Ok guys, tonight, i was taking my g/f home and i saw a late model firebird(or so i thought). so i desiced to follow and then i get next to him and rev a couple times to let him know i was ready for him. well were still in town and he doesn't want to run. so i keep going and we hit the last red light in my town. i stoped but by the time he got to the light it turned green and i hear him take off, so i follow and know were on a bridgeand he does want to run again. i wait since the bridge isn't thast long and then i hear him hit it. as soon as he does i hit it too. we were going from about a 40-45 mile hr role..... he get on me since he hits it first and he's about 1/4 car length in front and then its all over. i pass him way easier then i thought i was going to.well we keep running and about 90-95 or so i have to hit my overdrive(which is supper slow) and then he finally blows by me. he gets in front of me becuase of traffic and the he flashes with his brake lights signaling that it was over, so i flash him back and turn around to head back home. now i thought that car was gona whoop me cuz i thought all trans ams are fast *** hell. but i geuss not. any ways that made my night.

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1993 Chevy Sport Truck.... all stock 350 motor with k&n air filter and a glasspac

 

wish i lived in texas



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87 gta 5.7ltr
edelbrock headers
gutted cat
flowmaster 3in drivers exit
8.8mm wires/accel
accel 300+digital ignition system
msd pro billet distributer
hypertech stage 2 racing chip
slp cold air intake
maf has no screens
52mm bbk throttle body
extruded plenum, runners, intake all matched
high flow fuel pump
afpr @ 50 psi
ALL MODS DONE BY ME FOR ME
waiting on hotchkis rear susp package
and sfc before i run hard at track

 

You sure it was a T/A and not a base model Firebird? The clear marking of a T/A is the louvres on the side of the front 1/4 panels.

 

LOL, yeah, it was probably a V6 or stock TBI.

 

Yes i'm sure it was a trans am, it only said it on the back bumber and the side. i think u guys are just mad that a truck, bone stock, took out a trans am!

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1993 Chevy Sport Truck.... all stock 350 motor with k&n air filter and a glasspac

 

Nah I don't think it's unlikely, but the race was a little hard to quantify since it was from a roll... might have been different with a standing 1/4 mile race. The fact of the matter is that there are any number of factors that would give you the win. You may have raced a punk who couldn't drive to save his *** ... Also, there is the 305 vs 350 factor and your truck may be light enough to give most cars a run for the money. For all we know it could have been an 82 Lg4 (140 hp?) Trans am with auto and 2.xx rear end...

Those are just excuses we could use, but a kill is a kill so congrats...

 

Some trucks can be fast, I will agree to that.

 

Congrats on the kill, but I have to agree with these guys and turn down the whole T/A thing. I once raced a 95 chevy short-bed with a stock 350 and kicked his *** good. That was before I did any mods to my 305, it was just stock 305 tpi vs. stock 350 truck (which is TBI right?). Anyway, if it was a late model thirdgen. I take my hat off to ya, cause you must be a hell of a driver.

 

But you still drive a truck and hes driving a TA.

lol j/k man


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1988 Jet Black IROC
5.7L W/ 64000 miles
Flowmaster Exhaust
Fully Loaded
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My IROC In Readers Rides
My IROC

 

beating a LO3 or a LG4 is really nothing to brag about lol...try a LB9 L98..then come back and say you beat it..then I'll be mad good kill though..gotta love Chevy trucks you stil have a cat on ?
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1988 Sport Coupe 305 TBI
K&N
Flowmaster 80


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i've been beat by a sport truck. then again, it *was* a 2001 lightning that ran 10s.
the guy wouldn't race my bike for some reason though. would have been a good run.

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Decently worked 87 GTA; finally got a good time out of her: 12.72 @ 116.4mph
other toys: 2002 Yamaha R6 , and a 97 Supra TT

 

thanks to all the guys on here who are giving me credit. you guys are cool. i don't know what size engine it had in it, but i know it was slower then i thought it was gona be. maybe that guy couldn't drive for $h!T, but i can. yeah, i have the tbi

by the why i have a question for u guys, u say that a convertable is hevier? how is that posible, i thought they would be lighter. i don't know, i just want to clear that up. all my friends think that they are better for racing cuz they are lighter.

oh yeah another question:
There is this Iroc-Z in my town, not sure what it has in it or anything about it except that its a convertable and has exhaust done to it. could i take him. my friend in his truck(exaclty like mine, but an auto with a chip and everything esle like mine) took out the Iroc. i am only about 1/2 to a car length slower then my friend due to the chip. cant figure that one out! anyways, could i take the Iroc??

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1993 Chevy Sport Truck.... all stock 350 motor with k&n air filter and a glasspac

 

Reasons why convertables are worse for drag racing:

Less torsional strength in body, more drage caused by the rag-top and lack of fastback... and yes convertables are almost always heavier.

The reason they are heavier (my understanding) is that the body is beefed up a lot more to compensate for the lack of roof for structural integrity... Think of it this way, a bridge made of an arch can support much more weight than just a flat bed made with the same amount of material... so to support the same amount of weight with the flat bed you need to use more material.

That was a little complicated, but I think I got the point across.

 

actually phatcat, i think that was the best explanation i've heard of why they're heavier...i can never seem to find the right analogy...im gonna have to steal yours now...

 

I'm quite pleased myself, it all seemed to come together... damn sometimes my mind is just clicking... sometimes LOL

Only way I learn stuff is by asking people and mixing thier thoughts with everything else floating around in there.

 

I will GLADLY race you with my V6 TA. I will spot you 5 car lengths and the MOVE!!!!!


Phil
you in refugio which is down near Mc Allen right???

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1989 20th Anniversary Trans Am

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