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Old Jun 24, 2006 | 06:54 AM
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Oh yeah...euro power..

Well i was comming back home from Fremont/Stockton frat party-i was on 680 heading south to Gilroy. I was doing 80mph, my brother said, why are you driving so slow ? * i usually drive 100mph-110mph* I replied " Theirs many cops around this area" so i kept it at 80mph and then he said "hey checkout that rx7"

The Rx7 had just gotten onto the freeway.

Me " I raced it before when i use to work at Sears--around 12 at night as well... he beat me..this was 1 1/2 years ago"

Brother " Really"

Me " yeah he smoked me ..."

Brother " let go off the throttle so your car can backfire see if thy want to race"

I let off th throttle the car started to rumble--lo behold the Rx7 gets besides me--with its fat exhuast/wing/lowerd/rims/ and what not

I Drop my car into 3rd, he drops the car into his lower gear

WHAM! Both on the throttle! Right when we punched it i gained about 1/2 lenght. It must of been my Tq!

Hitting 120 mph.. i am 1 car ahead of him... I have the contruction barrier comming up at my left... i have mismatch tyres in the front and my tyre in the rear is worn to 0% thread.. .. I scmrea " Where is he where is he? " I couldnt see him.. so i let off the throttle he goes by me and slam at it again... i'm right behind him getting slip stream GAINING ON HIM SO FAST!!! I LOOK DOWN AT MY SPEEDMETER IM DOING 150MPH AND IM GAINGING VERY VERY FAST....AND THEN I LET OFF AND FLASH MY LIGHTS.


I slow down, he slows down abou 1/2 mile after i catch up i pull along - lower my window and give him a thumps up! His face is like wtf just happend ?!

He had a friend with him, so did i. I had 2 full tyres/rims / tools in my trunk PLUS the fact that my car weights alot more haha....priceless face --after that i let go of the throttle once again but he didnt go for it this time hahah


Mods:

SL engine
SL throttle body
Euro headers/down pipes/dual exhuast/no cats/ no resonators ( design by me )
Header wrap
K&N Filter
Oil sunction mod


I'm s till stoked that i ' won' the race hahaha EURO POWER!!!!!!!!!
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Old Jun 24, 2006 | 04:56 PM
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what sl engine do u have?
the old 560 or the newer r129 500?
ur car is a 4 speed, did u do any tranny mods?
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Old Jun 24, 2006 | 06:07 PM
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Pretty nice run. I saw a yellow RX8 with aftermarket exhaust on it the other day, but he didn't take it past 60.
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Old Jun 24, 2006 | 06:09 PM
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So with the exhaust modifications, any idea how much power you're making? Those stock setups are very insulated and very restrictive.
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Old Jun 24, 2006 | 08:15 PM
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lol that was a sick race they were hella shocked i just saw ther jaw drop...... that was a nice race
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Old Jun 25, 2006 | 01:48 PM
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Nice! Do you have any pics of your setup?
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