[fhg959]

Please don't think of a skyline, I mean a 2004 VW R32. My car has only I/H/E and is atx and the R32 is completely stock. I'm plan on going to the racelegal.com event this friday in San Diego and my friend will be driving his r32. I convinced him of giving a 1 sec head start. So what are my chances?? btw it is a 1/8 mile race.

 

[07FocusZx3]

I don't have a clue but let us know how you do and good luck [thumb] [thumb]

 

[PumkinSvt]

no chance they are pretty fast.

 

[illinipo]

holy crap. 3500lbs.

do the mtx swap first then you will win for sure with a 1 sec start

but with atx it will be close

btw they have 6.5 second 0-62

 

[1sloho]

ummm..ur gonna get smoked. lol. they might be heavy but, they have awd and arent slow. if u had an svt or a manual ud have a lil better chance but, still ud get beat...seeing as the r32 driver isnt a bad driver.

 

[mlbbaseball]

they keep pace w/ v8's

 

[illinipo]

guys, 1 second lead in the 1/8th mile is an eternity....

 

[fhg959]

Damn it! He is not unexeperienced, he comes from the honda world and by fortune I was able to talk him out on his last car purschase which was the r32. He only has like 2 weeks with the car so I could take that in my advantage. Any recommendations so I don't look like a comple looser (please don't say "don't race him")

 

[1sloho]

dont race him. lol. maybe cut his tires and piss in his gas tank? j/k j/k.

i dunno what u could do bro.

 

[fhg959]

guys, 1 second lead in the 1/8th mile is an eternity....

That's true! hopefully I take that on advantage, but another thing is that my D-tec doesn't kick in (sorry I had to say it) until 32k rpm or so in the second gear, which is already like 5 seconds...[paranoid]

 

[hardSVT]

smoked r 32's a quick car
ive been taken by one

 

[07FocusZx3]

I'd still race him I race for the fun of it whether I win or lose

 

[fhg959]

^^^ I will, I just don't want to look like a total looser.

 

[MightyMouse]

put a 50 shot on your car.[deviltail]

 

[FuriousFocus]

The automatic in the Ford Focus is not for racing at the strip. You will probably get smoked badly. Just put the pedal to the floor and thats it. You could take out the seats and spare tire.

 

[fhg959]

Will it make a difference if I use 91 octane instead of 87? I don't have a tune so I don't know...

 

[MightyMouse]

Won't make a difference stick with the 87.

 

[fhg959]

What about a booster thingy from autozone/pepboys/kragen??

 

[fhg959]

Ok I won't even bother.

 

[fhg959]

I've been thinking all night and came with a strategy. Since I know I won't win with power I'll use the power of the mind. I will dress up all nicely, my racing suit, gloves, helmet, boots etc. to look like a pro driver and since my car looks fast (at least for me it does) it will make nervous other drivers and they will probably have a bad launch, miss shift shifts etc. Then I'll have a chance of not looking that bad [hihi] this stategy can work at least with the first couple of racers until they find out the real deal with me lol!