There is a long straight empty road that I sometimes need to take to come back to the US from Mexico. It appears as I am not the only one that knows this stretch of road because behind me I see this angry looking, low to the ground menacing looking Mopar. As soon as it seems my taillights, the driver slows down and gets behind for a moment. It quickly pulls next to me and lowers his window. As soon as I lowered my cars right window, I immediately hear the loud and intimidating growl of an free flowing 6.2 Hemi. The Challenger no doubt sounds good. The guy gives me a look and starts dropping gears and slows down to around 20 MPH, I do the same. At this point I know it's happening. I look ahead and there is nothing but a straight road that seems to disappeared as the earth starts to curved.
At this point I am thinking to myself, this challenger is going to embarrassed me pretty badly. I don't say this because it's an SRT8 but because the car in question sounds like it came straight out of hell. I take a quick glance and see some fat tires in the rear. I hesitate a little bit but once the other other driver starts honking I simply get ready. I assumed his car is in first gear, I keep mine in second, my 5.0 revs show somewhere between 4-5k
We both hit the gas pedal at around the same time, immediately I start pulling away although not by much. As I go into third I am still pulling away but I can still see the Hemi biting pretty closely. I start thinking that eventually the Hemi will start catching up and it does. As soon as the hemi hits what I think is the top of 3rd, the chally is getting closer until I go into 4th and once again I am gaining on him. I then slow down at the top of 4th gear with the chally behind at least 3 car lengths.
I slow down and give him the thumbs up, he once again lowers his window and yells that he wants to go from a dig.
I am like ok, this should be interesting. We slow down and come to a complete stop and the chally driver does one hell of a burnout and lines up next to me. I ask him what kind of tire he is running and he replies 305 Mickey Thompsons, he also tells me to honk it this time. I raised my window and honk to three. The challenger takes the jump and manages a to show me the tailights right away, I then go into second and pass him and once again start pulling away. I let go by the end of third with a 3 car lenght gap. The guy once to go once more time, once again from a roll. That time we both start at the same time, I start pulling as soon as we take off and there after.
The Challenger owner seems pretty cool so we slow down at a near PeMex gas station and check each other's ride. His main complain about his car is weight. He then tells me his car has the already mention 305 mickey Thompsons, long tube headers, x pipe and full exhaust, K&N intake, 1.5 inch drop and a custom shot from a local shop. My mods are on my sig.
At this point I am thinking to myself, this challenger is going to embarrassed me pretty badly. I don't say this because it's an SRT8 but because the car in question sounds like it came straight out of hell. I take a quick glance and see some fat tires in the rear. I hesitate a little bit but once the other other driver starts honking I simply get ready. I assumed his car is in first gear, I keep mine in second, my 5.0 revs show somewhere between 4-5k
We both hit the gas pedal at around the same time, immediately I start pulling away although not by much. As I go into third I am still pulling away but I can still see the Hemi biting pretty closely. I start thinking that eventually the Hemi will start catching up and it does. As soon as the hemi hits what I think is the top of 3rd, the chally is getting closer until I go into 4th and once again I am gaining on him. I then slow down at the top of 4th gear with the chally behind at least 3 car lengths.
I slow down and give him the thumbs up, he once again lowers his window and yells that he wants to go from a dig.
I am like ok, this should be interesting. We slow down and come to a complete stop and the chally driver does one hell of a burnout and lines up next to me. I ask him what kind of tire he is running and he replies 305 Mickey Thompsons, he also tells me to honk it this time. I raised my window and honk to three. The challenger takes the jump and manages a to show me the tailights right away, I then go into second and pass him and once again start pulling away. I let go by the end of third with a 3 car lenght gap. The guy once to go once more time, once again from a roll. That time we both start at the same time, I start pulling as soon as we take off and there after.
The Challenger owner seems pretty cool so we slow down at a near PeMex gas station and check each other's ride. His main complain about his car is weight. He then tells me his car has the already mention 305 mickey Thompsons, long tube headers, x pipe and full exhaust, K&N intake, 1.5 inch drop and a custom shot from a local shop. My mods are on my sig.
