Bit off a piece of an EVO 8
10-03-2007, 01:15 PM
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Bit off a piece of an EVO 8 Well, I was on the freeway last night heading home and as Im changing freeways I see an EVO 8 in front of me. The freeway exchange is a nice little underpass with a perfectly cambered road, perfect for 100+mph runs.
Anyways, I can tell the EVO is in it though the underpass as soon as he sees me get on his ***. I stayed glued to him through the underpass and until it opened up to 2 lanes, then being about a car behind him I nail it, he hit it at roughly the same time and we are off...
When I hit it, we were at about 70 and I made the mistake of only dropping to 4th, so he pulled another car on me instantly, I quickly realized my screw-up so I dropped it down another gear to 3rd and pull it up to redline (90mph) I hard shift it into 4th, giving the rear tires a little chirp and quickly make up the lost ground. By the time I hit 5th, I had covered the ground that I started with between us and then some... I shut it down by around 130 and had a good 3 cars on him easy.
The EVO was a quick little devil, had at least exhaust and his blow-off valve was quite loud, Im wondering if he turned up the boost at all. All in all, Im just glad I didnt meet him at a stoplight. Even with my DR's, I think I would have had too much catching up to do.
Anyways, I can tell the EVO is in it though the underpass as soon as he sees me get on his ***. I stayed glued to him through the underpass and until it opened up to 2 lanes, then being about a car behind him I nail it, he hit it at roughly the same time and we are off...
When I hit it, we were at about 70 and I made the mistake of only dropping to 4th, so he pulled another car on me instantly, I quickly realized my screw-up so I dropped it down another gear to 3rd and pull it up to redline (90mph) I hard shift it into 4th, giving the rear tires a little chirp and quickly make up the lost ground. By the time I hit 5th, I had covered the ground that I started with between us and then some... I shut it down by around 130 and had a good 3 cars on him easy.
The EVO was a quick little devil, had at least exhaust and his blow-off valve was quite loud, Im wondering if he turned up the boost at all. All in all, Im just glad I didnt meet him at a stoplight. Even with my DR's, I think I would have had too much catching up to do.
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10-03-2007, 02:59 PM
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Yeah they are... From a roll though, they arent all that... Its like running a decent LS1 F-body or a nicely modded Mustang GT. From a dig though, they are ******* brutal!
10-03-2007, 03:37 PM
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I like the mustangs man... I actually was looking real hard at a CLEAN 01 Cobra with full suspension and chin spoiler.. The car was schweet an had some good pull to it. I probably would have bought it if the guy wasnt asking 15k for it. So I looked a little harder and picked up my 5th F-body... My 01SS and I couldnt be happer... Unless maybe I found a Termi for sub $15k in perfect shape.
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10-03-2007, 05:06 PM
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*Puts flame suit on*
I like the mustangs man... I actually was looking real hard at a CLEAN 01 Cobra with full suspension and chin spoiler.. The car was schweet an had some good pull to it. I probably would have bought it if the guy wasnt asking 15k for it. So I looked a little harder and picked up my 5th F-body... My 01SS and I couldnt be happer... Unless maybe I found a Termi for sub $15k in perfect shape.
I like the mustangs man... I actually was looking real hard at a CLEAN 01 Cobra with full suspension and chin spoiler.. The car was schweet an had some good pull to it. I probably would have bought it if the guy wasnt asking 15k for it. So I looked a little harder and picked up my 5th F-body... My 01SS and I couldnt be happer... Unless maybe I found a Termi for sub $15k in perfect shape.
10-03-2007, 05:48 PM
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Thanks man... When I saw it, I couldnt pass it up... Especially since he was only asking 13K and I knew I could get him down quite a bit. He was the second owner and I ended up stealing it from him for $11500. The other cool thing is that my fiance has a '00 WS6 that is pewter, so we now have matching f-bodies... I just gotta keep mine faster than hers 
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it isnt bouncing off the rev limiter, 5 times a year on this very site i go over what that exact sound is and you know what, i am at my 5 times for this year.
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Well there have been several that have dipped into the 12's stock. There traps are about 104-106mph though, compaired to the VIII's 101-103mph.