Tooky
Serious about performance
So I'm cruising with my friend Adam, both of us in our Syclones when the night has been real dull and we are about ready to turn in and cut our losses. Adam told me about this silver Z06 he raced from a roll before.. Now I have some type of F-Body, Corvette, and Mustang repellent on my Syclone and it is extremely potent - I haven't had a race with any of the aforementioned in about 2 or 3 months, so when I saw the silver Z06 heading the other way, I knew I had to pursue him if I wanted any races tonight.
Better yet, he gets a red light and we are gaining. We follow him and he takes off by himself towards the industrial park where mono-e-mono matches are held.. We set it up and Adam is gonna flag. The Vette guys say they are new to racing and weren't sure how to start, which seemed a little funny to me. They also didn't want to take it too long or go too fast so I said till 60 or so. Adam drops his hands. I launch with 1 inch vacuum and BLOW THE DOORS OFF the Z06!! I hit 40.. 60.. the guy is nowhere to be seen and I'm trying to find where he is while watching the road. Finally I can tell he is in my blind spot and as I hit 80 he is approaching REAL FAST and he passes me about 1 foot and I let off. I could tell he would wax me in the 1/4 mi by a few tenths.
He said he isn't used to launching the car yet and hasn't ran it or modified it but was gonna go to the strip tomorrow. They complimented my truck a bunch of times and were really gracious. I would like to hear how it runs at the strip, I also wonder how my truck would have done if I had good tires and launched at 5+ PSI.
We went back out onto the street and did a few more stoplight matches and I beat them pretty handily. The fact of the matter was that these guys were not going to touch me on the street unless the race got out of hand and up to high speeds. One time I stomped it from about a 3mph roll after the light changed and we were dead even through his 1st and 2nd then halfway through his 3rd he tore past me and was gone... I was pleased that I lasted that long anyway.
So after all this I was pretty confident about my AWD and beating virtually any fast car off the line on the street. I thought these Z06s were supposed to be "SO FAST" but my truck didn't have much trouble on the street. They seemed only a little faster than the LS1s. But to this car's credit, the guys did seem like they weren't real experienced with drag racing their Vette yet.
Anyway we were hanging with this guy again when suddenly we are at another stoplight and the BLACK VIPER is on the opposing lane and he tears away at the green!! I think to myself "Holy shit, a Z06 vs Viper, what a matchup that would be!" and apparently the Z06 thought the same because he pulled in front of me and did an illegal U-turn to pursue the Viper and of course me and Adam followed suit!! Some cars are just worth it. Unfortunately that race will have to wait for another day, because we got the light and the Viper was nowhere to be seen. Oh well, it was the same Viper I tried racing a week ago and he didn't bite, maybe he wouldn't have even bit against the Z06. However, I tend to think he would have this time...
Better yet, he gets a red light and we are gaining. We follow him and he takes off by himself towards the industrial park where mono-e-mono matches are held.. We set it up and Adam is gonna flag. The Vette guys say they are new to racing and weren't sure how to start, which seemed a little funny to me. They also didn't want to take it too long or go too fast so I said till 60 or so. Adam drops his hands. I launch with 1 inch vacuum and BLOW THE DOORS OFF the Z06!! I hit 40.. 60.. the guy is nowhere to be seen and I'm trying to find where he is while watching the road. Finally I can tell he is in my blind spot and as I hit 80 he is approaching REAL FAST and he passes me about 1 foot and I let off. I could tell he would wax me in the 1/4 mi by a few tenths.
He said he isn't used to launching the car yet and hasn't ran it or modified it but was gonna go to the strip tomorrow. They complimented my truck a bunch of times and were really gracious. I would like to hear how it runs at the strip, I also wonder how my truck would have done if I had good tires and launched at 5+ PSI.
We went back out onto the street and did a few more stoplight matches and I beat them pretty handily. The fact of the matter was that these guys were not going to touch me on the street unless the race got out of hand and up to high speeds. One time I stomped it from about a 3mph roll after the light changed and we were dead even through his 1st and 2nd then halfway through his 3rd he tore past me and was gone... I was pleased that I lasted that long anyway.
So after all this I was pretty confident about my AWD and beating virtually any fast car off the line on the street. I thought these Z06s were supposed to be "SO FAST" but my truck didn't have much trouble on the street. They seemed only a little faster than the LS1s. But to this car's credit, the guys did seem like they weren't real experienced with drag racing their Vette yet.
Anyway we were hanging with this guy again when suddenly we are at another stoplight and the BLACK VIPER is on the opposing lane and he tears away at the green!! I think to myself "Holy shit, a Z06 vs Viper, what a matchup that would be!" and apparently the Z06 thought the same because he pulled in front of me and did an illegal U-turn to pursue the Viper and of course me and Adam followed suit!! Some cars are just worth it. Unfortunately that race will have to wait for another day, because we got the light and the Viper was nowhere to be seen. Oh well, it was the same Viper I tried racing a week ago and he didn't bite, maybe he wouldn't have even bit against the Z06. However, I tend to think he would have this time...
