ok so i got this guy that wants to race me at 8th mile drag tonite and wants to side bet on it but its legal. He has a 97 ws6 transam and my mods are in my sig...LET ME KNOW if i can. I don't wanna lose cash over somethin that will rape me...its from a dig of course and 8th of a mile... Let me know if anyone has encounterd any...thanks

 

Well whats his mods?

 

i raced a ws6.(not sure of the year, it was 98-02) we did four races on an old state highway. we did one dig and 3 rolls. 2 of the rolls i beat him and then he raped me on the dig. this was before i was tuned.

 

Oh tuned WS6's are alotta fun

 

he said before his cobalt was tuned

 

I know? haha

I was saying yeah once your tuned WS6's are a lot of fun.

I am tuned and i've stomped plenty of WS6 ass!

 

You would probably need to perform your best in order to beat him. If he can launch well, I dont see the SS/SC being able to reel him in, however I did look on dragtimes.com and seeing that the 1996-97 model year is running a mid 13's with drag radials and an exhaust, 8.8's in the 1/8th.. I also found a cobalt ss/sc with about the same amount of h.p your probably putting down, running a 13.8 1/4, 8.9xx 1/8th mile.

Considering you did not list any mods, assuming he is stock, it is a driver's race! He would most likely need a bad launch for you to take him.

 

Launch will equal your demise.

 

ya sorry i was in a hurry and didn't list his mods...his is a 97 with stock tune he said, i couldn't get all the mods but he did have exhaust which i think was magnaflow and i think intake. But i've never dragged legally and the only dig i've done was against an rx8 when i was stock and that was stupid because i spun until 2nd gear and gave him a head start and still whooped him so i've never had a legit one. he said from a dig only so i was like alright 2 out of 3 then.

 

oic i was like when did he say anything about tuned ws6's because i kept saying it to myself and trying to make sense of it

 

Is his stick or auto??? If its auto don't even both... but if its stick it could be a good race...

 

If your not good at launching i wouldn't put money on it. Do it for fun the 1/8th is hard to catch someone unless you have a lot of power and you don't..

 

it took me a second to figure out what he was saying too, but i was able to understand after a few seconds...

 

Hey OP..why dont you practice some in your free time. Hold at 2k, let out briskly but not too quick as you dont want to bog, and pedal the **** out of first gear if your breaking loose. All comes down to throttle control for FWD to get a good launch. Give it a go and see if it helps.

 

go borrow some slicks and i think youll take him. ss/sc's are just in general bad for launch plus they are obv. fwd. if you have slicks i think youll take him.

 

1/8th mile will be hard to run him back down...

 

your 60ft is gonna make or break it. If you can manage a sub 2 sec ya never know....

 

You should be able to get him in the 1/8th mile if you don't blow your tires off. That cute little LT1 is going to struggle to cut a 2.0 60ft, if you can cut a 2.2 or better you'll take him easily.

 

He should have no problem outlaunching a basically stock LT1.

 

We don't know if its stock if he wants to put money on it i'm guessing no

 

He posted up that it was a few bolt ons and a stock tune.

 

I was basing that on my driving ability.. which.. needs work

 

You need to find out if it's an auto or a 6speed...... That will make alot of difference in those cars . My 6sp LT1 camaro ran 13.60's consistently with a 13.58 best with a catback , intake and cat delete . My car was a stripper thou ...roll up windows , cloth , no tops , cassette lol . Most other lightly modded LT1's I saw around here had trouble breaking into the 13's

 

cocky cobalt owners lol

As for the op, from a dig he will probably get you, maybe not, the lt1s are pretty damn slow. Like others have said it comes down to the 60 foot.

 

Thinks it is stock.. people can be shady as hell prob spraying a 300 shot