Modded Skittle v 99 Z28
03-07-2011, 11:59 AM
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Modded Skittle v 99 Z28 --RACE IN BOLD IF YOU'D LIKE TO SKIP AHEAD--
Left campus early today since 1 class was canceled and the other is almost too boring to live through. As I'm backing out of my spot, a yellow Neon pulls around the corner and is leaving right ahead of me. I heard a BOV so I was hoping he'd be headed my way home.
While sitting behind him, I notice something odd, it had single exit exhaust with a fart can coming out the left. Car was completely debadged but still had the SRT4 front/hood/wing/wheels so I figured it was just a different exhaust setup than I had ever seen. It definitely didn't sound as good as other skittles, but oh well. 99% sure it was an SRT4, but if not, it was a damn good clone with a turbo.
He pulls out and a couple cars get in between us, but I catch him on the 3 lane on ramp and pass him and a new other cars in 5th just to be loud and see if he's game. I hear his BOV squeak when I pass and sure enough, he dips out of the line and the front of his car jumps up. He does a mini-flyby on me and proceeded to drive faster than I wanted, 75+ through a MAJOR cop zone (they have up to 8 cops sitting on the side of the highway sometimes, all lined up). I let him go while trying to stay in the neighborhood by going ~65. Eventually he slows down and I am on his *** for a while while going through the cop infested part (counted 5 that were either waiting or had already pulled people over, thankfully on the other side of the highway). From the time I leave school until about 5 miles from home is my NO RACE OR CHASE area, but we were approaching the perfect playground, a good 3-4 mile stretch where I've had 4 or 5 kills because you can see well enough ahead and I hardly any cops. While behind him, I snapped a quick picture:
Anyways, we are just about into the area I'd like to run, so I drop it to 4th and give him a part throttle pass to let him know I'm ready. He's stuck behind a car, but when he catches me he gives me another BOV chirp so I motion for him to slow down a couple times and he finally caught my drift.
He rolls his window down and with a chirp of his BOV again, I know he's downshifted and ready. I wait a second or two, pull up next to him in 2nd @ 50 and I honk it off: 3..2..1..
I am in my sweetspot so I rip in 2nd and he's falling back quick, hit 3rd and now there's 2 or 3 cars between us, and since I saw his car drive then pop back up again (meaning he was shifting and still in it) I super granny shift into 4th and ran until ~105 and let out about 5 or 6 cars ahead...he was well into my rearview.
He eventually rolled up along side me and gave me a disappointed thumbs up, I waved back and went back to normal driving. I didn't see fit to run again since it was so ugly, he seemed to feel the same way.
My guess on his mods were at least BOV and exhaust, probably an intake if he just has basic mods. I ran my friend's SRT4 back when I trapped 108 and we were door to door, but he was a stage 2 on a good amount of boost and brake boosting.
Left campus early today since 1 class was canceled and the other is almost too boring to live through. As I'm backing out of my spot, a yellow Neon pulls around the corner and is leaving right ahead of me. I heard a BOV so I was hoping he'd be headed my way home.
While sitting behind him, I notice something odd, it had single exit exhaust with a fart can coming out the left. Car was completely debadged but still had the SRT4 front/hood/wing/wheels so I figured it was just a different exhaust setup than I had ever seen. It definitely didn't sound as good as other skittles, but oh well. 99% sure it was an SRT4, but if not, it was a damn good clone with a turbo.
He pulls out and a couple cars get in between us, but I catch him on the 3 lane on ramp and pass him and a new other cars in 5th just to be loud and see if he's game. I hear his BOV squeak when I pass and sure enough, he dips out of the line and the front of his car jumps up. He does a mini-flyby on me and proceeded to drive faster than I wanted, 75+ through a MAJOR cop zone (they have up to 8 cops sitting on the side of the highway sometimes, all lined up). I let him go while trying to stay in the neighborhood by going ~65. Eventually he slows down and I am on his *** for a while while going through the cop infested part (counted 5 that were either waiting or had already pulled people over, thankfully on the other side of the highway). From the time I leave school until about 5 miles from home is my NO RACE OR CHASE area, but we were approaching the perfect playground, a good 3-4 mile stretch where I've had 4 or 5 kills because you can see well enough ahead and I hardly any cops. While behind him, I snapped a quick picture:
Anyways, we are just about into the area I'd like to run, so I drop it to 4th and give him a part throttle pass to let him know I'm ready. He's stuck behind a car, but when he catches me he gives me another BOV chirp so I motion for him to slow down a couple times and he finally caught my drift.
He rolls his window down and with a chirp of his BOV again, I know he's downshifted and ready. I wait a second or two, pull up next to him in 2nd @ 50 and I honk it off: 3..2..1..
I am in my sweetspot so I rip in 2nd and he's falling back quick, hit 3rd and now there's 2 or 3 cars between us, and since I saw his car drive then pop back up again (meaning he was shifting and still in it) I super granny shift into 4th and ran until ~105 and let out about 5 or 6 cars ahead...he was well into my rearview.
He eventually rolled up along side me and gave me a disappointed thumbs up, I waved back and went back to normal driving. I didn't see fit to run again since it was so ugly, he seemed to feel the same way.
My guess on his mods were at least BOV and exhaust, probably an intake if he just has basic mods. I ran my friend's SRT4 back when I trapped 108 and we were door to door, but he was a stage 2 on a good amount of boost and brake boosting.
03-07-2011, 02:02 PM
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i know mine isnt exactly a BOV or whatever.....but it just intimidated the hell of a guy in a late 90's GT who is always gettin on it thru my subdivision....i chased him out and pulled along side and gave him a few 2nd gear jumps.....
he wanted no part. maybe he did his homework?
he wanted no part. maybe he did his homework?
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Any idea what your SRT 4 trapped ? My buddy just got a Garret .57 trim on his at about 24 psi. I'm looking to race him after I get my TFS 215 heads and fast intake on.
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If i hear a BOV from a free rev (no load) or a low rpm discharge, i know it's probably a slow stock turbo car.
When someone is constantly making the BOV noise like in the OPs story, they're probably a ricer with their first boosted engine, and it's probably slow.
Also, the kind of BOVs that are really loud (sqeek/chirp types) on 4 cylinders usually aren't purchased by guys with serious setups. We usually go for the big stuff, like a good ole Tial, which is a lot quiter than those silly chirp all over town like a cool kid BOVs.
Ironically, i've gotten a couple BOV solutes from a yellow SRT-4 in my area, but we're never headed the same way. If i could get my BOV to open at low revs, i'd have given one back.
03-07-2011, 07:07 PM
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Generally, yes.
If i hear a BOV from a free rev (no load) or a low rpm discharge, i know it's probably a slow stock turbo car.
When someone is constantly making the BOV noise like in the OPs story, they're probably a ricer with their first boosted engine, and it's probably slow.
Also, the kind of BOVs that are really loud (sqeek/chirp types) on 4 cylinders usually aren't purchased by guys with serious setups. We usually go for the big stuff, like a good ole Tial, which is a lot quiter than those silly chirp all over town like a cool kid BOVs.
Ironically, i've gotten a couple BOV solutes from a yellow SRT-4 in my area, but we're never headed the same way. If i could get my BOV to open at low revs, i'd have given one back.
If i hear a BOV from a free rev (no load) or a low rpm discharge, i know it's probably a slow stock turbo car.
When someone is constantly making the BOV noise like in the OPs story, they're probably a ricer with their first boosted engine, and it's probably slow.
Also, the kind of BOVs that are really loud (sqeek/chirp types) on 4 cylinders usually aren't purchased by guys with serious setups. We usually go for the big stuff, like a good ole Tial, which is a lot quiter than those silly chirp all over town like a cool kid BOVs.
Ironically, i've gotten a couple BOV solutes from a yellow SRT-4 in my area, but we're never headed the same way. If i could get my BOV to open at low revs, i'd have given one back.
I hate the stock cars that sqeek the BOV every effin shift.
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I haven't seen that, but that's how i'd do it. I'm not a fan of dual exhausts on single turbo cars (unless it's a cutout or something)...all it says to me is excess weight.
