went down to Lake Jackson last night. Pull up, grab my fold-up chair, and sit down to start eating my Sonic burger when a buddy of mine says he has a race for me. He points to a red SRT-4 back behind a few cars. I tell him I'll take him, but not really interested at the moment. I finish my burger and we all BS some when this guy Tim who has a white, bolt-on 99 Mustang starts talking to the SRT-4 guy and they agree to race.

See this post about my previous encounter with Tim.

After they both decide to go, I figure I'll follow them out and see how things turn out, as I've been wanting to race an SRT-4 since they came out. We head out and I end up behind the neon. Both races they go from a dig.

First race, they both get decent launches and stay side-by-side until 3rd when the Mustang starts pulling ahead a little. When I hit 3rd I have to backpedal a little to keep from running into the back of the Neon, so I just ease into it and watch. Mustang wins by a length at best.

Second race, Neon guy launches a little higher and the car disappears into a cloud of tire smoke. Tim gets a good launch and jumps out about 2 lengths. By this time I'm near the top of 2nd and about to rearend the Neon again when I see a big enough space between the Neon and another Mustang that came out to watch for me to jump over into the other lane. I slide on over, pass the Neon, and start pulling on the Mustang, but he's a good 3-4 lengths ahead of me and I only pull up about 2 on him before we shut down.

Me and Tim turn around and we go again for the fun of it. I launch easy and granny-shift it the entire way as I'm worried about my driveshaft and I don't have my Autometer in the car right now, so I'm guessing I was shifting out at about 5900-6000. Anyway, I jump out about a half length on him from the launch, then pull out to about 2-3 lengths before we shut it down again.


*edit: turns out the Neon was stock turbo & intercooler with some bolt-ons. He didn't get real detailed. Mustang is pretty much full bolt-on with 4.10's and Nittos.

Overall, fun night. Can't wait till I get a decent rear-end and a good driveshaft. Then its no-holds barred.

 

were you in texas or colorado?

 

oops, forgot to change my location back. I'm back in Texas now.

 

Just wondering about sea level. Yeah, cant wait til i get out of colorado.

Also, i have to say that you're awesome. You're LT1 guide and your posts on the engine swap forum helped me very much.

 

Sounds like you guys are having some fun down there. I go to school at Texas A&M at galveston and one of these semesters I'll have to bring down my Vette. I was wondering where I can go to get some street action around there. Nothing goes on in galveston so I didnt want to mess with dragging the vette down from Chicago and finding a safe spot to store it and all.

 

yeah Galveston theres usually not a whole lot that I know of that goes on there. But if you go up I-45 about 30 minutes, you can find all the shows and racing (usually) you could want. Baybrook area usually has a lot of stuff going on on Friday and Saturday nights. They used to anyway, not real sure it they do now.


Firebat - thanks for the compliments on the guide, now that I'm home I plan on actually completing it like I originally intended.