'97 LS vs. '01 Celica GT-S

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g3teg97

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This time I wasn't trying to race anyone and I try to baby my car but I was drving down the road and I was this Celica from NJ. It was silver with to what looked like Toyota optional rims [didn't look bad].

Anyways, we're drving down a one lane road and then it expands into two lanes. So the Celica drives around this semi truck that was in the left lane and speeds up and gets in front of it. What do I do? I go follow it. We're going about 60mph [Speed Limit = 40mph]. The light up ahead changes to red and the Celica all of a sudden switches to the left lane [I was going to go in the left lane but the Celica beat me to it].

I pulled up at the red light and look over and its a hot ass blonde! I was like "damn." I looked over again just to get another look and she looked over a little bit and then turned back to the light. 5 more seconds went buy. I was just going to drive up and just forget about it.

Light turns get and her engine roars. That moment I said "Shit, better get on it" So she redline's it and I'm right there next to her. I shifted at 6900rpm into second and pulled up past her fender and then I went into 3rd from 6700rpm and got a 1/2 car length on her. I didin't even look to how fast we were going. Then we slowed because that strip of road is known for having cops on it.

I started thinking, "How the hell did I beat a newer Celica GT-S? Was it the chick? Was it me? Was it my car? I had no clue, but I was happy that I beat a Celica GT-S because I thought they were faster than that. I did have Shell V-Power 93 octane gas in it, but would it make a difference?

Welll I thought it was a good race. Oh by the way I am all stock in the engine department.
 

01cleatus

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Good kill bro....but are you sure it was a GTS cause those Celicas are notorious for giving the GT model the exterior of the GTS..... The GT has 140 hp and the GTS has 180 hp. Either way good kill.
 

Integra01

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nice

01cleatus said:
Good kill bro....but are you sure it was a GTS cause those Celicas are notorious for giving the GT model the exterior of the GTS..... The GT has 140 hp and the GTS has 180 hp. Either way good kill.
My friend has a Celica GT-S and i romped on him with my 2001 GS-R, he was shifting into second and i was blowin by him in first. Man i love this car. Nice job on the win bro.
 

kcyrusm

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Integra01 said:
My friend has a Celica GT-S and i romped on him with my 2001 GS-R, he was shifting into second and i was blowin by him in first. Man i love this car. Nice job on the win bro.
Thats funny, cuz my cousin owns a gts and he say he can hit 60 in first gear... Maybe the guy you were racing shifted early? didn't wanna push his car? My cousin also said he raped a integra, not sure ls or gsr but the teg had cia/h/e. I know it makes a big difference between vtec and non with just h/i/e but my cousin's gsr is stock anyways. the dude's integra was auto also... alotta variables.
 


g3teg97

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kcyrusm said:
Thats funny, cuz my cousin owns a gts and he say he can hit 60 in first gear... Maybe the guy you were racing shifted early? didn't wanna push his car?
There's absolutly no way that could happen. She was serious and that engine was screaming just like mine. But all the way through 1st we were even, until shifted into 2nd and barked the tires that's when i started pulling. I was pulling slowly because in 2nd her front end was next to my front tire and then in 3rd her front end was by my rear tire.

It was definitly a GT-S and it was a stick. I saw the emblem on the back and it rolled back at the light..
 

kcyrusm

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I was refering to integra01's comment about blowin by a gts in first while the guy was shifting into second
 


IntegrasAreBest

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i dont know maybe she did initially start to race and then stopped...i'm not doubting your teg but is the gts really that slow???
 

jav8or

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im not gonna try and rain on anyones parade but to put things into perspective.............
i own a 02 gt-s ( w/ lower rev limiter)
i was driving down i 65 when an integra ls starts tailing me
at the time i had just a cai, another passenger, and we both brought about a weeks worth of luggage each
he guns it and goes by me
i politely ask my passenger if he minds if i try an catch this guy, he says go ahead
traveling about 60 mph i down shift to 3 rd and begin reeling this guy in HARD!
needless to say, i won

there is no way in fawk an ls is going to pull on a gt-s

you raced an auto.
the reason she rolled back was because she had to put it in neutral to rev her engine

case closed!
 

jav8or

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oh didnt notice that part of the story.
then you beat a VERY bad driver

you will not beat a half way decent driver in an gt-s with an ls integra

gt-s' are in the league with rsx-s' not integra ls'
 
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g3teg97

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jav8or said:
oh didnt notice that part of the story.
then you beat a VERY bad driver

you will not beat a half way decent driver in an gt-s with an ls integra

gt-s' are in the league with rsx-s' not integra ls'
Well, I've talked to a lot of people about them. A lot of people say they're slow but others say they have mad top end power.

But like you said, I'm surprised at what happened.
 

jav8or

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well if the gt-s is slow then the rsx-s is just as slow................barring any honda fanatic input
 

JimDCXC

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I've always heard stories about how those car's really aren't nearly as fast as claimed. jav8or, an RSX-S will own a Celica GTS anyday
 
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