He must have forgotten to downshift.

 

Yes yes, the 330i is much faster than a Vette.

On a similar note, the other I saw a McLaren F1 toying around with me. I could hear him drop down to the 3rd but I remained in 6th, we both punched it and I started gaining on him.

 

Just the other day I was riding my mountain bike around town. Well the sidewalk was full, so I had to stay close to the curb on the road. I was sitting at a stoplight when whadda ya know a hayabusa pulls up next to me. He starting revving and let me have it, so I downshifted to 8th gear and prayed to god my red bull I had ingested earlier would do the trick. BAM! Green light. I pulled off so quick I think shot some gravel about 2 feet behind me! He was going nuts smokin his tire and trying to catch up. By the time we got to the next light I was in 12th gear and haulin a55. He was so far behing me that my peripherals couldn't see him. I turned around at the light and saw him pulling off into a parking lot prob in shame. Granted he gave it all he had but this huffy wasn't going down that day!

 

just the other day i was riding my mountain bike around town. Well the sidewalk was full, so i had to stay close to the curb on the road. I was sitting at a stoplight when whadda ya know a hayabusa pulls up next to me. He starting revving and let me have it, so i downshifted to 8th gear and prayed to god my red bull i had ingested earlier would do the trick. Bam! Green light. I pulled off so quick i think shot some gravel about 2 feet behind me! He was going nuts smokin his tire and trying to catch up. By the time we got to the next light i was in 12th gear and haulin a55. He was so far behing me that my peripherals couldn't see him. I turned around at the light and saw him pulling off into a parking lot prob in shame. Granted he gave it all he had but this huffy wasn't going down that day!

lmao!!

 

+1!! you couldn't even best one from the 90's, let alone a new one...:loco: when did you wake up?

 

lol

 

So the other day this bugatti tryed outrunning me and I started pulling at like 240. Must be since I have a ZHP :eeps:

 

I drive a similar car, a 330ci 5 speed, and at that speed, the acceleration is downright amazing compared to the big american engines. At that speed it does not surprise me at all you were able to get past the Vette. I do it all the time to the big, noisy, American engines.

We don't have as much power, but at certain speeds we have a quicker acceleration.

One of the many reasons I love my 330ci.

 

bs... no matter how you say our cars are good at that speed. THERE IS NO WAY IN HELL he passed any type of vette that is a current model. ...just no way. i would like some proof, if you claim other wise.

 

He it's also about the driver...I raced an M3 in my 330 (I have intake headers exhaust)...It was an old man driving and I'm pretty sure he does not knwo what he is doing but I was with him till 3rd

 

i got hosed by a Cobalt SS last night. not even kidding. :facepalm:

 

i use to have a sc cobalt and that thing moved so dont feel bad. stock i put down 218whp and 190wtq. i actually beat a ion redline real bad once. weird since theyre the same motor. there is a video on the net somewhere my old cobalt ss/sc vs. 330ci 5spd vs. Ion RL s/c. cant find it tho

 

iansanderson;11755122]i got hosed by a Cobalt SS last night. not even kidding.

Yours is an automatic or manual?

 

manual. I kept up with him, but no way could have overtaken him. This was at speeds of 120+ and I figured it had a limiter on it as do other cavaliers *edit* cobalts and I was going to pass right by him around 105. but he kept going up towards 130 and I let off.

:bow: to him!

 

I wouldn't feel too embarrassed. We have the same motor as the Cobalt SS in our Sky Redline. The motors are mod friendly.

2.0L Turbo - 260HP / 260TQ

Oh yeah... Dynos show our torque is underrated as well. Tunes give the GM 2.0L engine about 30 WHP and over 50 Torque at the wheels. Pretty potent motor, I plan on tuning ours and slapping exhaust (straight pipe) on the Sky.

Should get us about 260RWHP / 300 RWTQ for under $1,200 ($600 exhaust / $600 tune).

Long story short: Tri-fecta tune and cat-back exhaust and you are looking at a car that can hit 13.0 flat in the 1/4.

 

Lmao. Where is your flame suit??

 

Yeah if you want to have a fast car, the 330i is the wrong car. It's quick enough to get around and have fun, but in no way is it competitive with even the cheapest sports cars. People who care about power should go get a G35.

It's just a matter of having the right expectations.

 

i was driving my M3 on the turn pike, i looked up and saw a plane in there air. he was begging me to play. so i honked 3 times.....i basically put 4-5 cars on him.

lol my guess, the vette left it in 6th or something.....even with the setup i have on my M, i think new vette's might still take me.

 

i was driving my M3 on the turn pike, i looked up and saw a plane in there air. he was begging me to play. so i honked 3 times.....i basically put 4-5 cars on him.

:spit:

 

Did the vette know you were racing? I seriously doubt it. Your car is slow. The end.

 

i also walk cobalt ss' without even getting outta 4th all the time... there is just no way a stock 330, stick or not, beat out a vette. sorry i keep coming back to this, but this thread is just too ludacris to ignore.

 

you walk cobalts in a 330?

 

I drive a similar car, a 330ci 5 speed, and at that speed, the acceleration is downright amazing compared to the big american engines. At that speed it does not surprise me at all you were able to get past the Vette. I do it all the time to the big, noisy, American engines.

We don't have as much power, but at certain speeds we have a quicker acceleration.

One of the many reasons I love my 330ci.

all kidding aside... WTF IS WRONG WITH THE TWO OF YOU?

a new vette goes 0-60 in about 4 seconds, quarter mile in what.. 12ish?

our cars are about 3 seconds slower in both categories... this is a well known (and common sense) fact

please.... for your own good, don't tell anyone about beating new vettes or big engine'd american cars, you'll make the e46 crowd look bad as a whole, and more imporantly you'll be embarrassing yourselves...

 

haha I think the Vette was toying with you LOL. You would get swallowed even if he was on a 6th gear roll

all kidding aside... WTF IS WRONG WITH THE TWO OF YOU?

a new vette goes 0-60 in about 4 seconds, quarter mile in what.. 12ish?

our cars are about 3 seconds slower in both categories... this is a well known (and common sense) fact

u obviously haven't read this: http://forum.e46fanatics.com/showthread.php?t=764103

330ci > **ALL** (except M3)

 

LOL at this thread.

 

opcorn:


Mmmmm... this thread tastes good.

 

awww, this brings back some sweet memories when i had my S/C Buick Regal. With a few bolt-on i was hiting high 12's - low 13's all day long (weather and track permiting)
The look on peoples faces was priceless after my runs. I can tell when they saw me in line ready to hammer it at the track (where is this grampa looking POS think's goin?)

3.8 liter old school pushrod V6 supercharged, XP hot-cam, 3.0 pulley, LSD, 3.69 gears ZZP headers, cadillac STS throttle body, custom tune, etc. (God, i loved the whine the SC made)

The only downside was rebuilding transmission once a year. That thing was to weak regardless of many custom made stronger internal parts. So i had to ditch the biatch!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ur7epf511nc

 

Thats at crank, you want to step it up a notch?

http://www.zzperformance.com/cobalt_ion/products1.php?id=1160&catid=187

 

ive seen that number stock at the wheels. the cobalt i had was rated at 205 crank and it put down 218whp

 

This is now a cobalt thread :rofl:

 

lol, we are all car entusiasts, not just E46 fanatics.

 

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fjcIfc0v9j4

i have seen them as high as 260whp tho.

 

lol my 330ci in 3rd from 60 would get its azz handed to it from a new vette in 6th at 60

 

I'm the OP.

What happned did indeed take place.

His motives and seriousness were clear. No question about that.

How and why? No clue! Hence I'm sharing it with you guys.

What I'm thinking? Automatic transmission malfunction!

80mph 4th gear to the redline is actually quite decent on these car.

Let's put this thread to rest.

 

sorry but he was not racing.