so, on sunday myself and two of my friends found ourselves in my supra on our way to the north-jersey meet. (details about that can be found in the NE section)
we're merging onto I-84 which is a 3 lane road at the poing that we got on, and i see this canary yellow corvette stingray blow by at about 85mph. i love corvettes, (well, the stylish ones anyway) and i followed suit. i did about 100mph on the open road to catch up. then started to trail him.
a few cars came up, so we weaved in and out of them. (not really weaving, the cars weren't that close together- it wasn't dangerous weaving)
out of nowhere, about 2 miles of pure straight open road, and this guy floors it! it was ON! woo! my adrenaline started pumping like crazy! before i knew what i was doing, i was already in fourth gear and the throttle pinned to the floor. i was gaining like a madman on this vette. the turbo spooled almost instantly! think of it this way. we were already doing about 90mph at this point, and i downshifted to 4th gear. woo!
so, it gets to the point where i'm not comfortable with how fast i'm gaining on him and how close i'm getting to his bumper. i let off. the purge of the blowoff valve screams like a banshi, and the whistle of the turbo spooling down is menacing as hell. i look in the guy's rear view to see two VERY large and surprised eyes staring back at me.
he turns on his blinker and moves a lane over to the right. (middle lane) drops back even with me, and makes eye contact with a very, very confused look.
i continue on my way, doing about 85-90mph, and he drops in behind me! i was like: "damn! he wants MORE!" so we get past the upcoming cars, and here comes an open spot. my foot crushes the clutch pedal, and my had strangles the shifter into 4th gear again. i kick the gas pedal in the face and we're walking this vette again. he hung with me for probably 4 seconds, then i just walked away. i hit fifth like it was going out of style and was doing about 125mph. i let off and let the car slow down with no brakes. the vette did the same.
we get back down to about 80mph, he pulls up along side of me with a HUGE grin, and gives me a big thumbs up! i did the same, and he turned off on the next exit!
my mods:
1986.5 chassis
-'89 7MGTE
-w58, custom SOGI short shift rethreaded for stock knob, Clutchmasters Stage III, Fidanza Lighweight Flywheel, Cometic 1.4mm MHG, ARP Headstuds, 1mm Oversized Valves, Upper Hard pipe/BOV, B&M 11x8 oil cooler, B&M 180* thermostat, oil filter relocation kit, Greddy oil catch can, 3400lbs with driver.
-RC 550cc Injectors Boost Reference Aeromotive Adjustable Fuel Pressure Regulator, Fuel Pressure gauge, stainless steel braided lines, pulsation dampener removal kit and j-tube bypass, Walbro 255 Fuel Pump.
- Becauseican Divorced Wastegate Downpipe, 3" RS*R Concept Cat-back with resonator removed, generic cone intake.
- Eibach Pro Kit, Koni Yellows, JIC under-strut bar, MKIV TT rims wrapped in Falken Azenis RT-615’s. (255/40/r17 front, 275/40/r17 rear)
-MAFTpro- speed density + boost control, Megan Racing Boost Gauge
please take note that my turbo is about to puke it's guts out as well...
-shaeff
we're merging onto I-84 which is a 3 lane road at the poing that we got on, and i see this canary yellow corvette stingray blow by at about 85mph. i love corvettes, (well, the stylish ones anyway) and i followed suit. i did about 100mph on the open road to catch up. then started to trail him.
a few cars came up, so we weaved in and out of them. (not really weaving, the cars weren't that close together- it wasn't dangerous weaving)
out of nowhere, about 2 miles of pure straight open road, and this guy floors it! it was ON! woo! my adrenaline started pumping like crazy! before i knew what i was doing, i was already in fourth gear and the throttle pinned to the floor. i was gaining like a madman on this vette. the turbo spooled almost instantly! think of it this way. we were already doing about 90mph at this point, and i downshifted to 4th gear. woo!
so, it gets to the point where i'm not comfortable with how fast i'm gaining on him and how close i'm getting to his bumper. i let off. the purge of the blowoff valve screams like a banshi, and the whistle of the turbo spooling down is menacing as hell. i look in the guy's rear view to see two VERY large and surprised eyes staring back at me.
he turns on his blinker and moves a lane over to the right. (middle lane) drops back even with me, and makes eye contact with a very, very confused look.
i continue on my way, doing about 85-90mph, and he drops in behind me! i was like: "damn! he wants MORE!" so we get past the upcoming cars, and here comes an open spot. my foot crushes the clutch pedal, and my had strangles the shifter into 4th gear again. i kick the gas pedal in the face and we're walking this vette again. he hung with me for probably 4 seconds, then i just walked away. i hit fifth like it was going out of style and was doing about 125mph. i let off and let the car slow down with no brakes. the vette did the same.
we get back down to about 80mph, he pulls up along side of me with a HUGE grin, and gives me a big thumbs up! i did the same, and he turned off on the next exit!
my mods:
1986.5 chassis
-'89 7MGTE
-w58, custom SOGI short shift rethreaded for stock knob, Clutchmasters Stage III, Fidanza Lighweight Flywheel, Cometic 1.4mm MHG, ARP Headstuds, 1mm Oversized Valves, Upper Hard pipe/BOV, B&M 11x8 oil cooler, B&M 180* thermostat, oil filter relocation kit, Greddy oil catch can, 3400lbs with driver.
-RC 550cc Injectors Boost Reference Aeromotive Adjustable Fuel Pressure Regulator, Fuel Pressure gauge, stainless steel braided lines, pulsation dampener removal kit and j-tube bypass, Walbro 255 Fuel Pump.
- Becauseican Divorced Wastegate Downpipe, 3" RS*R Concept Cat-back with resonator removed, generic cone intake.
- Eibach Pro Kit, Koni Yellows, JIC under-strut bar, MKIV TT rims wrapped in Falken Azenis RT-615’s. (255/40/r17 front, 275/40/r17 rear)
-MAFTpro- speed density + boost control, Megan Racing Boost Gauge
please take note that my turbo is about to puke it's guts out as well...
-shaeff
