Well, I have never been beaten on the street before, and my only losses at the track have gone to a drop in 460ci. powered first gen Mach 1, and a Supercharged C5 which I would have beat with my current setup. I call the following race a draw.
So, fate deals me my match today in the form of a Turbo Integra. Clean car, dark grey, no stickers, black 5 star rims, larger exhaust but sounds clean. The only give-away was that his A-pillar looked like mission control, and he had a Dynamic Turbo license plate frame.
I see him come up from behind in traffic on the xpressway and he paces me at 70mph. Traffic is thick, so we just pace for about 3-4 minutes. A small clearing breaks and I test him. At 70, I drop to 3rd and hit it. I pull about 2-3 cars, but then something erie happens, I stop pulling and he's on par 'till 110. I'm like Hmmmm. Quick car.
After we both slow, (and this is the only stupid "ricer" thing he does during the course of events) he pulls a crazy side-median stunt to get in front of me.
I laugh and think "OK?! whatever!"
So, we pace each other again, and I want to run him again to see what this stealthy import had in it. We pace about 2 miles, passed a toll, where he waits for me by slowing down. About 2 more miles and traffic thins out big time, and there's about 1/2 mile clear ahead on a 5 lane wide portion peppered with a few cars here and there. At this point I decide I would run behind him and not change lanes, as to keep a straight line (run behind him also, so he could not bitch about not getting the jump). If was faster, I'd ride his bumper so he gets the point, but I was not gonna do any swerving/lane changes as the scenario was already not the best with occassional cars present.
So, at a 50mph roll, we give the sign, he takes off, I pull behind him and drop down to 2nd, jump, hit the limiter quickly, 3rd, EVEN, then I reel in a bit at high revs, 4th, Miss 4th, quickly recover, lost a bit of ground, but quickly regained, rode his bumper 'till about 125, we both shut down.
The ENTIRE race was measured by who pulled a 1/4 car on who (from a 1 car gap), till about 100, that's when I simply rode his bumper (easing a tiny bit off the gas) till shut down at 125.
That was one fast Teg. I motioned for him to pull over and we chatted. He has VTEC (1st word to come out of his mouth), and says he was running about 12 PSI, with max capability at 24psi (but says he did not push that).
When I asked what he's run, he said 11.4 sec 1/4 boosting max, but that he can't control the torque steer at that boost. Also said puts down 460 at full boost.
His interior seemed to have gone on a slight diet also. Engine compartment clean, simple, no bling.
I complimented him on his nice ride and told him that all import dudes should be like him (except for his side/shoulder median stunts).
So! Time for Heads! :coolman:
So, fate deals me my match today in the form of a Turbo Integra. Clean car, dark grey, no stickers, black 5 star rims, larger exhaust but sounds clean. The only give-away was that his A-pillar looked like mission control, and he had a Dynamic Turbo license plate frame.
I see him come up from behind in traffic on the xpressway and he paces me at 70mph. Traffic is thick, so we just pace for about 3-4 minutes. A small clearing breaks and I test him. At 70, I drop to 3rd and hit it. I pull about 2-3 cars, but then something erie happens, I stop pulling and he's on par 'till 110. I'm like Hmmmm. Quick car.
After we both slow, (and this is the only stupid "ricer" thing he does during the course of events) he pulls a crazy side-median stunt to get in front of me.
I laugh and think "OK?! whatever!"
So, we pace each other again, and I want to run him again to see what this stealthy import had in it. We pace about 2 miles, passed a toll, where he waits for me by slowing down. About 2 more miles and traffic thins out big time, and there's about 1/2 mile clear ahead on a 5 lane wide portion peppered with a few cars here and there. At this point I decide I would run behind him and not change lanes, as to keep a straight line (run behind him also, so he could not bitch about not getting the jump). If was faster, I'd ride his bumper so he gets the point, but I was not gonna do any swerving/lane changes as the scenario was already not the best with occassional cars present.
So, at a 50mph roll, we give the sign, he takes off, I pull behind him and drop down to 2nd, jump, hit the limiter quickly, 3rd, EVEN, then I reel in a bit at high revs, 4th, Miss 4th, quickly recover, lost a bit of ground, but quickly regained, rode his bumper 'till about 125, we both shut down.
The ENTIRE race was measured by who pulled a 1/4 car on who (from a 1 car gap), till about 100, that's when I simply rode his bumper (easing a tiny bit off the gas) till shut down at 125.
That was one fast Teg. I motioned for him to pull over and we chatted. He has VTEC (1st word to come out of his mouth), and says he was running about 12 PSI, with max capability at 24psi (but says he did not push that).
When I asked what he's run, he said 11.4 sec 1/4 boosting max, but that he can't control the torque steer at that boost. Also said puts down 460 at full boost.
His interior seemed to have gone on a slight diet also. Engine compartment clean, simple, no bling.
I complimented him on his nice ride and told him that all import dudes should be like him (except for his side/shoulder median stunts).
So! Time for Heads! :coolman:
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