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I don't get why people that have no idea what they're talking about try to talk about cars. I was at work today minding my own business when a coworker was listening to his friend talk about his FRS (coworker has the same car) he was saying he's going to put some turbo kit on it and make 405 horsepower without a tune, he would have to get 1000 mm injectors, blah blah something 660 turbo.
I wasn't saying anything in the conversation, just listening halfway, checking out display phones. So I asked him "what's a 660 turbo? I've never heard of one of those." He goes on to tell me that it's an "80something millimeter turbo" I kinda laugh and say are you sure that 2.0 will be able to spool that before hitting redline?
He takes it as an insult and says "don't be stupid, it'll spool at 3500 rpm." "Right. That's weird, my car with a 62mm turbo doesn't fully spool until about 4000 rpms and my motor is a little bigger than yours."
Him: "What piece of shit do you have? I'll race you as soon as my car is done and I'll have 405 horsepower! I'll race you for $1000!"
It's a neon that makes 440 horsepower last time I checked a few years ago and two rebuilds ago, everything is fixed now and it's running again, I'd guess it's making a little more now.
Him: "Yeah right, how much does it make to the wheels?
Umm, 440...I just said that.
Him: "Well how much did you pay for the car?"
I bought it used in 2005 with like 12,000 miles on it for 15.
Him: "Yeah right."
Huh? They were 20 grand when they came out, I bought one used.
Him: Well I'll smoke your ass and make $1000!
At this point I just kinda laughed and ignored him and went back to what I was doing. I didn't see a point in dragging it out and being a dick to a friend of a friend.
The sad thing to me is that the guy was in his 40s and had no idea what he was talking about and tries to call out random people for money races with a 400 hp like he's at the street races on beach street or some shit.
I wasn't saying anything in the conversation, just listening halfway, checking out display phones. So I asked him "what's a 660 turbo? I've never heard of one of those." He goes on to tell me that it's an "80something millimeter turbo" I kinda laugh and say are you sure that 2.0 will be able to spool that before hitting redline?
He takes it as an insult and says "don't be stupid, it'll spool at 3500 rpm." "Right. That's weird, my car with a 62mm turbo doesn't fully spool until about 4000 rpms and my motor is a little bigger than yours."
Him: "What piece of shit do you have? I'll race you as soon as my car is done and I'll have 405 horsepower! I'll race you for $1000!"
It's a neon that makes 440 horsepower last time I checked a few years ago and two rebuilds ago, everything is fixed now and it's running again, I'd guess it's making a little more now.
Him: "Yeah right, how much does it make to the wheels?
Umm, 440...I just said that.
Him: "Well how much did you pay for the car?"
I bought it used in 2005 with like 12,000 miles on it for 15.
Him: "Yeah right."
Huh? They were 20 grand when they came out, I bought one used.
Him: Well I'll smoke your ass and make $1000!
At this point I just kinda laughed and ignored him and went back to what I was doing. I didn't see a point in dragging it out and being a dick to a friend of a friend.
The sad thing to me is that the guy was in his 40s and had no idea what he was talking about and tries to call out random people for money races with a 400 hp like he's at the street races on beach street or some shit.
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