Well it finally happened and not long after my truck is running again. Wasn't sure if this was much of a kill but I was going to work one morning late last week when this driver in a late model Chevy Silverado SS was trying to get me to race. We already have some snow on the roads here in Anchorage and I wasn't too keen on doing a boost launch on ice!
We catch the last traffic light at the airport heights intersection which puts us directly on the Glenn Highway; a three lane freeway out of Anchorage. The light changes and I let him take off first then just a couple of secs later i'm on dry pavement and punch it. I wind up blasting past him and heading down the highway with the Silverado SS trying to catch me. After I hit 120mph I decided the better part of valor was to slow down before I lost control on the patches of snow and ice; besides the ball joints need replacing. I don't know if the SS had any other mods than a custom dual exhaust that I noticed
The story jumps to yesterday, I'm at the local Carrs grocery store and that same truck pulls up next to me and says he wants a rematch. He didn't know what the heck blew his doors off that morning so he did some internet research to find out what a Syclone was. We had a friendly conversation and he wanted to know how much I'd sell it for!.
Anyway it was fun though kinda stupid on these roads, fortunately there wasn't any traffic in front of us at the time. My motor is completely stock except for chrome valve covers and a set of Crane 1.6 roller rockers installed. So far it even starts just fine in single digit temps (3 to 5 above 0) :lol:
We catch the last traffic light at the airport heights intersection which puts us directly on the Glenn Highway; a three lane freeway out of Anchorage. The light changes and I let him take off first then just a couple of secs later i'm on dry pavement and punch it. I wind up blasting past him and heading down the highway with the Silverado SS trying to catch me. After I hit 120mph I decided the better part of valor was to slow down before I lost control on the patches of snow and ice; besides the ball joints need replacing. I don't know if the SS had any other mods than a custom dual exhaust that I noticed
The story jumps to yesterday, I'm at the local Carrs grocery store and that same truck pulls up next to me and says he wants a rematch. He didn't know what the heck blew his doors off that morning so he did some internet research to find out what a Syclone was. We had a friendly conversation and he wanted to know how much I'd sell it for!.
Anyway it was fun though kinda stupid on these roads, fortunately there wasn't any traffic in front of us at the time. My motor is completely stock except for chrome valve covers and a set of Crane 1.6 roller rockers installed. So far it even starts just fine in single digit temps (3 to 5 above 0) :lol:
