Attention: TDR Forum Junkies 
I always enjoy reading other people's stop light encounters, so I thought I would share a couple recent ones of mine. First of all, I got into a little race with a Ford v10 the other day. We were both pulling onto a local highway. He was just ahead of me and I was slowly pulling along side of him to pass. When I was right next to him, he floored it (I felt that I had to do the same). We started out at about 35mph and went up to about 70. I don't think either truck gained an inch. We stayed neck and neck the whole time. His was an F350 crewcab longbed SRW. I don't know if it was the 275hp or 320hp truck. I had read a long discussion in the Ford forum where people said that a v10 will easily outrun a stock PSD. We were at 5300ft, so he would have been faster at a lower altitude, but I felt pretty good.
The second story is a bit more humbling. I lined up next to an Excursion with a PSD. He had a 5" exhaust, so I thought it might be interesting. Well, he absolutely cleaned my clock. After about an 1/8 of a mile, he was easily five lengths ahead. He probably didn't even know I was racing. I was hoping to catch up and ask what he was running, be never could get through the traffic. Obviously, it's time for more power.
I rarely get the chance to race, but it's always fun.
Kevin
The second story is a bit more humbling. I lined up next to an Excursion with a PSD. He had a 5" exhaust, so I thought it might be interesting. Well, he absolutely cleaned my clock. After about an 1/8 of a mile, he was easily five lengths ahead. He probably didn't even know I was racing. I was hoping to catch up and ask what he was running, be never could get through the traffic. Obviously, it's time for more power.
I rarely get the chance to race, but it's always fun.
Kevin
. My truck is much lighter than theirs so I had the weight advantage, but they couldn't come close. If they would have asked to race again I think I would have told them "well... . I'm going to charge you for my time"
So I ignored him and he pulled forward and I got behind him and turned my PE Comp box up and got a little running start and blew by him and then it took him a second and he caught up, then my wife started yelling
" Isn't it against the law to race?" I said we aren't racing were are just sizing each other up. He could of killed me but there was to much traffic. It was fun though. I think the straight pipe makes a lot of noise outside the truck, you can hardly hear it in the truck. 
