Raced a 60something coupe

FivepointOH · 08-08-2001, 01:34 AM

Just got out of smoothie king with my girlfriend when a guy I used to know in a 60 something(not sure what year) coupe drives by in the parking lot... last time i saw this guy was a year and a half ago and he had just gotten the car and had a 289 with a few bolt ons... i smoked the heck out of him then. Anyway I noticed his car now had a distinct cam sound when he idled by. I got in my car and revved it up... I heard him rev but he didn't follow so I figured he was getting out at the store or something. I turned out of the parking lot and went about 1/2 a mile when I see him coming up fast behind me... instead of slowing down he goes roaring by me and weaves in and out of cars ahead. Finally he slows down at a stop sign ahead and waits for me to get next to him. I stop and look over and nod and we both hit it. We are kind of in a neighberhood so I only took it up to 45 but I was at least a car ahead by then. We came to a stoplight after that and I could hear his cam again... I asked him if he got a cam and he said... well I got a new engine.. a 302... I said oh good choice what's it run and he said 13.5... i was thinking no way he runs a 13.5... i just pulled a car+ to only 45 with my girlfriend in the car and about 200lbs of extra crap in my trunk. Anyway light turns green and he gets the jump on me...I get a crappy launch but still pull ahead by about a half a car... we are still in a residential area that has lots of cops and i am so concerned I am not watching the tach just the road and I rev to 6k... and he starts pulling on me... I shift but it's too late he already pulled about a half a car past me where he stays... we take it up to about 65 and let off. He says see you around with a smug look on his face and makes a u turn... then my girlfriend asks if i just lost(which makes me very mad at my car and myself andthe loss 10x worse). Oh well.

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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

dashapht · 08-10-2001, 12:29 AM

you used to know the guy?

find out where to contact him, and ask him to come to the dragstrip with you.. settle it there.

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93 Coupe, long tubes, pro chamber, flowmasters, 3.73, auburn, alum driveshft, subframes, tri-ax, pulley, 73mm MAF, cold air, TFS TW heads, stage 1 cam, track heat intake, 1.6 roller rockers, 24 lb injectors, mac 70mm throttle body, edelbrock water pump, be cool radiator. best ET of 8.73 @ 79.2 in 1/8th before heads, cam, intake, rr's, and tb.

08-12-2001, 10:31 PM

dont feel too bad about it i have a 69 coupe grande bored 30 over headers aluminum pistons & a 2 barrel carb i think it will give my 2000 gt a bad day so i only race gump motor co crap like the so ba z 28 beat 4 already chevy aint nothing but razer blade material but i love stopping the heartbeat

08-08-2001, 01:34 AM	#1
FivepointOH Registered Member Join Date: Jan 1999 Location: Sugar Land, Tx USA Posts: 478	Raced a 60something coupe Just got out of smoothie king with my girlfriend when a guy I used to know in a 60 something(not sure what year) coupe drives by in the parking lot... last time i saw this guy was a year and a half ago and he had just gotten the car and had a 289 with a few bolt ons... i smoked the heck out of him then. Anyway I noticed his car now had a distinct cam sound when he idled by. I got in my car and revved it up... I heard him rev but he didn't follow so I figured he was getting out at the store or something. I turned out of the parking lot and went about 1/2 a mile when I see him coming up fast behind me... instead of slowing down he goes roaring by me and weaves in and out of cars ahead. Finally he slows down at a stop sign ahead and waits for me to get next to him. I stop and look over and nod and we both hit it. We are kind of in a neighberhood so I only took it up to 45 but I was at least a car ahead by then. We came to a stoplight after that and I could hear his cam again... I asked him if he got a cam and he said... well I got a new engine.. a 302... I said oh good choice what's it run and he said 13.5... i was thinking no way he runs a 13.5... i just pulled a car+ to only 45 with my girlfriend in the car and about 200lbs of extra crap in my trunk. Anyway light turns green and he gets the jump on me...I get a crappy launch but still pull ahead by about a half a car... we are still in a residential area that has lots of cops and i am so concerned I am not watching the tach just the road and I rev to 6k... and he starts pulling on me... I shift but it's too late he already pulled about a half a car past me where he stays... we take it up to about 65 and let off. He says see you around with a smug look on his face and makes a u turn... then my girlfriend asks if i just lost(which makes me very mad at my car and myself andthe loss 10x worse). Oh well. ------------------ 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

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08-10-2001, 12:29 AM	#2
dashapht Registered Member Join Date: Jan 2001 Location: nashville, tn Posts: 72	you used to know the guy? find out where to contact him, and ask him to come to the dragstrip with you.. settle it there. ------------------ 93 Coupe, long tubes, pro chamber, flowmasters, 3.73, auburn, alum driveshft, subframes, tri-ax, pulley, 73mm MAF, cold air, TFS TW heads, stage 1 cam, track heat intake, 1.6 roller rockers, 24 lb injectors, mac 70mm throttle body, edelbrock water pump, be cool radiator. best ET of 8.73 @ 79.2 in 1/8th before heads, cam, intake, rr's, and tb.

08-12-2001, 10:31 PM	#3
mustang marty gt Guest Posts: n/a	dont feel too bad about it i have a 69 coupe grande bored 30 over headers aluminum pistons & a 2 barrel carb i think it will give my 2000 gt a bad day so i only race gump motor co crap like the so ba z 28 beat 4 already chevy aint nothing but razer blade material but i love stopping the heartbeat