Yes I need to stop with my dad. I just don't like how hardheaded he can be sometimes. We don't ever fight tho I mean everyone is different but whenever I go a certain way he goes the opposite direction. Its cause he cares about his son though and a low 13 second car is pretty damn quick. maybe not in everyones opinion but like we were talking about earlier, I could prob beat a new $35,000 camaro ss. Thats pretty good for a 15 year old.

And quite frankly if I could sneak into the track at night alone I think that would be best. Im sure I will get laughed at but as long as im having fun... getting laughed at... lol

 

God I feel like I annoy the **** out of people when I start asking them about cars and what I might run at the track. I was asking my friend who's parents do a ton of business with my dad about what his ws6 ran and I feel like im rambling on and on. Maybe im too paranoid.

 

you are just a car guy. don't sweat it lol. if your personal stuff keeps you from the track its not your fault. with your ambition i'm sure you will be tearing it up in a few years.

when i was 16 i was nuts about cars. i wanted a v8 chevy truck. i told my parents that i didn't even care if it was old as long as it had a 350 in it. they got me an 89 chevy cheyenne with a 4.3 and 5 speed. it was a dog. 160k miles and had very little left. after that it was hand me down car after another until i graduated college and got a job then it was ls1's and crotch rockets

i guess i'm saying be glad you at least got something cool to start with. i know you cant wait to drive/drag it but your time is coming soon.

p.s. i think your dad is hooking you up more than you know.

pp.s. my parents never knew when we went to the drag strip

 

As far as me loving cars, my dad being in the car business, his dad being in the car business, I think I want to become a mechanic. Idk yet. I hear your not supposed to tie in your hobbies with work cause then you stop loving your hobby. I dont get that though because your supposed to do what you love right? Im still trying to hunt down the right college that can teach me what I need to know in the auto industry and then land me a spot as a mechanic or something for a major comapny.

 

My friend said his WS6 with an A4 ran 12.5 at 113 with lid, k&n, headers and exhaust. If he ran that with those mods, i feel like I could hit at least 12.7 or 12.8.

 

Yes.

When I was your age I was doing a lot of computer stuff for friends/family, always nerding it up in conversation, building my own machines and whatnot.

14 years later.. I hate computers I just want them to work.

It's true what they say.. do what you enjoy and you'll never "work" a day in your life.

the problem is you're not always doing what you enjoy. In fact you might get stuck in a position with limited/no mobility and a lower than desired inome.. in oh say a recession.. where that fixer upper you bought just out of town is now worth 1/2 what you owe and 1/4 what you've invested.. and it can kinda catch up with you.

That doesn't mean you shouldn't go after what you enjoy.. just that.. well don't settle.. if you think you can do better, shoot for it.

Also, stay outta debt. Having these cars like this is a great thing because you can have something that keeps up with and in most cases out performs everything else on the road, and you don't owe a soul for it. I see these guys all the time around here with mazda R8s, mazdapeed3s, G37s.. sure.. those are all great cars (within reason..) and in my camaro's current form they're CERTAINLY faster.. but I just kind of chuckle when they feel I'm a threat on the road.. because I'd have to spend an ADDITIONAL $30,000 on my car before I'd have as much as they have in theirs.

Also, when you owe no one, it's much easier for you to move from place to place, job to job, and chase after your dreams. I guess blah blah "wisdom" moment aside that's making me feel old go after your dreams, don't settle for an "ok" job and burden yourself with debt like I did.

All in all, it's cool that you're a car guy, and yea non-car people will roll their eyes and walk away or ignore you etc. because to them.. this is an appliance.. like a toaster. To them you're talking about your toaster..

You just need some other car guy friends to hang out with. I spent many a day between 15-25 at my dad's garage behind their house working on my cars, friends cars, into the early AM.

 

See I don't want a big house or ferrari's or anything like that. It would be nice to be able to afford those things being a mechanic but if I was happy hangin out with my buddies in my garage having a great time I would be ok with that. Like i said earlier, my dads friends have two older kids i wouldn't mind hangin out with. I just can't walk up to them tho and ask to run around with them.

 

Good news! Talked to my dad and his mechanic said he wants to take my car to the track asap. He said it doesn't matter whether you (he means me) have semi-used street tires on my current wheels or the new street tires with the new wheels (that aren't here yet). Now I'm sure there is a difference but we might meet the guy at the track to have it tuned this Friday. The high is going to be 70 so it should be a nice day. Think the car with an experienced driver can make a 12.9 pass with 70 degree weather?

 

The more you think 12's the more disappointed you'll be when you do 13.4.

 

How do you know I will run a 13.4? Idk what I will run I'm hoping for a 12.7 to 12.9. My friends WS6 ran 12.5 with headers, lid, exhaust and 3.42's at the same track. And yes his was an auto.

 

What the!? Really?

 

That's what he said. I'm on m phone and cant read through 13 pages so well but I can't remember if you said a 12.8 or 12.9 is out of the question? Do you think I an experienced driver with 70 degree weather can do it?

 

I've posted like 40 different times, from bottom 12s-mid 13s.. You haven't settled on one yet.

 

I have settled between 12.7 and like 13.1.

 

do i think your tuner while tuning your car will run a 12.9 on street tires? no.

 

I meant once we get it tuned. My dads mechanic will run it down the track. I'm not sure how custom tuning works but I assume you make a pass, he tunes it in the pits, you make another pass, he tunes it more. If not them I would also assume he would ride in the passenger seat with his computer.

 

This car will run bottom 13s or mid 13s with street tires.

 

i'm just ready for you to get a couple slips under your belt. i know you are lol. keep us updated. i'm about done bench racing

 

FINAL ANSWER: taking car to Justune's house to have it tuned. He told me he has done enough of em that he can hookup his computer, run it down the road and that's that for the tune. That's on Monday and then Wednesday and Friday I am going to the track to let my dads mechanic see what it does.

I also talked to my dad and I will be driving it all week. Bout time lol

 

Went to the track but didn't run the car. It's not done yet but my friend ran a 8.89 at 151 in his S10 with a new motor and a spray. He told me that his old WS6 with an A4 with headers, lid, 3.42's, radials, and tune from the same guy I'm getting mine from ran 12.5 at 113. I think I said that already (on my phone) but if he ran that idk why I can't hit 12.9. Sorry for saying it over and over but I'm so freaking excited.