Hi all,

Just had a fun street encounter on the way back from work..

So there I was, minding my own business.. Lamenting to myself how slow
the car felt (pump gas + the BOV was opening early so my boost was a
little limited..) :) Yeah yeah ok whatever :)..  Saw a new blacked out
Ram Air Camaro (Firebird/Transam/Whatever!) a ways behind me & was able
to miss the signal in front of me so that he & I would be lined up at the
red light.. I think they are 315hp stock?..

I revved a couple times but he didn't look over or rev.. When the light
turned green I didn't launch, just started out slow to see what he'd do..
3/4's of the way through the intersection we both simultaneously gunned
it... Good timing but I completely gave up the AWD launch advantage.. I
put a couple cars on him but after that he pretty much stuck to my tail
up to 90.

We both braked & got down to slower speeds, I gave him a quick thumbs up,
he came up beside me and yells "Yeah!!!  Nice!!"  (Wow, a muscle car guy
that can appreciate a good race with an import instead of getting all
pissed off about it!).

Spoke to him for a minute or two (traffic was slow so we cruised next to
each other at a slow speed).. I was thinking to myself "Gee, AWD launch
or not, I guess my car really is runnin' slow right now considering I
couldn't pull a car on him".. Turned out he was pretty modified though,
the black tinted windows were hiding a cage, & he said he had a worked
set of heads, cams, headers, exhaust, etc etc.. Guess from a roll that
made it a much more even race :).

The guy said "I don't really drag race much, I mostly road race!  You
should try it, it's a blast!".. (RRE) Mike's been saying it's cool for
years, but now that a go-straight muscle car guy has told me, it must be
cool so maybe I'll give it a shot one of these days :) hehe.

Got in another street race a few days ago but I didn't figure it merited
a post all by itself.. Newer Mustang Cobra.. I let him launch first
(again, gave up the AWD advantage) & put a couple car lengths on me..
Stepped on the gas, caught & passed him by the end of 2nd.. It was like a
stock Eclipse GSX toying with a stock Honda Accord :), except it was a
Cobra.  Gotta love it!

The guy gave the usual response: "What the hell do you have in there?".
I gave the usual reply "A 2 liter 4 banger!!" and his face drops... Then
he said "You must be supercharged!!!" and I said "nope, Turbo."  He says:
"Ahhh HAAA!!!" like he's just discovered the big secret and his face
lights up.  So I reply "The car comes from the factory with a turbo" and
his face gets all depressed again.  Being the nice guy that I am (yeah
yeah whatever :)) I offer "I was running 18psi though!" and he happily
says "OH!! That's why!!!  Ok!!!"..  I felt like a cat toying with a mouse
and then letting it run off happy so that another cat could go toy with
it :).  It's soooo damn hard to get anyone to race in the area I live, I
was very thankful for a good solid race!

Cya'll later,
Marc

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