Never done any racing on the street before but this happened so I might as well share it.
I had just fixed my car after it had been broken for a month. So needless to say I was having a little too much fun. I got noticed by a newish SRT and coasted past me. I heard the distinct sound of straight pipes and BOV.
It actually looked pretty good for a neon. It was wingless, silver and had 17 or 18 inch black wheels. I found out later that my friend knows the owner and the car very well. It has a front mount and other mods. Not sure what the boost is set at. He says it runs 13.1 at the track with slicks.
So anyways, I followed him through traffic pretty slowly until he quickly turned onto a 4 lane wide one way street. The street was completely empty and he was stopped at a red light. I pull up on his right and look over. He glanced at me then looked straight ahead. I wait....then the light turns green.
Neither of us launch and spin the tires, but as soon as we are moving, we both punch it. I pull about a fender in front through first, hit second and the back steps out slightly. I pedal it a bit and by the end of second I had roughly a car or so lead. Shift hard into third and I pull another car or so. Now we are approaching another traffic light so we slow down. VICTORY!!!
After the race, we drove along in traffic talking. I was ecstatic because I didn't think I really had a chance. My car is just DDP, full 3inch echaust, intake and 10 lbs. It was a great race and what made it all the better was I had my roof out and all the windows down. I got to hear it all.
Cliffs: Raced a bolt on SRT-4 in my bolt on Supra. Won by a few lengths. Woo hoo.
I had just fixed my car after it had been broken for a month. So needless to say I was having a little too much fun. I got noticed by a newish SRT and coasted past me. I heard the distinct sound of straight pipes and BOV.
It actually looked pretty good for a neon. It was wingless, silver and had 17 or 18 inch black wheels. I found out later that my friend knows the owner and the car very well. It has a front mount and other mods. Not sure what the boost is set at. He says it runs 13.1 at the track with slicks.
So anyways, I followed him through traffic pretty slowly until he quickly turned onto a 4 lane wide one way street. The street was completely empty and he was stopped at a red light. I pull up on his right and look over. He glanced at me then looked straight ahead. I wait....then the light turns green.
Neither of us launch and spin the tires, but as soon as we are moving, we both punch it. I pull about a fender in front through first, hit second and the back steps out slightly. I pedal it a bit and by the end of second I had roughly a car or so lead. Shift hard into third and I pull another car or so. Now we are approaching another traffic light so we slow down. VICTORY!!!
After the race, we drove along in traffic talking. I was ecstatic because I didn't think I really had a chance. My car is just DDP, full 3inch echaust, intake and 10 lbs. It was a great race and what made it all the better was I had my roof out and all the windows down. I got to hear it all.
Cliffs: Raced a bolt on SRT-4 in my bolt on Supra. Won by a few lengths. Woo hoo.
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Thats awesome!
