i was at the race track last night and got approached by a 05 or 06 ion supercharded 5 speed he asked to race cause he taught i was supercharged. i laughed and said no i just have the 2.4 cobalt he kinda laughed and i said we can still race its pretty quick. he said ok the first race was kinda a funny cause my take off was perfect and he took off peeling out to much but i figured he would catch up to me but no i kept pulling away and beat him by three cars when we came back he was pissed he was checking all his stuff making excuses so i said we can race again. the next race he hooked up way better than me i kinda got excited and gave it to much gas regardless by the end of my first gear i passed him and kept pulling and pulling i only beat him by a car and a half. i had alot of fun

 

From what I've heard... if he was stock and with your mods... it should be a decent matchup.

 

boooo for the Redline owner

he should know better than calling the 2.4 SS an SS/SC

and then running a 15+ 1/4 mile...what times did u guys run?

 

i figured he would of won

 

thats great to hear...some people will prob. want this moved to war stories but who gives a damn
.......now we just gotta wait til we get them HAHN turbos and stage kits bitches

 

Wow, I am really impressed with your quarter mile time!

 

The cheapest speed mod you can do to your car is in the driver's seat, good driving on your part ! What were your times ?

 

jerryg only complaint i have is your sig, thats impossible to have a 60 foot of 2.3 at 72 mph, please tell me you were joking

 

I honestly would have figured the Ion guy would have won. Maybe this is just proof you just have to be a good driver in order to win?

 

yep, and he is modded, but good runs either way

 

i was not impressed with the times at all cause i have ran faster i got a 15.3 the first race he got a 15.7 the second race i got 15.5 he got 15.9 im pretty sure the times were off cause there were mustangs who were barelly breaking 16s

 

damn and I thought the LSJ's, WRX's and SRT-4's running in the 15's out here were bad.

nice double kill either way.

 

aside from the spelling----taught?? How about thought? Good race. You should always post the times in the first post though

 

I'm not calling BS one bit, because that IRL drivver must absolutly suck. I really like the 2.4, so this is in no way a bash, but I can eat them in my IRL. They're a good run, but still it should at LEAST be close, not you blowing him away.

PS) You must also be one hell of a driver!

 

He said the IRL (IF it was indeed a Redline) driver got a 15.9. MAJOR suckage on the part of the Redline owner if that's the case. I don't know if you could even force yourself to do that badly....

 

Agreed. I've never driven a 2.4 but there's no way it should be able to hang with a redline if the drivers are equal. obviously they weren't

 

exactly, 205hp stock (at the wheels as shown by dynos at least) with a REALLY flat TQ curve and tranny geared for racing, vs 180 hp (at the crank im pretty sure, but i havn't seen the dynos) with an NA TQ curve with a standard getrag tranny.. should NOT have happened that way, just shouldn't have!!

that guy could not drive stick!!! He is a disgrace to us IRL owners!

 

Does not mean the guy in the ION is that bad of a driver. i have a 2.4 and I beat good drivers in better cars,but I have been driving a 16 speed split shift truck for 16 years just means im a better driver than your everday sports car driver

 

If the guy in the IRL got a 15.9 like the guy said he did.....that is a helluva shitty driver...

 

the 2.4 was nicely modded too, keep that in mind. Its possible. if it was the dudes first time to at the track. Now if he launched better then you and got the jump off then he should have won regardless. Only way I see him losing is if he missed a gear/shift, or was shifting at like 5700 RPMs or something.

 

Did not notice that, very true, I need to show that newbe how to shift clutchless

 

Even with the worst launches and bad conditions the LSJ car should be in high 14s
You were gettin "sharked" IMO
Didnt he come by and ask you to go again for $cash$ ??
Wop

 

you shift without using the clutch, huh?

 

i used to have an SS 2.4, and while they are quick cars, it would take more than bolt-ons and tune to beat or hang with an IRL or ss/sc

 

Try not to, just a bad habit I carry over from driving truck