toomanymodz
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- Oct 14, 2009
So, my buddy and I were over at his house when we heard a pretty nasty sounding motor several blocks away and decided to go investigate. We saw a 1st-gen camaro in a driveway and I horse sneezed as we went by. The guy was topping off the racing gas so we backed the car up and started talking. He said his car runs around 11.70's off the NOS so it sounded like a good match up. So we agreed to do a little 'test run'.
I followed him onto the highway and I could smell the racing gas, hear the cackle of the huge racing cam, the slicks, the roll cage, rear girdle etc. The reality began to sink in... this guy is way faster than high 11's. What the heck, this was for fun anyways, right?
So we lined up on the highway and went from a slow roll. My boost hit 20# and the MT drag radials lit up in smoke. I started fish tailing left and right so I backed it off a bit. I hit the gas again and he came around me like I was standing still. He's probably more like mid 10's off the NOS and high 9's on the juice.
We went back to his place and it turns out he's running a big block 427 with Brodix heads, high compression, powerglide etc. A 3200 lb car that was actually a really clean looking car with mostly stock suspension. It made me want my old 540 BBC again. I told him that I'm having a new engine built and he agreed to a re-match once I get it in. It'll be a few months from now but I'll post an update of the re-match.
I followed him onto the highway and I could smell the racing gas, hear the cackle of the huge racing cam, the slicks, the roll cage, rear girdle etc. The reality began to sink in... this guy is way faster than high 11's. What the heck, this was for fun anyways, right?
So we lined up on the highway and went from a slow roll. My boost hit 20# and the MT drag radials lit up in smoke. I started fish tailing left and right so I backed it off a bit. I hit the gas again and he came around me like I was standing still. He's probably more like mid 10's off the NOS and high 9's on the juice.
We went back to his place and it turns out he's running a big block 427 with Brodix heads, high compression, powerglide etc. A 3200 lb car that was actually a really clean looking car with mostly stock suspension. It made me want my old 540 BBC again. I told him that I'm having a new engine built and he agreed to a re-match once I get it in. It'll be a few months from now but I'll post an update of the re-match.
