A bunch of us went to the track last night. It was hotter as all hell, probably 95* but it felt like 105*, humidity through the roof. Just terrible conditions for racing. Nonetheless, we had this planned for over a month and had a great turnout. As the sun went down conditions became more bearable but still in the hugh 80's and very sticky.
Anyway, my friend was running his 03 Cobra trying for a new PB. Considering the conditions he was running very well. PB is 10.19 in decent weather, (keep in mind this is a 1000' track), and he had just clicked off a 10.23. He lined up again between bracket races and let the car cool a little.
While we were sitting there, his wife (the car is actually in her name, so theres a running joke that its "her car") overheard the guy in front of us, who was driving a silver Z28 LS1, say to his friends "Mustangs are overrated" while looking our way. Well, this woman is a little firecracker when it comes to that car. So right away she tell my friend, "you gotta race this guy, please kick his ass!" LOL.
Sure enough, he walks back and says he wants to race. My friend, who is the nicest, probably funniest guy I know, says sure, "but take it easy on me." To which the LS1 driver replies, "But you have a supercharger" View attachment 374605
So now my friend is kinda irked by this guy, since he just used the biggest Pre-Race Ricer excuse in the history of racing, (next to being low on blinker fluid, of course). To further piss him off, the guy shuts my friends hood as hes walking back to his LS1. No one asked him to do it, he just did. I know its trivial, but Im sure most of you guys dont like when someone you dont know puts his mitts on your car either.
So, thats the set-up for the race. I know, kinda long but I had to get all the details in there. Now the race: they line up, its a Pro-Tree.......my friend absolutely kills this guy, which we knew was coming anyway. Unfortunately, he ran a 10.20, just 0.01 shy of his PB. But, here comes the punchline.........
the Camaro ran 11.94!
FWIW, pretty much every other F-body/Vette/GTO owner out there was very cool. Speaking of GTO's, if you have a chance to look into the engine bay of an LS2 goat, do it. It will piss you right off. The engine bay is so clean and there is so much room to work. Installing LT's on one of those cant take more than an hour or two.
Anyway, my friend was running his 03 Cobra trying for a new PB. Considering the conditions he was running very well. PB is 10.19 in decent weather, (keep in mind this is a 1000' track), and he had just clicked off a 10.23. He lined up again between bracket races and let the car cool a little.
While we were sitting there, his wife (the car is actually in her name, so theres a running joke that its "her car") overheard the guy in front of us, who was driving a silver Z28 LS1, say to his friends "Mustangs are overrated" while looking our way. Well, this woman is a little firecracker when it comes to that car. So right away she tell my friend, "you gotta race this guy, please kick his ass!" LOL.
Sure enough, he walks back and says he wants to race. My friend, who is the nicest, probably funniest guy I know, says sure, "but take it easy on me." To which the LS1 driver replies, "But you have a supercharger" View attachment 374605
So now my friend is kinda irked by this guy, since he just used the biggest Pre-Race Ricer excuse in the history of racing, (next to being low on blinker fluid, of course). To further piss him off, the guy shuts my friends hood as hes walking back to his LS1. No one asked him to do it, he just did. I know its trivial, but Im sure most of you guys dont like when someone you dont know puts his mitts on your car either.
So, thats the set-up for the race. I know, kinda long but I had to get all the details in there. Now the race: they line up, its a Pro-Tree.......my friend absolutely kills this guy, which we knew was coming anyway. Unfortunately, he ran a 10.20, just 0.01 shy of his PB. But, here comes the punchline.........
the Camaro ran 11.94!
FWIW, pretty much every other F-body/Vette/GTO owner out there was very cool. Speaking of GTO's, if you have a chance to look into the engine bay of an LS2 goat, do it. It will piss you right off. The engine bay is so clean and there is so much room to work. Installing LT's on one of those cant take more than an hour or two.