Sick03Vert
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The following events occurred in Mexico somewhere. Posting this one up on my brother's behalf as he doesn't post here anymore:
My bro never gets to drive his Corvette much because he works all the time. So yesterday afternoon we decided to take it out for a little drive down the Mexican freeway. His car is a 2007 C6 convertible with a Lingenfelter upgrade package and MP-112 Supercharger, long tubes, B&B exhaust, and a few other goodies.
While we were out driving around, we came across a 2013 GT500. Beautiful Kona Blue with white racing stripes. Wasn't sure what the mods where at the time, but it sounded absolutely awesome. He was cruising the freeway at around 70 mph or so. We got up along side of him...mainly just to hear it as we both really like the GT500's. The guy looked over, so I gave him a thumbs up from the passenger seat and got one in return. Then I hear him downshift and start to slowdown. I looked at my brother and he was like, "I think he wants to run. Cool!"
So we slow down to around 40....this is an empty highway with nothing but cacti and closed up taco stands on both sides. Right as we are about to honk off, out of nowhere...and I swear, I mean I just looked over and there it was...a '13 GT showed up. Candy Red Metallic coupe, which looked good. Plasti-dipped 5.0 emblems, rims, and rear decklid logo which looked like shit. He starts to go by, and it was like he saw what was fixing to happen and wanted in. I have no clue what the modifications were. I do know it was a stick, and it had AT LEAST exhaust and fat tires on the rear.
The Vette and the Shelby wait for the GT to line up for a three wide run. I should add that the top is down on the Corvette, so it's not at it's most aerodynamic, and it is also an automatic. Our car was the only one with a passenger as well. All cars had their windows down. Just some info for the super picky out there. :-D
At any rate, the guy in the GT decides to honk it off. My brother, like myself, has plenty of experience roll racing so on the third honk, he nailed it. However, the hit was thieved by the Shelby...he didn't leave early, he just left DEAD ON the third honk. Immediately, the Shelby was pulling hard and I was enjoying the sound...just being honest. The Vette jumped out a quick car on the 5.0 and never stopped pulling. We let out at around 130 or so, with a good 4-5 cars on the GT and the Shelby having the Corvette by probably 3-4 cars. It was clear exactly where everyone stood, so a second run wasn't necessary. We all got a flyby from the GT, who was still in it after the Shelby and the Corvette had exited the freeway. I have a theory on 5.0's: I think the throttle doesn't drop below 50% WOT.
At any rate, we did get a few minutes to chat with the owner of the Shelby. He said he had exhaust, pulley, and tune. It was a beautiful car and the guy was super cool. He said he thought we were just another C6 with exhaust only looking to play. After checking out the Corvette's exhaust, he said it is definitely the loudest C6 he's ever heard. And it is stupid loud. Afterwards, we parted ways and that was that.
Good, clean run...nobody spun, everyone hit their shifts (where applicable), and everybody seemed to have fun. Plus, no laws were broken, nobody broke anything, and nobody got hurt. All in all, good times!
***Cliffs: C6 takes 5.0 from 40-130ish by 4-5 cars, Shelby takes C6 by 3-4 cars 40-130ish.
My bro never gets to drive his Corvette much because he works all the time. So yesterday afternoon we decided to take it out for a little drive down the Mexican freeway. His car is a 2007 C6 convertible with a Lingenfelter upgrade package and MP-112 Supercharger, long tubes, B&B exhaust, and a few other goodies.
While we were out driving around, we came across a 2013 GT500. Beautiful Kona Blue with white racing stripes. Wasn't sure what the mods where at the time, but it sounded absolutely awesome. He was cruising the freeway at around 70 mph or so. We got up along side of him...mainly just to hear it as we both really like the GT500's. The guy looked over, so I gave him a thumbs up from the passenger seat and got one in return. Then I hear him downshift and start to slowdown. I looked at my brother and he was like, "I think he wants to run. Cool!"
So we slow down to around 40....this is an empty highway with nothing but cacti and closed up taco stands on both sides. Right as we are about to honk off, out of nowhere...and I swear, I mean I just looked over and there it was...a '13 GT showed up. Candy Red Metallic coupe, which looked good. Plasti-dipped 5.0 emblems, rims, and rear decklid logo which looked like shit. He starts to go by, and it was like he saw what was fixing to happen and wanted in. I have no clue what the modifications were. I do know it was a stick, and it had AT LEAST exhaust and fat tires on the rear.
The Vette and the Shelby wait for the GT to line up for a three wide run. I should add that the top is down on the Corvette, so it's not at it's most aerodynamic, and it is also an automatic. Our car was the only one with a passenger as well. All cars had their windows down. Just some info for the super picky out there. :-D
At any rate, the guy in the GT decides to honk it off. My brother, like myself, has plenty of experience roll racing so on the third honk, he nailed it. However, the hit was thieved by the Shelby...he didn't leave early, he just left DEAD ON the third honk. Immediately, the Shelby was pulling hard and I was enjoying the sound...just being honest. The Vette jumped out a quick car on the 5.0 and never stopped pulling. We let out at around 130 or so, with a good 4-5 cars on the GT and the Shelby having the Corvette by probably 3-4 cars. It was clear exactly where everyone stood, so a second run wasn't necessary. We all got a flyby from the GT, who was still in it after the Shelby and the Corvette had exited the freeway. I have a theory on 5.0's: I think the throttle doesn't drop below 50% WOT.
At any rate, we did get a few minutes to chat with the owner of the Shelby. He said he had exhaust, pulley, and tune. It was a beautiful car and the guy was super cool. He said he thought we were just another C6 with exhaust only looking to play. After checking out the Corvette's exhaust, he said it is definitely the loudest C6 he's ever heard. And it is stupid loud. Afterwards, we parted ways and that was that.
Good, clean run...nobody spun, everyone hit their shifts (where applicable), and everybody seemed to have fun. Plus, no laws were broken, nobody broke anything, and nobody got hurt. All in all, good times!
***Cliffs: C6 takes 5.0 from 40-130ish by 4-5 cars, Shelby takes C6 by 3-4 cars 40-130ish.
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