I don't get it...

<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE(Tha Master of Jive @ Jul 20 2006, 11:14 AM) [snapback]289365[/snapback]</div>

I think you need to change lures.

Now if you had said you were on your way to Starbucks for a Tazo and a croissant listening to Pavarotti after having just seen "An Inconvenient Truth" and thinking about global warming and how much you hate Bush...

 

<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE(Tha Master of Jive @ Jul 20 2006, 12:14 PM) [snapback]289508[/snapback]</div>

A 2004 modified Prius holds the hybrid speed record at 130.794 mph. Among the changes made were to the wheels, final gear ratio and inverter voltage.

 

<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE(Tha Master of Jive @ Jul 20 2006, 02:14 PM) [snapback]289508[/snapback]</div>

find the posts about the Can-view. It provides that info and more on the MFD (although not for the 2006 yet, i'm pretty sure).

 

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Old white people. Can't live with 'em, can't shoot 'em (not all of them, anyway).

 

<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE(Tha Master of Jive @ Jul 20 2006, 03:14 PM) [snapback]289508[/snapback]</div>

YO dog, peep dis.... I wuz readin bout a Prizzy servin' a viper and a mtorcycle, and dere aint no way, fo shizzle. Da best I could figure, is dat dey aint know dey wuz racin' What up yo? Welcome to PC, it's all goot......

Seriously... I enjoyed reading your posts. I got a good laugh. No ill will intended. Peace Out!

 

Maybe he can chirp his tires. He has a Package 9 2006 Prius, the only one I've ever heard of.

 

You most certainly *can* chirp the tires on a Prius, I own a Classic and can do it all the time, but it's one chirp and then the traction control cuts in and then the tires grip and you go normally.. It really depends on the tires (the brand/model and their state of wear as well as the road surface) vs. any hard rule that says you can't do it..

As for fast pickup, I find that stomping on the pedal is absolutely the wrong thing to do for fast pickup.. If you stomp on it, it sits there for about 2 seconds before it even begins to move, and then it moves away very slowly before finally picking up speed.. The fastest way I've found is to simply accelerate gradually under moderate pedal pressure, and once you've got a bit of momentum, increase the pedal (but again, don't stomp on it, otherwise you'll get the 2 second delay again) and let the electric motors do their job and you'll just take off..

 

<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE(Tha Master of Jive @ Jul 21 2006, 07:54 AM) [snapback]289875[/snapback]</div>

Scrap the crap Prii you got and go for the Tesla. No mods needed (except for neon mebbe).

 

If I turn the steering wheel all the way to the left, stand on the brakes and the gas at the same time (all the way to the floor), I can get a very small chirp out of the tires in a Prius. I did it one day while driving a dealer owned Prius to an ecology show. my wife was next to me in a Highlander hybrid and she just laughed at me but she then informed people at the show that the Prius does have enough power to chirp the tires as a way of smoothing questions about performance.

Racing on the street and Drag Racing, despite what Websters might say, are two different things. I actually feel using a Prius body on a drag car might generate a whole lot of interest in hybrid technology from a group of peoplewho are extremely well versed in efficiency and very creative in their understanding of how to modify a vehicle to maximize its potential.

However the bottom line is the Prius does economy and environment better than just about anything else on the road and it does it with comfort and safety. It is not and probably never will be a sports car by any stretch of the imagination although the Prius body is extremely aerodynamic and I can picture a replica of the body being used in racing situations.

 

<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE(NuShrike @ Jul 20 2006, 01:27 PM) [snapback]289562[/snapback]</div>

ROFLMAO!!
If you can afford all those Mods just let someone else have the Prius and go buy yourself a ricer. Don't mess up a good car. Try to avoid slamming your race car into that nice family with two car seats in the back too.

 

<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE(Tha Master of Jive @ Jul 20 2006, 11:27 AM) [snapback]289381[/snapback]</div>

Obviously

<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE(markymags @ Jul 20 2006, 12:33 PM) [snapback]289419[/snapback]</div>

or parents GIVING them cars

<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE(McShemp @ Jul 21 2006, 09:22 AM) [snapback]289892[/snapback]</div>

or, more succinctly, if you don't like the car your parents GAVE you, then use YOUR money and buy something else. Hmmmm...maybe they're PUNISHING you (I wonder why?)

 

<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE(Tha Master of Jive @ Jul 20 2006, 03:35 PM) [snapback]289522[/snapback]</div>

Have you tried doing a search on modifications that have been done. I'm sure you get or give that advice on the Civic forums. There's a lot of info on this site and the Internet on what people have done. The fact that you latched onto "beating the snot out of vipers" tells me you need to do some more reading. Somehow, I doubt your parents are going to let you do anything to their Prius except maybe wash it, if in fact they own one. You are capable of writing in a normal fashion but choose the Ali G impersonation, thinking it's creative and having a little fun for the benefit of your Civic buddies. I think you are a lot smarter than your "gravity" comment would imply. Not knowing what package the Prius is indicates you do not have much interest in it at all.

 

You know, i didn't really think much about it before, but i just did a search of the site here and can't find a post where someone claims a prius beat a viper... the closest i can find is in the old hybrid racing stories thread where someone talks about taking the 400h against a viper and losing...