Street Racing & Kill Stories - LT1 vs Saleen Mustang

Nothing pisses me off more than arrogant assholes with mommy and daddy's money. I was inspired to retell this story from 2 years ago.

When I was in high school I worked my ass off at Zaxby's to buy my Dad's 96 Formula that was Cammed, 3800 Stall, and a 12 Bolt 4.10 geared rear end (I dont know how this thing shifted with such a high gear but it did) and had all the bolt ons, Tuned and Nitrous (I miss that car so much). The first day with it Im approached by this asshole who had convinced his parents to buy him a Saleen Mustang because he saw it in 2 fast 2 furious. He says "Nice car...too bad my car will shit all over it." Im like Mods? He says stock straight from Saleen. So I pretend to ablige him but inside Im boiling inside that I just worked my ass off for this car and he wants to brag about about his Mommy's Money saleen. So I said you know you're probably right but just for the hell of it lets meet after school at X road.

He acts all suprised and was like you really want to race me? Im like yeah it would be fun. So we meet up we agree to race from A point to B point. We leave and as expected he begins to pull away from me then I hit the Nitrous and begin to gain on him and as Im passing him I see the most priceless look on his face "Like NO Im supposed to win this one" and I get him by a half a car at the stripe. Dont know what the distance but I was at 149 by the time I let off.

He does a ricer flyby on the way back flicking me off. At school the next day he refuses to ever acknowledge that the race happened so I posted it on youtube (Took it off when I was in the police academy and was trying to get a job) But now he refuses to acknowledge that it was his car or him driving it.

Sold the car (and my other LT1..owned 2 formulas at one time) to buy and build a LS1. I miss it so much. *Sniff*

i love doing that

Good race, but too much whining about him having the car bought for him. Who would say no to a free car?

was this a new edge, a stock saleen is pretty much a cute GT. you needed nitrous in a cammed lt1?

could be stock s/c'd

was this a new edge, a stock saleen is pretty much a cute GT. you needed nitrous in a cammed lt1?

The Saleen also has a SC. ;)
Nice kill OP. Was it just the S281? Only a couple bolt-ons a body kit and some suspension work. The S281SC is the only one with any major power.

The Saleen also has a SC. ;)
Nice kill OP. Was it just the S281? Only a couple bolt-ons a body kit and some suspension work. The S281SC is the only one with any major power.

yeah thats what i was thinking, but he didn't specify.

nice kill man, those always feel good. But I'm with everybody else wondering if it was the s/c one, cause if not you shouldn't have needed the spray if you're cammed.

dang i woulda thought you would have beat him by a lot more than that. that saleen must be faster than i thought.

i think stock s/c saleens - low-mid 13. non s/c saleen - 14s (roundabout same as gts)

A decent driver can run 12s in a new S/C Saleen... the N/A ones are mid 13s, just like the GTs. The New Edge S/C Saleens were low 13s most of the time, and the N/A ones would OCCASIONALLY get in the high 13s.

yeah I had no idea on new ones, i was talking about new edge body style

Story is referring to events that happened 2 years ago, so it's whatever Saleen was new back then.

Well the S197 was new back then, but I think it was a New Edge Saleen in the movie (2Fast 2 Furious, which was mentioned) so only the OP knows what kind of car it was.

Kinda how I got my S/N. Cocky kid in an older Saleen S/C wanted to run at like 1 in the morning. We were dead even when I was stock until about 90 when I pulled a nose.

Good race, but too much whining about him having the car bought for him. Who would say no to a free car? I dont think its so much the fact it was free. More so the kid in the saleen being an asshole, bragging about his car and having a underserved sense of accomplishment. Glad you beat him! To bad you couldnt get him to run again.

Nice, Gotta love the LT1 kills

It had the same body style as the Saleen in 2f2f, it had a supercharger and he CLAIMED it put down 600 horsepower. And he claimed it was stock. I dont know too much about saleens or mustangs in general so draw your own conclusions from that.

Good race, but too much whining about him having the car bought for him. Who would say no to a free car?


I agree, but it has to do more with the fact he is bragging about a gift.

It had the same body style as the Saleen in 2f2f, it had a supercharger and he CLAIMED it put down 600 horsepower. And he claimed it was stock. I dont know too much about saleens or mustangs in general so draw your own conclusions from that.

Ehh, no, hes a toolbag.

I think it's more about the fact that the kid was just an idiot who didn't know what he was talking about. If that's the case though, why even bring up how he got the car?

To clarify...I dont care that he got the car for free. If someone offered me a POS for free Id take it, a sports car much more so. Its the fact he was flaunting it that pissed me off.


And furthermore I can confirm it was supercharged but no more (Im not sure what the stock externals of a saleen look like so I cant tell what was upgraded and what was stock). Sounded pretty good though.