After thinking long and hard - I decided to celebrate keeping my car with 2 races Sat. night.
First one was with a 97 GTP. 3.4" pulley, cat-back, intake, and maybe some other stuff. First race was a 3-beep-go; I got the launch on him and didn't see him the whole time. Second one was at a light. Turned green and he had the bottom end on me, and at 30mph he had about 2.5 cars on me. I hit about 5krpm and pulled hard-lowered his lead to about 1.5 cars. We remained even until 65mph when my 2nd gear started pulling at the top and and i reduced his lead to 1 car at 70mph. If we would have done a full 1/4 mile and I would have hit the top of 2nd gear, i would have won by more than a couple cars. I got to liking my GT
2nd race was with a 1.8 turbo jetta i've been meaning to race for a month. 3" DP, full exhaust w/ no cats, PCM (if you know anything about turbo VWs, a chip is pretty much everything). He said he was only boosting a "little over 11lbs" - we all know people in turbo cars ALWAYS lie about boost before a race. We took this one to the highway, from a roll at 35mph. We both were even on the launch for about a second, and then I pulled on him instantly - to never see him again. I had a passenger in my car, he didn't. He was a good 6 or so cars back by 90mph. I should have saved it and raced him for money...
Good times...I think a stall and other tranny work is next for the launch..
Oh yeah, I had a bad dream that night that I lost 2 valves on my #3 cyl, and my whole motor went up in flames somehow. I almost cried...lol
First one was with a 97 GTP. 3.4" pulley, cat-back, intake, and maybe some other stuff. First race was a 3-beep-go; I got the launch on him and didn't see him the whole time. Second one was at a light. Turned green and he had the bottom end on me, and at 30mph he had about 2.5 cars on me. I hit about 5krpm and pulled hard-lowered his lead to about 1.5 cars. We remained even until 65mph when my 2nd gear started pulling at the top and and i reduced his lead to 1 car at 70mph. If we would have done a full 1/4 mile and I would have hit the top of 2nd gear, i would have won by more than a couple cars. I got to liking my GT
2nd race was with a 1.8 turbo jetta i've been meaning to race for a month. 3" DP, full exhaust w/ no cats, PCM (if you know anything about turbo VWs, a chip is pretty much everything). He said he was only boosting a "little over 11lbs" - we all know people in turbo cars ALWAYS lie about boost before a race. We took this one to the highway, from a roll at 35mph. We both were even on the launch for about a second, and then I pulled on him instantly - to never see him again. I had a passenger in my car, he didn't. He was a good 6 or so cars back by 90mph. I should have saved it and raced him for money...
Good times...I think a stall and other tranny work is next for the launch..
Oh yeah, I had a bad dream that night that I lost 2 valves on my #3 cyl, and my whole motor went up in flames somehow. I almost cried...lol
