Slowest car ever

[Drew99GT]

Originally Posted By: mpvue
the GN had a rated 245hp. by todays' standards that isn't much to brag about


It also had 355 foot lbs of torque at like 2,000 rpm!

A stock GN would clean the floor with a 260 hp Ecotec Cobalt in acceleration.

 

[ViragoBry]

Stock GNX - 0-60 in 5.3, quarter mile in 13.3 @ 104mph

Stock Cobalt SS - 0-60 in 5.5, quarter mile in 13.9 @ 102.5 mph

Pretty impressive for a car weighing 600 lbs more with an auto tranny.

 

[mpvue]

Originally Posted By: ViragoBry
Stock GNX - 0-60 in 5.3, quarter mile in 13.3 @ 104mph

Stock Cobalt SS - 0-60 in 5.5, quarter mile in 13.9 @ 102.5 mph

Pretty impressive for a car weighing 600 lbs more with an auto tranny.


a GN is NOT a GNX. a GN (grand national) had 235-245hp, GNX was a last-year-of-production special run that had rated 276hp.
btw, the cobalt does it w/ almost half the displacement.

 

[Drew99GT]

Originally Posted By: mpvue

btw, the cobalt does it w/ almost half the displacement.


But you'll still lose in a drag race!

You're comparing mid 80s technology with brand new technology.

Doing NOTHING but putting a modern ball bearing turbo of roughly the same size on a stock GN would probably net you 30 hp. And a big ol OHV V-6 will have so much more "area under the curve" power.

HP/L is the stupidest comparison EVAR!

 

[mpvue]

Originally Posted By: Drew99GT
Originally Posted By: mpvue

btw, the cobalt does it w/ almost half the displacement.


But you'll still lose in a drag race!


HP/L is the stupidest comparison EVAR!


by 6/10ths? WOW.
HP/L is an acceptable way to compare apples to apples last time I checked.
using geek speak like EVAR is also pretty stupid.

 

[Gary Allan]

The tires are too tall for the 3.73 gearing. He'd need 4.88's to bring it back to stock ..which would be around 3200 @ 70mph. Mine is much better with 235/75r15. If I floor it, I may make 55-60 to merge with traffic.

85mph has plenty of throttle left to it ..but breaking 90 is like approaching the speed of light in the required thrust dept.

 

[Nick R]

We know we need new gearing, but he wants to wait until he can get a Dana 44 for the rear so he can get a locker or a limited slip. Bad idea to put one of those in a Dana 35, especially since he wants to go for 35" when these tires need replaced.

 

[Drew99GT]

Originally Posted By: mpvue

HP/L is an acceptable way to compare apples to apples last time I checked.


If you're a 16 year old with a Civic trying to prove why your car is better, even though you just got your [censored] handed to you by a Mustang or a Camaro with less HP/L.

 

[mcrn]

I had a 83 240D. It was unsafely slow just as BuickGN said. I say its dangerously slow because of the world we live in. IT did the job of coarse but I would see people around me getting mad because I was going so slow, like I was doing it on purpose, but I had the car floored! Great car but not for this time or area that I live in.

 

[jimvegas]

My '61 VW beetle with the 40hp motor. 0 to 60 measurement using a calendar!

 

[wander2039]

Hate to mention it but no matter how fast your car there's always going to be one faster trying to run you over.. 62 or 1000hp. Get the picture?

 

[mcrn]

True but its nicer when there are a few that are faster than when everyone is faster. Get that picture?

 

[Dualie]

I actually timed my boom truck one morning getting on the higway. from the metering light at the bottom of the onramp to 60 MPH was 48 seconds.

 

[Gary Allan]

Originally Posted By: rudolphna
We know we need new gearing, but he wants to wait until he can get a Dana 44 for the rear so he can get a locker or a limited slip. Bad idea to put one of those in a Dana 35, especially since he wants to go for 35" when these tires need replaced.


Well, you can get away with it in a D35. There's a few of the members of 4bangers that have 35" tires. My wife is running 33" on her D35's Sahara with BFG Mall Terrains. A D44 will handle the gearing better since the pinion won't be so small. I run a TracLoc in my SE ..but I'm never going to push anything that big.

 

[IndyIan]

I'm sure my Tracker was one of the slowest production cars made in 2003. 127hp and 130ftlbs doesn't really push 2900-3000lbs very quickly but even when towing another 2000lbs its not dangerous. You just have to plan ahead a bit. I even pass people when towing 1000lbs or less, I just need a run at it, its not rocket science...
Anyways, I'd rather drive a slow car fast, than a fast car slow anyday. Its more fun and its cheaper!

 

[wander2039]

Originally Posted By: mcrn
True but its nicer when there are a few that are faster than when everyone is faster. Get that picture?


Can I get this translated to English?

 

[Colt45ws]

When I went over to Seattle I was trying to merge onto I-5SB and discovered the merge lane is of the type that is combo'd with a offramp. Stay in the short merge lane long too long and your screwed because you have to exit. I found my 2.73 single exhaust pig barely adequate, and Im sure I [censored] off that guy in the truck trying to get off. Sorry guy!

 

[ToyotaNSaturn]

and that's with a 3.73 rear axle ratio. I wonder how many minutes seconds it would take to go 0-60 with a 2.73 rear axle ratio...

 

[slammds15]

'88 International Blue Bird bus body with a four speed auto and a 6.9 in front of it. I passed everything as long as it was parked or a stationary object I hated having to rescue drivers with a dead bus.

 

[ViragoBry]

Originally Posted By: mpvue
Originally Posted By: ViragoBry
Stock GNX - 0-60 in 5.3, quarter mile in 13.3 @ 104mph

Stock Cobalt SS - 0-60 in 5.5, quarter mile in 13.9 @ 102.5 mph

Pretty impressive for a car weighing 600 lbs more with an auto tranny.


a GN is NOT a GNX. a GN (grand national) had 235-245hp, GNX was a last-year-of-production special run that had rated 276hp.
btw, the cobalt does it w/ almost half the displacement.


I know the difference between the two. I was simply throwing out the best of the hreed.