That thing had to have been running on its last leg. It was an automatic, and everytime it shifted I gained a car length on him. He definitely had me off the line, but when we hit second i caught up even, then third i was ****ing gone.. I'm usually not really into street racing, but at 6:30 in the morning with no one around, no cross streets, and an Idiot with a POS revving his engine...why the hell not?
EDIT, I think it was an '87, maybe '88...
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i know what thats like...i dont like street racing but i cant get picked on all the time by cars that think they are faster than mine...but you gotta remember those cars are heavy as hell
those (not all) trans-ams are crap. my bro used to work with a guy who had one, and when he was driving, he came up on the guy (bro was in his si with bolt-ons) and they jumped from a light and the si just walked away. not even close. even the TA guy couldnt believe it. he was pissed. we all made fun of him relentlessly. then he tried to say that the new technology isnt fair to put up against the old technology. we just told him that the b16 was introduced within a year or 2 of his TA. that shut him up.
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well, the best time we ever got out of it at the track was a 14.2, but that was just on a 40 shot, stock everything else. then we put a 6-puck clutch and a bunch of bolt-ons on it, and it couldnt hook up at the track, but it was way faster on the street. id say about 170 (off the bottle) at the wheels, with a bunch of lightening and suspension work. did very well at autocross though.
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that makes me laugh so bad, okay firebird is the v-6 model, total pieces of crap as is the T/A but the part that makes me laugh is the guy pullin up next to you revvin his engine, its soo funny because here in arizona when i was in my 5.0 i cant count all the times some nub in his civic would pull up next to me revvin his engine, i never understood the thought process that took place in their minds, actually trying to take my mustang, just just for kicks id line-lock and roast the tires before leaving him to choke in it! aww the memories
but yeah i can totally see a civic beating a firebird :-)
Slayed a crappy firebird this morning...
