87grandnational
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- May 29, 2004
Well i was comming home from work today, in my gn cause i wanted to drive something different than the Eclipse. (I normaly try to keep the miles off the GN) Anyway, my buddy in his LS1 Formula Firebird, has been wanting to give my car a go. So im driving down Kings highway, and he pulls up behind me, i look over at him, and he grins, I check the fuzz Buster for cops. its clear. he kinda throws a Rev, and i built some boost. (Im only running 11psi on the streets cause im not sure whats safe)
BAM!!! light turns green! We both launch perfectaly, thru first we are dead even. (He has 325s in the back and 275s in the front) Then Second hits, and hits HARD. He and i both chirp, but since his huge tires, he pulled a bit on me, We stayed that way for a while. then BAM! 3rd, this time he immedatly pulling on me....
We shut it down around 80, since noone was near. He had me by about 2 cars. I was upset..... This is the first time ive been beaten in my car. Then we decided to go a finial time. I asked if i could turn up my boost. He said, "Sure i wanna see what it can do."
So, i pull off to the side of the road, and pop my hood, (yes manunal boost controllers suck) and turned up my boost to somewere around 20 or so. Then we get back on the road and catch the next light, I build 5lbs of boost on the launch.
Big mistake. Light hits green, my tires break free and he takes off from me hard. hes about 3 cars ahead of me, i let off a bit and hit it agian. 2nd hits, and i chirp really nice, and i finialy get traction.
I start pulling him really hard. In a matter of seconds i am at his bumper by 60, and i continue to fly right past him, i got about 3 cars ahead of him and looked down at my boost gage, and it said around 28-30, i was like OMG because i have never ran that much boost on the street... I turned it wasy to far. but alas nothing bad happend. But theres no way to tell. Except to wait.
Anyway we went our seperate ways, and i puled off to the side of the road, and turned my boost back down... and i went home.
Btw, anyone know were i can get a electronic boost controller. ive seen them before, but i dont know were to find one, and i dont know how much they cost, Can anyone help me out?
PS: On stock internals. will 28psi hurt my motor? I looked on the scan tool, and every thing seemed to be fine... but im worried, i dont know how much these cars can handle, so any help would be aapreciated.
Thanks
BAM!!! light turns green! We both launch perfectaly, thru first we are dead even. (He has 325s in the back and 275s in the front) Then Second hits, and hits HARD. He and i both chirp, but since his huge tires, he pulled a bit on me, We stayed that way for a while. then BAM! 3rd, this time he immedatly pulling on me....
We shut it down around 80, since noone was near. He had me by about 2 cars. I was upset..... This is the first time ive been beaten in my car. Then we decided to go a finial time. I asked if i could turn up my boost. He said, "Sure i wanna see what it can do."
So, i pull off to the side of the road, and pop my hood, (yes manunal boost controllers suck) and turned up my boost to somewere around 20 or so. Then we get back on the road and catch the next light, I build 5lbs of boost on the launch.
Big mistake. Light hits green, my tires break free and he takes off from me hard. hes about 3 cars ahead of me, i let off a bit and hit it agian. 2nd hits, and i chirp really nice, and i finialy get traction.
I start pulling him really hard. In a matter of seconds i am at his bumper by 60, and i continue to fly right past him, i got about 3 cars ahead of him and looked down at my boost gage, and it said around 28-30, i was like OMG because i have never ran that much boost on the street... I turned it wasy to far. but alas nothing bad happend. But theres no way to tell. Except to wait.
Anyway we went our seperate ways, and i puled off to the side of the road, and turned my boost back down... and i went home.
Btw, anyone know were i can get a electronic boost controller. ive seen them before, but i dont know were to find one, and i dont know how much they cost, Can anyone help me out?
PS: On stock internals. will 28psi hurt my motor? I looked on the scan tool, and every thing seemed to be fine... but im worried, i dont know how much these cars can handle, so any help would be aapreciated.
Thanks
