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03-16-2003, 06:07 PM | #1 |
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'98 Trans Am goes down
Cruising beltway 8 feeder roads in Houston, I spied a white Trans Am in my mirror. He was driving conservatively, so I slowed a little to let him catch up. It was a young guy with his gf in the car. Sure enough we caught a light and he changed lanes to get next to me. I looked over and smiled at the gf, but didn't rev at him. I wasn't sure if would go or not so I just started off at half throttle so I wouldn't look like a complete @$$ if he didn't go.
Well he came up even and punched it. I was ready and nailed it just after he did. He did have a slight advantage going first but we stayed almost even through 1st with me having maybe 1/2 lenth on him. All the way through 2nd I opened up the lead, shifted to 3rd and still on it I had 3 or 4 lengths on him when he shut down at 80-85 or so. He was very cool and came next to me with a thumbs up. At the next light we were in traffic and next to each other. I rolled down my window and asked the gf what year it was. That's the only way I know it was a '98. They are rated at 305 hp and 335 ft./lbs. I've heard that they are rated conservatively. I imagine the race wt. with the gf and him was 3500-3600 lbs., so it's not too surprising that I got him. Just not used to beating LS1's by that much. I think it would have been more if I had nailed out of the hole. Rev s
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03-16-2003, 07:08 PM | #2 | |
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03-18-2003, 04:44 PM | #3 |
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Good kill...impressive since you trap 103ish right??? 4 Cars at just 80mph on a LS1 is stout.
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03-18-2003, 05:54 PM | #4 |
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Nice job, Rev! Your Mustang is running strong.
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03-18-2003, 06:16 PM | #5 |
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To be fair..,...
To be fair about it, the guy did have his gf in the car. I had my jack, spare and tools all out of the car from my last trip to the track and I was alone in the car. My car does best in the 1st half of the 1/4 (right about where we shut it down) and his car does best in the 2nd half of the 1/4. Who knows if he might have caught me if we had gone a full 1/4 mile?
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03-18-2003, 06:16 PM | #6 | |
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