get more powerful after "full break-in"...
Anyway, Stock IS350 vs Stock IS350 "should" be a close race... Unless one of us weighs like 100lbs more than the other
Anyway, Stock IS350 vs Stock IS350 "should" be a close race... Unless one of us weighs like 100lbs more than the other
05-10-07 | 12:03 PM
#53
Well about a year ago was my last person who wanted to race. Now that in NY/NJ everyone and the grandmother has an is250 awd. I think people see it as a slower car. Not knowing I am rolling in a 350, and would leave them thinking that I must have a ton of mods. I wish i could make the is350 get bigger or stand our more with arrows pointing to it when i am passing them. LOL
PS I am not hating you CL 250 owners.
PS I am not hating you CL 250 owners.
05-10-07 | 01:14 PM
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I'm gonna post in the NELOC forum soon about a dyno day... I am thinking we will do June 8th or 9th... I am friends with a bunch of the BMW guys on dtmpower and we setup midnight dyno runs at ISP in Maryland... There are definitely some good roads for racing around there, so we can do it that night (Although I live in DC and am in the No VA area all the time so we can meet up almost anytime)... I'm going to do a dyno-run to see if my car gained any HP during "break-in"... I dyno'ed my car with less than 1000 miles on the odo, and now that I am past 5000, I am going to dyno again to see if there is any truth to the belief that cars get more powerful after "full break-in"...
Anyway, Stock IS350 vs Stock IS350 "should" be a close race... Unless one of us weighs like 100lbs more than the other
Anyway, Stock IS350 vs Stock IS350 "should" be a close race... Unless one of us weighs like 100lbs more than the other
05-10-07 | 01:29 PM
#58
Later he parked fairly close to me as I had my hood open to let the engine cool a bit between runs. I saw him peeping my car out to see what all I had done. At the time I only had the JOEZ pipe. As he was walking around and finally walked away from the car he looked like this
05-10-07 | 02:51 PM
#59
hahah I actually have done this race about 3 x's. All at the drag strip. I did it with 07txlex and basically whoever got the better start won. yeah i know go figure. I also raced gernby in the 1/4 mile at ennis, and it was neck and neck up till about the 1/8th and he started to pull. I don't mind though since he has the fastest known 1/4 in a 350.
05-10-07 | 03:16 PM
#60
I'm gonna post in the NELOC forum soon about a dyno day... I am thinking we will do June 8th or 9th... I am friends with a bunch of the BMW guys on dtmpower and we setup midnight dyno runs at ISP in Maryland... There are definitely some good roads for racing around there, so we can do it that night (Although I live in DC and am in the No VA area all the time so we can meet up almost anytime)... I'm going to do a dyno-run to see if my car gained any HP during "break-in"... I dyno'ed my car with less than 1000 miles on the odo, and now that I am past 5000, I am going to dyno again to see if there is any truth to the belief that cars get more powerful after "full break-in"...
Anyway, Stock IS350 vs Stock IS350 "should" be a close race... Unless one of us weighs like 100lbs more than the other
Anyway, Stock IS350 vs Stock IS350 "should" be a close race... Unless one of us weighs like 100lbs more than the other