To give you an idea how quick it is I was on my way home from my boys shop and a yellow c-5 pulled next to me at the redlight looked over laughed and nodded at me....I was like WTF you laughing but you just don't know. The other light turned yellow I brought it to 3500 then hit it. I pulled hard out the hole on the c5 but he caught me in third but did not pass I had about a 1/4 a car length by the end of the race.HAHAHA
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nice kill man, i dont know how u could launch at 3500, cause that s/c will just have u spinning but going no where

 

The drag radials stop the spinning. Being that we are s/c we need to launch at a nice boost level to come out the hole for a quicker 60ft. Thats where you win the race! I think I will try to launch at 4500 next time...

 

lol that a boy, keep makin a name out there for us cobalts

 

where did u get ur drs at?

 

Was it a convertable automatic?

 

must have a been an auto.

 

auto or not theres only about a tenth of a sec diff between a stick and auto, ya it can make a diff, but still none the less a c5 stock runs like 13.5-13.7...hey where did u find ur trq braces at boost?

 

stock c5 can run a 13.1-13.3 6speed..........auto runs 13.6-13.9 nice difference......so yea u beat an auto...amazing how u guys dont call bs or say the guy was a douche of a driver

 

good kill. but i dont think he was racing or was a dutch or somting it a freakin vette come on now LS1 think about it

 

Yea he was racing, but I don't think he knew how to shift great...and I believe it was manual. It was a convertible so its heavier. Corvettes only run 13's if you can drive them to do so. My brother has a 2001 Zo6 w(430whp411tq) that runs 11.7 ,but the other day he ran a 14.5 and 15.1 at the track cause he could not get traction. Well considering I smoked a g35 and a vette I think i'm in the 13's myself, but I will find out Saturday at the track!

 

nice run

 

g35s are as slow as 350 z's, my dad had a c5 in an auto, and the autos are just as fast as the 6 speeds, ask anyone on an ls1 forum, the thing shifts faster that anyone can go through the gears..... i really dont think the guy was getting on it, 350 hp in those, and traction in the autos is not a problem, unless you shut it off, they will go like a bat out of hell..... I loved that car, he got rid of it for a porsche, which i love just as much....

 

Its not a matter of **** speeds,its a matter of different gear ratios in the rear end.

 

http://videos.streetfire.net/categor...06525DA818.htm

 

Not only that, but the autos got 2 less gear ratios to work with, taller gearing, a fluid coupling torque converter, and more drivetrain loss.

They are not nearly as close as people would like to think, the autos are more than a few tenths slower.

 

well i know they can run mid 13s cause my dad took his auto c5 to the track and ran a 13.5

 

Nice

 

Sounds about right. The auto C5's run mid 13's, the 6-speed C5's run low 13's, like 13.0-13.2.

 

yea i agree with this post, c5 > stage 7 cobalt ss

ahah sorry bud c5 eats coablts for lunch

 

Incorrect. Covertible only weighs 17 lbs heavier than targa top C5s.
You could say same thing about any other car. CSS can only run mid-low 14s if one can drive.
If this is true then he can't drive. My Z06 in NA form, it only has 380 rwhp and with DRs, I've run 11.7@119.

I don't know what the stage 1 CSS runs but generally speaking, I do believe stock for stock C5 has about 1 second ET advantage and ~5 mph (probably closer to 7 mph) trap speed advantage. So, can stage 1 close the gap or even be faster than a stock stock C5?

Also 2001 - 2004 C5 tend to be bit stronger than the previous years of C5 due to improved (LS6) intake manifold and few minor engine improvements.

 

I beat corvettes all the time yo. They dont know. CSS > z06.

 

s to the b on this one...i dont care if it was an auto and convertible...this is one i would have to see with my own eyes to believe

 

 

I rode in a 2001 C5 (I believe it was a 2001) the other day as we were comparing cars. That damn car has a lot of power but he couldn't keep the car straight. I thought we were going to lose control through the first 3 gears. If those things could keep traction, they would be in the 12's stock.

Nice kill.