sibling rivalry
 

so i bought a 94 Pontiac Formula as a christmas present for my girlfriend who wanted to enjoy drag racing the way i do (so the only way for her to do that was to have her own car she can race!) we took it down to the track and she ran a best time of 14.8 at 98mph with a 2.8 sec 60ft. obviously there was room for improvement. if i could get the 60fts down into the 2.0 - 2.1 range, mid/high 13s should be attainable.

but anyway, ive raced a few of my brothers (Tuned Port) friends and beat them all. because the car is jet black, and sounds nasty with its Flowmaster cat-back, not to mention the car has NEVER lost a race... i nickednamed it "Death".

so my brother has been a little critical about the times i got from the Formula, saying im not in "his league" and it would be a waste of gas to run me. i, on the other hand, think our 2 cars would be a great matchup, and a very exciting race. so i called him out today, telling him "Death comes for you". all day at work ive been taunting him (just messing around, the usual pre race smack talk), and now hes saying he doesnt want to race me anymore! i think i scared him a little bit with my taunting and now hes lost his confidence or something. cause before i would always hear how he would beat me, but now i guess thats not the case. anyway, heres the stats on our cars:

94 Formula (LT1 auto, 3.23s)
- best time: 14.8 at 98mph w 2.8 60ft
- mods: flowmaster catback, airfoil, K&N cold air induction

91 Corvette (L98 auto, 2.59s)
- best time: 13.8 at 101mph w 2.0 60ft
- mods: K&N filter, airfoil, AFPR, high flow front ypipe, catback exhaust, free mods, drag radials

my brothers 13.8 was BEFORE all the exhaust work and DRs. he clearly has the advantage over my car being how his is in good tune and has half the miles mine does. my question is: why wont he race me??? and if he grows a backbone, who do you think will win?

LT1 car for Christmas!?!?!?

DAMN!!!!

I'll be your girlfriend!!!!!!! I'd wear a dress to get a car like that.

I wish my girlfriend was that nice to me. I would say with improvement on the 60ft the car can easily hit high 13's. Get a few more mods on the Formula and you might be able to take him.

First of all, how in the hell did she get a 2.8 60ft? Did she run through the water box then not heat up the tires? Practice launching, get a decent street tire or DRs, then get a 2400-2800stall and you will have a low 13s LT1 @ 101 or so.

I'm gonna go with the Vette on this one. I think it'll be a very close race though, assuming both get good launches. It could go either way, but I already predicted. :D

my car is stock however my brother is putting alot of money in his late 1980's ford thunderbird turbo coupe.. i never raced him or want to, because i dont want to start any thing bad.. i think he would give me a good run..

i started out with high 60 foots in my formula and ran in the 15s!!!
now got the 60 foots down and i like the times i have now.

first off, it was her first time EVER racing. she doesnt know how to launch the car yet. and secondly, this car loves to burnout. anthing over half throttle spins the tires from a stop. if you mash the throttle, itll spin all the way through first and halfway through 2nd. you really have to be careful with it, its tricky to launch. ive figured it out though ;)
hmmm, maybe, maybe not. gotta figure my brothers been racing for a little over 6 months, and ive been doing it for years. i go to the track almost every weekend, and he only goes when he does something new to his car (and his mod list isnt all that long!). so who do you think will get the better launch? he better get buslengths on me when he launches, because theres NO WAY a TPI motor with 2.59 gears is going to hold off the top end charge of my LT1 with 3.23s

i think the way the Formula is set up right now it would definately do a mid 13 with DRs. on the track my brother and i would be equals, but anything can happen on the street...

you gave her an lt1 for chirstmas?? what are you getting us?

I know what you mean. My brother bought a 92 RS, completely stock with V-8, auto, t-tops, had a kickass system though. He bought the car of my brother-in-law and my sister for $800, he told me he bought it when I told him I was going to offer a grand on it. Anyways, he thought that his LO3 was uber fast because he got headers and exhaust, so he challenged me to a race. :D Not the smartest thing he has ever done. That was an easy meal though.