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Old 09-24-2011, 03:29 PM
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So I was driving down the main road through town and a TB SS pulled up next to me at the redlight. He was starring and revving at me so I was ready for a fight. Haha. Anyways, I knew that with the AWD he would beat me out of the light so I pretended not to notice. I babied it out of the hole and around 20 mph he was creeping right along side me. So I revved, he revved then he took off. I floored it and by 80 I had about a car and a half on him. Traffic got in his way so he had to let out of it. He was ahead until about 45. I highly overestimated those trucks. I thought they were quicker. For some reason I thought they were low 13 second trucks from the factory. But I just looked up the stats and I am not as enthralled by my victory now. Oh well, they are still badass SUVs. And I still love them. Haha.
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Good run. Those cars can be deadly at the strip w/ nitrouse. Dead stop is where they shine.
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Originally Posted by sepno77
Good run. Dead stop is where they shine
Nice kill,
Anything with awd can be nasty from a stop. Even my Grand Cherokee with the 5.2 pissed alot of people off to like 40-50 mph from a stop.
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Originally Posted by sepno77
Good run. Those cars can be deadly at the strip w/ nitrouse. Dead stop is where they shine.
I know that AWD and 6.0 is a killer combo from a stop. Thats why I didnt race him from the light. Haha. Gotta try and play from my cars home stadium. Haha.
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Originally Posted by Mississippi
I know that AWD and 6.0 is a killer combo from a stop. Thats why I didnt race him from the light. Haha. Gotta try and play from my cars home stadium. Haha.
Gotta get some sticky tires, own both stadiums.
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Not all tbss's are awd...
Old 09-24-2011, 05:53 PM
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Originally Posted by ZFreie
Gotta get some sticky tires, own both stadiums.
That too. Haha.
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prolly stock, should of just done a dig awd are not that fast off the line when stock/stock stall i only had 2.1 60s before my stall
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prolly stock, should of just done a dig awd are not that fast off the line when stock/stock stall i only had 2.1 60s before my stall
I bet the stall woke that SOB up tho. Haha. Did they ever make any manual TBSSes?
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6tenths in the 1/4 mile, and no manuals in tbss noone can get it to work
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Come on OP u have gas to make up for the holeshot dont be scare of a kiddie hauler.
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Originally Posted by 85mustang351
Come on OP u have gas to make up for the holeshot dont be scare of a kiddie hauler.
My kiddie hauler have embarrased plenty of sports cars from a dig and I'm 2wd. Good run OP
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Originally Posted by bamaballa205
My kiddie hauler have embarrased plenty of sports cars from a dig and I'm 2wd. Good run OP
Love those trucks man meant no disrespect. Kinda chicken **** move not racing him from a dig tho.
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yeah those are nice trucks, a buddy of mine has one with a blower and that thing hauls *** for a suv,
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Good run, OP. Can't be mad at you for choosing your battles. Can't wait to tune the my TBSS.
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I've ran some bolt on tbss's and they do seem to hit a wall. They are nasty from a dig. I found that one out the hard way when I had my g37 coupe.
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80+ is the wall (3rd gear) after that they are dogs unless you got alot of mods, up to there they will keep up pretty well with most cars on the street if the tbss has the basic bolt ons with stall
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They tend to be be alittle overhyped. Even with our mods its only a low 13 second ride. The awd stock really aren't impressive performing not much better than 2wd and the transmissions in the tbss are junk and don't last.
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thats cuz ur on 22s and have 3200 u should of got a yank 3600. my friends with just stall and dr's 2wd went 12.7.
ur car is a solid high 12sec car if u get decent tires on 20s
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everybody knows TBSS's are slow.


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