~~~~Closed course, do not attempt on streets, medical staff awaiting~~~
I was walking from class to my car today and i guy came up and complimented me on my stang, we got to talking about aftermarket parts and he noted he just installed borla exhaust on his 01 M3. I was like well i just had some FRPP 3.73 put in lets go try em out! So we met at a light and pulled off the street till we saw there was no traffic in either lanes. We lined up and waited for the green, it turned - and i got a perfect dig from about a 2900 rpm drop and heard a mild chirp from my tires. His car got an okay dig and fell behind mine. For 1st and 2nd i widened the gap as he trailed behind to about a car's length away. in 3rd i gained some ground as he shifted into the next gear but then seemed to really get into his rpm powerband range and lessed the gap pretty substantially. As our lanes merged i was in front and he moved out into the passing lane (was legal and no on comming cars - straight road) at what i assume was about 70-75 he pulled up to to my fender and slowly started to pass me - around now at 80-85 (not sure cuz my speedo said almost 100 -speecal not hooked up) i was obviously in 4th while he made a perfect shift and picked up even more ground
Basically if we carried this past 82mph or so he would have won but was a valiant effort on my NPI's part. At the stop sign we stopped and he said "damn that thing has some grip!" i replied "not really about the same as your tires...it called a V8
~~~~Closed course, do not attempt on streets, medical staff awaiting~~~
Cliff notes: took on an E46 w/ catback and woulda lost if we continued past 82mph or so
looked just like this
I was walking from class to my car today and i guy came up and complimented me on my stang, we got to talking about aftermarket parts and he noted he just installed borla exhaust on his 01 M3. I was like well i just had some FRPP 3.73 put in lets go try em out! So we met at a light and pulled off the street till we saw there was no traffic in either lanes. We lined up and waited for the green, it turned - and i got a perfect dig from about a 2900 rpm drop and heard a mild chirp from my tires. His car got an okay dig and fell behind mine. For 1st and 2nd i widened the gap as he trailed behind to about a car's length away. in 3rd i gained some ground as he shifted into the next gear but then seemed to really get into his rpm powerband range and lessed the gap pretty substantially. As our lanes merged i was in front and he moved out into the passing lane (was legal and no on comming cars - straight road) at what i assume was about 70-75 he pulled up to to my fender and slowly started to pass me - around now at 80-85 (not sure cuz my speedo said almost 100 -speecal not hooked up) i was obviously in 4th while he made a perfect shift and picked up even more ground
Basically if we carried this past 82mph or so he would have won but was a valiant effort on my NPI's part. At the stop sign we stopped and he said "damn that thing has some grip!" i replied "not really about the same as your tires...it called a V8
~~~~Closed course, do not attempt on streets, medical staff awaiting~~~
Cliff notes: took on an E46 w/ catback and woulda lost if we continued past 82mph or so
looked just like this