Up Coming Race This Weekend.
 

Well a guy walks into my work the other day, and says, hey, you Skyler? I said yeah, he says, well wanna race? So I go out check out his car.

71 El Camino. This sound sounds reallll good. 400SB, 11:1, World heads, healthy sounding cam, vic jr intake, and a 830 carb, w/ exhaust etc. Got a 3.73 geared LSD rear end and 295 tires.

He wants to race me because he says hes raced all the other fast cars in town but to be the fastest hes gotta be me. So I said sure.

Now I know of a few of the other cars hes raced and I know his car runs real hard, but I dont think I'll have a problem taking it on motor with slicks.

Should I spray him though just for fun? Ill see how much $ he wants to put up, if its worth filling the bottle over.

I was almost thinkin about racin him on street tires, cuz I hate havin to put the slicks on, but I dont wanna loose to him or hed be jumpin through his roof.

I might get surprized and it might run harder than I expect, cuz it sounds reall good, but I dont expect it to hook too well bein an elky.

Skyler

Spray and slicks
 

If it's for money or if only for prestige, put the spray and slicks on him. Why not just pound his azz just to make sure. He did come into your work area and directly challenge you.

Rev

Man seems like people arent as interested in real V8 races anymore... anyways, I'll get a good vid of this.

Skyler

he says he wants to be the best
no point in you having to re-race him with the slicks and juice to show him that someone is faster
anything worth doing is worth doing right the first time around.

I'd like to see a video of this one

to juice or not to juice....
 

Sky,

Would be much more interesting race if you did it without the juice....but if he seems like the kind of guy who NEEDS a whoopin', then run with the slicks & juice! I've always liked the side-by-side races at the track, but I don't think you get to many of those in the Saleen...
have fun & post a vid!
Later!

Sean

Definitely get a vid of that bro. Hopefuly youll smoke him so I can rub it in my dads face. He never shuts up about those elkys. Good luck man, John

hell no use the juice. What if he went out and bought some and didn't tell you, then you loss and he doesn't want to race you again. You loss no rematch and that is that. Use the bottle and if you start to pull him you can always let off the gas alittle so he thinks he is close to beating you. Hey what size stallconverter does he have, will he be running sticky tires? Info you need to know before you think about not filling that bottle.

One

P.S let us know how it goes.

Sky, you have to run this guy heads up with slicks and the bottle. "You're the fastest", so go as fast as possible. If he backs down, he's a wussy! Rip his head off! Good Luck!

YOu Got It
 

Alright Guys you talked me into it.

Im gonna tear him a new *******. :-D .

Skyler

Use the juice. If he bitches about you running the juice you either say "run what ya brung" or you could always just run him again without it.

I dont think el caminos are that great drag cars anyways. but i could be wrong.

When is the race, Sky?

Another vote for slicks and a little go juice.

Tear him a new one and then tell him you're car is running like crap :D

Good luck. :)

E

So what happen?
 

Did you guys race this weekend? What happen?


One

deff hold it down for the stangs dude, hey when you got that 12.3 @108 what was ur 60ft and set up? (basicly everything that you had done to ur car when you ran that time) im wonderin cause i could prolly do the same with my trap speed.

Vinny

We are settin it up next saturday at 10pm, it didnt line up this weekend. His car run a Gtech of 13.5@117 on street tires but he was letting off quite early. So its definatly quick!!


I pulled a 1.66 60'. I know I could have got a 12.2 or so out of it though, as that launch was only 5200rpm, I was going to do a 6200rpm launch, but my car had a high rpm ignition problem and I couldnt.

I have 70/30 struts, and Eibach drag launch springs with MT 10x26 slicks.

Skyler

is everything stock in ur rear? or did you upgrade anything.

"His car run a Gtech of 13.5@117 on street tires but he was letting off quite early. So its definatly quick!!"


Hope he doesn't bring sticky tires or know how to launch! Either way get him at the launch and don't miss a gear Bro, do us proud.

Do you know any local speed shops that can help you out with that "high rpm ignition problem"? Have them tune it until you break into the 11's! Good Luck Sky!

117mph
 

117 mph is pretty high but thats typical of a gtech, put you a jet for a shot in there if u think ur motor can take it and make damn sure..i cant wait to see this vid:D

Oh I got the ignition problem fixed.


Skyler

Nice. ;) What was the problem?

E

Rained out again this weekend.

Re: Up Coming Race This Weekend.
 

Am I the only person who thinks this is strange? This sounds like something right out of a wild-west movie. In my opinion, in the civilized world, you don't walk into someone's place of employment in the middle of the day simply to get a street race.

As far as the race goes, use the nitrous! That's what you bought it for!!!

Re: Up Coming Race This Weekend.
 

Down with the spray and slicks. C'mon, it's a street race!

He has a built V-8, you have a built V-8. Keep it clean and run him straight up just as you'd drive the car every minute of every day. Be a man about it and hold off using the silly-spray and competition track goodies for the track. After all, he's not using it.

It seems there's no honor in racing anymore. Win no matter what or how, win...win...win. I guess it's a sign of the times and my opinion's in the minority...so be it.

Flame away......

Well I say SPRAY HIS *** !!!!!!!! When I had the bottle on my car it was always full even when I went to the grocery store. :D If someone walks into where I work and did the same thing, I would even put the bigger jets in to make him looke even worse. Using bottle is not cheating, its simply run what ya brung. Ok, im through now.:cool:

hey Sky-

I would like to run you on street tires some time. I don't know if you ever come down to San Diego for the street races, but there are quite a few worth while guys for you to run. I have no chance against you on the slicks but I think on street tires we might have a fun race. Let me know if you ever make it down this way. BTW bitchen car.

Re: Re: Up Coming Race This Weekend.
 

Dean, you make it sound like slicks and the bottle are cheating. Seems to me that you don't get a reputation for being "the fastest" with a built 302 and street tires. If it were any other race, I'd say don't waste the time, but really.......

Sky, you know where I stand on this one. He wants a piece of the fastest car around, and well, that means THE FASTEST. I wouldn't call someone out and expect or hope they left some go fast goodies at home. If you were cruising and he challenged you, or hanging out at the habit, that would be one thing.

There is a reason he gave some lead time. Do you know why? Maybe he was waiting on a 100 shot to come in. Nobody really knows do they? I would show up ready to do it right, you can always ditch the bottle or the slicks if he starts bitching. But don't get caught with your a55 hanging out because he did something you don't know about.

Re: Re: Up Coming Race This Weekend.
 

Hey I'll race you right now for 1000 dollars.....but you have to take your turbo off.

Re: Re: Up Coming Race This Weekend.
 

What I mean is run him just as you would drive the car at all times....which means without the instant chemical HP. Run him the same way he's running you. Level playing field. Save the silly-spray for the track where anything goes. You can't have that much pride? Stage, then hammer it...no additives, no trickery, no track mode....just street mode like the regular joe-shmoe with a hot engine.

Re: Re: Re: Up Coming Race This Weekend.
 

You're missing the entire point. If that's what he wanted, the guy wouldn't have gone into his work and called him out. He was asking for an all out go at it. You don't think he could have asked, "What time you get off, I'd like to see that car run today." If he did. None of this setting up a time crap.

Just because you don't approve of the juice, doesn't make it wrong. I don't like F-bodies, does that mean you shouldn't drive one?

Re: Re: Re: Up Coming Race This Weekend.
 

That can be said about turbo cars too almost. When you race, you should use your daily boost amount. You dont' drive everyday with Xlbs of boost, so why would you turn it up to X when you drive it everyday at Ylbs of boost?

well its sounds to me like its not gonna be anywhere near an easy race.

Im sure el caminos arent exactly light but as far as i know itll be completely stripped probally whip out some slicks and my guess is 100+ more horses then you maybe more...

You will have weight to your advantage though

So spray like nobodies business.

Also for all you know he could be lying about compression

I know a guy in this little town that has a 350 not stroked running on the street with around 500 RWHP so i would not underestimate anyone.

Well sounds like a sweet race, I say spray and slicks. When racing there is no rules. Using the excuse of you had slicks and Nitrious is like saying you have 4 cyl. more then me. He came to you and wished to race, so he better be prepared for whatever you got. Show him what that ol' Ford's got. :D :D

§am.