Originally Posted by TheCrossfirekid
quick z06, what year is your evo? any mods? i have been thinking of getting one, but i have read and heard they suck for driving around town. any input? how's the ride? any problems? and etc. thanks, and your buddy in his 05' thinks he'll beat your evo? either he doesn't know cars or thinks you can't drive (you can drive right?) maybe if you start in second it would be close. just my 2 cents.
My Evo is an 03'. Why would it suck for driving around town? I love the car, my best advice would be if your interested in buying one, I would go test drive one and see for yourself. Mine is lowered, so the ride is a bit stiff, but even stock its pretty stiff, but I don't mind that at all. My S2K used to be that way too and the Z06 is also, most cars that can handle pretty well stock are gonna be stiffer than some other cars. The thing that's nice about the Evo, is its roomy, awd and potential. Just a few bolt ons and your easily running 12's.
As for my buddy "thinking" he can beat me...Yeah that's what he thought until we raced
He's an older guy so he's not really into cars. Lets just say I put about 7-8 cars on him before letting off from about a 65 mph roll up to like 110. Yes I can drive, believe me I take out plenty of cars that "should" beat me. Also racing an Evo starting in 2nd gear isn't gonna do much. I know most people try to avoid racing them off the line, but believe me from a slow 2nd gear roll, its just as fast. Matter of fact I actually prefer running from a roll like that (no bogging etc) although I can launch pretty well.
My mods are, downpipe, test pipe, catback, ecu reflash (22 psi) 269 cams, ti valve springs/retainers, lightweight flywheel, carbon/kevlar clutch, built tranny and a few other misc things. It should be close to 350 hp and run high 11's to low 12's