Re: OT: 2008 Pontiac G6 GXP

On Oct 27, 8:31 pm, "Tad Perry" <tadpe...@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
"ramashiva" <ramash...@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message

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On Oct 27, 2:47 pm, "XaQ Morphy" <a1c5...@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

On Oct 27 2009 4:27 PM, ramashiva wrote:
I already told you I blew the doors off an Infiniti with 50 more HP
and weighing 1000 pounds less. This was from a standing start.
Numbers on paper mean nothing.
A lot of it also has to do with the driver. A crappy driver could lose a
race in almost any car. There's so many drivers out there driving manual
that don't know how to shift it's amazing. My Corolla beat a Mustang 5.0
last year and I wouldn't be surprised if the guy dropped his transmission
based on all the grinding I heard. lol

Exactly.  If the driver is skilled, knows how to speed shift, and
knows the optimal rpm for each gear shift, a manual transmission is
superior.

For the average driver, a six-speed automatic, with the ECM computing
the optimal rpm for each shift point, is superior.

***

I've been reading along and it sounds to me (for whatever unknown reason)
that your car had the racing ECU. For awhile I owned a gray Mustang 5.0 GT
with the racing chip installed. It made *all* the difference. The car was
downright dangerous. Later I switched to a Saab 93 2.0T which for all
intents and purposes is even faster in the city because it can stay on the
road in a corner at 50 mph. The mustang could never do that. The power and
weight would send it right off the road if you took a corner too fast. You
should try another G6 and see how it feels. I bet it's totally different.

tvp

William Coleman  (ramashiva)

William Coleman I just had to chime in on this. You are an idiot.
Plain and simple. Your theory on cars is soo distorted, it proves you
dont know a darn thing about horsepower at all.

You made the comment about 80 MPH having a rpm limit at 2,000 so that
means at 240 mph your rmps would be 6,000. That is sheer stupidity.
I have a WS6 Trans Am and when I increase 10 mph I jump about 500
rpms. You dont double your speed to double your rpms. I cannot
believe someone can be soo stupid to say that.

Now onto this battery and alternator issue. Again you say some stupid
stupid stupid stuff. Your alternator CHARGES THE BATTERY! Thats it.
Your alternator DOES NOT supply power sirectly to your car. IT DOES
NOT DIRECTLY SUPPLY POWER TO ANYTHING IN YOUR CAR! Get that through
your head. Why do you think when kids install systems in their car
they connect them to the battery and can cause their lights to dim
when the bass hits? Because the battery drains its power and the
alternator doesnt have enough amps to recharge the battery fast
enough. You also have to ask yourself why your alternator can die but
you can still drive your car around and have lights and everything
working on your car. Its because the alternator doesnt supply power
to anything in the car. Dont believe me on that? Go look at your
alternator and follow the wires coming from it and see where they go.
here is a hint they dont go inside your car. They go to the battery.

Someone asked why they lose power with AC running. This has nothing
to do with your alternator. There are these things called pulleys on
your car. You have 1 at your crankshaft, 1 at your alternator, 1 at
your power steering, 1 for your water pump, and 1 for your A/C pump.
When your a/c is running your pump turns on and thats what causes the
drag on the motor. That has nothing to do with the alternator. The
more pumps you have running the more drag on the motor, but like has
been said the alternator pulley spins at all times. As do the other
pulleys, but when they turn on is when they dont spin freely and cause
drag on the motor. Unless your battery is low the alternator wont
pull power from your car when you step on the gas.
.

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