# Sweeet SonaBusa!

**URL:** <https://forums.speedlife.net/t/sweeet-sonabusa/265519>\
**Category:** Vendor Marketplace\
**Created:** [November 17, 2012, 11:43am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/sweeet-sonabusa/265519 "2012-11-17T11:43:07Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 20\
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**Author:** ![FastTwins](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/fasttwins/32/6601_2.png) [@FastTwins](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/FastTwins)\
**Post date:** [November 17, 2012, 11:43am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/sweeet-sonabusa/265519/1 "2012-11-17T11:43:07Z")

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[youtu.be/qMdWuXvi8OQ](https://youtu.be/qMdWuXvi8OQ)

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**Author:** ![Smoosh](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/smoosh/32/6419_2.png) [@Smoosh](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Smoosh)\
**Post date:** [November 17, 2012, 4:21pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/sweeet-sonabusa/265519/2 "2012-11-17T16:21:58Z")

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This thing is great! Sounded amazing when you left the shop today!  
Good meeting you too by the way!

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**Author:** ![FastTwins](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/fasttwins/32/6601_2.png) [@FastTwins](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/FastTwins)\
**Post date:** [November 17, 2012, 7:26pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/sweeet-sonabusa/265519/3 "2012-11-17T19:26:24Z")

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Good to see you today too!  
Sounded good eh?  
I need a chase car and a video man.  
To get some promo vid.

Whatd Mike say…lmao

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**Author:** ![ramairetransam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/58956e/32.png) [@ramairetransam](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/ramairetransam)\
**Post date:** [November 18, 2012, 6:34am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/sweeet-sonabusa/265519/4 "2012-11-18T06:34:59Z")

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doesnt look fast , is it ?

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**Author:** ![Sketchy](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/sketchy/32/6378_2.png) [@Sketchy](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Sketchy)\
**Post date:** [November 18, 2012, 8:09am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/sweeet-sonabusa/265519/5 "2012-11-18T08:09:17Z")

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> [@ramairetransam"](#):
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> doesnt look fast , is it ?

Thinking the same thing it doesn’t look that fast in the video

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**Author:** ![KrazyKid](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/krazykid/32/6371_2.png) [@KrazyKid](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/KrazyKid)\
**Post date:** [November 19, 2012, 7:08am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/sweeet-sonabusa/265519/6 "2012-11-19T07:08:16Z")

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LOL videos cant show speed without a refrence.

I will put money on its faster from a dig than a NEW WRX, and a stock Evo X auto. 100% sure its faster than a chipped 1.8T audi, and up to 100mph its probably faster than a stock LT1 camaro.

Darryl and I took it for a ride, on the roads by my shop I have driven alot of cars on, so the refrence points and speed we hit them at… thats how I am basing my statements above on.

200HP, less than 2000lbs. You do the math.

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**Author:** ![KrazyKid](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/krazykid/32/6371_2.png) [@KrazyKid](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/KrazyKid)\
**Post date:** [November 19, 2012, 7:09am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/sweeet-sonabusa/265519/7 "2012-11-19T07:09:07Z")

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and that video hes BABYING it! LOL

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**Author:** ![d\_gage](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/d_gage/32/6321_2.png) [@d\_gage](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/d_gage)\
**Post date:** [November 19, 2012, 7:23am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/sweeet-sonabusa/265519/8 "2012-11-19T07:23:53Z")

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Love this car. Someone with a new WRX step up and reference race! haha

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**Author:** ![KrazyKid](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/krazykid/32/6371_2.png) [@KrazyKid](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/KrazyKid)\
**Post date:** [November 19, 2012, 7:35am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/sweeet-sonabusa/265519/9 "2012-11-19T07:35:14Z")

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2012 wrx 265hp @ 3100lb’s

[http://www.wallaceracing.com/et-hp-mph.php](http://www.wallaceracing.com/et-hp-mph.php)

Your ET / MPH computed from your vehicle weight of 2000 pounds and HP of 200 is 12.55 seconds and MPH of 106.76 MPH.

VS

Your ET / MPH computed from your vehicle weight of 3100 pounds and HP of 265 is 13.22 seconds and MPH of 101.33 MPH.

and to back up the wrx calc above:

> **[2011 WRX 1/4 mile](http://www.clubwrx.net/forums/motorsports-talk/134343907-2011-wrx-1-4-mile.html)**
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> ClubWRX.net - Subaru Impreza WRX Online Forum Community

🙂 bench racing at its finest here. lol

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**Author:** ![d\_gage](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/d_gage/32/6321_2.png) [@d\_gage](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/d_gage)\
**Post date:** [November 19, 2012, 7:40am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/sweeet-sonabusa/265519/10 "2012-11-19T07:40:19Z")

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> [@NYSpeed Watkins Glen (IRL) Showcase - July 4th, 5th & 6th 2008! \*Now With TRACK TIME!](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/nyspeed-watkins-glen-irl-showcase-july-4th-5th-6th-2008-now-with-track-time/45532/243):
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> 🙂 bench racing at its finest here. lol

What about a 95 lt1 corvette?

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**Author:** ![FastTwins](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/fasttwins/32/6601_2.png) [@FastTwins](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/FastTwins)\
**Post date:** [November 19, 2012, 7:51am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/sweeet-sonabusa/265519/11 "2012-11-19T07:51:42Z")

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Mike,

Your calc is off a tick.

With both of us in it - it weighs 2000#.  
With one driver it weighs only weighs 1800#

Check out the balance too!

![http://i922.photobucket.com/albums/ad64/dfcarl/SonaBusa/1B196B3E-A840-4A76-8EA0-0F80431B9F71-4289-0000062D80596FF3.jpg](http://i922.photobucket.com/albums/ad64/dfcarl/SonaBusa/1B196B3E-A840-4A76-8EA0-0F80431B9F71-4289-0000062D80596FF3.jpg)

What does that do to the estimate calc?

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**Author:** ![TurboTravis](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/turbotravis/32/6406_2.png) [@TurboTravis](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/TurboTravis)\
**Post date:** [November 19, 2012, 8:05am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/sweeet-sonabusa/265519/12 "2012-11-19T08:05:10Z")

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Run it on a 1/4 mile app for iPhone, they are dead nuts accurate when used properly.

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**Author:** ![KrazyKid](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/krazykid/32/6371_2.png) [@KrazyKid](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/KrazyKid)\
**Post date:** [November 19, 2012, 8:08am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/sweeet-sonabusa/265519/13 "2012-11-19T08:08:52Z")

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95 lt1 is what 3300 and 300hp? on paper it still isnt enough

Darryl, 1800 and some fouled plugs taking 50hp off it says it will still run a 13.3! 🙂

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**Author:** ![KrazyKid](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/krazykid/32/6371_2.png) [@KrazyKid](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/KrazyKid)\
**Post date:** [November 19, 2012, 8:10am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/sweeet-sonabusa/265519/14 "2012-11-19T08:10:25Z")

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> [@TurboTravis"](#):
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> Run it on a 1/4 mile app for iPhone, they are dead nuts accurate when used properly.

good point! Darrly shoot a vid of it 🙂

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**Author:** ![d\_gage](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/d_gage/32/6321_2.png) [@d\_gage](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/d_gage)\
**Post date:** [November 19, 2012, 8:49am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/sweeet-sonabusa/265519/15 "2012-11-19T08:49:04Z")

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> [@NYSpeed / OSYN Track Days 2008 \[Next Day: Sept 13th\] \*NEW: Track Timing System!\*](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/nyspeed-osyn-track-days-2008-next-day-sept-13th-new-track-timing-system/44963/229):
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> 95 lt1 is what 3300 and 300hp? on paper it still isnt enough
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> Darryl, 1800 and some fouled plugs taking 50hp off it says it will still run a 13.3! 🙂

I know, I was kidding

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**Author:** ![sbardy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/8edcca/32.png) [@sbardy](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/sbardy)\
**Post date:** [November 19, 2012, 2:08pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/sweeet-sonabusa/265519/16 "2012-11-19T14:08:28Z")

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you guys really base your 1/4 mile times off calculations and apps?

Badass car either way, soo different…

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**Author:** ![TurboTravis](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/turbotravis/32/6406_2.png) [@TurboTravis](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/TurboTravis)\
**Post date:** [November 19, 2012, 4:26pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/sweeet-sonabusa/265519/17 "2012-11-19T16:26:29Z")

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> [@RIP, another biker down and out...](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/rip-another-biker-down-and-out/51115/2):
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> you guys really base your 1/4 mile times off calculations and apps?
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> Badass car either way, soo different…

On a flat road, a properly used iPhone app or Gtech is dead nuts accurate, period. Like it, hate it, laugh at it-it is what it is. The trap speed can run high but that’s no fault of the phone/Gtech. The MPH on the Gtech is at the 1/4 mile mark where as at the track is an average of the last 60(?) feet.

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**Author:** ![sbardy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/8edcca/32.png) [@sbardy](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/sbardy)\
**Post date:** [November 19, 2012, 5:19pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/sweeet-sonabusa/265519/18 "2012-11-19T17:19:39Z")

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> [@FS: Steelies](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/fs-steelies/49885/7):
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> On a flat road, a properly used iPhone app or Gtech is dead nuts accurate, period. Like it, hate it, laugh at it-it is what it is. The trap speed can run high but that’s no fault of the phone/Gtech. The MPH on the Gtech is at the 1/4 mile mark where as at the track is an average of the last 60(?) feet.

Nice to know.

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**Author:** ![FastTwins](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/fasttwins/32/6601_2.png) [@FastTwins](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/FastTwins)\
**Post date:** [November 20, 2012, 2:41pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/sweeet-sonabusa/265519/19 "2012-11-20T14:41:00Z")

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Leaving the driveway-

[youtu.be/sggoO1KCTFU](https://youtu.be/sggoO1KCTFU)

A drive by! -

[youtu.be/j1XjkZsh1rk](https://youtu.be/j1XjkZsh1rk)

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**Author:** ![d\_gage](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/d_gage/32/6321_2.png) [@d\_gage](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/d_gage)\
**Post date:** [November 20, 2012, 7:37pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/sweeet-sonabusa/265519/20 "2012-11-20T19:37:22Z")

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Honestly, that put such a huge smile on my face. the sounds coming from that car is AWESOME. Thanks for sharing
