so.... my buddy told me earlier this week about a meet at the local Chevy dealership in Grayslake, IL .. Apparently crate engine depot moved there from arlington heights when Rockenbach bought them out...anyhow, so we all met up..Parked the cars inside the dealership's garage.. ate lunch, stood around and bs'd for awhile, then all went for a cruise.
There was a silver kia (you will see it in the pics) that the owner "modified"
When I was standing near his car, I overheard him talking about "This car keeps up with SS's on the highways." and it grabbed a few people's attention and we walked over. Here's what was said
me: Nice looking car you got.
him: thanks.
me: what's done to it?
him: aftermarket exhaust, cool air intake, internals, cam, aftermarket exhaust.......
me: nice. Have you had it dynoed?
him: whats a dyno?
me: dynamometer....
him: whats that?
me: you drive the car onto rollers, and drive the car and it measures the power.
him: oh, no. my dad told me this car has 75-80 horsepower but I read the manual and it says 105 to 140.
me: oh. How many horsepower do you think the modifications got you?
him: it was 115 stock.
me: interesting. I'm gonna go, there's some other shit going on.
I walked away laughing. I came back about twenty minutes later and said "So this keeps up with SS's on the highway?"
him: yup.
me: do you street race?
him: sometimes.
me: Wanna race for a few bucks??
him: what car
me: *points to impala*
him: what's it run in the quarter
me: 18's
him: you're lying
me: it's only a 3.4 liter. here. *pops hood* it's got a ghetto air intake.
him: no man, sorry. The cops are too bad today and my transmission isnt right lately.
me: Come on. My tranny is slipping and its only a 150 horsepower 3.4 liter. No?
him: no man. sorry.
me: You're scared of a stock impala?
him: you'll smoke me.
me: So how do you keep up with Cobalt SS S/C's on the highway? those things slap the shit out of this car..
I walked away.
Anyhow.. pics..
this woulda been an amaaazzzzing pic if my hood wasn't fucked up right now.
Two more pics... my buddy mike's car.. we cleaned it last night .. spent like five hours on it.
AAaaaaaaaaaand the kia.. cover the eyes of any children in the room. It isn't pretty
There was a silver kia (you will see it in the pics) that the owner "modified"
When I was standing near his car, I overheard him talking about "This car keeps up with SS's on the highways." and it grabbed a few people's attention and we walked over. Here's what was said
me: Nice looking car you got.
him: thanks.
me: what's done to it?
him: aftermarket exhaust, cool air intake, internals, cam, aftermarket exhaust.......
me: nice. Have you had it dynoed?
him: whats a dyno?
me: dynamometer....
him: whats that?
me: you drive the car onto rollers, and drive the car and it measures the power.
him: oh, no. my dad told me this car has 75-80 horsepower but I read the manual and it says 105 to 140.
me: oh. How many horsepower do you think the modifications got you?
him: it was 115 stock.
me: interesting. I'm gonna go, there's some other shit going on.
I walked away laughing. I came back about twenty minutes later and said "So this keeps up with SS's on the highway?"
him: yup.
me: do you street race?
him: sometimes.
me: Wanna race for a few bucks??
him: what car
me: *points to impala*
him: what's it run in the quarter
me: 18's
him: you're lying
me: it's only a 3.4 liter. here. *pops hood* it's got a ghetto air intake.
him: no man, sorry. The cops are too bad today and my transmission isnt right lately.
me: Come on. My tranny is slipping and its only a 150 horsepower 3.4 liter. No?
him: no man. sorry.
me: You're scared of a stock impala?
him: you'll smoke me.
me: So how do you keep up with Cobalt SS S/C's on the highway? those things slap the shit out of this car..
I walked away.
Anyhow.. pics..
this woulda been an amaaazzzzing pic if my hood wasn't fucked up right now.
Two more pics... my buddy mike's car.. we cleaned it last night .. spent like five hours on it.
AAaaaaaaaaaand the kia.. cover the eyes of any children in the room. It isn't pretty
