turbo eclipse with a fart pipe everything was stock, stock wing stock wheels no stickers. anyway i was slowing down for a red and so does he, it turns green before we get there he guns it. at this point he was about 2 lengths ahead and we were going about 20 when he punches it i said hell no and downshift to 2nd then went to 1st redlined let off and went to second and left off he wouldnt slow down im guessin till he hit 80 and then he hit the brakes and waited for me. and he wanted to again but i wouldnt do it not at a roll and im like from a stop and he said hell no i aint plannning on losing so i keep on going ahead at my turn h revs and so do i. first loss to th elco. but it wasnt fair. sorry it isnt third gen inwo but its still a good story

 

some of those lil turbos will get on it. a good friend of mine has an eclipse puttin down close to 430 at all 4 wheels. can you say, 1.19 60'. i know i thought he was shiatin me, until i saw it.

 

wat no way thats alot of hp and those times means really good traction and suspension. gotta give him props. at least he isnt a ric er

 

well he also has the advantage of all wheel drive, of course he can still lose traction but its a lot harder to do so, man awd would be so much fun!

 

yea it would be tight to do awd burnouts. still sucks. i had such a good record 34 wins 0 losses. now its 34 1

 

1.19 60' with 430 awhp? I definately wanna see that timeslip. You sure you didn't see his reaction time? I'm not calling you a liar by any means, but 1.19 60s in an awd is almost unheard of with 430 awhp. (at least I've NEVER seen it)

Nice death though. Eclipses can be very fast for very cheap.

BTW awd is fun, but its tough comparing to getting the *** out with rwd. Yeah awd has traction, but doughnuts are few and far between unless you have money to spare.

 

HA HA

 

dude if i were you i woulnt call that a loss. he wouldnt run you from a dig and he had a two car length advantage when he nailed it sounds like r**er racing to me.

 

im guessin he would know he would lose if we did it from a dig. but his girl was impressed. just means i gotta get a new engine. ill put the elco one in the camaro and build up a nice 406 with a lil nitrous.
if i gave hime 2 lengths from a stop. do you think i woulda had him.
and jug shut up

 

That's the beauty of street combat, sometimes you need to have excess power to deal with those situations.

I had my TA running pretty good, sometimes people would try something cheap and I'd still win....it was fun.

Eclips is decent car though, this guy skipped the stickers and did real mods too. Racing from a stop puts alot more wear and tear on the tranmission and motor, especially in a FWD. He probably just wants his car to last.

 

Just wondering....if it is fair for you to race from a stop, why shouldn't it be also fair to race from an even pace? You would have the same rolling advantage, whether you car could benifit from it, that's another story. If your car is only good for getting traction and good acceleration out of the hole, but can't accelerate anyehere else...what real fun is it?

A race is a race right?

 

yea but at 20 mph or so have no speedo just guessing. it is at the bottom of 2nd gear and 1st gear is my main gear for winning. normally ill just race for the first 60 or so feet or untill i hit 2nd by that time 99% of the time at least the cars are 2 or so lengths back and i just shut down so a roll is taking my advantage away. and street/strip racing use to mean and still does to me from a stop not from a roll

 

1.1 and below is simply impossible. Those are top fuel times.

 

Where I come from, a dogfight occures at any place...any speed.

If 1st gear is your winning gear....shift into 1st! Chances are you'd be long gone from a 20 mph roll....(just don't forget to get back into second quickly)

If you don't have a ratchet shifter, I would highly recomend one for that very purpose. I had the B&M mega shifter, it worked perfectly well for me.

I agree the 700R4 has a tall 1st gear, I always enjoyed the second gear myself.

 

its a turbo 350 and i have a hurst pistol grip 1/4 stick.