How would I pair up?

31beretta · Post by **31beretta** » Tue Oct 10, 2006 11:41 pm

Hey guys, I have a 88' Beretta with a rebuilt 3.1 swapped in and this kid at school keeps talking how quick his 96' Saturn SL 1.9L is and he wanted to race. I don't intend on racing him anytime soon, but I was just wondering how my Beretta would fair in a race against his car? My Beretta has a rebuilt 3.1L with intake, muffler, better spark plugs, wires, like new Firehawk tires, and a 3spd auto. He has a totally stock 1.9L 5spd Saturn SL. I know the standard tranny would probably give him a jump, but like I said, I was just wondering so that I would know ahead of time if something did happen. Thanks for any info.

wicked-irocz · Post by **wicked-irocz** » Fri Oct 13, 2006 6:44 pm

ive never seen a stock saturn 1.9l race anything so I have no clue

Doug96Z26 · Post by **Doug96Z26** » Thu Oct 19, 2006 4:52 pm

What sort of a race? 1/4 mile would probably be close. If you're just racing stoplights and you know how to drive your car you'll jump on him bad.

rweatherford · Post by **rweatherford** » Thu Oct 19, 2006 10:17 pm

I'll agree with Doug. If it is the 8 valve engine you shouldn't have much problem after he gets out of first gear.

My friend had one and it would barely pull 70-80 MPH up hills on the interstate in 5th with 3 people in it. Pretty sad. I thought there was something wrong with it the first time it did that to me while driving... I kept pushing down on the throttle and realized it wasn't speeding up... I had NEVER experienced that. Got pretty good mileage though.

31beretta · Post by **31beretta** » Thu Oct 19, 2006 11:46 pm

lol, ya, he's always talking about how quick it is. He even told me and a friend the other day that he had it at 120 without pushing it when him and his cousin were driving it down our road. I would figure his speed limiter would prevent that kinda mph if the car could even make it there. Plus my brother has owned nothing but 4 cylinders like his and stock they cant pull much after 70-75 (from my experiences) This kid is pretty dumb tho, now he's afraid he'll lose (although he obviously hasn't admitted it) i can tell tho because now he wants to get a firebird or trans am. He's just one of those people who always talk smack, but never wanna back it up.

Jetfoi34 · Post by **Jetfoi34** » Fri Oct 20, 2006 10:34 am

SL1 you win
SL2 depending if he can drive
since your auto if its SL2 hes probably gonna pull on you
see if he has the DOHC motor or not

i killed the SOHC saturn with my 2.8 auto, and just beat a DOHC with a 3.1 5-speed - both of those saturns were 5-speeds

31beretta · Post by **31beretta** » Fri Oct 20, 2006 7:21 pm

nice man. im positive that he has the sohc engine. have you done anything to your beretta (engine mods)?

paintgod93 · Post by **paintgod93** » Tue Oct 24, 2006 1:09 pm

Biggest turd race ever.
Don't do it for risk of looking gay.

rweatherford · Post by **rweatherford** » Wed Oct 25, 2006 12:24 am

James can always be counted on for pointing that out.....

31beretta · Post by **31beretta** » Wed Oct 25, 2006 11:12 pm

I see, well thanks for pointing that out then James.

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