Racing my boss

[corylee316]

Yeah I backed them off then rechecked them. The tires that are on my car grip to a point and then let go. They don't even squeal. I have to be careful b/c they don't make noise either. It's just grip and then nothing.
I think by the time I can actually get him out to do anything I might be going turbo. I am still on the fence on what I want to do. It kinda depends on how the body is when I get into that this winter.

 

[Figit090]

my tires are weird to. apparently a kid that drove it before me let me know that he "wailed on it" and the tires dont smoke... which i find kind of odd. but whatever.

man...today i felt kinda bad because i was accelerating a bit too enthusiastically..speeding...in a residential area and a guy yelled at me. i feel stupid.

 

[corylee316]

Most of the cars that I have had squealed tires. I don't know if it's the tourque curve on these cars but it bites to a point and then ice. I don't speed in residential areas since I lost my licence almost 8 years ago.

 

[UkiSash]

my tires are weird to. apparently a kid that drove it before me let me know that he "wailed on it" and the tires dont smoke... which i find kind of odd. but whatever.

man...today i felt kinda bad because i was accelerating a bit too enthusiastically..speeding...in a residential area and a guy yelled at me. i feel stupid.

lol, i never got any bad looks with the supra even though i used to speed all the time. Well actually there was one time. I was going down the steer and schools were getting out. I was doing about 20, in a 25 mind you. A van pulls out RIGHT in front of me like the bitch didnt see me, i hit the breaks tires screech for a sec, next thing i know every parent/teacher/and bystandars are yelling at me, i shouldev just stopped there and argued, but that never does any good they think their angels compared to us.

The maxima. I drive below speed limit, i see mother grabing their children off the side walks. Pisses me off quite frankly, i never feel stupid. Neither should you, because for all you know they speed them self's i once had a woman follow me and tell me her husband is going to beat me up because i ROLLED down the hill doing no more than 20, later on the day i found out she does it her self all the time. These people are Hippocrats. As long as you are in control of you vehicle they shouldnt even look at you but ofcourse they do. Now if you were fishtailing squeeling tires and doing the absolutely most idiot shit than yeah id yell at ya too. But like i said. The guy that yelled at you probably went off to work that morning breaking an occasional law or two him self.

 

[JASONA70]

I'm just curious. I'm new to the supra community. I just bought my '87 N/A 5spd about three weeks ago. It is entirely stock, for now. My problem is that I might have let my mouth over load what my car can do. I basically have now got a drag race set up with my boss. He has an '88 Corvette. It's an auto and he hasn't done anything with it outside of that. I'm just hoping that I'm not going to get spanked. Anyone have any ideas. I hope to have the cat gutted and a K&N equiped by race time.

go to the junk yard and look for a turbo supra and pull ct26 and the turbo parts (i mean everything)+20 hp and throw an exhaust,dp,test pipe another +10hp?

maybe??:dunno:

 

[86supra7mge-t]

Hmm. May I ask what you have done to your N/A? Either these 5.0's, Camaro's & Vettes were complete junk or you have some serious power pushing through those 6 cylinders.

5.0's aren't fast, but they are for sure quick. Same goes with Camaro's unless they are V6's...

As for Mr. Corylee316, I'd say your chances are very slim. The Corvette's of that Generation are not the quickest...but they still back some power and lots of torque. If you had a stock TURBO Supra, you'd give him a good run, but N/A, I don't see it happening. Also, being Automatic N/A decreases your chances even more. If you were AUTO Turbo, You would be good to go!:icon_razz Otherwise, back out now and tell him you were joking about racing.

Jeff

couldn't agree with you more. a stock n/a mk3 beating 5.0s and camaros is hard to believe.

 

[Red7m]

I just looked up the site for the local track and they are hit miss for the rest of the year. I'll have to wait till the spring or head south for a weekend. I just want a baseline for myself. I'm new to the car and have a few plans. I don't really know what to expect. My '82 Thunderbird ran high 15's with a bent distributor shaft and I think this car is faster than that. I haven't really looked for any NA 1/4 times on here.

Expect low 17's high 16's at around 85mph in the sup.

 

[atl4love]

let him win for this time...and get ready to kick his ass forr nextt time of course you gotta do some with your car..peace

 

[mattgo]

did you race him yet?