Me vs. C5 Corvette
03-23-2006, 12:11 PM
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Me vs. C5 Corvette
While on my way to work this morning, I noticed a very impatient, blue convertable C5 in my rearvew mirror. As he quickly ran into some congestion that slowed him down, I found an opening in the fast lane and decided to punch it from 6th to 5th.
Big mistake.
5th gear bogged as I didn't even land close to the sweet stop of 5-6k RPM. I had to drop to 4th. Finally -- 6500 RPM on the big cam and I started to pull away from the pack with the mean VTEC growl from my intake / Hondata. At 7100 RPM, I upshifted to 5th and could see the Corvette taking notice. I finally had the nerve to look down at my speedometer and found myself doing 120 MPH with the Vette gaining. For a brief moment, I saw him pull to the side of my TSX as both of us were at WOT. The Vette pulled away as I had expected. I decided to shut it down as I never intended to go THAT fast.
Since I didn't see the C5 completely blow past me, I'm assuming it was their 4 speed automatic. While still impressive on paper with 345 HP / 350 TQ, the 6MT vette is much faster.
That was enough fun for the year. I haven't gone that fast in probaly 2-3 years. On another note, I noticed that the road noise is VERY loud at speeds over 100 MPH, similar to my Integra. It became a reminder that I wasn't driving a 45k RL or 5-series BMW.
Big mistake.
5th gear bogged as I didn't even land close to the sweet stop of 5-6k RPM. I had to drop to 4th. Finally -- 6500 RPM on the big cam and I started to pull away from the pack with the mean VTEC growl from my intake / Hondata. At 7100 RPM, I upshifted to 5th and could see the Corvette taking notice. I finally had the nerve to look down at my speedometer and found myself doing 120 MPH with the Vette gaining. For a brief moment, I saw him pull to the side of my TSX as both of us were at WOT. The Vette pulled away as I had expected. I decided to shut it down as I never intended to go THAT fast.
Since I didn't see the C5 completely blow past me, I'm assuming it was their 4 speed automatic. While still impressive on paper with 345 HP / 350 TQ, the 6MT vette is much faster.
That was enough fun for the year. I haven't gone that fast in probaly 2-3 years. On another note, I noticed that the road noise is VERY loud at speeds over 100 MPH, similar to my Integra. It became a reminder that I wasn't driving a 45k RL or 5-series BMW.
03-23-2006, 12:26 PM
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what freeway was that on? I'm guessing 605 North? I was able to attain 90+ mph daily on my old commute. 120 is absolutely doable there.
Nice run.
Nice run.
03-23-2006, 12:29 PM
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Originally Posted by CarbonGray Earl
what freeway was that on? I'm guessing 605 North? I was able to attain 90+ mph daily on my old commute. 120 is absolutely doable there.
Nice run.
Nice run.
That was my opening.I'm going to check my oil level at lunch today. My car felt a bit sluggish. I would have only lost by 10 cars instead of 11.
03-23-2006, 12:37 PM
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Originally Posted by Black_6spd
Not the 605. It was on the 57 N right after it splits with the 60E. I has an additional fast lane after the interchange. That was my opening.
I'm going to check my oil level at lunch today. My car felt a bit sluggish. I would have only lost by 10 cars instead of 11.
That was my opening.I'm going to check my oil level at lunch today. My car felt a bit sluggish. I would have only lost by 10 cars instead of 11.
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03-23-2006, 02:27 PM
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Its interesting in that the Roman symbol for 100 is "C" and you tangled with a C5 which could be interperted as 100 x 5 which is exactly your postcount. 
03-23-2006, 03:33 PM
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Originally Posted by jlukja
Its interesting in that the Roman symbol for 100 is "C" and you tangled with a C5 which could be interperted as 100 x 5 which is exactly your postcount.
04-10-2006, 01:11 AM
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Originally Posted by jlukja
Its interesting in that the Roman symbol for 100 is "C" and you tangled with a C5 which could be interperted as 100 x 5 which is exactly your postcount.
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