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Old Mar 9, 2008 | 03:14 AM
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so, i was at the track the other day and this 1st gen scion XB ran a 20.1 and 63mph[sm=laughat.gif]
Old Mar 9, 2008 | 03:29 AM
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LOL, was it modded?
Old Mar 9, 2008 | 03:49 AM
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Probably modded with a 400 lb driver LAOAL!!!


I dunno, seems too pitiful for that car to basically take 20 seconds to get to 60 mph if it were bone stock....maybe its CAI slowed it down. [&:]
Old Mar 9, 2008 | 03:54 AM
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I'm pretty sure the guy wasnt trying. Them things should atleast run in the 16's or 17's, LOL.
Old Mar 9, 2008 | 04:08 AM
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ugh....try more like 18s. TURDS, but hell I dunno, I ran against a guy in a mid 90s neon that went 19.0 @ 58ish mph.....

I wonder if that guy ran his car, then plans on doing some mods and just ran for a baseline pass.
Old Mar 9, 2008 | 07:46 AM
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I hope it was a 1/4 mile track!
Old Mar 9, 2008 | 07:54 AM
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Hell, my 2003 3/4 ton Dodge Ram 4X4 with the 5.7 liter Hemi ran a flat 16 second 1/4 mile and it weighed over 6000 lbs! lol And that was with just a programmer.
Old Mar 9, 2008 | 09:55 AM
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I hear the drag coefficient becames a big factor after 20 mph with those cars. That must have slowed him down.
Old Mar 9, 2008 | 11:01 AM
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he must have been doing it as a joke with his friends. no real man would seriously run his scion xB
Old Mar 9, 2008 | 11:11 AM
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Oh yeah? What about that neon that I ran?



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