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01 TA vs STI (highway run)

Old 10-08-2004, 10:02 PM
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Saw a couple of white STI's on I-75 cruising by. I was with one passenger, and I threw the first STI a bit of a rev but he didn't bite. I move up to the second one, and saw that there was nothing but empty road. He's game, and It's on!
We both punch it from 70mph. I can't hear anything from him, as my cut-out is drowning everything out. I was halfway expecting to start pulling him a bit, but to my mild surprise he got ahead of me by about a car length, but I reeled him in slowly, and stayed steadily at his door. Damn! Still at his door, our speeds reach over 100, 110, when at around 120, I begin to pull him in, and around 130-135, I had a good car length on him, and he was slowly getting further behind. We shut it down soon after, with me winning by maybe 1-1.5 car length.
Nice cars, things have a hell of a punch. He wanted to run again and was waving and pointing, but my passenger had enough, and I didn't want to risk any police. Oh, and I'll speak the truth: I was afraid I mighta lost the next run, and just wanted to keep my slim victory tonight.
Old 10-08-2004, 10:14 PM
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That STI must of not been stock because for you not being able to pass one with your mods. especially on the highway
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Exactly. When my car was totally stock, I raced STI's and didn't have that much of a hard time with them, especially not on top end. The same thing with Evo's
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2.73 gear is killing him
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Originally Posted by 2002z28
2.73 gear is killing him
being that he raced upwards of 130 it helped him.....
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^ what he said.

Congrats on the slim victory.
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Think of this near-kill experience as an opportunity. Get that torque converter installed, pick up a decent cam, and swap the Flowmaster out for something a bit higher flowing, and you'll have no worries.


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