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Old 12-29-2000, 11:52 PM   #1
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Post just got beat by rice...

i'm living in Phoenix, and this is what i get...
he had tailgated me for a ways, then at a red light pulled along side. as traffic flowed by he reved a couple of singer sewing machine zings out of the fart pipe. he had the darker that hell windows, and i couldn't see his face(that makes me madder than heck). i had just finished mountain biking, and i'm tired as heck, but i'm not gonna let this fly. i ease ahead a couple of feet to get his attention and he does the same, so i know its on. the cross traffic light turns red, so i dial up 3000-3200rpm, light blinks green and i ride the clucth out, maybee 15-20 feet, and then dump it, i get a slight chirp, zeplin is cranked on the noise box, so i do not know what he is up to, i slam second at about 4600 rpm, the throw is way long, and i felt major axle wrap on clutch realese, get a larg chirp on the shift and lurch ahead and look in the pass rear view, his front tires are about at my rear, i'm freaking, man i have to nail the 2-3 shift, watch the rev's climb, 4600rpm and reach and jab for third(man this thing needs a shifter) the litte ricer eases along side and starts to pull!! he eases by and starts to put on distance, i short shift, and get out of it. I've been beat, he's got too much top end for me... o well...
oh ya, i was driving our stock'97 jeep cherokee 4x4...
ha ha.. man i miss my mouse...

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best 1/4 = 13.264@ 100.89mph with a 1.824 60 ft. on turbines with 235/60-R15 BFG DR's
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Old 12-30-2000, 12:31 AM   #2
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Good story...had us all worried for a moment.

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Old 12-30-2000, 12:36 AM   #3
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I was getting ready ask why you were shifting at only 4600 RPMs. Oh well, you probably made his day.

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Old 12-30-2000, 03:02 AM   #4
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Just had a quick Question, i DO usually shift at 4600-5000. When should i be shifiting with the mods i have?

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Old 12-30-2000, 10:38 AM   #5
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Look and see if that race is posted on a ricer board. He will probably say you were driving your Stang!!! LOL


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Old 12-30-2000, 08:18 PM   #6
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hahahaha dude i was getting into that story

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Old 12-30-2000, 08:21 PM   #7
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StreetRacin89Stang: If you can get to the track, play with shifting. I'd guess somewhere around 5400-5600 would be a good shift point with your combo. You'd have to experiment to find the optimal point.

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Old 01-01-2001, 12:12 PM   #8
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REMATCH REMATCH!! Get him into a mud hole and slap her in 4X4 and then see who comes out on top Light Em Up!!
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Old 01-01-2001, 12:30 PM   #9
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ya, hey thanks guys, it was pretty good fun.
Mud hole eh?, Yep, that should do it alright.

StreetRacin89Stang, do as jonnyk says, say's. i agree, with those mods you car will pull hard well beyond 5000.

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Old 01-01-2001, 08:41 PM   #10
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I was thinking the guy had a turbo or lots of nitrous there for a min.
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