Saab

Theres a car club meet every thursday night here in gainesville, where college kids in tuners meet up and talk alotta trash. I had never gone, but decided to check it out on ye' old kawasaki...
Got mostly alot of laughs and dirty looks, but a few bikers on crotch rockets were impressed.
I'll make it short: A guy in a Saab was trying to make a joke out of the KZ. I don't really try to talk alot because I know nothing about performance or racing, but I couldn't help but say that I know my 30 year old bike would spank his Saab around some turns, but have no clue about on the quarter mile
. Theres a drag strip thats open to everyone in here, and I'm just curious: Is there any way this KZ could take on that car (all stock, 95 Saab 9000) in a quarter mile? I know it has something like 260 horse power and about the same torque, but not sure about weight. I don't know anything about racing or performance, but 265 HP sounds like alot, plus it has a turbo.

Ed

I would make him put up 500 bucks or shut up, then go out and spank his ass, remember he has a lot of lbs to push with that HP.

tell him to bring his title that should shut him up!if ot,practice your hole shots!

If you don't lift a tire he doesn't stand a chance.

Just about any bike will beat any car unless it is a wicked Mustang, Vette or something else with lots fo work done to it. A Saab is about the last thing in the world I would fear. Hell, I didn't even know they still made them.

tell that kid to ditch his Fail Wheel Drive POS and get something with some balls, maby then you'll race him.

that sab probbably runs a 15-16 quarter where your bike can run a 14 on a bad day.

Post edited by: themachine, at: 2008/02/29 15:10

dude, SPANK HIM ,SPANK HIIIIIIMMM,if you can...but serious don't go out and get yourself hurt just to prove him wrong.if you can whoop him then do it...i'de pay to see that on pinks

If your bike is running half-way decent you should be able to beat him so badly that he will be ashamed to show his face at the car club meet. Ed

i just want to know how badly you beat him.
time for you to talk some shit.
tell him you will pull one plug wire to make it a fair race.

but i also agree.

pink slips or $1000.

time to take a young punk to school!

you better get the jump because a turbo saab is only a top end of the rpm range car.
they just don't move fast under 50 mph.
by then you should have about 8 car lenths on him.

but whatever you do

TAKE A VIDEO!
then post it on youtube!

Post edited by: kawsakiman, at: 2008/02/29 19:13

Seventeen years ago, downtown Toronto, late Saturday night on Yonge Street, my 84 GPz550 against a Turbo Porsche with a big whale tail, off the lights to the next stop lights, the distance was one inner city block - no idea how long that was. I never got out of third and was stopped at the next lights, bike in neutral, visor up, before he got there. Porsche guy seemed impressed, and he'd had the back end squirreling around off the start.

The Saab turbo system is fairly high-boost. My brother's 9-3 was the best passing-on-the-highway car I've ever driven, but I suspect the Porsche's turbo was similar and I also suspect the Saab weighs a fair bit more.

Go get 'em

KZDon wrote:

Seventeen years ago, downtown Toronto, late Saturday night on Yonge Street, my 84 GPz550 against a Turbo Porsche with a big whale tail, off the lights to the next stop lights, the distance was one inner city block - no idea how long that was. I never got out of third and was stopped at the next lights, bike in neutral, visor up, before he got there. Porsche guy seemed impressed, and he'd had the back end squirreling around off the start.

The Saab turbo system is fairly high-boost. My brother's 9-3 was the best passing-on-the-highway car I've ever driven, but I suspect the Porsche's turbo was similar and I also suspect the Saab weighs a fair bit more.

Go get 'em

i remember a shmuck in a 911 porshe whipping up on my brothers little ex250 ninja years ago thinking he was hot shit,i was about a block behind when i caught up with them at the next light on my 1170 at 24th and L st the light turned green and we both layed into it at same time i was to 27 th and L waiting for him by the time he was just crossing 25th st i bet he thought twice before he jacked with another bike!