Got killed by a first gen cts-v

[Nine]

Originally Posted by talontid

totally wrong... highway yes an m3 will begin to pull upstairs but an evo is AWD and will put car lengths on a m3 from a dig. My evo 9 w/ minimal bolt ons went 12.2 @ 114 and 1.6 60 ft. If it makes decent horsepower it's gonna pull out of the hole and hold the gap to the 1/4 mile. Remember we measure fast cars in 1/4 mile times no top speed or mile races. The evo makes lots of torque to which the m3 does not (at least at low rpm)

Wait so are you agreeing with me, "M3 will pull upstairs", you are not walking away from an M3 trapping 114. The evo certainly has more modding power, but at a certain point it becomes apples and oranges, considering the M3 is NA, RWD and bone stock and puts down 350whp.

I came from the JDM world, all I remember was EVO guys complaining that gearing and power. No doubt it's a king of the modified world, up there with the likes of the supra.

[KKM3]

Originally Posted by freeman727

I got killed going 60-120 by a first gen cts-v. Thoughts?

Yea, learn to drive.

[freeman727]

Originally Posted by AudiS5

Black one around Htown? I think I ran him last year in my S5, and beat him at the time from about 5-100. Asked him what happened after he stated it was the older body V. Either he got some bolt ons done or you were in the wrong gear. that car is not touching our cars stock.

No silver with NY plate safe4life. He obviously wasn't driving very safely.

[freeman727]

Originally Posted by Denk

What gear were you in at the jump? With our conservative torque, you gotta be jonny on the spot about gearing otherwise it's easy to get caught with your pants down.

5th, but quickly went to 4 then 3. No use, he was pulling on me until we hit 120

[mdosu]

Originally Posted by USAM3

I believe it. A 4 cylinder Mitsubishi Evo can walk away from an M3 up to 120 but anything after that it's all V8 goodness.

no fucking way. i owned an Evo 8, just no way in hell this happens. Evo may beat V8 M3 to 60 b/c of AWD launch, but from there on, the V8 will pull on the Evo like how frat bros pull bitches' hairs....yeah i went there.

[mdosu]

Originally Posted by freeman727

5th, but quickly went to 4 then 3. No use, he was pulling on me until we hit 120

at 60 mph, you pretty much need to be in 3 gear and ready to go. He's probably got an auto which kicked it down to the right gear.

[KKM3]

Originally Posted by freeman727

5th, but quickly went to 4 then 3. No use, he was pulling on me until we hit 120

Lol so you went from 5th to 4th and then to 3rd? Why didn't you just go straight to 3rd? The guy probably gained a couple car lengths while you were figuring out what gear to put it in. Refer to my first post, learn to drive.

[Onurleft]

Keep in mind the aero really affects the Evo at speed, same with Sti's the older models of both cars are complete bricks above 100mph. A 340awhp Evo is not going pull a stock DCT M3 @ speed, period.

I'd bet you ran into a nice heads/cam CTS-V. For him to put significant distance on you he'd need that. Those 6.0 liters can make well over 400whp with simple cam/head modifications. My brothers GTO has an LS6 (bored to 6.3 liters), cam and conservative headwork and it weighs in at 3800lbs and makes 460whp/455tq for reference

[freeman727]

Originally Posted by KKM3

Lol so you went from 5th to 4th and then to 3rd? Why didn't you just go straight to 3rd? The guy probably gained a couple car lengths while you were figuring out what gear to put it in. Refer to my first post, learn to drive.

I just picked up the m3 2 weeks ago. Im trying to figure the shifting sweet spots. Give me a break. This is also my first DCT. I come from a manual transmission background.

[Stronie]

Originally Posted by freeman727

I just picked up the m3 2 weeks ago. Im trying to figure the shifting sweet spots. Give me a break. This is also my first DCT. I come from a manual transmission background.

Another Win for 6MT.

OP why the switch?

[KKM3]

Originally Posted by freeman727

I just picked up the m3 2 weeks ago. Im trying to figure the shifting sweet spots. Give me a break. This is also my first DCT. I come from a manual transmission background.

Fair enough, at least your willing to admit your faults. For future runs, just hold down the left paddle then gun it, dct will automatically down shift to the appropriate gear for fastest acceleration. Now we know why you lost and now you know what to do when something like this happens again.

[Templar]

Originally Posted by KKM3

Fair enough, at least your willing to admit your faults. For future runs, just hold down the left paddle then gun it, dct will automatically down shift to the appropriate gear for fastest acceleration. Now we know why you lost and now you know what to do when something like this happens again.

To be more precise, push the gas pedal past the soft "click" you feel, then one tap of the left paddle is all you need and DCT selects the right gear.

[ssabripo]

Originally Posted by UnaBomber

[rjd598]

Originally Posted by Templar

To be more precise, push the gas pedal past the soft "click" you feel, then one tap of the left paddle is all you need and DCT selects the right gear.

You really learn something new everyday didn't even know you could do that. Op dont worry about it dct is gonna take you awhile to figure out but the process is fun and once you understand the transmission you'll have even more fun. Also can we please stfu about evo's much

[Denk]

The car will do the same thing in D mode for you. Just kickdown the accelerator and it'll do the rest.

[USAM3]

Originally Posted by Nine

What the f*** are you saying?

Whoa, calm down trigger! I was referring to an evo ix. If you don't know anything about it or what it's capable of, best just not open your mouth. And the guy that had an viii that said there's no way in hell it'd walk an e9x m3 probably didn't know how to drive it.

[KKM3]

Originally Posted by USAM3

Whoa, calm down trigger! I was referring to an evo ix. If you don't know anything about it or what it's capable of, best just not open your mouth. And the guy that had an viii that said there's no way in hell it'd walk an e9x m3 probably didn't know how to drive it.

Nobody gives a shit about ur evo. The topic is cts-v and m3.

[bobbyd1961]

Originally Posted by freeman727

I got killed going 60-120 by a first gen cts-v. Thoughts?

really? i blew current generation away. and then flipped the bird

[GIdriver]

Originally Posted by mdosu

no fucking way. i owned an Evo 8, just no way in hell this happens. Evo may beat V8 M3 to 60 b/c of AWD launch, but from there on, the V8 will pull on the Evo like how frat bros pull bitches' hairs....yeah i went there.

^ This and...

Originally Posted by Templar

To be more precise, push the gas pedal past the soft "click" you feel, then one tap of the left paddle is all you need and DCT selects the right gear.

^ this.

[freeman727]

Originally Posted by Stronie

Another Win for 6MT.

OP why the switch?

Need a daily driver that wife can drive in a pinch. It's a family car.

[Trevor .:R]

I walked a old sedan one easily without a tune and stock cats. Even walked a new coupe manual on the freeway in mexico up to 162MPH He was shocked stopped and ask me what i had i said muffler and filter. But later i found out the gearing for the CTS-V isnt that good for top end theres a thread were this is explained on this forum!