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This is a discussion on The one uppers.... Everyone knows one. within the The Rant Forum forums, part of the General Forum category; Tonight at work I was informed that my car runs like crap. It was suggested that I get a new ...

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    Tonight at work I was informed that my car runs like crap. It was suggested that I get a new one before it breaks down on the highway. I told the kid it was supposed to sound like that because it was cammed, along with everything else that was done to it. Then I got to hear about his GTO that he used to have that was faster than my GTP. I told him I highly doubt it was faster. He was sure it was because his GTO ran 12s all day long. When i asked what track he took it to he replied " thats what the brochure says". On top of that it was an 04 GTO which is before they started using the LS2 and it was " chipped". Then this other guy comes up and vouches that they had it up to 180 on the interstate.

    Anyways we have this whole respect for the individual thing at work and i couldnt just come out and tell him hes an idiot and didnt know what the hell he was talking about. I was really tempted to tell him to find a buddy that he thinks has a "fast" car and we would settle it this weekend and then next week we can discuss how bad i spanked his buddy.
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    Default Re: The one uppers.... Everyone knows one.

    What are your mods?
    98 2dr GT, 115k, stock. It's ugly and looking at it will make you feel bad.

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    ZZP stainless steel headers -ZZP Stainless downpipe -Ported and polished heads -Ported supercharger base and inlet -ZZP ported throttle body -Comp Cam 105# valve springs -JE forged pistons -ZZP NIC camshaft -Double roller timing chain -ZZP 10.5 plug wires -ZZP oil pump kit -160 stat -Finned transmission pan -Thrasher shift kit -1.89 SS intake valves -1.55 SS exhaust valves -Comp Cams pushrods -Wizaired cold air kit -ZZP throttle body spacer -ZZP 1.0 pcm -Aem Wide band O2 sensor -ZZP Hotwire fuel pump kit -ZZP alternator power cable -ZZP Gauge pod -ZZP modular pulley system -New supercharger coupler -Ported lower intake -Arp head bolts -Arp main studs-ZZP strut tower brace -Poly bushings - ZZP shorter dog bones.

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    Default Re: The one uppers.... Everyone knows one.

    I would have stopped him halfway and said I don't give a **** about your car. Go tell someone else who cares. Maybe nobody has the balls to tell him that?

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    haha "chipped"

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    I had to walk away... As soon as chipped and ls1 came out in the same sentence I started walking.

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    even the ls1 goats aint no joke but still, either go ls2 or go home lol
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    All that on a zzp canned tune? Please get that thing custom tuned
    98 2dr GT, 115k, stock. It's ugly and looking at it will make you feel bad.

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    Quote Originally Posted by sLpGPGT View Post
    even the ls1 goats aint no joke but still, either go ls2 or go home lol
    LS2 goats are slow though?

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    Car is going to PRJ next week to get tuned.

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    My 05 gto. Bone stock, 100+ degree day.

    Not slow.



    Old men used to come up to me and tell me how its not a real GTO, and how their 69 Judge they had back in the day would eat it alive. Funny thing is, the 3 fastest Pontiacs ever made are: #1 G8 GXP, #2 05-06 GTO #3 00' Trans Am WS6.
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    Quote Originally Posted by matt5112 View Post
    LS2 goats are slow though?
    no? lol

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    All you guys stories are stupid and mine are better and my car is faster I'm smarter and stronger and the best at everything
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    Quote Originally Posted by dsmuts View Post
    All you guys stories are stupid and mine are better and my car is faster I'm smarter and stronger and the best at everything
    This.

    13.3 isnt exactly fast.

    But if you say so.

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    Quote Originally Posted by matt5112 View Post
    This.

    13.3 isnt exactly fast.

    But if you say so.
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    13.3 might not be fast, but its a hell of a starting point. Especially considering I payed less than $15,000 for it with 49,000 miles. For the money those cars are a great deal. The aftermarket support for the engine is huge, the car... not so much. Everything has to come out of Australia.

    Also my wife's boobs are bigger than your wife's (or girlfriends.... or boyfriends) and my 3.1L Prix will beat your car too.




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    C5 is similar?

    This thread is about people who push onto others how great their car is.

    Isn't that what you're doing right now?

    Post-purchase rationalization is a great thing.

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    Default Re: The one uppers.... Everyone knows one.

    No way. It isn't pushing if its the truth.

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    It just really pissed me off that when you aren't car savvy at all and you come up to me and say my car is a piece of junk because you are too ignorant to know what a cammed car sounds like. So when I explain what a cammed car is which was all factual, the person insisted on lying about a car he previously owned. The only thing he had to back up his stock ls1 goat being a 12 second car was that the fact that " the brochure said so".

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    That's just the car scene. Everyone knows someone who has a better/faster car that runs/looks cooler than yours. Its half the reason I dont do street racing/car nights anymore.

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