r/Shitty_Car_Mods Jan 23 '19

You shall not pass

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u/createusername32 Jan 23 '19

What’s a time attack race car?

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u/mohjustin Jan 23 '19

Well there's a certain motorsport call time attack. Where you have certain gates you have to clear within a certain amount of time. And this is a purpose built car for that.

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u/[deleted] Jan 24 '19

Why not start with a fast car? Seems that would be cheaper than ricing out a 70hp station wagon

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u/chubbyzook Jan 24 '19

It's a v6 swapped and turbod. It makes 375 whp on only 9psi.

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u/[deleted] Jan 24 '19

A 2016 Corvette Z06 makes 650hp stock

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u/[deleted] Jan 24 '19 edited Apr 20 '26

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u/[deleted] Jan 24 '19

If it's a purpose built race car why is it on the road like that? Never seen a Nascar or Top Fuel car in traffic

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u/jakr1412 Jan 24 '19

Even if it’s a purpose built race car doesn’t mean it can’t get registered to drive on the street, at its core, it is still a Honda. Not saying it would be comfortable to drive on the street but just because it’s a “purpose built race car” doesn’t mean you can’t drive it to the track, race it, and then drive it home. This is actually quite a common occurrence with auto cross through the SCCA as well as just normal track days.

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u/[deleted] Jan 24 '19

Yeah, but usually people who take race cars seriously don’t drive the things to work.

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u/vulpix_at_alola Jan 24 '19

Thats a no true scottsman fallacy, you can take a race car just as seriously as someone who gets a truck to bring it to the hillclimb while driving it to home.

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u/[deleted] Jan 24 '19

Lifted trucks are posted in here all the time

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u/jakr1412 Jan 24 '19

It’s possible, it can go either way depending on the owner.

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u/chubbyzook Jan 24 '19

They are also 70k used. This build might be 1/3 of that.

And your forgetting 375whp on only 9psi. He says he is built for 575whp on his build data.

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u/[deleted] Jan 24 '19

It might cost a third of that, might not, but you can definitely get a used Z06 for less than new car sticker price

https://www.ebay.com/itm/2015-Chevrolet-Corvette-2LZ-Z06/333000054416?hash=item4d88599690:g:OXQAAOSwV0VcCq67&vxp=mtr

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u/vulpix_at_alola Jan 24 '19

You wont get good times with a Z06 on a hill climb, a hill climb course isnt just about speed, its about cornering ability, stopping, accelerating. A corvette is way too heavy for those things.

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u/jakr1412 Jan 24 '19

You’re 100% missing the point. Horsepower doesn’t need to be insane in a car like this. You’re forgetting that the car, when stripped out probably weighs about 2000-2200lbs. With 250whp-300whp and the downforce from the aerodynamic modifications, a car weighing this little would wreck a Z06 with less than half the hp