meanchicken
gallo vicioso
- Joined
- Oct 6, 2007
Remember the Evo with past competitor driving story from a few weeks back?
As I raced his Evo, he reminded me about an accounter we had way back on my old tired stock combo when he beat me while he was in his girlfriends Cobra....
Well....he found me again yesterday and he was in his girlfriends Cobra again.
He blew around me first to get my attention, and there was a red light ahead so I got up there along side him not knowing it was my old pal yet.
As I pulled up...
Me: OK...what mod's you got?
Him: All stock
Me: Me too...all stock with some bolt ons:biggrin:
Him: Remember me? I was in the Evo a few weeks back?
Me: Yup....I recognize you.
Him: You wanna go?
Me: I just came from that direction a few minutes ago and saw a cop up that way...so ...I dunno if he's still there. If we do this we can't run it out
Him: OK
As the turn lane traffic from the opposite direction cleared the intersection...I hear him start brake boosting.
I don't brake boost cuz I just blow these street radials off when I do so I have no choice but to give him the jump and hope I can real him in.
Green light...we're off....
He got out about 2-3 lengths before I got up to boost and felt the GN start to really pull....
Instead of rolling into the throttle off the line, I floored it and something just didn't feel right. The GN was acting sluggish (warm day might have had something to do with it) and did not hit hard or pick up as quick as it does when I roll into it....so I was not pulling him in the way I'd hoped. My tires did spin a bit, but they didn't blow off the way they do if I hit it from like a 5-10 mph roll...maybe it just gets too much fuel when I nail it to the floor off the line....I dunno.... but it didn't feel right.
Maybe ....I'm just not used to watching the faster car walk me....:redface:
As I mentally started to cry....I was doubting his "Stock" claim as I looked it his bumper. This Cobra had some tweaks...it was definitely faster than a high 12 stock Cobra and didn't sound totally stock either.
It looked like I was just starting to reel him back in a little when he hit third, but then....with the cop in mind.... it was over. He shut it down, so did I .... and he moved over to turn while I went straight. I gave him a thumbs up as I went by.
He is my official nemisis since his girlfriends Cobra has now taken my lunch and drank my milk twice.
....and then as I look in my rear view...I see this BMW comin' up on me a little hot...it was a 2003 M5.
I'm thinking...OK bud....no sign of that cop...and my feelings are hurt:frown:...I just got killed and it aint gonna happen twice on the same day.
He slowed and paced me for about a mile which was good cuz I needed time for things to cool off a little before making another run.
Red light up ahead and we come up on either side of a F250.
Oh boy are you gonnna get it....
Green light....
As I roll in and get around the truck, I see and hear M5 boy going at it, so I nail it to the floor and after some normal tire spin...I just left him...wasn't even close. This time the GN felt like it was pulling normally.
Maybe it's cuz I was winning....
I got home and looked under the hood to see if anything obvious was wrong that caused the GN to feel doggish when floored from a stop. I did spot...and kind of hear...a crack in my driver side header between the 3 and 5 pipe. It's cracked there before and was rewelded...looks like I need to fix that and hope it's my excuse...uh....I mean..... my reason for the slow spool and WOT pick up from a dead stop that lead to my demise against the Cobra.
I'm sure I'll see him again....
As I raced his Evo, he reminded me about an accounter we had way back on my old tired stock combo when he beat me while he was in his girlfriends Cobra....
Well....he found me again yesterday and he was in his girlfriends Cobra again.
He blew around me first to get my attention, and there was a red light ahead so I got up there along side him not knowing it was my old pal yet.
As I pulled up...
Me: OK...what mod's you got?
Him: All stock
Me: Me too...all stock with some bolt ons:biggrin:
Him: Remember me? I was in the Evo a few weeks back?
Me: Yup....I recognize you.
Him: You wanna go?
Me: I just came from that direction a few minutes ago and saw a cop up that way...so ...I dunno if he's still there. If we do this we can't run it out
Him: OK
As the turn lane traffic from the opposite direction cleared the intersection...I hear him start brake boosting.
I don't brake boost cuz I just blow these street radials off when I do so I have no choice but to give him the jump and hope I can real him in.
Green light...we're off....
He got out about 2-3 lengths before I got up to boost and felt the GN start to really pull....
Instead of rolling into the throttle off the line, I floored it and something just didn't feel right. The GN was acting sluggish (warm day might have had something to do with it) and did not hit hard or pick up as quick as it does when I roll into it....so I was not pulling him in the way I'd hoped. My tires did spin a bit, but they didn't blow off the way they do if I hit it from like a 5-10 mph roll...maybe it just gets too much fuel when I nail it to the floor off the line....I dunno.... but it didn't feel right.
Maybe ....I'm just not used to watching the faster car walk me....:redface:
As I mentally started to cry....I was doubting his "Stock" claim as I looked it his bumper. This Cobra had some tweaks...it was definitely faster than a high 12 stock Cobra and didn't sound totally stock either.
It looked like I was just starting to reel him back in a little when he hit third, but then....with the cop in mind.... it was over. He shut it down, so did I .... and he moved over to turn while I went straight. I gave him a thumbs up as I went by.
He is my official nemisis since his girlfriends Cobra has now taken my lunch and drank my milk twice.
....and then as I look in my rear view...I see this BMW comin' up on me a little hot...it was a 2003 M5.
I'm thinking...OK bud....no sign of that cop...and my feelings are hurt:frown:...I just got killed and it aint gonna happen twice on the same day.
He slowed and paced me for about a mile which was good cuz I needed time for things to cool off a little before making another run.
Red light up ahead and we come up on either side of a F250.
Oh boy are you gonnna get it....
Green light....
As I roll in and get around the truck, I see and hear M5 boy going at it, so I nail it to the floor and after some normal tire spin...I just left him...wasn't even close. This time the GN felt like it was pulling normally.
Maybe it's cuz I was winning....
I got home and looked under the hood to see if anything obvious was wrong that caused the GN to feel doggish when floored from a stop. I did spot...and kind of hear...a crack in my driver side header between the 3 and 5 pipe. It's cracked there before and was rewelded...looks like I need to fix that and hope it's my excuse...uh....I mean..... my reason for the slow spool and WOT pick up from a dead stop that lead to my demise against the Cobra.
I'm sure I'll see him again....
