Walked a "10 Second" Camaro
11-30-2007, 11:15 PM
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Walked a "10 Second" Camaro So my brother has been trying to setup a race between my mostly stock 00 T/A WS6, against a kid in his Votech class that claims to have a 10 second Camaro IROC 
. Well as it goes three nights in a row he doesnt show up. Well tonight he shows up! With a friend with another third gen pos. The "10 second" one sounds like it has a very poorly timed cam, and a MAJOR exhaust leak. He claims it is a 350, his friend says he has a ram jet 350, haha that "runs worse when it is cold" hahahahaha. anyways, he says "yo race my friend" i think "ok whatever"
Race 1 - His friend's Camaro, Ram Jet 350
so we go out, go from a slow roll, 40 mph, 3k or so in second gear, he honks 3 times, boom we take off, i easily pulled away, shifted into third and let off, he was back about 2 bus lengths.
Race 2 - Same Camaro
So then comes the funnier race, we get a light, he launches i just go slow at first, he hooks and goes, i hit about 3k in first then drop the hammer and spun, then shifted into second and was still spinning, he is about 2-3 cars off the line ahead of me then once i caught traction in second i pulled hard and walked by him. We did several other little races that yielded the same results.
Race 3- Same Camaro and a worked 2007 WRX
We went from a roll in first gear cruising at about 4k three lane race, he honks three times then we all gun it, i am spinning like crazy, rear end all over the place, shift into second, still losing the back end, the WRX is neck and neck with me, the camaro is about a car behind me, then I catch trac and pull away hard again on both of them.
Now comes the 10 second camaro
Race 1 - ^^That^^
Pretty much the same thing as the other one. We go from a stop, I have no trac still so I take off slow but quick enough to not spin the tires, he startes getting too far ahead so i gun it but spin through 2nd like usual
but start pulling on him hard.
In the end we raced around several times and every time I blew both of their doors off. There were a few were I let off early because my rear was banging on the bottom and I just could NOT hook.....so what have we learned here today?
1. I need slicks
2. Dumb high school kids with 3rd gens that know nothing about cars **** me off and made me waste my gas. And they need to die. They are the ones that make F-body owners look bad...err muscle car owners look bad for that matter.
. Well as it goes three nights in a row he doesnt show up. Well tonight he shows up! With a friend with another third gen pos. The "10 second" one sounds like it has a very poorly timed cam, and a MAJOR exhaust leak. He claims it is a 350, his friend says he has a ram jet 350, haha that "runs worse when it is cold" hahahahaha. anyways, he says "yo race my friend" i think "ok whatever" Race 1 - His friend's Camaro, Ram Jet 350
so we go out, go from a slow roll, 40 mph, 3k or so in second gear, he honks 3 times, boom we take off, i easily pulled away, shifted into third and let off, he was back about 2 bus lengths.
Race 2 - Same Camaro
So then comes the funnier race, we get a light, he launches i just go slow at first, he hooks and goes, i hit about 3k in first then drop the hammer and spun, then shifted into second and was still spinning, he is about 2-3 cars off the line ahead of me then once i caught traction in second i pulled hard and walked by him. We did several other little races that yielded the same results.
Race 3- Same Camaro and a worked 2007 WRX
We went from a roll in first gear cruising at about 4k three lane race, he honks three times then we all gun it, i am spinning like crazy, rear end all over the place, shift into second, still losing the back end, the WRX is neck and neck with me, the camaro is about a car behind me, then I catch trac and pull away hard again on both of them.
Now comes the 10 second camaro
Race 1 - ^^That^^
Pretty much the same thing as the other one. We go from a stop, I have no trac still so I take off slow but quick enough to not spin the tires, he startes getting too far ahead so i gun it but spin through 2nd like usual
but start pulling on him hard. In the end we raced around several times and every time I blew both of their doors off. There were a few were I let off early because my rear was banging on the bottom and I just could NOT hook.....so what have we learned here today?
1. I need slicks
2. Dumb high school kids with 3rd gens that know nothing about cars **** me off and made me waste my gas. And they need to die. They are the ones that make F-body owners look bad...err muscle car owners look bad for that matter.
11-30-2007, 11:32 PM
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You don't need slicks with your power level. You just need a better set of street tires. Invest in a set of 17" Corvette wheels of your choice and 275 width tires. That'll be enough weight and tire to keep give you traction in most every case outside of extreme cold whether where the roads are like ice. And don't cheap out on the tires. Get a good set. If you need advice, ask around in the Wheels and Tires section.
If that doesn't work, try a torque arm.
12-01-2007, 09:52 AM
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Nice easy kills. You need some drag radials, dude. Loss of traction can make you look REALLY stupid against much lesser cars (yes....I know from experience as I'm sure most Fbody owers do....
). A set of Nittos will do you a lot of good at your power level on the street.
). A set of Nittos will do you a lot of good at your power level on the street. 
12-01-2007, 11:40 AM
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Damn are you sure your not from WI? Haha, the only reason I ask is because these guys sound like most of the dumb a$$ hicks around here. They all think they know everything there is about building fast cars, but most of them are just ignorant dumba$$es. I have a very similar story to yours, but I wont hijack your thread by telling it in here. I will start a thread of my own. But I know exactly what your going through.
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12-01-2007, 11:13 PM
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yeah i kept making the comment towards them about the 10 second 1/8th mile. Their main excuse was that THEY had no traction, which was hard to believe since they both were able to take off so fast, the one i asked if it was a stick or auto and this is what he responded with and i qoute "its a semi-auto" i just gave him a dumb look.
12-01-2007, 11:16 PM
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haha, still waiting for Dave to pop on here to leave is comments....he is probably still laughing at the whole thing as am I. We actually went as far as setting up a race between the two of them, against a buddy's full exhaust and larger carb 305 trans am. haha i think he lost though.
12-02-2007, 12:03 AM
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That was the funniest **** ever the other night...bro...this kid's 10 second car had a blaster coil, bad timming, and an exhaust leak...it was bad...but a good kill the non-the-less...
12-02-2007, 01:39 AM
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That's great! It's like the time I ran this kid with a "383 Monte Carlo". He claimed it should run 10's, but he wasn't taking it to the track until he got nitrous so that he would run in the 9's. I raced him with my bolt-on LT1 TA. We went from 5mph roll. Dead even until 100mph and then I started walking away, lol. I didn't have the heart to tell him that his 10 second car just got beat by a low 13 second car, lol.
12-02-2007, 11:06 AM
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If you guys would have seen the kids driving the cars too...they just lookes like jokes...it was bad...I mean...their cars looked like **** (even to a guy that loves 3rd gens) and they looked like ****.....like they were idiots that thought 15's equal out to 10's....
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12-03-2007, 12:39 AM
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You have a near stock car, you really are not making enough power to really have a need to be on a slick..
Just throw on some DRs, but you should hook up decent with a very good set of street tires...Slip the clutch a lil as you launch.
WRXs are very slow on stock turbos, they have pee shooters...Most people dont know how small they are
Just throw on some DRs, but you should hook up decent with a very good set of street tires...Slip the clutch a lil as you launch.
WRXs are very slow on stock turbos, they have pee shooters...Most people dont know how small they are
12-03-2007, 12:41 AM
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Muahaha lol
And I would rather wipe my *** with a tpi intake than run one! junk
12-03-2007, 11:49 PM
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Oh and GET THIS! Just today my brother calls me up and says that the kid told everyone in his class that his shitty *** camaro BEAT ME!
Must be smoking something good.What a ******* idiot, I ******* blew his doors off, several times, and that is an understatement, I mean I was walking past him while my rear end was in the lane next to me. IS he BLIND and DUMB!?!?! Someone should just kick his *** that is younger than me because if I bring out the Semper Kill on him I go to jail
