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TurboWizard
10-05-2000, 10:13 PM
I just found this site and I have to say...VERY NICE!!

This happened last summer...
I was on the highway in the left lane doing about 80mph. I noticed a car approaching from behind quite fast. Since there was only 2 lanes, I held my ground feeling 80 was a pretty good pace. Well, right up to my rear bumper pulls a brand new Porsche Carrera (non turbo but still fast). Anyway, being rush hour traffic he stays there for about a mile and when traffic breaks, he pulls into the right and flies by me. Not missing this opportunity, I follow right behind and proceed to stay on his butt at high speeds for a couple of miles of very narrow, very windy highway. Finally we hit a short 1/2 mile straight-away. And we both open it up!! I stayed on his tail until about 135mph when he slowly pulled about a car length, but that's it! We quickly ran out of road and he turned off the next exit and I proceeded on my way home.
Not really a kill but if you could imagine what we were doing...it was pure adrenaline!!

BTW - I have a 97 GSX and at the time I had a 14B with boost set at 17. A pre-95 BOV, some IC piping and free mods.




turbo=good
10-08-2000, 09:23 PM
Your heart must have been pumping.
By the way, what was your rpm's at when you were doing 135?

TurboWizard
10-10-2000, 08:57 PM
Yeah...We were about 1/2 - 1 car length apart the whole time!

I've been up there only a handful of times, but I think probably around 6500 - 6800 rpm.
I was definately not in the red!

turbo=good
10-10-2000, 10:44 PM
neat.