Raced a New Stang GT "OVER RATED"
05-18-2007, 12:56 PM
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Originally Posted by 91 LS1 Z28
HMMMMM, put up a challenge and get no response. You know what I smell ? I smell *****, and there hasn't been a post by any girls in here. Of course all the **** talking is by typical stang driving 
. Wait, maybe there is a bunch of girls posting to this thread.
. Wait, maybe there is a bunch of girls posting to this thread.
And a little poem...
Today we salute you Mr. "Post Whoring Internet Racer". While it is a popular
belief that racing should be done at a track, you hold steady in your
beliefs that you know what your car will run because some guy
somewhere on some corner of the internet said so. Most people find out
what their car will run in a matter of seconds, but not you... Instead you
spend hours decifering the altitude, humidity, barometric pressure, and
date of the month that ImaOG433LS1Wayne made his pass on. While
noone really knows if he even has a car... you know your's will run just
as good. You dont need to waste gas, time, tires, or nitrous to know your
fast... all you have to do is type it. John Force... So what if he won 13
championships... your internet predictions say you'll run 3s.
That guy with a twin turboed Big block... why waste your time...
That guy that was making 8 second passes at a real track...let
him get on the internet and you'll show him who's really fast. Crack
open a budlight Mr. "Post Whoring Internet Racer"... actually
crack open twelve, because you sir dont have to drive to race! "
Credit goes to Jeff "383" Linton for this little ditty.
05-18-2007, 02:02 PM
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Tks. Wish I could take credit for it all, but I did steal em all fair n square. 
On a more serious note....for those interested (not for Mr. Trophy), 'sponsorship' was mentioned earlier in this thread. For anybody that doesn't have a load of their own cash to spend, sponsorship of some sort is a near necessity at just about any level of heads-up drag racing. The faster you get, the more it becomes necessary.
In 2004 (my championship year), I started off with no fulltime sponsors, and with exactly one shop's sticker on my car - Steen Racing. That shop is local, and the owner (Jason Steen) and I have been friends for 10 years. I put Jason's stickers along the bottom of my car, and Jason give me a good cut on labor for things like motor install(s). Here's a pic of the Cobra at the first race in 2004 - Bradenton, FL:
Apologize for the small size, but notice the lack of stickers.
After I won the first couple of races, I was fortunate enough to have sponsors coming to me. Not with loads of cash, but with a part here, a part there, and a bit more from what turned out to be my primary sponsor that year, Detroit Truetrac. It DOES help. Anyway, as the year progressed, the car was 'stickered up' more and more....
4th Race of the year...Kansas City, Mo.
8th (last) race of the year....Bowling Green, Ky.
Quite a difference. The moral is that even though you might not have sponsors early in a season, if you do well, they will come.
It is ashame that none the start-up F-body series' ever really got going. Maybe one of these days.
Ok....carry on.
Bob
On a more serious note....for those interested (not for Mr. Trophy), 'sponsorship' was mentioned earlier in this thread. For anybody that doesn't have a load of their own cash to spend, sponsorship of some sort is a near necessity at just about any level of heads-up drag racing. The faster you get, the more it becomes necessary.
In 2004 (my championship year), I started off with no fulltime sponsors, and with exactly one shop's sticker on my car - Steen Racing. That shop is local, and the owner (Jason Steen) and I have been friends for 10 years. I put Jason's stickers along the bottom of my car, and Jason give me a good cut on labor for things like motor install(s). Here's a pic of the Cobra at the first race in 2004 - Bradenton, FL:
Apologize for the small size, but notice the lack of stickers.
After I won the first couple of races, I was fortunate enough to have sponsors coming to me. Not with loads of cash, but with a part here, a part there, and a bit more from what turned out to be my primary sponsor that year, Detroit Truetrac. It DOES help. Anyway, as the year progressed, the car was 'stickered up' more and more....
4th Race of the year...Kansas City, Mo.
8th (last) race of the year....Bowling Green, Ky.
Quite a difference. The moral is that even though you might not have sponsors early in a season, if you do well, they will come.
It is ashame that none the start-up F-body series' ever really got going. Maybe one of these days.
Ok....carry on.
Bob
05-18-2007, 03:07 PM
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Originally Posted by Dwayne98c5
The fact you won...should this surprise you? Technically, you have 50 more ponies out of the box; even though GM never rated them that much, not to mention your slightly modded. As for being overrated, I don't think they are. Their 300 hp cars that run high 13's to low 14’s. Late model f-bodies were capable of low 13's right off the dealer lot. 
By the way, I almost fell off my office chair laughing at the stuff going on in the thread since my last post. Good ole office entertainment!
05-18-2007, 04:24 PM
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Wow I feel like I lost some brain cells reading that. Props to the Stang guys for keeping their cool and humor under the mound crap that was thrown at them. Having grown up when the 3rd Gens and the Fox bodies were the kings of the road there is no doubt the 5.0L LX was the quickest. Best looking, to me, was the T/A GTA's before their last body change. I didn't own either a 3rd Gen or a Fox Stang (I had a '79 T/A back then) but saw enough race to know what was what. Oh and the newest Stangs are some of the best looking cars out there, but some of their owners do seem to have an attitude about them. Heh, ironic coming from a Vette guy 
05-18-2007, 11:09 PM
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Damn Bob that thing launches straight looks killer coming out of the hole. 
Originally Posted by Bob Cosby
Tks. Wish I could take credit for it all, but I did steal em all fair n square.
On a more serious note....for those interested (not for Mr. Trophy), 'sponsorship' was mentioned earlier in this thread. For anybody that doesn't have a load of their own cash to spend, sponsorship of some sort is a near necessity at just about any level of heads-up drag racing. The faster you get, the more it becomes necessary.
In 2004 (my championship year), I started off with no fulltime sponsors, and with exactly one shop's sticker on my car - Steen Racing. That shop is local, and the owner (Jason Steen) and I have been friends for 10 years. I put Jason's stickers along the bottom of my car, and Jason give me a good cut on labor for things like motor install(s). Here's a pic of the Cobra at the first race in 2004 - Bradenton, FL:
Apologize for the small size, but notice the lack of stickers.
After I won the first couple of races, I was fortunate enough to have sponsors coming to me. Not with loads of cash, but with a part here, a part there, and a bit more from what turned out to be my primary sponsor that year, Detroit Truetrac. It DOES help. Anyway, as the year progressed, the car was 'stickered up' more and more....
4th Race of the year...Kansas City, Mo.
8th (last) race of the year....Bowling Green, Ky.
Quite a difference. The moral is that even though you might not have sponsors early in a season, if you do well, they will come.
It is ashame that none the start-up F-body series' ever really got going. Maybe one of these days.
Ok....carry on.
Bob
On a more serious note....for those interested (not for Mr. Trophy), 'sponsorship' was mentioned earlier in this thread. For anybody that doesn't have a load of their own cash to spend, sponsorship of some sort is a near necessity at just about any level of heads-up drag racing. The faster you get, the more it becomes necessary.
In 2004 (my championship year), I started off with no fulltime sponsors, and with exactly one shop's sticker on my car - Steen Racing. That shop is local, and the owner (Jason Steen) and I have been friends for 10 years. I put Jason's stickers along the bottom of my car, and Jason give me a good cut on labor for things like motor install(s). Here's a pic of the Cobra at the first race in 2004 - Bradenton, FL:
Apologize for the small size, but notice the lack of stickers.
After I won the first couple of races, I was fortunate enough to have sponsors coming to me. Not with loads of cash, but with a part here, a part there, and a bit more from what turned out to be my primary sponsor that year, Detroit Truetrac. It DOES help. Anyway, as the year progressed, the car was 'stickered up' more and more....
4th Race of the year...Kansas City, Mo.
8th (last) race of the year....Bowling Green, Ky.
Quite a difference. The moral is that even though you might not have sponsors early in a season, if you do well, they will come.
It is ashame that none the start-up F-body series' ever really got going. Maybe one of these days.
Ok....carry on.
Bob
05-19-2007, 12:55 AM
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Originally Posted by 91 LS1 Z28
Show me a LS1 that is bone stock, no bolt ons, no power adders, nothing, that can run in the 11's.
Well except for the exhaust. Oh and it was in a 240sx........
05-19-2007, 01:18 AM
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Originally Posted by 91 LS1 Z28
I don't want my car to run in the 9's because I like to drive it on the street and have it covered by Geico who carries my insurance..
05-20-2007, 01:47 PM
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Originally Posted by amean94ta
thats ok my car should be out soon you leave those erie cobra's for me to take care of lol
I want to go for a ride in your car. I know the dude with the orange 04 Cobra is pretty quick and there are a few more around town. Have you seen chris' red 02 SS. He is the guy with the ponytail, Z06rims and the Procharger. Ahhh his car is freakin sick, Im in a video of me racing a built mustang and then I raced him, he pulled me like a raped ape. Are you going to be cruising soon? PM me when you get the car out. I have a few mods in the works right now, I think.
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god those mustangs are so overrated as you said. lol awesome kill. My gf's dad wants to get rid of his mustang for a fbody, he was completly dumb founded when I took him for a ride in mine, plus he can't believe I get 29mpg. He never knew these cars were that fast
05-20-2007, 09:52 PM
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Originally Posted by JimsWS6
god those mustangs are so overrated as you said. lol awesome kill. My gf's dad wants to get rid of his mustang for a fbody, he was completly dumb founded when I took him for a ride in mine, plus he can't believe I get 29mpg. He never knew these cars were that fast
05-20-2007, 11:14 PM
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Originally Posted by Smokin00WS6
LOL I want to go for a ride in your car. I know the dude with the orange 04 Cobra is pretty quick and there are a few more around town. Have you seen chris' red 02 SS. He is the guy with the ponytail, Z06rims and the Procharger. Ahhh his car is freakin sick, Im in a video of me racing a built mustang and then I raced him, he pulled me like a raped ape. Are you going to be cruising soon? PM me when you get the car out. I have a few mods in the works right now, I think.
I want to go for a ride in your car. I know the dude with the orange 04 Cobra is pretty quick and there are a few more around town. Have you seen chris' red 02 SS. He is the guy with the ponytail, Z06rims and the Procharger. Ahhh his car is freakin sick, Im in a video of me racing a built mustang and then I raced him, he pulled me like a raped ape. Are you going to be cruising soon? PM me when you get the car out. I have a few mods in the works right now, I think.