That's right boys and girls! I saw this guy cruise in the local 1/8 mile and I was on it like white on rice! I talked with him and he had a TechArt exhaust and a K&N drop-in, and a short shift kit. It is a 2002 996 420HP car so I really don't know what it had with the mods but the owner thought 435 or so to my 390-400 crank.
Let me start by saying that is was hot as hell. 110 heat index at 5pm and on the ride home at 10:30pm it was still 89 degrees. Humidity was 1000% or at least felt like it. I had the car cooling for 45 minutes and iced a few things!
The first run was me getting the holeshot by 1 1/2 cars and he made up a 1/2 but I was a car in front at the finish.
The 2nd run was a closer launch but his gear lever popped out of 1st and he just quit. He told me that he wanted to run a few to get use to the short-shift then we would run again later. Cool Time to cool the car and ice a few do-dads!
I chilled for an hour or so (coolent temp was 179 for the last run) and then I found him and we ran the last time. By that time the track was packed and the announcer was pumping the crowd up on our race. We lined them up and we were off! I got the launch by a car and when he hit his 2nd gear he pulled a 1/2 car closer but when he shifted to 3rd his pull slowed and we crossed the finish with his nose at my right rear quarter panal!!!
What was the best thing about the races is that he was talking smack about blowing a GTO away on the street a week prior.
Not tonight buddy! I was the better driver for sure! If this was the 1/4 mile it may have been different but even with as hot and humid as it was tonight and being on street tires I stilled managed an 8.6 at 84. He was 8.7s tonight. Luckly heat soak was getting him more then me! My buddy in his A4 WS6 was 9.0s-9.1s (usually 8.6s) and a new 05GT with tune and intake was the same as the WS6. Too damn hot!!!! I was 2-3/10s off the usual time at this track.
I do have video!!! I do need to figure out how to get the VHS-C onto the computer. A computer geek friend says he can convert it so as soon as I have it you will see it!!!
Let me start by saying that is was hot as hell. 110 heat index at 5pm and on the ride home at 10:30pm it was still 89 degrees. Humidity was 1000% or at least felt like it. I had the car cooling for 45 minutes and iced a few things!
The first run was me getting the holeshot by 1 1/2 cars and he made up a 1/2 but I was a car in front at the finish.
The 2nd run was a closer launch but his gear lever popped out of 1st and he just quit. He told me that he wanted to run a few to get use to the short-shift then we would run again later. Cool Time to cool the car and ice a few do-dads!
I chilled for an hour or so (coolent temp was 179 for the last run) and then I found him and we ran the last time. By that time the track was packed and the announcer was pumping the crowd up on our race. We lined them up and we were off! I got the launch by a car and when he hit his 2nd gear he pulled a 1/2 car closer but when he shifted to 3rd his pull slowed and we crossed the finish with his nose at my right rear quarter panal!!!
What was the best thing about the races is that he was talking smack about blowing a GTO away on the street a week prior.
Not tonight buddy! I was the better driver for sure! If this was the 1/4 mile it may have been different but even with as hot and humid as it was tonight and being on street tires I stilled managed an 8.6 at 84. He was 8.7s tonight. Luckly heat soak was getting him more then me! My buddy in his A4 WS6 was 9.0s-9.1s (usually 8.6s) and a new 05GT with tune and intake was the same as the WS6. Too damn hot!!!! I was 2-3/10s off the usual time at this track.
I do have video!!! I do need to figure out how to get the VHS-C onto the computer. A computer geek friend says he can convert it so as soon as I have it you will see it!!!