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Ferrari Superamerica...That was stupid, but DAMN fun

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Old 04-21-2006, 07:01 PM
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I didn't have a big load of converters to ship today, so I took the Trans Am. On my way to FedEx, I looked up the road and saw the unmistakable rear end of a new Ferrari. I tried to play with him a little, but it didn't seem like a go. I knew how stupid it was to try running a Ferrari from a roll, but I really wanted to run him. Finally, with me in the lane behind him, he punched it! We were going about 70 entering the freeway canyon between Salt Lake City and Park City. I get it, wait until there are turns to race the lowly little FBody. As soon as he punched it, I did, too. 70 mph UP a mildly curved road against a Ferrari Superamerica v12, and I am pulling! I actually was able to get into the lane next to him and about 2 lengths in front of him by just over 120! I thought this certainly would be a kill story for him; I mean really, who runs a Ferrari from a 70mph roll.
Oh yeah, the 200 shot goes on next week, this was completely N/A!

The car:
98 LS1 383 TransAm
Heads with 230/235 cam
373s
3200 converter

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Old 04-21-2006, 08:37 PM
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Sounds about right to me, everyone needs to get over the name and look at the numbers a bit closer...You have over 400 whp with your NA setup I would think and the tq to match.
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badass, if that doesn't make you wanna buy fuddle, nothing will.
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I think the 550's used to dyno around 380rwhp or something like that. So the Superamerica is around 400-420rwhp or so, but weight more than your car.




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