How many races do u get..????

Ty'97Cobra · 01-06-2001, 01:12 AM

in a day, week, month.

Not planned of course!!! Tracks don't count!

I get about 2 a month. (worthy competitors)

Stoplight to stoplight or on the highway.

I've read about a lot of highway wins/losses, stoplight wins/losses....

Just wondering...

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1997 Black Cobra Convertible. #2788 of 3088
Mostly Stock
1988 5.0 LX Convertible -Work Car...Few Mods.

97snakedriver · 01-06-2001, 01:16 AM

I'm in a serious dry spell. Its been a long time. I don't understand why either. There are lots of f-bodies around which constitute worthy competitors. I just haven't met up with any in a convenient spot.

Skyman · 01-06-2001, 02:12 AM

Like 3-4 a year if that. People are wimps around here.

I cant get any.

Skyler

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-1989 Saleen Mustang #406-
TFS Heads, Edelbrock intake, E-303, 3.73's, 1 5/8 shorty headers, Offroad-Hpipe, 2chamber flows, 36psi FPR, playing with timing still, 70mm tb, 73mm maf, 24lb injectors, K/N, March Crank pulley, MSD6a, 9mm wires and FMS Aluminum driveshaft.
Best ET 13.2@106mph Needs tuning...

StangFlyer · 01-06-2001, 07:10 AM

Moved to the Street Racer's Corner...

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Dan McClain, Editor
The Mustang Works Magazine
1991 Mustang GT - NOVI Supercharged 377 Stroker
1999 Ford Lightning SVT - 2000 Prototype updated by Roush

01-06-2001, 11:21 AM

Around here in the Detroit area, if you have ANY sports car you will get a race. It doesn't matter if you are in a mustang lined up against a Dodge ram pickup.

I know it is the motor city, but come on there must be something in the water around here.

I get quite a few races with legit competition though Maybe it is because we get cabin fever from winter and during the summer we let loose.

Last year I me up with an LT1 vette and thought I was going to smoke him. So we take off and we were pulling door to door from a second gear roll. Then I pounded third and we were still even, then out of no where I heard this loud *** whistling noise start to walk me. I met up with him at the Woodward Dream Cruise where he proceded to walk me again, and found out he has an 8 lb Pro-Charger. He said he ran 12.2 on street radials (not drag radials).

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88GT stock shortblock, ported GT-40 iron heads, ported Edlebrock Performer intake, 24# inj, Pro-M 75mm Bullet MAM, 3.73, hurst short throw, F-303, electric fan, alum rad, FMS HD clutch, R134a ac conversion, 70mm TB , and some other stuff I probably forgot, best run so far on ET streets is 13.02@106 with a 1.87 60ft (Full body weight GT, full tank of gas, and sway bars connected, gonna disconnect sway bars and dip into the twelves).

teal93LX · 01-06-2001, 12:19 PM

i've had my girl for around a year or so, since i got her i've had maybe 5 races, thats it..never enough..never enough

i dont even care if i know i'm gonna lose, i just wanna floor it

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stock aod (only mod is the .38 with hollows on the passenger seat for the jackers) waiting for relatives to die for money for mods...

cobrayankee · 01-06-2001, 11:34 PM

I honestly got up to 15 a month when I was living in FL. Sometimes more. (not even half were worth it, mostly seeing what I had I think) Moved here to Baltimore last month and have had 1. Don't know what the deal is. I think the weather for one, and I guess I did a lot more cruising in FL. But then again, on my home from work I'd even get them.

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1997 Cobra (Black on black), C+L 80mm MAF, K+N filter, Pro 5.0 shifter, BBK Springs, Taylor Wires, 2 Chamber Flows, ASP Pulleys, BBK off road H pipe.

NoSlow5.0 · 01-07-2001, 10:57 AM

I've gotten about 4 since i bought my car last summer.

Oh well, the ricvers never want to try. Light Em Up!!!

FivepointOH · 01-07-2001, 12:27 PM

It comes in blocks, I will get 2 or 3 races in 2 days then I won't get a race for 2 months. I'd say on average about 2 races a month.

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92 AOD GT, K&N, ram air, pulleys, 2 ch. flowmasters, 4:10's, shift kit, 1 5/8 mac longtubes and offroad hpipe 14.249 @ 97.34 mph before the headers and hpipe

exgmguy · 01-07-2001, 03:08 PM

Almost daily in the summer months, but the winter is really slow.

Wait till summer, I'll be posting races almost every day!!!

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1988 Mustang GT

12.0 @ 121 on radials
S-trim Vortech sitting in a box!

Snakeman · 01-07-2001, 06:07 PM

every time i go driving...

I sure would like to drive my baby soon, i almost forget what it feels like. I think i'll go out and work on it now...

I WILL have it back on the road soon!

WORTHY?
not much around here should be able to keep up...The way it should be!

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Rob Wegner
90LX

cobrayankee · 01-07-2001, 06:19 PM

Quote:

Originally posted by Snakeman:
every time i go driving...

WORTHY?
not much around here should be able to keep up...The way it should be!

I was looking at your profile and mods. Why have you kept the injectors at 19#?? Seems like you'd benefit from a jump up in size. ALso, how do you pass inspection out there in CA? I am going to have problems here in MD.

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1997 Cobra (Black on black), C+L 80mm MAF, K+N filter, Pro 5.0 shifter, BBK Springs, Taylor Wires, 2 Chamber Flows, ASP Pulleys, BBK off road H pipe.

KillaZ350 · 01-07-2001, 10:14 PM

Not to many, when i do my opponants for some reason never show me they wanna run theyll just fly by and ill have to play catch up, most of the time ill just say F'it but everynow and then ill get a good race.

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1991 Z28 Camaro L98 5.7

http://www.IROC-Z.org/3rdgen/BandetZ28-resized.jpg
http://www.IROC-Z.org/3rdgen/BandetZ28-2-resized.jpg

LX XLR8R · 01-08-2001, 12:49 PM

during the summer anywhere from 1-5 on sunday nights for $$$..but during the week just driving around its hard to find any takers anymore

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1987 black notch(ex 4 banger)
DSS 306 w/ main support...Elderbrock 6028 heads..gt-40 intake..24# injectors...70 mm tb..77 pro-m...accel 300+..mac full legnth..tremec w/ pro5oh...full MAC exhaust,off road h-pipe,long tubes, catback...ron davis radiator..subframes, control arms...CFDF II..o yea holley FPR sucks..dont buy one..

Snakeman · 01-08-2001, 01:01 PM

the 19lb injectors should keep up with my fuel requirements for now.

since I run a wet nitrous system, not all of the fuel passes through the injectors. they are one of my next mods, for sure...

I am also broker'n'$hit right now, so I just want my car running again. I ran it at the track too many times without much in the way of oil pressure. hehehe! still ran 11s!

I am having the worst luck getting any of the correct parts. they kept trying to sell me a hypereutectic piston (and actually did) when I asked SPECIFICALLY for forged! Parts guys are the worst morons! I got a set of cast iron rings, but they didn't even fit in the ring grooves! everyone wants to sell me their freakin' ChroMoly rings. I do NOT want ChroMoly rings! they won't even try to second-source them. they look in the book and say "nope".

Dipwads!

oops!
didn't mean to go off.

I have all CARB approved parts except for the N2O kit which i will remove before taking it to the smog-nazis.

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Rob Wegner
90LX

Tom351 · 01-08-2001, 02:25 PM

1 to 3 a month, (races that require more than 1st gear)

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67 Fastback - Arctic White Pearl paint
351W ,Trick Flow Aluminum Heads, Edelbrock TorkerII, Comp. Cam, Performance Automatic C-4 Trans, 3.55 gears, Front Disc Brakes, 1-1/8" Fr. 3/4" rear sway bars.

My 351W Fastback

LOCASH · 01-08-2001, 02:49 PM

I've had the car for about 2 years. Had one race!!! Got my doors blown off by a new Porsche.

He pulled over and he seemed really happy until I told him I paid $1000 for my car and I should hope that he wins considering it was a new Porsche and I probably cost more than $40,000. (Imagine what I could build with half of that!) My 86 was totally stock with ~130k on it. Other than that.....nothing. Europeans don't really dig cars like we do.

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86 GT T-tops, AOD, B&M shift kit and hammer shifter, ROH wheels, K&N, Timing,MAC headers, 2.5 off road H, 2.5 American Thunder, 87 spindles, rear disc,SS lines, BBK 1.5, poly bushings, Crutchfield front kick panel speakers.
"DRIVE LIKE YOU STOLE IT!"

fast_stang_50 · 01-08-2001, 03:41 PM

Well, i live near Detroit and on the weekends, if you can't find a race, there's something seriously wrong. I mean everyone and their mom thinks they have a fast car out here and are willing to prove it on a whim. I'd say on the average weekend i'll pull in about 10-15 races depending on if i go out driving around looking for victims or if i go out late night to the beautiful streets of Detroit and find where everyone is that night. So, basically, if you're like me and love to street race Detroit is the place to be.

Kevin Price · 01-08-2001, 03:45 PM

My daily driver right now is a 99' 3/4 ton Dodge w\ the Cummins diesel. So, as you can see, I dont get in too many races.

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SVO siamesed 351 stroked to 417ci,Yates heads, solid roller,Trans King glide and a little blue bottle
of giggle gas. My Car

01-08-2001, 05:56 PM

My daily driver is a '97 F-350 Power Stroke 4x4. I will drive my car alot now that I have my A/C (in the summer). But amazingly enough I still get people trying to race my truck. Everybody thinks because it has a turbo it is a rocket-ship. These people are obviously ricers, though.

01-06-2001, 01:12 AM	#1
Ty'97Cobra Registered Member Join Date: Apr 1999 Location: NC Posts: 308	How many races do u get..???? in a day, week, month. Not planned of course!!! Tracks don't count! I get about 2 a month. (worthy competitors) Stoplight to stoplight or on the highway. I've read about a lot of highway wins/losses, stoplight wins/losses.... Just wondering... ------------------ 1997 Black Cobra Convertible. #2788 of 3088 Mostly Stock 1988 5.0 LX Convertible -Work Car...Few Mods.

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88GT5.013.02 Guest Posts: n/a	Around here in the Detroit area, if you have ANY sports car you will get a race. It doesn't matter if you are in a mustang lined up against a Dodge ram pickup. I know it is the motor city, but come on there must be something in the water around here. I get quite a few races with legit competition though Maybe it is because we get cabin fever from winter and during the summer we let loose. Last year I me up with an LT1 vette and thought I was going to smoke him. So we take off and we were pulling door to door from a second gear roll. Then I pounded third and we were still even, then out of no where I heard this loud *** whistling noise start to walk me. I met up with him at the Woodward Dream Cruise where he proceded to walk me again, and found out he has an 8 lb Pro-Charger. He said he ran 12.2 on street radials (not drag radials). ------------------ 88GT stock shortblock, ported GT-40 iron heads, ported Edlebrock Performer intake, 24# inj, Pro-M 75mm Bullet MAM, 3.73, hurst short throw, F-303, electric fan, alum rad, FMS HD clutch, R134a ac conversion, 70mm TB , and some other stuff I probably forgot, best run so far on ET streets is 13.02@106 with a 1.87 60ft (Full body weight GT, full tank of gas, and sway bars connected, gonna disconnect sway bars and dip into the twelves).

01-06-2001, 12:19 PM	#6
teal93LX Registered Member Join Date: Jul 2000 Location: So Florida Posts: 129	i've had my girl for around a year or so, since i got her i've had maybe 5 races, thats it..never enough..never enough i dont even care if i know i'm gonna lose, i just wanna floor it ------------------ stock aod (only mod is the .38 with hollows on the passenger seat for the jackers) waiting for relatives to die for money for mods...

01-06-2001, 11:34 PM	#7
cobrayankee Registered Member Join Date: Jul 2000 Location: Baltimore, MD Posts: 516	I honestly got up to 15 a month when I was living in FL. Sometimes more. (not even half were worth it, mostly seeing what I had I think) Moved here to Baltimore last month and have had 1. Don't know what the deal is. I think the weather for one, and I guess I did a lot more cruising in FL. But then again, on my home from work I'd even get them. ------------------ 1997 Cobra (Black on black), C+L 80mm MAF, K+N filter, Pro 5.0 shifter, BBK Springs, Taylor Wires, 2 Chamber Flows, ASP Pulleys, BBK off road H pipe.

01-07-2001, 10:57 AM	#8
NoSlow5.0 YOU HAVE NO MARBLES!!!!!! Join Date: Aug 2000 Location: Jonesboro,Georgia,USA (Providence, Ri) Posts: 868	I've gotten about 4 since i bought my car last summer. Oh well, the ricvers never want to try. Light Em Up!!!

01-07-2001, 12:27 PM	#9
FivepointOH Registered Member Join Date: Jan 1999 Location: Sugar Land, Tx USA Posts: 478	It comes in blocks, I will get 2 or 3 races in 2 days then I won't get a race for 2 months. I'd say on average about 2 races a month. ------------------ 92 AOD GT, K&N, ram air, pulleys, 2 ch. flowmasters, 4:10's, shift kit, 1 5/8 mac longtubes and offroad hpipe 14.249 @ 97.34 mph before the headers and hpipe

01-07-2001, 03:08 PM	#10
exgmguy Registered Member Join Date: Feb 1999 Location: Utica, Michigan Posts: 2,631	Almost daily in the summer months, but the winter is really slow. Wait till summer, I'll be posting races almost every day!!! ------------------ 1988 Mustang GT 12.0 @ 121 on radials S-trim Vortech sitting in a box!

01-07-2001, 06:07 PM	#11
Snakeman Registered Member Join Date: Apr 1999 Location: Grass Valley, CA, USA Posts: 1,389	every time i go driving... I sure would like to drive my baby soon, i almost forget what it feels like. I think i'll go out and work on it now... I WILL have it back on the road soon! WORTHY? not much around here should be able to keep up...The way it should be! ------------------ Rob Wegner 90LX

01-07-2001, 10:14 PM	#13
KillaZ350 Registered Member Join Date: Mar 2000 Location: Columbia, South Carolina Posts: 214	Not to many, when i do my opponants for some reason never show me they wanna run theyll just fly by and ill have to play catch up, most of the time ill just say F'it but everynow and then ill get a good race. ------------------ 1991 Z28 Camaro L98 5.7 http://www.IROC-Z.org/3rdgen/BandetZ28-resized.jpg http://www.IROC-Z.org/3rdgen/BandetZ28-2-resized.jpg

01-08-2001, 12:49 PM	#14
LX XLR8R Dirk Diggler Join Date: Feb 1999 Location: SLOATSBURG, NY Posts: 1,931	during the summer anywhere from 1-5 on sunday nights for $$$..but during the week just driving around its hard to find any takers anymore ------------------ 1987 black notch(ex 4 banger) DSS 306 w/ main support...Elderbrock 6028 heads..gt-40 intake..24# injectors...70 mm tb..77 pro-m...accel 300+..mac full legnth..tremec w/ pro5oh...full MAC exhaust,off road h-pipe,long tubes, catback...ron davis radiator..subframes, control arms...CFDF II..o yea holley FPR sucks..dont buy one..

01-08-2001, 01:01 PM	#15
Snakeman Registered Member Join Date: Apr 1999 Location: Grass Valley, CA, USA Posts: 1,389	the 19lb injectors should keep up with my fuel requirements for now. since I run a wet nitrous system, not all of the fuel passes through the injectors. they are one of my next mods, for sure... I am also broker'n'$hit right now, so I just want my car running again. I ran it at the track too many times without much in the way of oil pressure. hehehe! still ran 11s! I am having the worst luck getting any of the correct parts. they kept trying to sell me a hypereutectic piston (and actually did) when I asked SPECIFICALLY for forged! Parts guys are the worst morons! I got a set of cast iron rings, but they didn't even fit in the ring grooves! everyone wants to sell me their freakin' ChroMoly rings. I do NOT want ChroMoly rings! they won't even try to second-source them. they look in the book and say "nope". Dipwads! oops! didn't mean to go off. I have all CARB approved parts except for the N2O kit which i will remove before taking it to the smog-nazis. ------------------ Rob Wegner 90LX

01-08-2001, 02:25 PM	#16
Tom351 Registered Member Join Date: Oct 2000 Location: Atlanta,GA,USA Posts: 278	1 to 3 a month, (races that require more than 1st gear) ------------------ 67 Fastback - Arctic White Pearl paint 351W ,Trick Flow Aluminum Heads, Edelbrock TorkerII, Comp. Cam, Performance Automatic C-4 Trans, 3.55 gears, Front Disc Brakes, 1-1/8" Fr. 3/4" rear sway bars. My 351W Fastback

01-08-2001, 02:49 PM	#17
LOCASH Registered Member Join Date: Oct 2000 Location: Santa Lucia di Budoia, Italy Posts: 217	I've had the car for about 2 years. Had one race!!! Got my doors blown off by a new Porsche. He pulled over and he seemed really happy until I told him I paid $1000 for my car and I should hope that he wins considering it was a new Porsche and I probably cost more than $40,000. (Imagine what I could build with half of that!) My 86 was totally stock with ~130k on it. Other than that.....nothing. Europeans don't really dig cars like we do. ------------------ 86 GT T-tops, AOD, B&M shift kit and hammer shifter, ROH wheels, K&N, Timing,MAC headers, 2.5 off road H, 2.5 American Thunder, 87 spindles, rear disc,SS lines, BBK 1.5, poly bushings, Crutchfield front kick panel speakers. "DRIVE LIKE YOU STOLE IT!"

01-08-2001, 03:41 PM	#18
fast_stang_50 Registered Member Join Date: May 2000 Location: Trenton, MI Posts: 2	Well, i live near Detroit and on the weekends, if you can't find a race, there's something seriously wrong. I mean everyone and their mom thinks they have a fast car out here and are willing to prove it on a whim. I'd say on the average weekend i'll pull in about 10-15 races depending on if i go out driving around looking for victims or if i go out late night to the beautiful streets of Detroit and find where everyone is that night. So, basically, if you're like me and love to street race Detroit is the place to be.

01-08-2001, 03:45 PM	#19
Kevin Price Registered Member Join Date: Jan 1999 Location: Oxford, KS Posts: 935	My daily driver right now is a 99' 3/4 ton Dodge w\ the Cummins diesel. So, as you can see, I dont get in too many races. ------------------ SVO siamesed 351 stroked to 417ci,Yates heads, solid roller,Trans King glide and a little blue bottle of giggle gas. My Car

01-08-2001, 05:56 PM	#20
88GT5.013.02 Guest Posts: n/a	My daily driver is a '97 F-350 Power Stroke 4x4. I will drive my car alot now that I have my A/C (in the summer). But amazingly enough I still get people trying to race my truck. Everybody thinks because it has a turbo it is a rocket-ship. These people are obviously ricers, though.