Beat by a Neon

[explorer4x493]

hey dont feel bad. I have a "killed by" list and I have a v8! my list includes embara

Okay dude so you say your v8 ex is slow, and got beat by all these??? In 97 they put 5.0's in them suckers...how did a geo beat you?

 

[DarkFox1]

I was in an inside lane at a redlight, the geo pulled up in the outside lane (his lane merges into mine shortly after the redlight) the light turned green and I punched it.. and he farted off and was a car length ahead of me very quickly.

It wasn't just a geo it was a beater geo with purple window tint pumping out black smoke. It didn't beat me as bad as the 2 acura legends tho.. 2-3 car lengths on both of them before I even broke 30

its inconsistant, sometimes its dirt slow, sometimes its fine. Sometimes I'll take off from a redlight and hit 3500rpm for every gear and be passed by a conversion van with a fat old lady in it.. sometimes I'll pull ahead of a camaro.

 

[ChuckyD]

Dude, i dont know... thats really wierd!!!

 

[james t]

Darkfox-1, if your X is shifting at 3500 rpm's at wide open throttle something is wrong...

 

[explorer4x493]

Exactly what I'm saying. My '96 5.0 when punched hits if not then near to 5000 rpm. I'd worry. Now i dont remember what engine you have, but my '93 4.0 would only shift at about 3500 like you said. That's the only thing that would make sense.

 

[explorer4x493]

james-t... What size are your cobras. And how much did you pay. I'd love to get some 17's or 18's. Just too pricey. Not to mention the extra weight. Thanks.

 

[LowdPypes]

round and round it goes...

where the thread stops, no ones knows.

 

[james t]

DarkFox-1 i know what your problem is! 99.999% chance this is it, and it wont cost you a dime to fix it. i just now realized mine did the same thing when i bought it 2 years ago. do a search on "throttle cable". your throttle cable is stretched. when i got mine, it would only shift at like 35-3600 rpm, and never really felt like it was running at wide open throttle. fixed that, and it made a HUGE difference. if you want details, e-mail or PM me.

explorer4x493- if you have a first gen. X thats a 4x4 then you will have to have the center of the wheel machined out so it will fit over your hubs. this is not a very pretty mod. i have the 1995 17x9 Cobra R's with 255/50's on the front and 275/50's on the back and lowered 2"...

 

[explorer4x493]

james-t... no i'm a 2wd. What kind of lowering kit did you use?

 

[james t]

remove torsion bolts in front and 2" blocks in the back.

 

[explorer4x493]

james t- How exactly did you remove the torsion bolts, and is this a hard process? And you said you removed the 2" blocks in the back?

 

[james t]

check out the "going for the gusto" thread in the lowered susp. tech forum. it will have all of the info you will need.