stalled auto dig race: 427 Firebird/402 GTO
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stalled auto dig race: 427 Firebird/402 GTO
This happened awhile back but just got video.
Me: "So your cars tune is fully done and cars broken in right? Your new 325 series drag radials are hooking good and broken in also? Sooo... You wanna be the first guy to beat me from a dig on the street then?" (referring to beatin me out of the hole not overall)
Him: "Right now, let's do it."
Oops, I didn't think he wanted to go right now! Had my spare still in the trunk along with a trunk full of groceries and beer. And my 250+lb brother in the passenger seat... but I can't back out after my stupid cocky comment so we went. Out of pitty for the unequal race (he's at 601rwhp n/a) he grabbed a passenger that was almost my size who had a camera.
My car is in sig; basically a stout built, mid level cam'd 402 built to last 60k+ miles of daily driver duty. His car is built to the hilt, on E85 (13.7 to 1 compression), Mast black label heads, etc. Both cars on 3600 stalls and 3.70/3.73 gears and sticky tires.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hPTjIidK_5k
Video from Firebird. There's more to the video that would make this an EPIC post but owner edited it out for legal reasons.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dGPpATOBflY
Me: "So your cars tune is fully done and cars broken in right? Your new 325 series drag radials are hooking good and broken in also? Sooo... You wanna be the first guy to beat me from a dig on the street then?" (referring to beatin me out of the hole not overall)
Him: "Right now, let's do it."
Oops, I didn't think he wanted to go right now! Had my spare still in the trunk along with a trunk full of groceries and beer. And my 250+lb brother in the passenger seat... but I can't back out after my stupid cocky comment so we went. Out of pitty for the unequal race (he's at 601rwhp n/a) he grabbed a passenger that was almost my size who had a camera.
My car is in sig; basically a stout built, mid level cam'd 402 built to last 60k+ miles of daily driver duty. His car is built to the hilt, on E85 (13.7 to 1 compression), Mast black label heads, etc. Both cars on 3600 stalls and 3.70/3.73 gears and sticky tires.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hPTjIidK_5k
Video from Firebird. There's more to the video that would make this an EPIC post but owner edited it out for legal reasons.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dGPpATOBflY
Last edited by Sticks n Stones; 05-15-2012 at 03:35 PM.
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Not spinning so much as babying the throttle. That road is fairly dirty so traction isn't the best. I got the best launch I could with conditions that were there.
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He came around you hard from spinning. It's really hard to come around car making around 500whp ish on motor. Looked like a little more then a car length and was still pulling until he let out. Good run.
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Awesome runs!! Lookin' like some *** hauling vehicles for sure . Now on to this "epic" stuff....any hints? Give us something...even a ball of **** to mold and work to our liking would suffice ...
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As far as him coming around me, like against Diet Coke once I go into drive and they can fully use all there power my gig is up. The problem is compounded with the fact that my 3rd gear is my achilles heel: car seems to fall on its face when I go into drive and even CTS-V's can hang with me from a roll starting at 70mph or higher.
Naw man, I can't say any more then I've said. Up to Firebird driver to post the rest of the story when he's ready.
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you could have reference this one story for a crash... http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/0...ef=email_share Dayum good race!!
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you could have reference this one story for a crash... http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/0...ef=email_share Dayum good race!!
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