Early 80s 5.0 vs. me
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Early 80s 5.0 vs. me
Got the opportunity to run an early 80s cobra I think. It had the hood and everything. He got next to me and was staring over. Before the light turned green he was lunging forward ready to go. I figured OK, there's nobody around I'm game.
At green he eases into it and I just kinda hang at his door waiting. Then I hear him get on it. I cranked it all the way up to 1/2 throttle in first real quick and pulled 2 cars on him and cruised away until the dreaded fly by.
Next light we hit it again. This time he isn't looking over. He's ALL business. I see he's ready to go. At green he goes and gets a little wheel spin. I go pretty easy through first and when I hit second I go to about 70% throttle and pull a quick 3 buslengths and this is NOT an exaggeration. Hit third and pull about 3 more. A half mile down the road he catches up and passes me. Still not looking over. Oh well.
I don't know what he was thinking. What made him think he could take me? What made him think after round one that he had ANY chance? Some people are nuts.
At green he eases into it and I just kinda hang at his door waiting. Then I hear him get on it. I cranked it all the way up to 1/2 throttle in first real quick and pulled 2 cars on him and cruised away until the dreaded fly by.
Next light we hit it again. This time he isn't looking over. He's ALL business. I see he's ready to go. At green he goes and gets a little wheel spin. I go pretty easy through first and when I hit second I go to about 70% throttle and pull a quick 3 buslengths and this is NOT an exaggeration. Hit third and pull about 3 more. A half mile down the road he catches up and passes me. Still not looking over. Oh well.
I don't know what he was thinking. What made him think he could take me? What made him think after round one that he had ANY chance? Some people are nuts.
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Crap. 13.80@98.7 with a terrible 2.0 60'
I can't really complain as the weather was not good at all. And my best 60' was 1.92, but I was heatsoaked and temps were still above 80 and DA was 2850'
I still believe this thing has 13.2-13.3 in it with a perfect night and with an actual cool down. My third run my car was damn near overheating.
An LS2 GTO was running 14.1@100.7
A mildly modded LS1 Camaro was running mid-high 13s@103
A Heads/Cam LS1 was running 13.4s@108
I have vids on youtube...
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=07oQ8hRhR4A
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PT2vZMErEnI
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TCx5NP3Lyw0
I can't really complain as the weather was not good at all. And my best 60' was 1.92, but I was heatsoaked and temps were still above 80 and DA was 2850'
I still believe this thing has 13.2-13.3 in it with a perfect night and with an actual cool down. My third run my car was damn near overheating.
An LS2 GTO was running 14.1@100.7
A mildly modded LS1 Camaro was running mid-high 13s@103
A Heads/Cam LS1 was running 13.4s@108
I have vids on youtube...
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=07oQ8hRhR4A
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PT2vZMErEnI
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TCx5NP3Lyw0
Last edited by LSWHO; 11-18-2008 at 04:13 PM.
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Crap. 13.80@98.7 with a terrible 2.0 60'
I can't really complain as the weather was not good at all. And my best 60' was 1.92, but I was heatsoaked and temps were still above 80 and DA was 2850'
An LS2 GTO was running 14.1@100.7
A mildly modded LS1 Camaro was running mid-high 13s@103
A Heads/Cam LS1 was running 13.4s@108
I have vids on youtube...
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=07oQ8hRhR4A
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PT2vZMErEnI
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TCx5NP3Lyw0
I can't really complain as the weather was not good at all. And my best 60' was 1.92, but I was heatsoaked and temps were still above 80 and DA was 2850'
An LS2 GTO was running 14.1@100.7
A mildly modded LS1 Camaro was running mid-high 13s@103
A Heads/Cam LS1 was running 13.4s@108
I have vids on youtube...
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=07oQ8hRhR4A
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PT2vZMErEnI
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TCx5NP3Lyw0
if i woulda had the cash i woulda went but getting my poly mounts put on drained my account! maybe this weekend once i get paid ill head over to one of the tracks.
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Thats not bad at all man, i'd say pretty friggin respectable. AZ def doesnt have the best DA not the worst either but it could be better.
if i woulda had the cash i woulda went but getting my poly mounts put on drained my account! maybe this weekend once i get paid ill head over to one of the tracks.
if i woulda had the cash i woulda went but getting my poly mounts put on drained my account! maybe this weekend once i get paid ill head over to one of the tracks.
I also did some NHRA adjustments for DA and such just to see and it would have been a 13.4@101 with a 2.0 60' So I can't hate my car too much.
I really wish I had a sea level cold track around here.
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[QUOTE=LT1;10507303]Was your 4 eye notch or hatch? I was trying to get a 4 eye notch for years they are hard to find for cheap. Heres a pic that made me fall in love with them. These cars only weigh around 3,000 lbs or less.
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Nice notch!
Heres my old fox.ran 12.6 with 270rwhp and weighed a tad under 3100lbs.
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Nice notch!
Heres my old fox.ran 12.6 with 270rwhp and weighed a tad under 3100lbs.
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I went 50% throttle against a carolla S once. It was in my low 13 second GTP and I would stomp on the throttle and let off, stomp let off, stomp let off. He almost pulled me!