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12-29-2000, 11:52 PM | #1 |
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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... ------------------ '92 emerald coupe, no air silencer, bored stock MAF to 60mm, sub-frames welded, strut tower brace, 180 thermo, 16 deg's, K'n'N panel, bosh platniums, u.d. pullies, off road h-pipe, hurst "stir stick", fms 3.73's. otherwise, factory original. best 1/4 = 13.264@ 100.89mph with a 1.824 60 ft. on turbines with 235/60-R15 BFG DR's |
12-30-2000, 12:31 AM | #2 |
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Good story...had us all worried for a moment.
------------------ '91 LX Procharger, 3 row intercooler, extrude honed Cobra intake, Mac full Length Headers, 30# inj., 73mm C&L, 75mm tb, E303 cam, 289 rods, ported E7 heads, MSD, T-Rex w/255 lph Walbro, 5 lug conversion, Cobra R wheels, 3.27 gears and Moser Axles. |
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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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?
------------------ 89 5.0 GT White w/Blue Racing Stripes K&N, 73mm Mass Air, Ported and Polished Stock Heads, E303 Cam, MAC equal Length Headers, Off Road H-Pipe, Borla Mufflers, Sway Bars, Strut Tower, Subframe Connectors, Eibach, Koni Adjustables, Pony 5 Stars, 1000 Watt JL Audio System |
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
------------------ 1997 Black Cobra Convertible. #2788 of 3088 Mostly Stock 1988 5.0 LX Convertible -Work Car...Few Mods. |
12-30-2000, 08:18 PM | #6 |
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hahahaha dude i was getting into that story
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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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01-01-2001, 12:12 PM | #8 |
YOU HAVE NO MARBLES!!!!!!
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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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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. ------------------ '92 emerald coupe, no air silencer, bored stock MAF to 60mm, sub-frames welded, strut tower brace, 180 thermo, 16 deg's, K'n'N panel, bosh platniums, u.d. pullies, off road h-pipe, hurst "stir stick", fms 3.73's. otherwise, factory original. best 1/4 = 13.264@ 100.89mph with a 1.824 60 ft. on turbines with 235/60-R15 BFG DR's |
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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