PsychoBuickBoy
The Money Pit
- Joined
- May 25, 2001
I was comming home from Prescott with my wife this last Sunday and came up on a line of 8 vettes. The day was great and the rodes were fairly clear so I was moving at a pretty high rate of speed
. Anyways, I spotted them a couple of hundred yards in front of me on a straight away. I quickly caught up to them and they were all in the left lane in a line running at about 90 MPH. They all looked fairly new except for a couple of early 90's vettes a few cars ahead of me. The vette directly in front of me was a Z06! I came right up on the Z06 and was ready to make a move to blast by these guys. I saw there was a sport utility truck in the front of the pack so I waited to see if he would move because we were nearing a long upgrade. All the vettes also had CB radio antennae's so I knew they were talking. Here is the good part -
We started on the upgrade still moving at 90 MPH then slowed to about 75 because of the truck in the lead. The truck finally moved to the right and I could hear the vettes kicking down gears and taking off! As soon as I was clear on the right I moved over and nailed it. I passed the Z06 and started on the others and then noticed the Z also jumped out and was behind me following! I stayed in it (about 21 psi on Alky, I'm moving!) and he slowly started to fade away behind me! I passed ALL the vettes and they were flying, I got out ahead and told my wife to flip the ScanMaster to MPH. I had already let off and it was reading 130!!!!!! OK, I know the vettes are talking about me now. So I slow down after comming up on some traffic. I get through the traffic and see no signs of any vettes behind me. About 20 minutes later as I was entering Phoenix I see the red Z06 comming up on me quick followed by a white LT1 looking vette. The lanes now open up to about 4 lanes and a carpool lane. I slow down to about 60 MPH and wait to see what they do. They split and come up on either side of me! The white vette is a convertable and has LT4 badging on it and a roll bar! I tell my wife that I may be in for it and I smile at the dudes driving. The Z06 drops a gear and starts us off. I nail it and am surprised that I not only stay with them I start pulling away again! I was in front with the Z06 falling behind and the white LT4 falling back even worse! I pulled about 4 or 5 lengths and then they gave up and started to rapidly disappear! By this time now my red light was lighting up on my SMC controller, LOW ALKY! I pretty much burned a full gallon of Alky within those runs! Luckily the vettes had enough abuse and didn't mess with me anymore because I wouldn't have been able to run, 21 psi on pump gas and no alky is a no no.
Anyways, I am completely and utterly sold on the SMC kit. Running wide open past 130 MPH, uphill with no knock on pump gas!!!! I would only knock a little on the downshifting. My wife looked a little pale after these runs but other then that she is a good sport, playing copilot and monitoring my scanmaster. I didn't think I could hang with these guys at higher speeds because I know they have alot more top end then me. We were in a hurry to get home to catch game 7 of the World Series. I knew it was getting close to starting after I saw the Stealth Bomber flying around the city getting ready to do the Ball Park fly-by! Very cool night!
. Anyways, I spotted them a couple of hundred yards in front of me on a straight away. I quickly caught up to them and they were all in the left lane in a line running at about 90 MPH. They all looked fairly new except for a couple of early 90's vettes a few cars ahead of me. The vette directly in front of me was a Z06! I came right up on the Z06 and was ready to make a move to blast by these guys. I saw there was a sport utility truck in the front of the pack so I waited to see if he would move because we were nearing a long upgrade. All the vettes also had CB radio antennae's so I knew they were talking. Here is the good part - We started on the upgrade still moving at 90 MPH then slowed to about 75 because of the truck in the lead. The truck finally moved to the right and I could hear the vettes kicking down gears and taking off! As soon as I was clear on the right I moved over and nailed it. I passed the Z06 and started on the others and then noticed the Z also jumped out and was behind me following! I stayed in it (about 21 psi on Alky, I'm moving!) and he slowly started to fade away behind me! I passed ALL the vettes and they were flying, I got out ahead and told my wife to flip the ScanMaster to MPH. I had already let off and it was reading 130!!!!!! OK, I know the vettes are talking about me now. So I slow down after comming up on some traffic. I get through the traffic and see no signs of any vettes behind me. About 20 minutes later as I was entering Phoenix I see the red Z06 comming up on me quick followed by a white LT1 looking vette. The lanes now open up to about 4 lanes and a carpool lane. I slow down to about 60 MPH and wait to see what they do. They split and come up on either side of me! The white vette is a convertable and has LT4 badging on it and a roll bar! I tell my wife that I may be in for it and I smile at the dudes driving. The Z06 drops a gear and starts us off. I nail it and am surprised that I not only stay with them I start pulling away again! I was in front with the Z06 falling behind and the white LT4 falling back even worse! I pulled about 4 or 5 lengths and then they gave up and started to rapidly disappear! By this time now my red light was lighting up on my SMC controller, LOW ALKY! I pretty much burned a full gallon of Alky within those runs! Luckily the vettes had enough abuse and didn't mess with me anymore because I wouldn't have been able to run, 21 psi on pump gas and no alky is a no no.
Anyways, I am completely and utterly sold on the SMC kit. Running wide open past 130 MPH, uphill with no knock on pump gas!!!! I would only knock a little on the downshifting. My wife looked a little pale after these runs but other then that she is a good sport, playing copilot and monitoring my scanmaster.
I didn't think I could hang with these guys at higher speeds because I know they have alot more top end then me. We were in a hurry to get home to catch game 7 of the World Series. I knew it was getting close to starting after I saw the Stealth Bomber flying around the city getting ready to do the Ball Park fly-by! Very cool night!
