Fleeingpepper Posted June 26, 2008 Report Posted June 26, 2008 Until my friend and I were side by side out of a left turn and his Kia Sorento killed me. I floored it, he didn't. The verts are heavy, why the 3100 was even available in these is beyond me. If you could afford the convertible in 1995 ($35,000?) I think you could afford to get the LQ1 in it. Oh, the soapbox is over there? Sorry.. Quote
ManicMechanic Posted June 26, 2008 Report Posted June 26, 2008 A loaded 3100 convertible was about $24,000... Quote
Euro Posted June 26, 2008 Report Posted June 26, 2008 yeah, 5k pound car with a 3100 is a joke.....even with an LQ1 it's a joke. Quote
Cam'ron Posted June 26, 2008 Report Posted June 26, 2008 my parents kia sedona minivan... would walk my 03. 3.6L v6 dohc with vvt i think that the powerplant anyways, rated at like 250+ hp. now its a differnt story but wow it was bad loosing to my dad in a minivan Quote
Addicted to eaton Posted June 26, 2008 Report Posted June 26, 2008 yeah my moms kia rio will not smoke the grand prix. But the kia sernta or something like that (rental) Smoked the grand prix with the 4 cyl Quote
Fleeingpepper Posted June 27, 2008 Author Report Posted June 27, 2008 24,000..Well there still weren't a bunch of cars that cost that much back then were there? I was only three. I said I'm beating the piss out of my engine cus then I'll get an L67..My friends laughed at me and said it was dumb because the engine would be more than the car. Quote
Euro Posted June 27, 2008 Report Posted June 27, 2008 My friends laughed at me and said it was dumb because the engine would be more than the car. Not really, unless your vert is worth less than $1300(which would be close to the amount of most of the swap cost) Quote
phantomgreen Posted June 29, 2008 Report Posted June 29, 2008 yeah, 5k pound car with a 3100 is a joke.....even with an LQ1 it's a joke. Have you driven a lq1 vert? Im not sure why people always say lq1 verts are slow. I havnt taken mine to the track recently so no times but it sure as hell isnt slow. I got a chip exhaust and CAI but still, stock lq1 has guts for sure. I can beat any stock firebird/ camaro Im not braggin just giving the LQ1 its much deserved respect becasue its a badass engine. Quote
ManicMechanic Posted June 29, 2008 Report Posted June 29, 2008 yeah, 5k pound car with a 3100 is a joke.....even with an LQ1 it's a joke. By the way Matt, a loaded LQ1 convertible was 3850 lbs. Quote
Hal H Posted June 29, 2008 Report Posted June 29, 2008 Until my friend and I were side by side out of a left turn and his Kia Sorento killed me. I floored it, he didn't. The verts are heavy, why the 3100 was even available in these is beyond me. If you could afford the convertible in 1995 ($35,000?) I think you could afford to get the LQ1 in it. Oh, the soapbox is over there? Sorry.. GM trying to keep the price lower, looks without the go power. A friend bought a new 3rd Gen Camaro in '84 that had the Iron Duke with a 5 speed. What a gutless bucket that was...it had the stiffest accel pedal spring for some wierd reason. Eventually, GM dropped that engine since hardly anyone would buy that combination. Quote
ManicMechanic Posted June 29, 2008 Report Posted June 29, 2008 Kind of reminds me, somewhat, when two of my friends bought brand new cars in 1988. One bought a Turbo Sunbird convertible and the other a Corvette. They decided to race........The Sunbird driver lost control and went in to the woods after BEATING the Corvette. He came out all f-ed up but he was grinning from ear to ear because he beat that Corvette. Quote
Hal H Posted June 29, 2008 Report Posted June 29, 2008 Yeah, the stock 350 in my friends '87 'Vette was a thumping 245hp. But, back in the day, the 'Vette was one of the faster stock production cars you could buy. Had lots more torque that most cars out at the time. I remember the late 70's 'Vette was 175hp stock, with the L-82 option bringing it up to 225hp. Things have changed! Quote
ManicMechanic Posted June 29, 2008 Report Posted June 29, 2008 And in 1980, you could get a 305 in a Corvette! Quote
cutlassdude96 Posted June 30, 2008 Report Posted June 30, 2008 the GNX out preform the Corvette in 87 Quote
Fleeingpepper Posted June 30, 2008 Author Report Posted June 30, 2008 Oh yes, it did! And that was a big no no so the GNX went bye bye. At least the 3100 SOUNDS a tad bit beefy in the upper rpms. Quote
Euro Posted July 2, 2008 Report Posted July 2, 2008 yeah, 5k pound car with a 3100 is a joke.....even with an LQ1 it's a joke. By the way Matt, a loaded LQ1 convertible was 3850 lbs. wow that's it? Whoever the fuck told me they weighed in the low 4k range was a n00b! Although, I'm a n00b for believing them Quote
Euro Posted July 2, 2008 Report Posted July 2, 2008 yeah, 5k pound car with a 3100 is a joke.....even with an LQ1 it's a joke. Have you driven a lq1 vert? Im not sure why people always say lq1 verts are slow. I havnt taken mine to the track recently so no times but it sure as hell isnt slow. I got a chip exhaust and CAI but still, stock lq1 has guts for sure. I can beat any stock firebird/ camaro Im not braggin just giving the LQ1 its much deserved respect becasue its a badass engine. what did you run? And by stock camaro/firebird....you mean V6 right? Quote
Fleeingpepper Posted July 3, 2008 Author Report Posted July 3, 2008 yeah, 5k pound car with a 3100 is a joke.....even with an LQ1 it's a joke. By the way Matt, a loaded LQ1 convertible was 3850 lbs. wow that's it? Whoever the fuck told me they weighed in the low 4k range was a n00b! Although, I'm a n00b for believing them Maybe that person was in the car when it was weighed and they were very..husky. Quote
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