Tiburon vs Me
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Tiburon vs Me
So... im on the way home from a friend's house about an hour and a half ago so that i can go to work at 11pm stupid graveyard shift... Anyhow, like usual before the import rides my *** for a few seconds till a lane clears, then pulls next to me. I have seen this tiburon around alot, but i was always in my beater and he always drove obnoxiously. I know he has exhaust at least, probably an intake, idk. My turn was the next light but i see it turn red so im like eh whatever, ill just run him and pull a u turn. Light turns green and we both ease into it, then i see him punch it and pull so then i proceed to punch it. I stay dead even as i try to gain traction... had to let off the throttle 3 times in first till i finally shift to second, then finally gain traction halfway through second, then instantly pull, shift to 3rd and proceed to put buslenghts on him. I pull a u turn at the next turn...then see him do the same! I guess he was pissed and wanted another shot. So i shift to second and just kinda wait for him.
I see him punch it and i wait till he has a carlength behind me then instantly stop his pull. This time it was a bit closer, but thats cause there was a car in the lane up ahead and i didnt want to get out of control so i didnt give it full throttle. Annnyways, sorry for the long post. But these tiburons arent as slow as i thought they were.
I see him punch it and i wait till he has a carlength behind me then instantly stop his pull. This time it was a bit closer, but thats cause there was a car in the lane up ahead and i didnt want to get out of control so i didnt give it full throttle. Annnyways, sorry for the long post. But these tiburons arent as slow as i thought they were.
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lol...well it hung with me a little more from a roll... and it hung with me from 1-2 gear but i guess thats cause i was spinning the whole time . But ya... still a tiburon, lol.
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Originally Posted by kidcamaro98
i take it that it was a GT v6?? and not the 4 cylinder one.
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That guy in the Tiburon is a douche. I raced him too! Was it black and the license plate said "2quick4u" (Gayyyyyy)?? It was about three weeks ago when I was having fun with my new converter. I was looking for some rice up on West Ox, then I saw him. He kept giving it gas (jumping) the whole time, it was really annoying. I sped up away from traffic and we were side by side for like a minute. I was waiting for him to honk, but he didn't so I just took off. He took off the same time and it was a turd. We did a few more little races. He pulled into a gas station so I did a u-turn at the next light. Then I saw him going back to other way with me. We finally got side by side at a light, and he jumped over two lanes and went into a shopping center. Sure wasn't 2 quick for me.
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I owned a Tiburon before I got my Formula. I had every NA mod you can buy for it. IM, CAI, Headers, Exhaust, motor mounts, shifter. It dynoed 171fwhp/175fwtq. Not too shabby for what it is. Ran a 14.7 at the track.
Definately will not compete with an LS1 f-body, but for its class, it doesnt lose often. The only sport compact that I lost to at the track was an SRT-4 and a K-pro RSX.
The Tiburon crowd is pretty cool, except for the douchebag you ran into
Definately will not compete with an LS1 f-body, but for its class, it doesnt lose often. The only sport compact that I lost to at the track was an SRT-4 and a K-pro RSX.
The Tiburon crowd is pretty cool, except for the douchebag you ran into
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Originally Posted by Ralls
That guy in the Tiburon is a douche. I raced him too! Was it black and the license plate said "2quick4u" (Gayyyyyy)?? It was about three weeks ago when I was having fun with my new converter. I was looking for some rice up on West Ox, then I saw him. He kept giving it gas (jumping) the whole time, it was really annoying. I sped up away from traffic and we were side by side for like a minute. I was waiting for him to honk, but he didn't so I just took off. He took off the same time and it was a turd. We did a few more little races. He pulled into a gas station so I did a u-turn at the next light. Then I saw him going back to other way with me. We finally got side by side at a light, and he jumped over two lanes and went into a shopping center. Sure wasn't 2 quick for me.
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Originally Posted by ravensfan
I owned a Tiburon before I got my Formula. I had every NA mod you can buy for it. IM, CAI, Headers, Exhaust, motor mounts, shifter. It dynoed 171fwhp/175fwtq. Not too shabby for what it is. Ran a 14.7 at the track.
Definately will not compete with an LS1 f-body, but for its class, it doesnt lose often. The only sport compact that I lost to at the track was an SRT-4 and a K-pro RSX.
The Tiburon crowd is pretty cool, except for the douchebag you ran into
Definately will not compete with an LS1 f-body, but for its class, it doesnt lose often. The only sport compact that I lost to at the track was an SRT-4 and a K-pro RSX.
The Tiburon crowd is pretty cool, except for the douchebag you ran into
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Originally Posted by z_speedfreak
do they got VVT in those things? seems like their lagging in power, hell you can get one of them sante fays with up to 240hp w/ the VVT now
Not sure, I dont think my buddies 04 has it, but the new ones might. They definately need to do something to it, that 2.7 6 banger sucks ***.
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not sure about 04, but all the new hyundais have vvt. my 07 sonata has the 3.3 and makes 233crank hp. they need to put that motor in the tib. Its pretty stout for what it is.