Almost got caught with my pants down...race with a Camaro SS
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Car: 1993 Ford Mustang
Engine: 5.0L
Transmission: T5
Almost got caught with my pants down...race with a Camaro SS
On my way home tonight, Amelia and I were coming down Hull St. and I pulled up to a stoplight next to one of the newer SS Camaro's. When the light turned green we both took off. I had to ease into the throttle because I was on street tires, but when I saw that I wasn't pulling on him I got anxious. By the time I got into the top of 1st gear I'd floored it and started to spin pretty bad so I eased back out of it and then got back on it when they stopped spinning. We were neck and neck when I shifted into 2nd, with a bark of the tires. Slowly I started to ease away from him up until I let off at the top of 2nd. I probably didn't have any more on him than a car and a half at the most because of of not being able to give it full throttle in first gear. Next time out, I WILL be on drag radials
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Car: 99 Formula
Engine: LS1
Transmission: T56
Axle/Gears: 342
Impressive, not to take away from you, just wondering, don't the SS's pull a lot harder at higher speeds rather than take off?
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Impressive, not to take away from you, just wondering, don't the SS's pull a lot harder at higher speeds rather than take off?
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Car: 88 IROC-Z/00 GTP/05 VUE Redline
Engine: LB9 305/3800 SC/3.5 SOHC V-TEC
Transmission: A4/A4/A5
The LS1's are definitly top end cars. When my IROC had only exhaust mods and a couple other free things I could hang through first and second then when 3rd gear came they were gone. 3rd gear in those cars is when it wakes up and just starts to really pull.
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