I bought my 1995 v6 3.8not to long ago. let me add i love it. but i havent had much time to find out what it excatly can do.someone i know just bought a 1997 3000gt sl. not the twin turbo. its rated at about 225 hp and 200 pounds of torque. his is a manual and mine is an auto...he wants to race me. think i could win this one?

 

It will be close but you should be a good match for him. The SL is still heavy and lacks some of the low end power of the 3.8. Still it would be a good race. You should be able to take him

 

Do it. Should be fun.

 

and let us know what happens

 

oh im goin to do it and i'll let you know how it goes.

 

from what ive heard the 3000gt looks way faster than it actually is.
my friend picked one up off his grandpa for $5k
and the fxcking things only got 5000 miles on it. talk about a deal.
but its still notvery fast. i think my camaro could take him but he wont race it.

 

yeah antoher one of my friends has one but he has the vr4 twin turbo. its still not all that fast. but it could beat my 3800.[:@]

 

The VR4 3000GT is a great idea. But it ends there. The car is super heavy for its power tiping in close to 3700 pounds from a car that only makesany where from 260 up to around 280 HP in her best years at the crank. She alsohas a bigproblemin herAWD drive line. Only making about 220-240 to the groundonce againdepending on the year. This is why the VR4 gallant and the GSX are more common power plants to build off of for most DSM guys.

Dont get me wrong its still a nice car and stock for stocki am sorry to say isgoing to be my pick vs a stock 3.8. The good news is if your friends car is stick and he cant drive it is very easy to bog the the car from a dig and you may have a chance. The down side is if he is a fair driver and has ran the car a few times he will know this and will get a good jump out of the hole as long as his clutch is good and up to spec.

 

your racing a boat with wheels that has 10 more horse power and 20 less torque.....dont miss a shift....

 

*bunkers down waiting for 3000gtKicksAss to come back*

You'll take him as long as you have a decent driver mod...