raced a 300C

[audiblack]

well driving down the road on 17 mile in detroit when i spotted a couple of guys standing around a black A4. i pulled ovr and started talkin to the owner, young kind, didnt know much about the car but whatever...took him for a ride and his friend jumped in and said he wants to race me with his 300C which i think was rented.but anyway stopped in the middle of the road and counted to 3..booom i had him all the way till 60 mph and then when his V8 kicked in he closed in and passed me gradually...stopped raced again same result...

i didnt wana race him at first but now after the results taht car is slow from launch..

anyway happy day that i had a kill..

[Quattrophile]

"....and then his V8 kicked in."

Its not like it's V-TEC or a turbo man.

[nadroj81]

guy probably punched it and traction control was on.

with that car its probably faster to give it half gas at first then floor it.

[JoJo]

what mods do you have done? If the v8=the hemi, i'm guessing the kid just didn't know how to drive.
On a side note, I love those damn things. They look very bentley/rolls-ish. If I was buying a car right now, it would probably be a black 300c on 22's.

[A4 - Oh Snap]

what car isn't faster than the A4?

[audiblack]

hey if he did know how to drive or if he didnt bottom line i took him to 60...i had a car jump on him..wasnt like i barely was ahead...i saw his car in my side mirror...but whatever i dont really care. a kill is a kill

[CyberPMG]

If you look at the new Hemi that they're using in the 300C and the Dodge Magnum, you'll find out that the engine doesn't operate on all 8 cylinders all the time. In fact, it will shut down 4 cylinders to improve fuel economy (at the sacrifice of less power). That means in order to utilize the full power of the engine, you have to step on the gas and give it time to kick in the other 4 cylinders. Hence the "when [the] V8 kicked in" statement would be accurate.

After the engine was operating on all cylinders, it's hard to compete against 340 HP and 390 ft. lbs. of torque. It can make that 4000+ lb. tank move very fast. Our A4 is only 600+ lbs. lighter with a lot less HP and torque.

[nadroj81]

I was looking into purchasing a 300c a few weeks ago.
There is a supercharger available for the hemi, the software still has some glitches, but i would probably just get it custom tuned and there is programing to keep all cylinders afire all the time. For under 40K i would have a 500hp car that is fun to cruise in.

but, being that i am purchasing a condo, i decided it would be against my best interests to have a larger car payment.

[HighPSI]

Yeah, GM is doing it, called "displacement on demand", dont know what chrysler calls it and didnt know they were utilizing it in the hemi..interesting

[Wilafur]

Originally posted by nadroj81
I was looking into purchasing a 300c a few weeks ago.
There is a supercharger available for the hemi, the software still has some glitches, but i would probably just get it custom tuned and there is programing to keep all cylinders afire all the time. For under 40K i would have a 500hp car that is fun to cruise in.

but, being that i am purchasing a condo, i decided it would be against my best interests to have a larger car payment.

you and me both on both counts. i was seriously debating to trade in my a4 for a 300c but since i am in the condo hunt, i figured its just not the right time.

good luck in your condo purchase.

[01B5turboQ]

Originally posted by audiblack
then when his V8 kicked in he closed in and passed me gradually...stopped raced again same result...

LOL , a Hemi 300c would smoke a chipped A4.You raced a base model 190 hp v6 rental car. I love that quote though . BTW no driver error , Its an automatic.One last thing , the fuel economy mode isnt always on , it only occours when driving at a sustained speed . Sometimes I wonder about you b6'ers

[nadroj81]

Originally posted by 01B5turboQ
Are you serious ? Have you no idea about that car ? It pulls a 6.3 0-60 stock trim , and its auto so no driver error. I think you raced a booty ass 190 hp v6 rental 300 "limited" a 300C HEMI would smoke a chipped a4 .... btw audis are not light car either. and btw , the fuel economy mode only comes into play when the pedal isnt floored .or your driving long periods of time at a sustained speed. Sometimes i wonder about you b6'ers

now through a supercharger and nitrous into the mix!

[01B5turboQ]

I had to revise

[nadroj81]

Originally posted by 01B5turboQ
LOL , a Hemi 300c would smoke a chipped A4.You raced a base model 190 hp v6 rental car. I love that quote though . BTW no driver error , Its an automatic.One last thing , the fuel economy mode isnt always on , it only occours when driving at a sustained speed . Sometimes I wonder about you b6'ers

yea, also i had watched a dateline thing, they had the GM tahoe or whatever that had the same thing equiped and its mroe of a marketing ploy, it really only saves like 1MPG. they were pretty unimpressed.

[audiblack]

hey man im telling you what happened and it wasn't the V6 becuz a V6 would not pull after 60mph the way that car did..and i aint stupid enough to call a V6 a V8. i know wat i saw and i know what i raced..if u can't handle it then don't post up attacking people...i was just telling my story..i repsect your opinion but dont try to be smarter than someone else with your remarks

[01B5turboQ]

Okay , I am not trying to be smarter. Im just using my brain. A 4000 pound vehicle with 360 horsepower and 390 foot pounds of tourqe Vs. a 3400 pound vehicle with 170 horsepower and 166 foot pounds of tourqe (Correct for mods, but even a nicely modded car wont show crank #'s like the 300) racing from a stop to 60 miles per hour and above. The hemi wich can achieve such speeds in 6.3 seconds and the Audi wich can achieve such speeds in 7.8 seconds .Now the 300C HEMI is an automatic . So there is minimal driver error if any , its just press and go. You on the other hand are most likely a manual, but according to your story you were ahead of him untill the 60 mile per hour mark. Now your car is 600 pounds lighter but unfourtunatley his motor makes up for that . So I find it very unlikely this was a V8 powered 300C.

[audiblack]

7.8 sec's?? daymm

i guess u just solved the mystery didn't you

do you know that the driver is what makes a car and not the engine or mod's u have in it...that guy was soo stupid to race me, and you know why..becuz im street smart with these racers. this guy didn't know what the hell he was driving, all he knew was to push the gas pedal. i don;t know exactly what he did but im sure my eyes don't lie and he lost both times. but what i can honestly tell you is that this 300C whatever it was V6 or V8 was moving at an incredible speed after 60. cuz on the 2nd race after he passed me, i noticed one thing, he let go of the gas, the car dropped, and in another second he pressed again and the car just launched up and went. now you say u like using your brain, would a V6 have that much power to lift the front of a 4000 pound car off the ground like that??

[audiblack]

btw this is a healthy argument..no need to be getting personal from either of us..let facts prove themselves

[HighPSI]

If it was in fact a V8 with something similar to the "displacement on demand", then its not a "fuel economy mode" that just turns on and off, the egine/ecu recognizes when higher loads on the engine demands more power and then it employs more of the cylinders. Some of the V8's with this technology actually will run on as few as 2 cylinders, and while fewer cylinders are used more frequently when cruising, if you just mash the pedal at a light, there is in fact a delay to get more cylinders up and firing (look at delay albeit minimal that we experience b/c of DBW, then consider that DBW may be used in combo with DOD)because some of the cylinders have shut down during deceleration prior and during the previous stop. I have driven them at various "ride and drives" previous to their release, and spoken to developers and engineers of the vehicles at these events and other briefly, while i dont recall all the tech details mumbo jumbo about it, this is the basic drift...anyway, this is how i understand it with GM's technology, may very well be completely different for chryler/dodge...just my .02

[audiblack]

great info pal

[01B5turboQ]

There is a 250 hp v6 in the 300 series lineup also .