Me Vs. fully built Trans Am
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I was pulling onto Tampa Rd where I noticed a white LS1 Trans Am lowered with chrome Z06 rims pull up next to me. I noticed him going the other direction and he rev'd me so he must have turned around to race me. It sounds pretty nasty, I figured it must have a cam, he punches it a few times, his car spins thru second as his auto downshifts.....so I figured I'd be polite and give him a run. We go from 60mph and he gets out about a half a car and I slowly run him down, shift to 3rd and put some distance in between us and go to 4th and can see him clearly in the rear view. This happens a few times from both a stop and from a roll and he asks what I have done and I go thru the usual list of bolt ons, he asks if I'm spraying and I reply "not at the moment...no". He wants to pull over and talk. I've seen the car before at a shop near my house with the motor out, he begins to tell me that it has a 6 liter truck block bored out, forged this and that, he gave me cam specs and what not, lowered compression. I casually open my bottle in the back of my car while hes talking. The bottle was low on pressure and barely full, I could only detect a faint white mist while purging, I'm guessing a 75 shot at best, but we head back out and do it again. By the time I'm in 3rd gear there's 10+ cars between us and I cant tell if hes racing so I let off, we do it again with the same results. All in all I finally had a few decent runs!!!
I was in the Camaro BTW...
I was in the Camaro BTW...
Last edited by URFUCT; Aug 10, 2004 at 10:22 AM.
Good Kill.
I think the guy may have gotten shafted. Joey was trapping at like 120 with a stock bottom end 346 with heads\cam and 4400 stall. I would hope a built 6 litre at 370 ci would walk a stock setup with bolt ons maybe run even up with the stocker on N2O.
I think the guy may have gotten shafted. Joey was trapping at like 120 with a stock bottom end 346 with heads\cam and 4400 stall. I would hope a built 6 litre at 370 ci would walk a stock setup with bolt ons maybe run even up with the stocker on N2O.
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Originally posted by Gunslinger09
Good Kill.
I think the guy may have gotten shafted. Joey was trapping at like 120 with a stock bottom end 346 with heads\cam and 4400 stall. I would hope a built 6 litre at 370 ci would walk a stock setup with bolt ons maybe run even up with the stocker on N2O.
Good Kill.
I think the guy may have gotten shafted. Joey was trapping at like 120 with a stock bottom end 346 with heads\cam and 4400 stall. I would hope a built 6 litre at 370 ci would walk a stock setup with bolt ons maybe run even up with the stocker on N2O.
Its actually not really a built motor. He just needed a cheap replacement for his original so he went with an iron block. It still has hypereutectic pistons, stock rods, stock crank and only about 10 to 1 compression. The heads are just cleaned up stock ones. Small cam.
Its a nice car though and the owner is cool.
Its a nice car though and the owner is cool.
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Now that sounds more like it. Sorry Will, but if that car was
"fully built" he would have seen you 10 cars back in his rearview
. Good kill though.
"fully built" he would have seen you 10 cars back in his rearview
. Good kill though.
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Well...to be fair its still 370 ci with a cam and has dynoed some decnt #s. I think the guy who owns it is more happy that its just back on the road.
I cant remember if its an auto or a 6 speed though.
I cant remember if its an auto or a 6 speed though.
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Good kill Will,my cousin works with the guy.He said pulled pretty hard on it too.It's an auto.Hey remember the night I rode with you in the Cobra and we ran the white TA,it's the same car.
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