So is yours!! According to Car and Driver The top gear acceleration in a Corvette from 30-50 is 10.2 seconds the Viper does it in 10.3 and the tC does it in 8.5 Seconds! The top gear acceleration in a Corvette from 50-70 is 9.8 seconds in a Viper 9.7 seconds and in a tC 9.0 seconds! If you would ever be stupid enough to race a viper or a corvette hopefully they would mess up and upshift too early :rofl:

because the TC is geared stupidly low!!!! haha

because the TC is geared stupidly low!!!! haha

haha stupidly more acceleration haha :loser:

Heh, the tC is awesome! :)

So is yours!! According to Car and Driver The top gear acceleration in a Corvette from 30-50 is 10.2 seconds the Viper does it in 10.3 and the Tc does it in 8.5 Seconds! The top gear acceleration in a Corvette from 50-70 is 9.8 seconds in a Viper 9.7 seconds and in a TC 9.0 seconds! If you would ever be stupid enough to race a viper or a corvette hopefully they would mess up and upshift too early :rofl:hahahahahaha and the noob award of the year gos to..................

I'm gonna get a tC and my buddy is getting a viper. I'll let you know. :P Just kidding, I'm getting an automatic. Maybe I'll cheat...

I think toyota is putting something in the water after reading this post :P But hey if you can convince one of those guys to race yah from a roll in top gear. Put money on it! LOL

So is yours!! According to Car and Driver The top gear acceleration in a Corvette from 30-50 is 10.2 seconds the Viper does it in 10.3 and the Tc does it in 8.5 Seconds! The top gear acceleration in a Corvette from 50-70 is 9.8 seconds in a Viper 9.7 seconds and in a TC 9.0 seconds! If you would ever be stupid enough to race a viper or a corvette hopefully they would mess up and upshift too early :rofl:hahahahahaha and the noob award of the year gos to..................

Don't think I would ever be dumb enough to race these cars but facts are facts my friend and the post got your attention and made you reply didn't it? Learn how to spell goes

Learn to use punctuation marks. I don't think those numbers are as important as their 0-60 times, but it's cool to know! :lol:

Learn to use punctuation marks. I don't think those numbers are as important as their 0-60 times, but it's cool to know! :lol:

Hey thanks for the advice. :relief: In real world driving rolling acceleration is used way more. Just think you are the highway going 60 and the new driver of the viper next to you doesn't want you to pass him and doesn't think to downshift when you try to pass him. You might have a slight chance of getting by him. :silly:

on my way to pick up my roommate from work I did a 3rd gear roll run with an older grand national...I smoked him, talk about some turbo lag!!

This is because those speeds are insanely slow for a car of that caliber in top gear. They should be 80+ in top gear, not 30-50.

This is because those speeds are insanely slow for a car of that caliber in top gear. They should be 80+ in top gear, not 30-50.

Very good, I agree. :clap: :blah: But you have to admit it's interesting though.

yup...just like back in the day when the MR2 supercharged would smoke ANY car made up until 30mph

they do some of those tests by just putting the car in the highest or second to highest gear and flooring it, so I'm not all that suprised, especially if they kept the tC in third gear.

thats a pretty interesting fact!

THIS is why we get so many "I smoked a (fill in the blank) with my TC" because they consider "smoking" a car when they pull for the first 5 seconds...

I pulled up on a viper and told the driver lets see what u got, he told me to go first. I took off and got about 15 cars head of him then he took off and just blew by me like a bat at off hell!!! Best of all he didn't get the car out of third gear.

So am I to understand that they tested this 30-50mph in 5th gear or do they drop it to 3rd from 5th? What type of real-world application does this have? Sounds like a pretty pointless stat to me.

i've been in a viper and i dont think ive ever experienced acceleration like that in my life, it is absolutlely amazing and i dont care how much these numbers can appear confusing, but like everyone else said the viper would ____ on the tC...

i'm getting one as my next car even if it takes 7-10 years!

i've been in a viper and i dont think ive ever experienced acceleration like that in my life, it is absolutlely amazing and i dont care how much these numbers can appear confusing, but like everyone else said the viper would ____ on the tC...

i'm getting one as my next car even if it takes 7-10 years!

Don't waste $30,000, buy a Corvette instead... :eyebrow:

i've been in a viper and i dont think ive ever experienced acceleration like that in my life, it is absolutlely amazing and i dont care how much these numbers can appear confusing, but like everyone else said the viper would ____ on the tC...

i'm getting one as my next car even if it takes 7-10 years!

Don't waste $30,000, buy a Corvette instead... :eyebrow:

C6 Z06 :bow:

back when i first got my tC coming up to school with it...there was this red C5 drop top speeding with me...we rolled to a light...he was behind me...the guy stopped in the right turn lane said to "see what u got" cuz the old corvette driver obviously was in the racing mood...light turns green i take off and this corvette is wheelspinning past me on the shoulder like a bat out of hell...i was half way through second by the time he passed me and i doubt he left first gear as he passed me...theres no comparison between the two types of car...but it is kinda funny trying to draw some stats that make it look like our cars can "take" a 5.7 litre...

Seriously man - there's no replacement for displacement!

anyone else race a corvette yet?

That's really sad the the old guy in the Corvette had to smoke a 4-banger just to make himself feel good.

(He probably just got beat by an Evo and had something to prove)

i raced a gto from 40 and kept up right at his door he is afriend of mine and he said he had it to thre floor i thought maybe since he beats on it all the time it was broken but i guess not.

i raced a gto from 40 and kept up right at his door he is afriend of mine and he said he had it to thre floor i thought maybe since he beats on it all the time it was broken but i guess not.

WOW! Dude use some commas and periods. I can't understand a thing you just said.

back when i first got my tC coming up to school with it...there was this red C5 drop top speeding with me...we rolled to a light...he was behind me...the guy stopped in the right turn lane said to "see what u got" cuz the old corvette driver obviously was in the racing mood...light turns green i take off and this corvette is wheelspinning past me on the shoulder like a bat out of hell...i was half way through second by the time he passed me and i doubt he left first gear as he passed me...theres no comparison between the two types of car...but it is kinda funny trying to draw some stats that make it look like our cars can "take" a 5.7 litre...

That is hilarious!! :rolling: You actually tried to race a Corvette :lol: :lol: I would only suggest trying to race on while already going at least 50mph but even then you will probably lose

I think it isn't as much of a race but an exhibition ;)

So can we expect to see, "tC vs Corvette" and "tC vs Viper" threads here soon?

anyone else race a corvette yet?

No, but, I've driven my one of my co-workers/buddie's new C6 and there's no way I'm going up against it. It's a fun ride for sure.

but it is kinda funny trying to draw some stats that make it look like our cars can "take" a 5.7 litre...
the mentality of a ricer

did someone say rice?
http://www.laughatrice.com/gallery/albums/userpics/10001/normal_g18p10.jpg
:silly:

but it is kinda funny trying to draw some stats that make it look like our cars can "take" a 5.7 litre...
the mentality of a ricer

Seriously dude! Those things are monsters! B4 my Xa, I had a fully modded Civic Hatch with a H22a(Prelude engine).... One night i was cruising home on the I5 going north from Irvine to LA, when this 3rd gen accord wants to play... so we go... no doubt, left him behind like nothing.. till we passed this C5... that damn thing starts to pick up speed and cruise next to me at lik 85mph... I down shift ... took off and that damn thing caught up like almost instantly.. passes me... like itz not even trying!

I turned around and see this guy eating some kinda hot dog while he smokes my H22 Civic!! i mean seriously.. WTF?!?

put simply... a tC doesn't compare to a $30,000+ machine. just stop.

^^^ Agreed. What's next?

My tC is faster than a Maserati
My tC is faster than an Enzo Ferrari
My tC is faster than an Evo9 MR

I'm sure you could find where 1 single stat beats any one of these cars. My tC has more rear leg room and owns all of the above :P

no it's going to be TC VS Stealth fighter :rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl:

my tC is much faster than my previous toyota camry wagon. get some!

my tC is much faster than my previous toyota camry wagon. get some!

I would hope so!! :clap: So how do you guys like the gearing of your TC do you think it is to short or is it comparable to other cars youve driven????

the 5 spd gearing is actually very similar to many 5 spds on teh road so no complaining here.

i think i migh jus swap out the final gear to mak this more fuel efficient?

anyone else race a corvette yet?
He obviously didn't know I was racing him... hahahaha, j/k! No. I know better than to try. :rofl:

my tC is much faster than my previous toyota camry wagon. get some!

I would hope so!! :clap: So how do you guys like the gearing of your TC do you think it is to short or is it comparable to other cars youve driven????

I love acceleration. I don't love cruising on the highway at 80 or 90 and being able to hear it now that I have an intake and exhaust... it revs around 4k... so I try not to exceed 60mph.

Gearing in the tC is alot different than the GTO. GTO is around 2500 rpm at 90 in 6th. tC sounds like it's going to explode :). Even in 4th in the GTO 90 mph is like 4000 rpm.

People talk about how they dont like how "stupidly low" our trannys are geared, but I dont mind it that much especially if it gives better acceleration, although I just wish we had a 6th gear, I hate driving at 3200rpm going only 70mph.

Gearing in the tC is alot different than the GTO. GTO is around 2500 rpm at 90 in 6th. tC sounds like it's going to explode :). Even in 4th in the GTO 90 mph is like 4000 rpm.

Sheesh, I hate you! You own both of the cars I want(ed). :lalala: Nah, I don't hate you, though I am more than jealous! :P

i think that the tC is geared great...however yes Darkness....our cars desperately need a 6th gear...and yes racing the corvette was cool as hell...i knew i was going to lose but still...show him what u got...

I have yet to really race someone in my new TC but I was just wondering, is it better to hold it in the shorter gears longer or the higher gears longer in a general acceleration race with any car? Also is there any type of rev limiter on the Tc or is that someing you need to be careful of when racing?

I beat a viper with a mini cooper before. when my friend wasnt looking i unplugged his ps2 controller.

I drove an 05' Vette to sping break in florida! It will do well over 130 in 3rd gear! Our cars top out at 127.

You would blow the engine on an 05 vette going 130 in 3rd gear. Assuming a manual transmission anyway.

130 in 3rd gear would be 7961 rpm.
6500 rpm in 3rd is 106 mph.

106 in 3rd is still awesome though. The Camaro SS I used to have would do about the same.

I have yet to really race someone in my new TC but I was just wondering, is it better to hold it in the shorter gears longer or the higher gears longer in a general acceleration race with any car? Also is there any type of rev limiter on the Tc or is that someing you need to be careful of when racing?

Yea, it cuts off when you go 200RPM over redline

I beat a viper with a mini cooper before. when my friend wasnt looking i unplugged his ps2 controller.

:rofl:

When I first saw this, thot it was talking about a car in the GT4 video game, or maybe pushing all three cars off a cliff!! Interesting point .........

I pulled up on a viper and told the driver lets see what u got, he told me to go first. I took off and got about 15 cars head of him then he took off and just blew by me like a bat at off hell!!! Best of all he didn't get the car out of third gear.


:rofl: :rofl: :rofl: its still a toyota after all huh???? D@mN the salesperson told me differently

let this post die already please?

let this post die already please?

You just kept it alive :yawn: :doh:

This happened just a couple hours ago. When I got in my tc, I thought how funny this thread was. A couple minutes after I left home, what do I see? Yup a black corvette, latest model, right in front of me. So I sped up right next to him. Then we both managed to stop at a red side by side. I looked at him and he wasn't even looking back. I knew he didn't want none of this. So as the light turn green I hit the gas. I gotten at least 10 cars ahead of him within a minute. So its official. My tc beat a corvette (even though he didn't know we were racing). Who feels like cwlebrating? Punch and pie for everyone!

I just read that the New c6 can accelerate to 60 in first gear!! The tC can maybe hit 30. Also if you are in a Corvette or Viper it is highly unlikely that you would stay in top gear if you suddenly wanted to accelerate after cruising at 50 . In the tC you can accelerate pretty good in top gear after cruising at 50. Just a difference in gear ratios I guess.

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anyone else race a corvette yet?

Buddy of mine has a Z06. When I get a few items in my tC I'll let you know how things go down on the track.

anyone else race a corvette yet?

Buddy of mine has a Z06. When I get a few items in my tC I'll let you know how things go down on the track.

Like what few items?? Z06 Motor Swap?

http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=171380688923324218&q=gsx&pl=true

I did!! But he left me before i got out of neutral.. :lalala: lol, j/k
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Well the thread is about top gear acceleration. from 30 mph on. While this is moot, its amusing.

anyone else race a corvette yet?

Buddy of mine has a Z06. When I get a few items in my tC I'll let you know how things go down on the track.

Like what few items?? Z06 Motor Swap?

Lets see.. to beat the weaker c5 ZO6...

15psi, 100 shot, slicks, and a desire to send your piston to the moon.

c5z06 is a low 12 second car ...stock.

since zpi and scionspeed has achieved low 12 second cars.. do what they did.

bump

The vette and the snake both have the ability to "box" quicker than the tc and thats a very important stat, I'm surprised they don't list that somewhere.

The vette and the snake both have the ability to "box" quicker than the tc and thats a very important stat, I'm surprised they don't list that somewhere.

What are you talking about?

When you refer to "the snake" are you talking about the wrestler?

The vette and the snake both have the ability to "box" quicker than the tc and thats a very important stat, I'm surprised they don't list that somewhere.

What does "box" mean? Did you just make that up?

After reading this thread..

I want 3 minutes of my life back