Camaro SS vs S197 W/ Bolt ons
This is a bit of a long story but I ll try to keep it short for everyone. As always done at a close private track.
Recently one of my roommates purchased a 2010 Camaro SS. 15k miles, brembo brakes, premium interior with 426 ponies out its 6.2 ls2. I was the first one to drove the car out of the lot and even taught my roommate how to drive (Manual) for the first few days. After a few weeks he is getting a bit too confident and wants to race me. I knew his driving skills were far from being ready to start messing with his car so I told him to get more familiar with his car and read some reviews and I would race him then . A few weeks after my roommate comes back saying that he saw a video of his car being compared to my GT and that my car was a bit faster. I told him our cars were evenly match and it was a driver's race however my car was not stock anymore.
Our Apartment must of have been filling with a mix of race fuel and burned rubber because after having such conversation with my roommate who owns the Camaro; it was now my other roommate with his 2005 Mustang GT who wanted to test the waters. For a while he had been wanting to test all the mods he has done to his car. (under-drive pulleys, x pipe, shorty headers, muffler delete, ford racing manifold, intake, throttle body and a Bama Race Tune. Anyways he claimed his car was now making like 420 horses at the crank. He even went as far as telling my other roommate who owns the Camaro SS that his S197 was now faster than his Camaro SS and My Mustang GT without the Bama Tune.
About two days ago the day came were my roommate wanted to go race his s197 against my Mustang. So we took off. The first run his car spin too much and I walked him pretty easily. The second run I gave him a bit of a head start but quickly went past him. I kept going 2nd and 3rd gear just to see how far he was falling behind. It must have been about 4 or 5 car lengths at least, clearly his car was no match for mine. Still he insisted to go one more time from a roll. This time I waited for his car to start moving before I hit the throttle. I was in 2nd gear at around 4500 rpms, once his car was about a car length ahead before I smashed the throttle. I quickly went past him. By third gear I was once again a couple of more cars ahead, I am not sure how many but the distance was pretty noticeable.
The next day my friend is feeling pretty disappointed about his Mustang and all the money he has invested in his car. So in order to make him feel good I told him that his car was pretty fast and if my car had been stock the race would of probably been a lot closer. That's when my other roomate who owns the Camaro showed up and one thing led to the other. At the end we went out to test the Camaro SS vs the S197. I also somehow end up being behind the wheel of the SS. Quite honestly I was hoping for the Mustang to take the win even though I was the one driving the Camaro. first race, both cars take off with a bit of wheel spin, I immediately let off the throttle to regain traction and then shifted to second at which point the Camaro started to pulled away. The SS was pulling hard, and by third gear the S197 was far behind so I slow down. Second race was even worst, the SS hooked great and by the end of 1st gear it was already a car ahead and even more so as I went into 2nd and 3rd at which point I slowed down. My other friend insisted to go one more time claiming his car was not hooking up. He was so anxious to win that instead of coming to a full stop, he just floored it. I was caught off guard and bogged the SS a bit. by first gear the s197 was probably a car and a half ahead. As I switched to 2nd gear the SS was catching up fast. It was all over by 3rd gear when the Camaro was again again about a car length. He had no escuses this time, the SS was clearly the faster car.
Needless to say my friend in his 2005 Mustang GT was clearly disappointed while my other roommate went out to brag all over facebook saying this "Camaro beats Mustang GT hahaha" At the end of the night all that bragging got him what he deserved. Somehow later that day, my two roommates went to race one more time. This time they were both driving their cars respectively while I was at work. I then get a text saying "Slower Mustang beats SS Camaro with shitty driver". The end!
Apologies for the poor grammar and writing in advance.
This is a bit of a long story but I ll try to keep it short for everyone. As always done at a close private track.
Recently one of my roommates purchased a 2010 Camaro SS. 15k miles, brembo brakes, premium interior with 426 ponies out its 6.2 ls2. I was the first one to drove the car out of the lot and even taught my roommate how to drive (Manual) for the first few days. After a few weeks he is getting a bit too confident and wants to race me. I knew his driving skills were far from being ready to start messing with his car so I told him to get more familiar with his car and read some reviews and I would race him then . A few weeks after my roommate comes back saying that he saw a video of his car being compared to my GT and that my car was a bit faster. I told him our cars were evenly match and it was a driver's race however my car was not stock anymore.
Our Apartment must of have been filling with a mix of race fuel and burned rubber because after having such conversation with my roommate who owns the Camaro; it was now my other roommate with his 2005 Mustang GT who wanted to test the waters. For a while he had been wanting to test all the mods he has done to his car. (under-drive pulleys, x pipe, shorty headers, muffler delete, ford racing manifold, intake, throttle body and a Bama Race Tune. Anyways he claimed his car was now making like 420 horses at the crank. He even went as far as telling my other roommate who owns the Camaro SS that his S197 was now faster than his Camaro SS and My Mustang GT without the Bama Tune.
About two days ago the day came were my roommate wanted to go race his s197 against my Mustang. So we took off. The first run his car spin too much and I walked him pretty easily. The second run I gave him a bit of a head start but quickly went past him. I kept going 2nd and 3rd gear just to see how far he was falling behind. It must have been about 4 or 5 car lengths at least, clearly his car was no match for mine. Still he insisted to go one more time from a roll. This time I waited for his car to start moving before I hit the throttle. I was in 2nd gear at around 4500 rpms, once his car was about a car length ahead before I smashed the throttle. I quickly went past him. By third gear I was once again a couple of more cars ahead, I am not sure how many but the distance was pretty noticeable.
The next day my friend is feeling pretty disappointed about his Mustang and all the money he has invested in his car. So in order to make him feel good I told him that his car was pretty fast and if my car had been stock the race would of probably been a lot closer. That's when my other roomate who owns the Camaro showed up and one thing led to the other. At the end we went out to test the Camaro SS vs the S197. I also somehow end up being behind the wheel of the SS. Quite honestly I was hoping for the Mustang to take the win even though I was the one driving the Camaro. first race, both cars take off with a bit of wheel spin, I immediately let off the throttle to regain traction and then shifted to second at which point the Camaro started to pulled away. The SS was pulling hard, and by third gear the S197 was far behind so I slow down. Second race was even worst, the SS hooked great and by the end of 1st gear it was already a car ahead and even more so as I went into 2nd and 3rd at which point I slowed down. My other friend insisted to go one more time claiming his car was not hooking up. He was so anxious to win that instead of coming to a full stop, he just floored it. I was caught off guard and bogged the SS a bit. by first gear the s197 was probably a car and a half ahead. As I switched to 2nd gear the SS was catching up fast. It was all over by 3rd gear when the Camaro was again again about a car length. He had no escuses this time, the SS was clearly the faster car.
Needless to say my friend in his 2005 Mustang GT was clearly disappointed while my other roommate went out to brag all over facebook saying this "Camaro beats Mustang GT hahaha" At the end of the night all that bragging got him what he deserved. Somehow later that day, my two roommates went to race one more time. This time they were both driving their cars respectively while I was at work. I then get a text saying "Slower Mustang beats SS Camaro with shitty driver". The end!
Apologies for the poor grammar and writing in advance.
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