This race happened this summer but I figure I'll post it being I'm sorta bored.
Stats:
1970 Cuda 383, not sure of all mods, he bought it as it sits, has headers, x pipe exhaust, torker intake, moderate sized cam of some sort, 3.91 sure grip I beleive, 727 trans, Sublime with centerline wheels
1968 Chevelle, 350, 8.8:1 compression, Dart Iron Eagles, RPM Air Gap intake, headers, shortie dual exhaust, stock hei, holley carb, crap tune, 3.73 posi rear, shift kit, TCI 2400 stall, XE cam,212 duration @.050, B&M Megashifter , as seen in the fast and the furious, (for dramatic effect) Ugly black car, aluminum slots on the back
I had harassed my friend for a couple of months, bragging about how my car would open up a can on pretty much any on his, which I didn't really believe, I figured we'd be about equal or I'd win just because he always spins his tires. Well this bothered him so in June I think it was, he called me up and said 'guess what, I got the Cuda out and I'm coming over to your place with it so we can race.' I figured I was screwed, being thats his fastest car.
So I met him out on the highway and we lined up. I was really nervous, this being my first real race, not just stupid shit with slow cars, and the fact I *really* didn't want to get caught. Anyway, kinda brake torqued it up, we left the line about the same, he was spinning, I was not (fat tires), but we were both going about equal, he was creeping ahead slowly near the end of my first gear, so I ran it out till 5500K and shifted to second and gained a little bit of ground back, when he shifted to second. Ran it till 5.5K again but I was dropping behind now, now I was at his rear bumper and he was getting up in the r's walking away from me, so I shifted to third thinking/hoping maybe I could catch him? Well that didn't happen, I dropped behind him now by a car and when we finished I was about a car and a half/maybe 2 cars behind. I wasn't real sad about losing, considering I was really excited, and I did, what I considered, a decent loss against a much nicer car than mine.
68
Stats:
1970 Cuda 383, not sure of all mods, he bought it as it sits, has headers, x pipe exhaust, torker intake, moderate sized cam of some sort, 3.91 sure grip I beleive, 727 trans, Sublime with centerline wheels
1968 Chevelle, 350, 8.8:1 compression, Dart Iron Eagles, RPM Air Gap intake, headers, shortie dual exhaust, stock hei, holley carb, crap tune, 3.73 posi rear, shift kit, TCI 2400 stall, XE cam,212 duration @.050, B&M Megashifter , as seen in the fast and the furious, (for dramatic effect) Ugly black car, aluminum slots on the back
I had harassed my friend for a couple of months, bragging about how my car would open up a can on pretty much any on his, which I didn't really believe, I figured we'd be about equal or I'd win just because he always spins his tires. Well this bothered him so in June I think it was, he called me up and said 'guess what, I got the Cuda out and I'm coming over to your place with it so we can race.' I figured I was screwed, being thats his fastest car.
So I met him out on the highway and we lined up. I was really nervous, this being my first real race, not just stupid shit with slow cars, and the fact I *really* didn't want to get caught. Anyway, kinda brake torqued it up, we left the line about the same, he was spinning, I was not (fat tires), but we were both going about equal, he was creeping ahead slowly near the end of my first gear, so I ran it out till 5500K and shifted to second and gained a little bit of ground back, when he shifted to second. Ran it till 5.5K again but I was dropping behind now, now I was at his rear bumper and he was getting up in the r's walking away from me, so I shifted to third thinking/hoping maybe I could catch him? Well that didn't happen, I dropped behind him now by a car and when we finished I was about a car and a half/maybe 2 cars behind. I wasn't real sad about losing, considering I was really excited, and I did, what I considered, a decent loss against a much nicer car than mine.
68
