lol We could however all pitch in and rent one for a day and well you know what would happen if that was the case
Just punked a Lambo!
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From: Fontana
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I launched my car from idle and pulled low 1.6 60's.... Stalled autos (in my experience) do not like to be stalled up much at all, maybe a few hundred over idle just to take out the slack in the drivetrain so it doesn't shock it as much but other than that basically right off idle. Says he launched at 2k meaning he stalled it up.
I was under the impression that they love being stalled up high.....shows what I know 
In my 100 or so passes on my stalled auto it pulled shittier times the higher I stalled it, and thats what all my friends have said with their cars as well, When you flash it it gets more momentum than when it is already spinning and and grabs I guess. Where as once you stomp it the inertia of it spinning up fast gets you going faster I guess. Hard to explain but yeah haha.
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About a year ago, I was in my friend's Cobra as a passenger and we stayed head to head with a Gallardo, that also had a passenger, until he began to brake because it seemed he had to exit and it was then that we obviously left him behind. This was on a roll because it was on the 10W. If he could keep up with it while having a supercharged '99 Cobra with 430rwhp/389rwtq then I'm pretty sure you could take him or at least be damn well close. No the passenger in the Gallardo was not obese and yes he was obviously trying to shake us. I kept looking over at the guy in the lambo while we were head to head... he seemed pretty pissed off and determined to leave us behind lol. The lambo didn't even have plates yet so it must have been at least an 07 since this did occur last year. All I'm saying is I know what I saw so I'm sure you would have had hope in at least beating the guy by a hair. This all started with the Gallardo guy cutting us off out of the blue followed by repeatedly revving at us.
Anyway, my car was launched soft (tranny is stock, mt's will kill it) but 120mph would mean I'd be flirtting with high 10's if my gears were 4.10's but Im a 3.42 so, thats actually pretty good. I should have been right there with the lambo unless he wouldve gone 160+ then we start to get away but, I doubt it.
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As for the Lambo trying to lose him, remember my friend was behind him, almost the whole time. He was keeping up as the Lambo went through traffic, passing people up. And by passing I don't mean signaling and being courteous. So yeah, it seemed as if the Lambo was trying to lose him.
Look, it may not have been the greatest test for either car since there was traffic and not open space. Had there been open space then yeah, maybe what everyone says about the Lambo taking Nate from a roll would be true. But that's not what happened. For what was presented, my friend kept up and did not get lost when the other guy tried to lose him. That's it. He's not even claiming he won.
Carlos
Well the traffic might also explain why the lambo didn't goo 100% then huh? Like I said I never said anything to the OP he originally came out and said he isn't even sure if he would have won he just wanted to try, but everyone else on here is like oh yeah you would of beat it or he was scared or blah blah. These new facts about traffic explain a lot. I don't think your friend "punked" the lambo.
Well the traffic might also explain why the lambo didn't goo 100% then huh? Like I said I never said anything to the OP he originally came out and said he isn't even sure if he would have won he just wanted to try, but everyone else on here is like oh yeah you would of beat it or he was scared or blah blah. These new facts about traffic explain a lot. I don't think your friend "punked" the lambo.
In my 100 or so passes on my stalled auto it pulled shittier times the higher I stalled it, and thats what all my friends have said with their cars as well, When you flash it it gets more momentum than when it is already spinning and and grabs I guess. Where as once you stomp it the inertia of it spinning up fast gets you going faster I guess. Hard to explain but yeah haha.
Every time I have flat stabbed of idle my car runs better 60'. As well as most other camaro owners I know. Most don't like being stalled much just a little above idle. This is also with a Yank SS4000.
This was my experience as well when I had a TCI 3500. I always kept it at around 1200.
I wanna see that! What gears you got?
Look, I dont wanna talk crap but I know from racing my car a few times and being around techs and guys who run their cars that you wanna leave the line hard. Keep in mind these are cammed and built cars. At Irwindale my first time I improved by almost 4/10's just by stalling a 1000 more than idle. C'mon man, thats what a tc is all about.
Look, I dont wanna talk crap but I know from racing my car a few times and being around techs and guys who run their cars that you wanna leave the line hard. Keep in mind these are cammed and built cars. At Irwindale my first time I improved by almost 4/10's just by stalling a 1000 more than idle. C'mon man, thats what a tc is all about.
3.73 gears. 7.0@94 with a 1.4 60' launching off idle on a 150 shot. I have heard from a guy with a 5.70 mustang at irwindale and a 8.60 camaro (1/4) that have been racing their entire lives and have gone through many camaros that its best to leave just above idle or at idle (among many others that have tested it). TC love to be flashed not stalled up real high. And I've tried many different ways in my 100+ passes in the car and all my real good times were just above idle (1000-1200) Maybe your TC just doesn't flash real well.
