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Mr. Merk
Jul-31st-06, 8:21 am
(taken from a mustang forum)

in the past couple months i've pretty much run dead even with everything i've raced in the mustang

60's chevelle wagon with a 383 vortec and bolt ons, raced twice, neither pulled away, 1st run was up over 120mph (before tuning)

C4 with some mods (dont know what) stayed dead even from a 60 roll (before tuning)

2 05 mustang GTs one from a 70ish roll, one from a 50 roll, neither pulled away (before tuning)

GTP with intake, 3" exhaust, ECU reflash, from a 50 roll, i put 2 lengths on him

SRT4, dunno about mods, from a 40 roll (2nd) into 4th, dead even

i've stayed even pace with a couple of LT1s as well

all of these runs save for the GTP were with all my tools (and system) in the back as well


finally put an LS1 in to my bag of ties

raced a really clean SS sat night, he had his girlfriend with him, i had mine, her best friend and all my tools (2 boxes) in my car

we went from a 40 roll, i hit 2nd and we were dead even, i hit 3rd really quick (paranoid about 2-3 shifts) and we were still even, my girlfriend was freaking out (camaro girl) we let off somewhere in 3rd because of traffic at the top of the hill, yes it was on a hill

we've been eyeing this car for months, the thing is pimp, we pulled over and all he admitted to was an intake and true duals, said it had like 120k on it, i was like yah.....185k on mine

his jaw hit the floor

i've never been able to stay that close with an LS1 before, when i first got my car (50hp and quite a bit of weight, ago) one put a couple lengths on me probably


another weekend update

thursday: the guy who got me in to racing 4 years ago, was the ringleader of the street racing around here back then, hardly see him anymore, car used to be his racer, now its his daily driver, integra GS-R, even has stock exhaust on it now

still has a body kit, wing, euro lights and all that crap from when it was cool back then

well it was a 70+ run and i walked away

FRIDAY NIGHT:
LT1 Z28, modded, but dont know what, said "rollin smoke" on rear window, sure smelled like it too, lol

from about 40ish to about 80 maybe, dead even till i let off, i think i would've pulled on him slightly had we gone further but i couldnt see what was ahead (cops?)

he was alone and i had 2 girls and 2 tool boxes with me

SATURDAY NIGHT:
LS1 anniv Trans Am, 3rd time we raced since i've had this car

1st time (year ago), he was stock, had 2 guys with him, they thought they beat a V8 turbo and were all proud till i told em it was a 2.3, i had my girl, a system and 2 tool boxes with me, he put 2 lengths on me maybe

2nd time a couple months later, i had all the same crap plus a 230lb friend, he was alone and got a programmer, he put maybe 4 lengths on me

3rd time (sat night), sounded like he had more done and had one guy with him

i had 2 girls, 2 tool boxed and a 20lb bag of dog food! lol, i've also picked up a lot of power and shed a lot of car weight since the first race

same place i raced the SS last weekend, we has at my door when we started and i was at his rear bumper when we let off, so maybe a car length??

i never thought i'd hang with LS1s in this car



it was weird racing KT, back when i was 16 we'd stoplight race anyone, then we raced this white integra and got it handed to me in my old black V6 ranger (anyone remember that POS?) that was the first time i ever got "beat" in that truck and i didnt win another race for a year i think :haha:

Don Juan
Jul-31st-06, 11:13 am
haha i remember the black ranger, who's SS are you talking about?

BDP
Jul-31st-06, 5:38 pm
I remember the ranger with all the nice engine loom wiring mods and the spider infestation night :D

Doug was talking about you when I was repairing his laptop the other day. I had forgotten you two know each other and all that. Its wierd hearing him talk about a merkur

Mr. Merk
Jul-31st-06, 8:06 pm
LOL the spider!!

i dunno who owns the SS, a guy was driving it and a girl was in the passenger seat, its silver with a black scoop, z06 wheels and blue gauges on the pillar, and true dual exhaust

SmokeyTheBear
Jul-31st-06, 8:08 pm
patrick, how much weight did you lose with the car?? foxs aren't that heavy and since your not rocking the iron block 5.0 it can't be that heavy.

Mr. Merk
Aug-7th-06, 12:29 am
no it is fairly light, i lost some weight with the hood, some reinforcment under the dash, a bunch of weight from balancers etc under the car (x-member, rear end, trans mount etc)