Quote from: Lukewarm Wilson on January 24, 2006, 03:04:47 PM
Well I had 2 WRX's beat my GS my starts weren't good and it was close but I was beaten even if I had of got a good start 

WRX's (not STi's) run high 14's in the 1/4 stock and thats pushing it most of them will run low 15's...And im talking about doing clutch dumps at 4K rpm and up with perfect shifting trying to get into the 14's.

Also AWD turbo cars have a wicked launch with hardly any wheelspin with good tires. I own a 91' Stealth Twin Turbo AWD and it hooks like crazy.

If you raced the WRX from a roll you should have beaten him with ease.

I took a WRX about 3 years ago on my GS from 20 to 70 I had him easy then I backed off.  My highlight was on my FJ though, I took a 2005 Viper from 30 to 140 before I realized how fast I was really going and backed way the hell off.  A crazy adrenaline rush though, knowing that I smoked an $80,000 car with my $2,000 bike.  Yay power- to - weight ratios!   

Quote from: that_guy on January 23, 2006, 08:43:18 PM
13.9 is not fast at all really.  My old honda CRX ran 13.2s with intake and exhaust only..

13.2 with intake and exh?  you must have had some of those yellow stickers. maybe even blue.

edit:  woops, didn't see there were 3 pages.  i missed the boat big time in calling that stat into question.

lol at the cotinued posts. 

this GS555R what all is it ? exaust,rejet,bore&hone ? if its bored whats the bore on it? and is it still relible as a daily driver ? ( just asking now cuz once i get it payed off i plan one having it bored and ported

This has always confused me too.  Is the cost of boring and stoking and extrude honing a GS500 even worth it unless you're simply trying to keep in a certain class?  I mean, if a 1998 GS will cost you $2000 for a decent specimin and you drop another $500- 1000 into suspension tweaking and getting it race prepped and then on top of that drop another $1000 to mod the engine, weren't you just better off buying a 2002 CBR F4i or similar.  I look at Pantablo and can't help but thinking he has the right idea. 

It's like those guys you see driving around in a 94 Neon with rims, exhaust, ground effects and a custom paint job... save your money and buy a Civic Si or SRT-4.     

Half the fun is in making it work.  There are always "better" ways. 

Plus, 600 and up racing classes are full of hot-headed young males that aren't afraid to die.

If I had a 600 then I would be modding that, at witch point people would ask, 'Why bother modding that 600, just buy a 1000' Most likely if I had a 1000 I would be modding that too, at witch point people would be asking, 'Why not just buy a Busa?' and if I had a Busa...... well you get the point.

What I'm trying to say is that I'd be modding w/e it was that I had, and for now what I have is a GS.

I'm also trying to learn everything that I can about motors so in the future I can do some crazy sh!t. Like say for instance a vintage 750 Honda with a 750 gsxr motor? I've been thinking about that one for a while now. There's something fantastic about knowing you've accomplished something, and built this tweaked out custom bike that no one else has.

Not to mention having the fastest GS on the block.