Great Vette kill
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Great Vette kill
Alright, let me first say, that I didn't start it. I'm not the guy that goes around looking to start races but sometimes, you just gotta do what you gotta go. A balding guy in his late 30s, early 40s was driving around with the top down, blaring music, in a shiny ultra clean 2004 Blue Corvette and proceeds to speed past me and pull in front of me. Well, I pull into the other lane which was completely open, and, imagine that, we line up at a light together. There was no traffic around , I too have my top down and I'm driving a friend to go get pizza after he installed my clutch adjuster kit. I can tell this guy is feeling pretty bad *** by the way he lines right up with me. He's the near middle aged guy in the sports car that can still make it look cool, but I don't know if he actually wanted to run and I'm not gonna start something like that, but you can just tell from the guys attitude that it's a possibility. When the light goes green, I rev my engine, but I dont drop the clutch cause I want to see what he does. Well, he goes, and when I drop the clutch and gun it I am exactly at his rear bumper, he got a good jump. I'm slowly pulling on him. First to his rear wheel. We shift into second, and both spin a bit. I pull up to his door, then his front wheel and I'm nose to nose with him as we shift into third, again, we both let out a shreak/chirp of wheel spin.. At this point, my supercharger is screaming and my passenger has a grin from ear to ear. I start really pulling on him. I'm over a car length ahead by fourth and he's still going. Well, I wasn't going to stop until he backed off and I proceed to lengthen the gap until I approached a second light and hit the brakes. This guy just drives right through the red light. We kinda meet up with him at another light, and I was gonna talk and ask if he had anything done, you know, the usual talk when you have a friendly race. but he just kinda ignores me, guess he was a little bitter. We end up going the same direction and later in town, we finally get to talk. I say, good run, and explain that i'm supercharged. He's pretty much stock (maybe an air filter). He points out how hard I was pulling on him near the end, and says, "You set me straight" Dont think he was too happy about it but, those words made my night. So much better than the guy that starts making excuses. I gave him a compliment on his car since it looked like it came off the showroom floor and mine was pretty dirty at the time.
So, now I'm 2-0 with vettes. First was a 97 Auto before I was tuned. This time was an 04 stick (no passengers) and I was at full weight (tire, jack, tools, junk, 170 lb passenger). I'm effectively done with C5s that are anywhere near stock.
So, now I'm 2-0 with vettes. First was a 97 Auto before I was tuned. This time was an 04 stick (no passengers) and I was at full weight (tire, jack, tools, junk, 170 lb passenger). I'm effectively done with C5s that are anywhere near stock.
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RE: Great Vette kill
Good kill, Bring on somemore race stories..I love to read them..My old mule is on blocks waiting for some parts[
]..Kinda helps keep the fire going .. I had a LT1 97 T/A w/ 6m and raced a lightning from a dig I blew the rear tires off my T/A and once I rolled out ran to fourth gear and could not even start reeling him in very shortly after that I sold it cause I felt so stupid getting beat by a pickup..It was pullied and god knows what else but that freakin thing was fast. I have never owned a falken tire since.So now I am building my old 89 iroc w/ 6m and small block carbureted. If I can ever get finished I'll be on the hunt
w/400+ HP.now that will be fun!!
]..Kinda helps keep the fire going .. I had a LT1 97 T/A w/ 6m and raced a lightning from a dig I blew the rear tires off my T/A and once I rolled out ran to fourth gear and could not even start reeling him in very shortly after that I sold it cause I felt so stupid getting beat by a pickup..It was pullied and god knows what else but that freakin thing was fast. I have never owned a falken tire since.So now I am building my old 89 iroc w/ 6m and small block carbureted. If I can ever get finished I'll be on the hunt w/400+ HP.now that will be fun!!
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RE: Great Vette kill
ORIGINAL: Bluvettec6
Who do you think would have won if both cars had SC's? Again, comparing mods to stock...C5's are running what 310rwhp?
Who do you think would have won if both cars had SC's? Again, comparing mods to stock...C5's are running what 310rwhp?
Whats your point whats faster stock??? Your just a tool man... What do you think mods and stuff are for... to make stuff interesting... How boring would it be to have just stock cars?
