Slushbox vs. Stick
Slushbox vs. Stick This happened a couple weeks ago, at the end on last month. It was the opening night at Memphis Motorsports and I was heading home after a pretty good night. I've been hunting for a nice stoplight duel since I got the thing, and it seems everything I see is always heading in the opposite direction. I'm heading down Goodman and notice a little somethin' somethin' up ahead in the distance. I casually make my way through a few cars and manage to come up behind the fellow. Well, what'd ya know!!!! Another LS1! It's Sunset Orange, has a little sound to it, and is lugging around two dudes up front and a chick in the back; it was just me and my brother in mine, plus two Trailblazer wheels and tires in the back seat.
We get out ahead and get a little space. He immediately gives me a little rev and grin so I figure he's game. We line up at the next intersection and sit there, waiting and watching that light like it's got *******. We see green, and drop the hammers to get the show on the road. Both of us spin on the greasy pavement, but he catches a hair quicker and starts pulling me. He gets about two cars on me and we slow down. I roll up beside him, asking what I already know. "Six speed, hmm?" Of course.. I nod and we line them up again, this time from a roll. We hit it again and he might've pulled me buy a blinker before we shut them down. We run through this routine two or three more times with the same results. The boy just can't pull me!
By now I'm a few miles down the road past where I was going to turn off, and our attempts to talk and drive weren't working too well. We pull over next to BP and get to talkin'. His is a '98 model as well with a "$1,500 Borla exhaust", as he put it. From the sound of the car, I'd say it might've had a Y-pipe and catback, but I'm not sure about headers. Other than that, he said he had a rebuilt transmission, new clutch, a "Programmer", lid, and 3.73s. The catch, he was pushin' 150,000 on the odo. He grinned when I told him I only had 71,000 on mine, but was taken aback when I mentioned my 2.73s, hacked muffler, and lid. He didn't realize they even came with 2.73s.
I could sense the envy when he asked what I paid. He gave about $2,000 more with 30,000 more miles, just a little over a year before.
His was a high miler, but he had a little more in it than me. Wouldn't blame the driver, cause that guy was shifting the snot out of it.
Fun night
We get out ahead and get a little space. He immediately gives me a little rev and grin so I figure he's game. We line up at the next intersection and sit there, waiting and watching that light like it's got *******. We see green, and drop the hammers to get the show on the road. Both of us spin on the greasy pavement, but he catches a hair quicker and starts pulling me. He gets about two cars on me and we slow down. I roll up beside him, asking what I already know. "Six speed, hmm?" Of course.. I nod and we line them up again, this time from a roll. We hit it again and he might've pulled me buy a blinker before we shut them down. We run through this routine two or three more times with the same results. The boy just can't pull me!
By now I'm a few miles down the road past where I was going to turn off, and our attempts to talk and drive weren't working too well. We pull over next to BP and get to talkin'. His is a '98 model as well with a "$1,500 Borla exhaust", as he put it. From the sound of the car, I'd say it might've had a Y-pipe and catback, but I'm not sure about headers. Other than that, he said he had a rebuilt transmission, new clutch, a "Programmer", lid, and 3.73s. The catch, he was pushin' 150,000 on the odo. He grinned when I told him I only had 71,000 on mine, but was taken aback when I mentioned my 2.73s, hacked muffler, and lid. He didn't realize they even came with 2.73s.
I could sense the envy when he asked what I paid. He gave about $2,000 more with 30,000 more miles, just a little over a year before.
His was a high miler, but he had a little more in it than me. Wouldn't blame the driver, cause that guy was shifting the snot out of it.
Fun night
Last edited by RaggedRides; Mar 10, 2008 at 03:08 PM.
I guess it all depends on how it's maintained. I had a high mile Mustang that ran like a top at 160,000.
2.73s are bitches down low, but I guess aren't too terrible up top
2.73s are bitches down low, but I guess aren't too terrible up top
