Random Thoughts - HP by Year, Speeds, and Upgrades

[NickCats]

I was bored at work last week so I decided to pull some data :

YR - HP / TQ

97 - 201 / 181

00 - 217 / 192
00S- 250 / 225

03 - 228 / 192
03S- 258 / 229

05 - 240 / 199
05S- 280 / 236

07 - 245 / 201
07S- 295 / 251

Imagine Auto's Stage 2 Kit claims 23-28 HP and 25-29 TQ gains for $2200.

( This would put me in the 2003 Non S Range )

Times :

1999

0-60 6.7 sec
0-100 15.6 sec
1/4 mi - 14.7 sec
Top 149 mph

2003

0-60 6.0 sec
0-100 15.7 sec
1/4 mi 14.6 sec
Top 157 mph

So, it seems that $2200 would only buy me 0.7 sec 0-60 and 0.1 sec 1/4 mile ?

Looks like I would be better off saving up my $$$ for a supercharger or turbo !

Also, I was thinking about how much it sucks to own a sports car in Illinois :

- The condition of the roads are terrible !

- The weather sucks ! Only 6 months of top-down driving.

- Most of the roads here are so straight and boring. The only fun to be had is expressway on-ramps / off-ramps. We don't have some of the great winding roads like in California or down South, hence why I think a lot of us want to mod our cars for better straight line performance...

Thank goodness for Autocross, otherwise I don't think I would ever be able to experience the full potential of this car.

Don't get me wrong, I love my car, nothing beats a nice top down drive in the summertime, I just wished I lived somewhere else ( I guess the winter is starting to get to me ).

Just another incoherent ramble...

Thanks,

Nick