Saw a street race tonight.
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Topic: Saw a street race tonight.
Posted By: Da Hui
Subject: Saw a street race tonight.
Date Posted: 07 September 2007 at 10:04pm
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Local highway, just built, rarely patrolled. Anyway. I'm driving along in the Camry (White '07 SE, its hot) on said highway. I come up to two vehicles side by side doing about 40 in a 65. So I know somethings up. I get up behind them, then I see what they are. A Evo VIII and a WRX (I dont think it was an STI though). Anyway the horns go and they take off. Me being the idiot I am tried to keep up. I stayed pretty close until we hit about 100, then I backed it down. They kept going. The Evo creamed the WRX though. All in all it was alot of fun. BTW I wouldn't have ran with them if there was anybody else on the road. Not worth endangering lives for fun. ------------- 
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Posted By: stratoaxe
Date Posted: 07 September 2007 at 10:09pm
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Doesn't surprise me. There's a huge Evo/WRX rivalry out there, it's funny. ------------- 
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Posted By: JohnnyCanuck
Date Posted: 07 September 2007 at 10:57pm
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reminds me of kickingwings story for some reason, cant find it now, must be buried in the archives somewhere. ------------- Imagine there’s a picture of your favourite thing here. |
Posted By: Skillet42565
Date Posted: 07 September 2007 at 10:59pm
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Should have tried a pit maneuver on one of them.
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Posted By: Ben Dover II
Date Posted: 07 September 2007 at 11:08pm
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i saw about five cars that were all pulled over on a highway, it was weird because they were all exactly the same, black with green neon lights, i forget what the car was though. ------------- 
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Posted By: DeTrevni
Date Posted: 07 September 2007 at 11:18pm
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I want to find a clunker on the side of the road. I really want to rebuild something. Still thinking about the van, but it's my daily driver... ------------- Evil Elvis: "Detrevni is definally like a hillbilly hippy from hell" 
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Posted By: Horsepower
Date Posted: 07 September 2007 at 11:39pm
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Man, i wish they would repave a long straight road by me, my friend has been dying to put his Monte Carlo against my truck.
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Posted By: barn_user
Date Posted: 07 September 2007 at 11:44pm
| I wasted a V8 caddy New Yorker(?) today coming home from school. The kid always trash talks my Bonneville because it's only a supercharged V6...jokes on him now. |
Posted By: Horsepower
Date Posted: 07 September 2007 at 11:46pm
Check it out.First video he goes up to 80, scroll down some and he goes from 0-125. http://www.mustangforums.com/m_3821935/tm.htm - Link -------------
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barn_user wrote:Posted By: barn_user
Date Posted: 07 September 2007 at 11:52pm
| Big 4-door family sedans that can pick it up and go...the red light surprise. |
Posted By: Horsepower
Date Posted: 07 September 2007 at 11:55pm
Many of those old cars are RWD and have a decent sized V8. -------------
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Posted By: Da Hui
Date Posted: 08 September 2007 at 12:07am
I'm still surprised my Autotragic Camry was able to keep up with them. -------------
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Posted By: Horsepower
Date Posted: 08 September 2007 at 12:13am
'97 F-150 5.4L V8 I am pretty sure i would whip it,the monte is a 98, its NOT an SS so FWD v6 vs my RWD V8, my truck gets up pretty quick, the monte is not bad either but in the long run i would pull away easy i think. -------------
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Posted By: Dye Playa
Date Posted: 08 September 2007 at 12:22am
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nice. evo vs wrx isn't really a comparison. evo vs sti, ow that's a different story.
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Posted By: Horsepower
Date Posted: 08 September 2007 at 12:27am
The Monte:
My truck: 5.4L Triton® SOHC 24-valve V8 CI:330 CID HP @ rpm 300@5,000 EDIT: the chart for the monte is white text, so highlight it. -------------
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Posted By: barn_user
Date Posted: 08 September 2007 at 1:10am
| Keep in mind horsepower and torque are not the only deciding factors in a race. |
Posted By: Horsepower
Date Posted: 08 September 2007 at 1:14am
My truck has tons of low end, i think i would get the launch, today after school making a left hand turn from a traffic light i had to constantly go on and off the throttle, all that torque and the wet pavement my wheels broke free so easy,winter should be interesting... -------------
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Posted By: barn_user
Date Posted: 08 September 2007 at 1:22am
| Have fun with that, I know I can't hardly get anywhere in the winter in my 88' S10 with the 2.8. Pretty sure it is quite easy to pick up the back end. You give it gas and it swerves around. |
Posted By: Horsepower
Date Posted: 08 September 2007 at 1:27am
Heh, if you slide much with the 2.8 try a 5.4 lol, i am currently looking a $900 '96 4x4 with a 5.8  -------------
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Posted By: barn_user
Date Posted: 08 September 2007 at 1:28am
| I wouldn't be able to get out of my driveway... |
Posted By: You Wont See Me
Date Posted: 08 September 2007 at 1:28am
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Driving a camaro in the winter sucks....they're so light they have no traction. ------------- A-5 E-Grip JCS Dual Trigger DOP X-CORE 8 stage x-chamber Lapco Bigshot 14" Beadblasted Optional setup: R/T Dead on Blade trigger |
Posted By: Horsepower
Date Posted: 08 September 2007 at 1:34am
Sand bags ! If i don't get the 4x4 by this winter, only god knows how many sand bags i will need, i might just use bags of rocks instead. -------------
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Posted By: usafpilot07
Date Posted: 08 September 2007 at 1:35am
QFT. Mine is pushing just shy of 350, and prior to my wreck, would slide around horribly in even the lightest moisture on the road. I am extremely glad it wasn't totaled though. ------------- Buffalo buffalo Buffalo buffalo buffalo buffalo Buffalo buffalo |
Posted By: Horsepower
Date Posted: 08 September 2007 at 1:38am
My truck is like that on wet pavement, slightest throttle from a stop and their spinning, and if i get threw the turn without spinning them i end up fish tailing out of the turn. -------------
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Posted By: chronic future
Date Posted: 08 September 2007 at 2:16am
psh forget street racing, im going up to new england speedway tomorrow 
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Posted By: Uncle Rudder
Date Posted: 08 September 2007 at 2:26am
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Back in my high school days I raced my corolla against a my buddy in his chevy lumina. It was pretty much the funniest, slowest, and most pathetic race I have ever seen. I was laughing so hard I didn't clutch all the way and ground gears going into 3rd.
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Posted By: bjelder33
Date Posted: 08 September 2007 at 11:46am
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your camry didn't keep up with an evo until 100mph, trust me ------------- 
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Posted By: Da Hui
Date Posted: 08 September 2007 at 11:51am
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^I wasn't right on their ass. I was only a couple car lengths behind. Oh how I wish I had AWD. -------------
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Posted By: xXK1CK1NVV1NGXx
Date Posted: 08 September 2007 at 1:07pm
Which story, about once a month I go to street racing events I will have to post pics some time but omg they are so much fun. ------------- <Sig violation, Section 1> |
Posted By: usafpilot07
Date Posted: 08 September 2007 at 1:10pm
People like you with pickup trucks bother me. It's not that fast, and if you're fish tailing it, you just suck at driving. ------------- Buffalo buffalo Buffalo buffalo buffalo buffalo Buffalo buffalo |
Posted By: Da Hui
Date Posted: 08 September 2007 at 1:29pm
300HP V8 Truck > 120HP 4cyl w/Fart Canon -------------
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Posted By: Horsepower
Date Posted: 08 September 2007 at 1:30pm
Not really, its made for towing, has tons of low end power, takes nothing at all to let the wheels loose, i stopped the burnout but when i felt it wanting to fishtail i got on it a little. -------------
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Posted By: heliumman77
Date Posted: 08 September 2007 at 1:43pm
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2 Fast 2 Furious Tippmann edition fo sho'.
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Posted By: Snipa69
Date Posted: 08 September 2007 at 1:50pm
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When I was in high school I would street race occasionally. Now I just go to the track. the odd thing about it is that I've had more close calls at the track than I have on the streets.
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Posted By: Horsepower
Date Posted: 08 September 2007 at 1:50pm
Minus the ricers.(except a couple) -------------
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Posted By: Predatorr
Date Posted: 08 September 2007 at 2:09pm
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QTF man, sometimes I drive my dad's 4 avalanche, and it has SPANKED some serious civic bootay. My little volvo S60 on the other hand..not really. But while we're talking cars, this is what I want...
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Posted By: Horsepower
Date Posted: 08 September 2007 at 2:29pm
Would kill to have this car,(get ready for pics lol) Mach 1, 4.6-liter, 32-valve DOHC V-8 that puts out 305 horsepower and 320 lb.-ft. of torque     -------------
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Posted By: Sammy
Date Posted: 08 September 2007 at 2:48pm
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I've had my share of races, but I generally try to avoid "street" racing unless there truly is nobody around. I've beat an Is300 with cai/exhaust, new Civic Si, preludes, old civics, and messed around with srt4s. I have a videos, but uh, generally illegal stuff is frowned upon here. All of these races were done out in the middle of nowhere, with just miles of straight aways. So yeah, street racing is bad.  ------------- 
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Posted By: Horsepower
Date Posted: 08 September 2007 at 2:52pm
If any of those videos are on youtube throw me a PM and let me know what car is yours. -------------
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Posted By: xXK1CK1NVV1NGXx
Date Posted: 08 September 2007 at 2:57pm
If you wouldn't mind I would love a pm to. ------------- <Sig violation, Section 1> |
Posted By: heliumman77
Date Posted: 08 September 2007 at 3:00pm
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Me to just for fun.
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Posted By: Sammy
Date Posted: 08 September 2007 at 3:50pm
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Meh, I'll just give the link to one here. http://youtube.com/watch?v=0C8HfXUfkgc - http://youtube.com/watch?v=0C8HfXUfkgc I need to find a few others, and one I can't post but ill pm it later. Im in the other car -------------
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Posted By: Horsepower
Date Posted: 08 September 2007 at 3:56pm
Win. -------------
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Posted By: usafpilot07
Date Posted: 08 September 2007 at 10:22pm
Way to assume I own a "120HP Fart Cannon." My 350HP V8 Camaro weighs half as much as your hard ass truck, and just because you think beating some crappy rice burner at the stoplight makes you a professional street racer, does not mean your truck is fast. People like you are just as bad as the "Fast and the Furius Wannabes" you all pretend to hate so much. ------------- Buffalo buffalo Buffalo buffalo buffalo buffalo Buffalo buffalo |
Posted By: Horsepower
Date Posted: 08 September 2007 at 10:38pm
Please stop, the kids at school always say "hard ass" thinking its the same as bad ass, but its not so just don't. -------------
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Posted By: jmac3
Date Posted: 08 September 2007 at 10:41pm
Yeah, because it is.... ------------- Que pasa? 
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Posted By: Horsepower
Date Posted: 08 September 2007 at 10:45pm
A hard ass is someone who is strict. -------------
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Posted By: Dye Playa
Date Posted: 08 September 2007 at 10:47pm
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Posted By: jmac3
Date Posted: 08 September 2007 at 10:51pm
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Are you seriously larguing the difference between a bad ass and a hard ass?(I am) technically neither mean anything. It is a perceived meaning to different individuals. Therefore, I win. Me and many people view Hard ass the same as Bad ass. Hard ass would also mean strict, depends on how it is used. Have a nice day. ------------- Que pasa?
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Posted By: Da Hui
Date Posted: 08 September 2007 at 10:53pm
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Posted By: Horsepower
Date Posted: 08 September 2007 at 10:53pm
Your wrong, saying hard ass and bad ass are the same is like saying apple and banana are the same. -------------
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Posted By: jmac3
Date Posted: 08 September 2007 at 10:54pm
.....Apples and Bananas are completely different. Who uses that as an analogy anyway? It's clearly apples and oranges. ------------- Que pasa?
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Posted By: SR_Crewchief
Date Posted: 08 September 2007 at 11:15pm
This has got to be one of the funnist quotes in a long time. 
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Posted By: Horsepower
Date Posted: 08 September 2007 at 11:20pm
Because they are completely different is shape size and color and everything. -------------
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Posted By: SR_Crewchief
Date Posted: 08 September 2007 at 11:26pm
Make yourself an H frame for 2x6's to fit around your wheel wells. Put 10 bags of quickcrete inside. You'll have 800lb's for added traction that you can reuse for several years that could care less about UV's unlike the plastic that the sand tubes use. You'll also get an improvement in gas mileage from the improved traction. |
Posted By: usafpilot07
Date Posted: 10 September 2007 at 1:22am
The second part was really in reference to "Horsepower." Who, by his mere name appears to be a poser who thinks that because he can spin out the tires on his truck, means he is a freaking NASCAR driver that's been unleashed in the high school parking lot. ------------- Buffalo buffalo Buffalo buffalo buffalo buffalo Buffalo buffalo |
Posted By: Bunkered
Date Posted: 10 September 2007 at 1:52am
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I drive what's known as a "sleeper."
It's a Grandpa car (Grand Marquis), but some people don't realize it has a 4.6l V8 in it (same engine as a police car). Its weight means it doesn't take off very fast, but once it's rolling it's pretty damn quick. And it feels like you're floating in air when you're cruising at 120. ------------- 
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Posted By: SR_Crewchief
Date Posted: 10 September 2007 at 11:13pm
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Nah, Bunkered that's not a sleeper....well perhaps it is, but...
A truck like mine does catch people off guard. Nothing obvious. Just a Cummins powered 4x4 on stock wheels wrapped in AT's, non-descript factory paint. Heck, just a 5sp manual and 3.54 gears, not quick of the line at all. Over 240k miles. For 7800lbs fairly economical at 22-23mpg. AND a new generation controller that helps me get that mileage...in the economy program. But with the flip of a switch I go too my agressive tune and someone who doesn't know how to play nice gets smoked. With any financial luck, this time next year it will be sporting a new turbo for 40+ boost without drive pressures throught the roof (and EGT's), better injectors, 4" pipes, pulse exhaust manafold, an maybe even a new intercooler. And still be in the same stock appearence. That will make a sleeper.
Actually, it's just a tow beast. But a rolling beast without a heavy load can be a lot of fun and a major embarisment to the unwary. |
Posted By: SR_Crewchief
Date Posted: 10 September 2007 at 11:14pm
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Nah, Bunkered that's not a sleeper....well perhaps it is, but...
A truck like mine does catch people off guard. Nothing obvious. Just a Cummins powered 4x4 on stock wheels wrapped in AT's, non-descript factory paint. Heck, just a 5sp manual and 3.54 gears, not quick off the line at all. Over 240k miles. For 7800lbs fairly economical at 22-23mpg. AND a new generation controller that helps me get that mileage...in the economy program. But with the flip of a switch I go too my agressive tune and someone who doesn't know how to play nice gets smoked. With any financial luck, this time next year it will be sporting a new turbo for 40+ boost without drive pressures throught the roof (and EGT's), better injectors, 4" pipes, pulse exhaust manafold, an maybe even a new intercooler. And still be in the same stock appearence. That will make a sleeper.
Actually, it's just a tow beast. But a rolling beast without a heavy load can be a lot of fun and a major embarisment to the unwary. |
Posted By: Bunkered
Date Posted: 10 September 2007 at 11:28pm
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OK, maybe it's not amazing, but it'll blow most of the kids who think their little POS 4-banger is quick out of the water. And it doesn't look cool to get beat by a granny-mobile. -------------
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Posted By: Da Hui
Date Posted: 10 September 2007 at 11:32pm
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I would like to have a Crown Vic if I was able to have multipul vehicles. Speaking of crappy 4-bangers, I saw a kid in a 15+ year old Corolla, with no bumpers or paint, but a fart cannon you can here a mile away, get busted after passing me IN A SCHOOL ZONE (Middle School, official school zone speeds applicable, 20mhp) doing roughly 80mph. I was never happier to see somebody get busted in my life. -------------
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Posted By: Bunkered
Date Posted: 10 September 2007 at 11:51pm
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Hahaha. Seeing people pulled over for stupid crap like that is hilarious, especially if you get to speed because the cop is already busy.
I used to go offroading in my old '94 Plymouth Colt. That's how much of a <crap>-box that little car was it only cost like $700, and I drove it for around 2 years. Bottomed out all over the place, and climbed hills that car never should have seen the bottom of. I couldn't beleive some lady bought that the first day it was up for sale. But I'd get up next to Corvettes and nice newer cars and rev my engine at them, then pretend to want to race. It was hilarious to see the looks on people's faces. My new car just doesn't look suspicious. There are so many tan Grand Marquis driving around in Michigan that unless someone gets my license plate I can easily just disappear. I was doing 100 down I-75 one day because there had been traffic and we were way behind schedule. Well, me and the other guy in my car happened to notice that the State Trooper on the opposite entrance ramp had just kicked up all kinds of gravel as it hauled into the opposeite lane.... So we just sped up and got off onto I-69, then got off at an exit. We even passed a cop, and he didn't pull us over... If we were in a less common car we'd have been screwed. -------------
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