 Beams and Corvette |
 Oct 15, 2009 - 1:20 PM
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 Enthusiast  Joined Mar 22, '07 From Murphy, TX Currently Offline Reputation: 5 (100%)  |
As most of you have known, I started a beams swap a few months ago and been driving it every weekend. Its been performing really well and I love it.
The down side to this is now that I have experience a little bit of power I'm craving for more. This sucks because that means more money to be spent, but hey its a thrilling hobby it one can afford it. I went up against one of those new corvettes today on the highway and the beams performed great against it. It wasn't really a fair match with the corvette lane changing all the time and cutting in front of 18 wheelers, which I was not going to endanger myself that much. But once we had no traffic ahead of us, we both floored it and seems like we were equal, but i guess thats because we started taking off at 60mph. Then I wanted to see how fast he would take off at 60mph while i was crusing at 60 - his take off didn't look like something the beams couldn't handle. Then it was my turn as I took off and he cruised - Man I was so proud of my beams seeing how quickly it took off in 5th gear. I really do wish a video could of been made of this short race. There were alot of factors to take into account since it wasn't really a race, but the dude had a nice looking lady in the passenger seat who was checking out my car, so I figured a friendly chase wouldn't hurt. I'm pretty sure that I would of lost if it was from 0-60, but from this experience I crave for more power. I might do some upgrades once winter is over or find another celica shell and put in a 3SGTE. I would never have been able to afford all this back then when the price were still high, but now thats its affordable - dreams will come true. Just wanted to share. |
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Oct 15, 2009 - 3:35 PM
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Enthusiast Joined Jun 18, '09 From Orlando Currently Offline Reputation: 8 (100%) |
I'm with the skeptics, sorry...unless the powerband/available power at that speed between the BEAMS and LSx is so radically different.
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Oct 15, 2009 - 3:43 PM
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Enthusiast Joined Mar 22, '07 From Murphy, TX Currently Offline Reputation: 5 (100%) |
QUOTE (SwissFerdi @ Oct 15, 2009 - 8:35 PM)  I'm with the skeptics, sorry...unless the powerband/available power at that speed between the BEAMS and LSx is so radically different. One can dream can't they. Now that I have a beams - my next goal is to turbo. I've been looking into getting the 370z if i don't go 3sgte. My ultimate goal is to have an engine that produces 500+ hp. This post has been edited by 2bcelica: Oct 15, 2009 - 3:44 PM |
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2bcelica Beams and Corvette Oct 15, 2009 - 1:20 PM
dustin15brown not to be a douche.... but a BEAMS cannot compete ... Oct 15, 2009 - 1:42 PM
2bcelica QUOTE (dustin15brown @ Oct 15, 2009 - 6... Oct 15, 2009 - 2:03 PM vincent_doggy Sucks that not much aftermarket performance parts ... Oct 15, 2009 - 2:48 PM 2bcelica QUOTE (vincent_doggy @ Oct 15, 2009 - 7... Oct 15, 2009 - 3:12 PM Supersprynt I'm sure you faired well against a 400hp+ Vett... Oct 15, 2009 - 3:12 PM Spider77 If I had the money to grab that extra Beams, I wou... Oct 15, 2009 - 3:45 PM 2bcelica QUOTE (Spider77 @ Oct 15, 2009 - 8:4... Oct 15, 2009 - 3:54 PM presure2 street racing is NOT allowed on this site.
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