What would win a race my 2002 acura tl type s or my moms boyfriends 2006 pontiac solstice gxp.

 

It's not the car, it's the driver!

 

thats the same thing that brian said in fast and the furious

 

find out and see...

ibemovedtoracingandcomptetion

 

Isn't the Solstice gxp turbo'd? If so you'd get smoked...but I do believe you'd still get smoked.

The real question is, who cares?

 

stock those cars are in the high 13's - low 14's with a good driver. Give your moms boyfriend a friendly run just to find out. You might suprise him if he isn't the best of drivers.

IMO I would rather have your TL-S!

 

^ solstice would smoke you, i used to work at a GM dealer. they are fast as shit, turbo in the gxp

 

I lol'd at this

 

even if it beats you, they're still ugly as shit

 

^^^ amen.. what a waste of money

 

Unless its got an LS2 but still ugly as hell! I'd even take a Saturn Sky Turbo over the GXP.. never been in any of them but I would assume that you have to be on the shorter side..

http://www.mallettcars.com/solstice-conversion.htm

 

750hp for 87k? lol wow

 

Bottomline: A well driven Soltice GXP should make short work of your TL-S. A race between that and a 3G TL 6MT would be interesting though.

 

That mallet Sky is sex! To bad they dont make them bigger

 

I read up on the Mallet cars in Car and Driver a few years ago...giant-killers, those are.

IMO Solstice will walk you, especially if it's got the 5 speed. Same power, but it's got a weight advantage, it's manual, and RWD. However, a good driver in a TL-S can definetely make it close. Is your mom's boyfriend a good driver?

 

ya thats what i thought it has a weight and turbo advantage and heres a link to see a pic of his car

http://www.myyearbook.com/?mysession...0yMTQ4MTA2OQ==

 

I dont understand what advantage the turbo has vs NA if they're both making the same power. IIRC the TL-S and GXP are rated at 260 horsepower? From a dig you might get him because of the turbo lag, but his car is lighter and RWD so it'll be close...

 

Its not that they make the same power. Those are just peak HP numbers. Turbo'd engines usually make more power earlier in the powerband. So the 260HP comes much earlier in the powerband than the TL-S's 260HP. Same goes for torque. The GXP produces more torque earlier in the powerband due to the FI(Turbo).

 

wouldnt the v tech make a differance to

 

VTEC...spell it. V...T...E...C. VTEC makes a difference for us Hondas/Acuras, yes. But just because we have it doesn't mean it's the 'end all be all.' Think of it this way, if we didn't have it (basically variable valve timing) our cars would have much less balls. Regardless, he should walk you unless he misses a gear..and still...should catch up. They are a good bit lighter, meaning better power to weight ratio, and the gearing is probably better if you are auto. If you are 6 speed it should be much closer, but I'd still put it on the Solstice.

 

I've raced both gxp(turbo) and non turbo with my 08 kbp types 5sAT. I smoked the non turbo all the way around, from dead stop to rolling starts, but the turbo got me from dead start. I raced the turbo one again at a 40mph roll and beat him.

 

I think if he,s boosted he'll beat you all the way..

 

Hey sonnick did you ever ran your car stock? If so what was you 1/4mile time. I ask cause Im going to race one on friday and his bone stock

 

 

I don't think sonnick ever ran stock. Most good drivers can pull off mid 14's 14.3-14.6 @97-99MPH no problem with a 03-07 6MT Accord V6. The best I have seen is a 14.2 for a stock accord 6MT.

 

 

^^^^^^^^^^^

 

holy shit! that just happened

prolly best line i've heard in racing forum since i've been here.

 

Lmao a mod deleted it! Let me try again with more family-friendly terms:

Even if you win the race, he's still shtooping your mom so I'd say you lose either way.

Do the mods approve?

 

you will lose, high 14 second car vs low 14/high 13.

 

Plus the 2G TL-S isn't even a true 260 HP under the new SAE rating. High 240's is a more accurate figure, and of course, much less torque across the entire band.

 

very true.