So I got called out by a K3 E55...
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Your worst nightmare...
That build up will be crazy! He will need steam rollers for traction...lol.
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Are you guys joking??
Remove the exhaust??? 100 octane??? no air filters??
Arent you guys just a couple of friends having a blast down the road to see how your cars stack up?? The above steps are what you do if youre racing a guy for money or hate a guy.
Just run like you guys do every day. I hate watching a video and then hearing all these "BUT'S"
BUT he was on race gas
BUT he had his filters out
BUT he had an extra passenger
BUT he had DR's
BUT I had crappy tires...
ECT ECT....
BTW...you guys are calling it a K3, but it sounds like it has everything but cams. I thought that cams were shown to be of very little help. either way....tune/pulley/headers/TB/HE/Exhaust is pretty much everything.
As for the outcome....I suspect the E55 puts about 1/2 a car on you and you guys are pretty even after that initial jump.
good luck..
Remove the exhaust??? 100 octane??? no air filters??
Arent you guys just a couple of friends having a blast down the road to see how your cars stack up?? The above steps are what you do if youre racing a guy for money or hate a guy.
Just run like you guys do every day. I hate watching a video and then hearing all these "BUT'S"
BUT he was on race gas
BUT he had his filters out
BUT he had an extra passenger
BUT he had DR's
BUT I had crappy tires...
ECT ECT....
BTW...you guys are calling it a K3, but it sounds like it has everything but cams. I thought that cams were shown to be of very little help. either way....tune/pulley/headers/TB/HE/Exhaust is pretty much everything.
As for the outcome....I suspect the E55 puts about 1/2 a car on you and you guys are pretty even after that initial jump.
good luck..
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Your worst nightmare...
, we have got a love and hate relationship...if he beats me we will never hear the end of it...lol! I hear you though, I hate "what if", "could of", "should of"....just run what you got....
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Your car is STOCK!!
Deep inside he knows that he has everything done and you are stock....
Once you get the VRP875....You'll be able to get to 140mph....stop...get out of your car and wave at him before he catches up to you...
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I think you are nuts if you are going to take the air filters out. There is a sponsor here in LI who has BMC filters. Buy those and pop them in....going unfiltered is kind of wreckless..especially with cost of replacing an engine or turbos if debris gets in there...
Tom
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Your worst nightmare...
Putting in High flow filters tom...lol!
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Cool. Ask the E55 to run with a passenger with camera as well. Now you have 2 camera angles.
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Are you guys joking??
Remove the exhaust??? 100 octane??? no air filters??
Arent you guys just a couple of friends having a blast down the road to see how your cars stack up?? The above steps are what you do if youre racing a guy for money or hate a guy.
Just run like you guys do every day. I hate watching a video and then hearing all these "BUT'S"
BUT he was on race gas
BUT he had his filters out
BUT he had an extra passenger
BUT he had DR's
BUT I had crappy tires...
ECT ECT....
BTW...you guys are calling it a K3, but it sounds like it has everything but cams. I thought that cams were shown to be of very little help. either way....tune/pulley/headers/TB/HE/Exhaust is pretty much everything.
As for the outcome....I suspect the E55 puts about 1/2 a car on you and you guys are pretty even after that initial jump.
good luck..
Remove the exhaust??? 100 octane??? no air filters??
Arent you guys just a couple of friends having a blast down the road to see how your cars stack up?? The above steps are what you do if youre racing a guy for money or hate a guy.
Just run like you guys do every day. I hate watching a video and then hearing all these "BUT'S"
BUT he was on race gas
BUT he had his filters out
BUT he had an extra passenger
BUT he had DR's
BUT I had crappy tires...
ECT ECT....
BTW...you guys are calling it a K3, but it sounds like it has everything but cams. I thought that cams were shown to be of very little help. either way....tune/pulley/headers/TB/HE/Exhaust is pretty much everything.
As for the outcome....I suspect the E55 puts about 1/2 a car on you and you guys are pretty even after that initial jump.
good luck..
And besides, the other doesn't have to know he's running his 65 juiced on 100 octane
All in good fun!
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No, were not joking. Were actually serious. I don't see the problem. The K3 has no excuse if he loses. None. Even with the race fuel, exhaust/air filters removed. He has nothing.
And besides, the other doesn't have to know he's running his 65 juiced on 100 octane
All in good fun!
And besides, the other doesn't have to know he's running his 65 juiced on 100 octane
All in good fun!
To each his own I guess----Personally, it feels like cheating to me. Like guys that take out their seats, spare at the track......or take out their headlight.....if you are comparing STREET CARS---run them in street trim. I know guys that run with 104 octane all the time(i use to do this when there was a pump next door to my workplace)....or run on DR all the time---that to me is fine---thats ur everyday street trim. But if youre ordering special gas....filling ur tires with nitrogen ect ect just for the ONE TIME race....its seems like cheating and pointless.
Where do you draw the line??
why not totally strip the car? Install some "SNEAKY PETE" nitrous shot?
The whole point is to be able to say;
"the car I drive to work every day is faster than the car you drive to work everyday"
Once you go down the other road---it becomes an exercise of who can cheat more and who's willing to push the envelope further than the other guy(see Olympic drug use)
Just my opinion....
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No, were not joking. Were actually serious. I don't see the problem. The K3 has no excuse if he loses. None. Even with the race fuel, exhaust/air filters removed. He has nothing.
And besides, the other doesn't have to know he's running his 65 juiced on 100 octane
All in good fun!
And besides, the other doesn't have to know he's running his 65 juiced on 100 octane
All in good fun!
...I promise...Hehehe, Just joking but did I say my car makes 565 RWHP stock? All this with a 5 gallon water reservoir I put over the summer,....that;s not even with the cat delete and exhaust I am putting TODAY....
All I am saying is it will be close....
Race going down either this weekend or next one...
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To each his own I guess----Personally, it feels like cheating to me. Like guys that take out their seats, spare at the track......or take out their headlight.....if you are comparing STREET CARS---run them in street trim. I know guys that run with 104 octane all the time(i use to do this when there was a pump next door to my workplace)....or run on DR all the time---that to me is fine---thats ur everyday street trim. But if youre ordering special gas....filling ur tires with nitrogen ect ect just for the ONE TIME race....its seems like cheating and pointless.
Where do you draw the line??
why not totally strip the car? Install some "SNEAKY PETE" nitrous shot?
The whole point is to be able to say;
"the car I drive to work every day is faster than the car you drive to work everyday"
Once you go down the other road---it becomes an exercise of who can cheat more and who's willing to push the envelope further than the other guy(see Olympic drug use)
Just my opinion....
Where do you draw the line??
why not totally strip the car? Install some "SNEAKY PETE" nitrous shot?
The whole point is to be able to say;
"the car I drive to work every day is faster than the car you drive to work everyday"
Once you go down the other road---it becomes an exercise of who can cheat more and who's willing to push the envelope further than the other guy(see Olympic drug use)
Just my opinion....
I look at the track as 'what is the best times/speeds I can attain in an optimized condition'. Think of it as our cars are kind of like professional bodybuilders...or more appropriately world class sprinters. These guys/gals prepare to optimize their performance for an event. The sprinters are running on surfaces that are pretty specialized...their track shoes are extremely light weight and customized. Could these sprinters run the same times down the street in sneakers....no way. But when they are competing on the track they are on equal footing (pun intended) with the other competitors.
Tom
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Your worst nightmare...
To each his own I guess----Personally, it feels like cheating to me. Like guys that take out their seats, spare at the track......or take out their headlight.....if you are comparing STREET CARS---run them in street trim. I know guys that run with 104 octane all the time(i use to do this when there was a pump next door to my workplace)....or run on DR all the time---that to me is fine---thats ur everyday street trim. But if youre ordering special gas....filling ur tires with nitrogen ect ect just for the ONE TIME race....its seems like cheating and pointless.
Where do you draw the line??
why not totally strip the car? Install some "SNEAKY PETE" nitrous shot?
The whole point is to be able to say;
"the car I drive to work every day is faster than the car you drive to work everyday"
Once you go down the other road---it becomes an exercise of who can cheat more and who's willing to push the envelope further than the other guy(see Olympic drug use)
Just my opinion....
Where do you draw the line??
why not totally strip the car? Install some "SNEAKY PETE" nitrous shot?
The whole point is to be able to say;
"the car I drive to work every day is faster than the car you drive to work everyday"
Once you go down the other road---it becomes an exercise of who can cheat more and who's willing to push the envelope further than the other guy(see Olympic drug use)
Just my opinion....
I am sure he will do the same the day of the race, no one wants to go home with their tail between their legs.
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Everything you have mentioned is to an extreme my friend. Only thing I will be adding to car is 100 octane...other than that car has had cat delete and a few other little bolt ons. I have a full interior, never have heard about Nitrogen filled tires, what ever that is....I run what I bring...and trust me I will bring it.
I am sure he will do the same the day of the race, no one wants to go home with their tail between their legs.
I am sure he will do the same the day of the race, no one wants to go home with their tail between their legs.
Tom
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Are you serious? Jody will not even show up for that race. I know he is afraid , apprehensive and even panicky about the likely results of a showdown with a K3 E55.
I'll let you all in on a little secret........ V12Godspeed changed his screen name. "When", you may ask?......how about right after I called him out to race my K3 E55.
BTW, I will not respond to any personal attacks and this is the only website that my screen name is Rock.
I'll let you all in on a little secret........ V12Godspeed changed his screen name. "When", you may ask?......how about right after I called him out to race my K3 E55.
BTW, I will not respond to any personal attacks and this is the only website that my screen name is Rock.
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Are you serious? Jody will not even show up for that race. I know he is afraid , apprehensive and even panicky about the likely results of a showdown with a K3 E55.
I'll let you all in on a little secret........ V12Godspeed changed his screen name. "When", you may ask?......how about right after I called him out to race my K3 E55.
BTW, I will not respond to any personal attacks and this is the only website that my screen name is Rock.
I'll let you all in on a little secret........ V12Godspeed changed his screen name. "When", you may ask?......how about right after I called him out to race my K3 E55.
BTW, I will not respond to any personal attacks and this is the only website that my screen name is Rock.
Tom
