Crash ratings are overrated.

Midnight_Rider · Post by **Midnight_Rider** » Sun Jan 03, 2010 10:46 am

^^Exactly, what was I thinking? I will say that the car was barely breaking a sweat when going that fast. I love this car!

Post by **racer12306** » Sun Jan 03, 2010 10:56 am

heydockyle wrote:
Mat00ES wrote:Then again the keys are still in the ignition.

Just incase they have to drive it somewhere lol.

Always have to be prepared.

UriahRR · Post by **UriahRR** » Sun Jan 03, 2010 10:57 am

Really? Damn, my car would definitely break a sweat doing that speed. Actually, I'm pretty sure it'd be huffing and puffing. Honestly, I wish my car had a 6th gear, that would prevent it from annoyingly droning down the highway going 80 in 5th gear. If I were going 110, this shit would be soooo loud behind me.

Post by **racer12306** » Sun Jan 03, 2010 10:58 am

Having a normal muffler system also solves that problem

The SRT has a top speed of around 150mph.

MoxHair · Post by **MoxHair** » Sun Jan 03, 2010 11:11 am

Car probably wasn't going 130mph when it crashed. Just because the needle is stuck there doesn't mean it was going that fast. The Tach needle isn't stuck at 6000rpms

Car could of went airborne with the gas pedal depressed.. Go try it in your driveway. Put the front of your car on jack stands and rev the engine with the car in gear.. I dare you.

UriahRR · Post by **UriahRR** » Sun Jan 03, 2010 11:14 am

racer12306 wrote:Having a normal muffler system also solves that problem

The SRT has a top speed of around 150mph.

Thanks dude

You know, for a while, I was debating the idea of going for an SRT-4, but now you just made up my mind. 150mph for $9000, hell yea. That will be my next car.

Oh, and about the exhaust, I agree. I can't stand how quiet the stock ones are in the city, yet I hate how loud the SRT ones get on the highway.

heydockyle · Post by **heydockyle** » Sun Jan 03, 2010 11:17 am

racer12306 wrote:Having a normal muffler system also solves that problem

The SRT has a top speed of around 150mph.

Yea they shut off at like 154 I think. And they have no problem getting there. Stock Sxt takes 20 minutes to get from 100 to 120. I think the SRT pulls just as hard at 140 as it does at 80. Atleast the one I drove did.

And then with the Diablo on it it just burried the speedo at 160+

JeffM · Post by **JeffM** » Sun Jan 03, 2010 11:18 am

UriahRR wrote:150mph for $9000, hell yea. That will be my next car.

I'll expect to see an SRT-4 crash thread soon too then.

UriahRR · Post by **UriahRR** » Sun Jan 03, 2010 11:21 am

JeffM wrote:
UriahRR wrote:150mph for $9000, hell yea. That will be my next car.
I'll expect to see an SRT-4 crash thread soon too then.

No, I'm waiting for this one to die first.

... so you'll see two crash threads soon

heydockyle · Post by **heydockyle** » Sun Jan 03, 2010 11:24 am

Lord Jeffrey is just mad the Audi won't do 150

JeffM · Post by **JeffM** » Sun Jan 03, 2010 11:28 am

heydockyle wrote:Lord Jeffrey is just mad the Audi won't do 150

My speedo shows 160 with a 133 cutoff. I can gladly say I'll never want to hit that cut off.

MoxHair · Post by **MoxHair** » Sun Jan 03, 2010 11:36 am

I honestly have no idea why people even care about "how fast my car can go" garbage. Its like a dick measuring contest and going 160mph on the highway is like saying you have a 3foot long penis. Its completely useless and you'll probably pass out or die when you try to use it.

I only care how fast I can go before the next corner on the track. Hell most of the time I don't even know the speed, I just know where I'm at in the rev band.

Top Speed is useless, acceleration is a more important stat

TheRandom1 · Post by **TheRandom1** » Sun Jan 03, 2010 11:37 am

Unless you're trying to break the land speed record...

UriahRR · Post by **UriahRR** » Sun Jan 03, 2010 11:37 am

JeffM wrote:
heydockyle wrote:Lord Jeffrey is just mad the Audi won't do 150
My speedo shows 160 with a 133 cutoff. I can gladly say I'll never want to hit that cut off.

I can gladly say that you are more mature than me behind the wheel. I don't go fast and do dangerous shit very often, but when I do, everyone thinks I'm insane.

heydockyle · Post by **heydockyle** » Sun Jan 03, 2010 11:38 am

MoxHair wrote:I honestly have no idea why people even care about "how fast my car can go" garbage. Its like a dick measuring contest and going 160mph on the highway is like saying you have a 3foot long penis. Its completely useless and you'll probably pass out or die when you try to use it.

I only care how fast I can go before the next corner on the track. Hell most of the time I don't even know the speed, I just know where I'm at in the rev band.

Top Speed is useless, acceleration is a more important stat

Sorry I don't like the same things you do, how dare I. I like to be able to go fast in a straight line, even though I can't. You hate drag racing, I don't. Never said I want to do it on a highway weaving in and out like I'm on fast and the furious.

And Jeff, it was a joke.

MoxHair · Post by **MoxHair** » Sun Jan 03, 2010 11:38 am

TheRandom1 wrote:Unless you're trying to break the land speed record...

even then, how fast you can get up to speed is usually more important and just getting to the speed, as eventually you're going to run out of salt flat.

heydockyle wrote:
MoxHair wrote:I honestly have no idea why people even care about "how fast my car can go" garbage. Its like a dick measuring contest and going 160mph on the highway is like saying you have a 3foot long penis. Its completely useless and you'll probably pass out or die when you try to use it.

I only care how fast I can go before the next corner on the track. Hell most of the time I don't even know the speed, I just know where I'm at in the rev band.

Top Speed is useless, acceleration is a more important stat
Sorry I don't like the same things you do, how dare I. I like to be able to go fast in a straight line, even though I can't. You hate drag racing, I don't. Never said I want to do it on a highway weaving in and out like I'm on fast and the furious.

And Jeff, it was a joke.

Top Speed has nothing to do with Drag Racing. Drag Racing is a sport of Acceleration. Chances are you'll never hit 160mph on a drag strip or in a quartermile or less. So saying you have a 160mph top speed is useless, and my analogy of a 3ft penis is still correct.

UriahRR · Post by **UriahRR** » Sun Jan 03, 2010 11:43 am

Clearly, cars would be nothing without acceleration, BUT if you are going to be racing on a bigger track and you have a load of acceleration, you NEED some fucking top speed to go along with it. One is not more important than the other, so everyone stop bitch fighting.

LilSparkPlug · Post by **LilSparkPlug** » Sun Jan 03, 2010 11:53 am

SRTs with staged PCMs actually cut off higher than that. Never wanted to try it, never will try it. Just not safe.

Mopar_Korean · Post by **Mopar_Korean** » Sun Jan 03, 2010 12:04 pm

Everyone is missing a very important point about the wrecked neon. Neons (notice I said neons and not SRT4s) are electronically limited to 118MPH or there about. The momentum of the impact would make it fall to the 140mph side pretty easily.

Now Im going to have to agree with MOX with the top speed thing. Sure it matters (Gearing matters more and top speed is a byproduct) but even racecars on racetracks (Im not talking about NASCAR) with longer straights wont hit their top speed. You have to deal with traffic, lines, and preparing yourself for the next turn.

So unless your trying to break a land-speed record at Bonneville, or trying to permanently detach your testicles from your body when you hit a wall on the public road, top speed really doesn't mean shit.

You: "My car can go 150MPH."
Mox: "I have a goldfish."
You: "Wait...what?"
Mox: "Oh I thought we were talking about shit that didn't matter."

LilSparkPlug wrote:SRTs with staged PCMs actually cut off higher than that. Never wanted to try it, never will try it. Just not safe.

I also believe that 1st gens ACRs with the Mopar Performance ECU has the speed limiter removed along with a higher fuel cutoff.

MoxHair · Post by **MoxHair** » Sun Jan 03, 2010 12:18 pm

Mopar_Korean wrote:You: "My car can go 150MPH."
Mox: "I have a goldfish."
You: "Wait...what?"
Mox: "Oh I thought we were talking about shit that didn't matter."

ZING!

MoxHair wrote:Top Speed is useless, acceleration is a more important stat

heydockyle · Post by **heydockyle** » Sun Jan 03, 2010 12:22 pm

Any mopar ECU for the 1st gen got rid of the limiter. But yea an ACR stock didn't shut off.

And drag racing isn't always limited to 1/4 mile. Although I can't think of any mile drags off top of my head. So if you are racing a mile I'm pretty sure you're gonna want to go more then 80 mph.

Drag racing isn't just acceleration.. So you are saying if my 60ft times are better then the other guys I automatically win? I don't think I will. Having a top speed of 150+ might not matter, but top speed in a whole does matter in drag racing.

MoxHair · Post by **MoxHair** » Sun Jan 03, 2010 12:33 pm

Unless your bouncing off of your rev limiter in your top gear when you lost the race top speed means nothing.

He beats you because he gets to the finish line first, which is acceleration.

heydockyle · Post by **heydockyle** » Sun Jan 03, 2010 12:36 pm

MoxHair wrote:
Unless your bouncing off of your rev limiter in your top gear when you lost the race top speed means nothing.

Right there is how. Thats the only time. I never said drag racing is only about top speed. But it is a factor. If I would boost the hell out of my car and leave the stock computer in there I would probably be shutting off at 118 before I got all the way down the strip.

Or if I'd run some special 5:55 gearing or some shit with mad amounts of accel but tops out at 75 that wouldn't help me.

Alex Kurdian · Post by **Alex Kurdian** » Sun Jan 03, 2010 5:57 pm

Holy Crap did they die in that wreak or what...its toast@!

Post by **racer12306** » Sun Jan 03, 2010 8:41 pm

Time to get back on topic.

blueneo03 · Post by **blueneo03** » Mon Jan 04, 2010 4:18 am

heydockyle wrote:Lord Jeffrey is just mad the Audi won't do 150

i took my friends a4 to 125.. but im a dumbass.. back thread... was nick hogan driving?..

Jenni · Post by **Jenni** » Mon Jan 04, 2010 12:15 pm

marakka wrote:God I'm going to miss the Autobahns. 100mph+ is your daily commute speed. Its when you start hitting 140 or more that your butthole puckers and you bring your 2nd hand up to the wheel.

Yeah - and if you are cruising "just" 100-120: every second car is tailgaiting you.
And not only big cars. No Sir! VW Golf, Honda Civic, VW Polo, Opel Corsa and such little shoeboxes!!!!

Danteneon · Post by **Danteneon** » Mon Jan 04, 2010 1:31 pm

Mopar_Korean wrote:Everyone is missing a very important point about the wrecked neon. Neons (notice I said neons and not SRT4s) are electronically limited to 118MPH or there about.

I also believe that 1st gens ACRs with the Mopar Performance ECU has the speed limiter removed along with a higher fuel cutoff.

The 2nd gen R/T & ACRs cut out at 130. Just thought I'd throw that out there.

TheRandom1 · Post by **TheRandom1** » Mon Jan 04, 2010 1:36 pm

I'm sorry John, that last post was not on topic.

DR. GONZO · Post by **DR. GONZO** » Mon Jan 04, 2010 1:40 pm

hey no bull shit if one rim survived i want it i just cracked one sliding off the road in a snow storm

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Crash ratings are overrated.

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