Cobalt SS T/C GMSTG1 kit vs. WRX 265
 

So I'm coming back home from hockey tonight and as I enter the boarding ramp of the autoroute I cross this WRX .. wasn't sure if he wanted to go but I dropped down in 4th just in case ... I saw that he was pretty eager as I was giving gas and letting go.. so we are at approx 75-80 miles and he decides he steps on it so he got a small head start but who cares , he didn'T know who he was against .. So I pass him in 4th and NLS in 5 th (which doesn't happen often lol) I beat him fair and square especially that he got the head start .. After passing him I decided it was time to slow down as I was up to 140 miles (won't go that fast again with winter tires)

But it was fun and frankly I was happy to finally compare my car against something worth it ..

I must say you're pretty brave going 140mph on winter tires...I know mine are only rated to 190km/h I think...lol.

I'm pretty sure you could have beat him stock too :P

My winter tires are rated at 240 km .. so around 150 miles?..

why the hell does everyone use 4th gear at 75mph?!!?!?!! WHY!?!!!?!?!!??!

Haha....I was thinking the same thing

Racing in overdrive. Only on ss.net.

wtf is a wrx 265?

x2 and you would have beat him stock

Depends on the tune. With my tune it puts me right into my peak tq. 4th gear at 75 is what? 3500-4000rpms? I'll have to check today.

mine works best 4th from 80-85. It does "seem" to accelerate faster than a 3rd-4th transistion, but I don't have the stats to back it up

does no lift shift work outside of competitive mode?

Omfg are you serious?

:lol:

Yes.

stage 1 peak torq is at 4300rpm....

It actually is a bit lower than that

And the reason I didn't go down to 3rd is because of the torque steer vs. the winter tire stability .. didn't want to take a chance


WRX 265 are the newer models that have 265 hp instead of 230ish

I agree .. my 4 th is a monster of power and I don't feel there would have been a big difference .. even then I still beat him

SO DONT BASH ME .. CONGRATULATE ME !! ;p

lol 4th is a MONSTER

My winter tires are rated to 130mph...I've done than and some many times now and they hold up great!

Race him from a dig, would be a different story. They run 13.4 stock so you with gms1 would be a better race. Oh and base they only cost 25k. For sure my next car

Just to make sure it was an 09/10 4 door sedan right? If not disregard my above statement lol

^^^^ That is why I won't try from a dig lol

Yes it was a sedan.. but even if it was a hatch they still have the same engine

The weakness of those models is the suspension is too soft to hold up against our car on a track .. so if you stiffen it up a bit they are a solid fast car .. but still slower from a rolling start than a tuned SS

Yeah nice take down. I reall love those sedans. Thinking about one for the next car. Need 4 doors(I think the tc sedan is ugly sorry. No hurt feelings I hope lol)

I'd like the TC Sedan much more if it had the Coupes tailights.

You get torque steer at 75mph???

I guess so

omg seriously? and the 4300rpm is actually from GM

I still will because you didnt use 3rd :P

/this :cool:



nice kill

but u still dont get the 4th gear thing.
shouldnt you rev out each gear?
as in 3rd pulls till 105mph

i wouldnt go from a 40 roll in 3rd since 2nd pull till 60mph.

im lost.

And I don't run stg 1... I have a dyno to back up my tq curve, and I'll be getting a new dyno this spring to see my pre-bolt ons to post-bolt ons.

I do right now... But then again I'm on Blizzaks currently with quite a bit more power/tq then stg 1. I doubt if I'll get much if any tq steer that high come spring/summer.

he should definetly apologize for that statement, the only car with a monster 4th gear is the GTO:#one: