Competition Spanked a Mitsubishi Galant tonight!

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Was over at a buddies house who has constantly said "that damn truck can't run" and all this other BS well we had a bet that his truck (80-something phurd F-150 302) couldn't out run me for $20. I had called him out before but he basically chickened out.



Well tonight we were over there taking his motor out (another story :-laf) and we all started talking motors and of course I just had to chime in and brag. Well that got people going and before I knew it my buddy was wanting to race me in his wife's Mitsubishi Galant.



Anyhow we finally agreed to go run 'em and off we went. We headed out to the local by pass and lined up at the red light with NO traffic anywhere up ahead of us and took off!



I NAILED HIM OUTTA THE WHOLE!Oo. Pulled away by the top end of 3rd and by 4th I could see him outta my rearview quite well!



We ended up getting on down the bypass and I quit using the pedal I had left at like 115mph or so because I was @ 3,000RPM and I don't have HD exhaust springs.



As we approached the red light he was WAY back there but gaining a little. as our buddies were sitting at the gas station waiting to see who would win the damn light turned yellow and I looked to the left and right and saw cars on both sides and said "UH UH" and hit the brake began slowing down. He said he touched his brakes but his rear end got squirrley so he hammered down and went through the light @ 120mph, I managed to slow down and turn up into the gas station where our buddies were.



As I did so though I heard a nice "THUNK" and a light came on on the dash "OIL LIGHT!" the guage said a big fat ZERO but when I coasted into the gas station I regained oil pressure and got out and checked under the hood... ... all was fine... ...



went back to buddies house and he was already there... . we called it a draw because he admitted if I hadn't slowed down I would have had him Oo. Oo. Oo.



Even though it was supposed to be who got through the light first! :-laf



Still fun..... my 2nd or 3rd ricer kill!

 

[01smokinram]

Racing

That was too easy but keep up the good work.

 

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Surprised I haven't recieved more replies :-laf

 

[777 MECHANIC]

A Galant though???

 

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Originally posted by 777 MECHANIC

A Galant though???

Like I said we were taking the 302 outta his wimpy Phurd anyways. He just thought my truck was a dog so it was nice to teach that phurd boy a little respect!



Still he was "gaining" speed in the end, but he would have never caught me.



I need HD valve springs though I was maxed out @ 115mph @ 3000RPM

 

[PHX ATC]

You won in my book whether you made it through the light or not. Galant, my butt, they can't even beat a horse drawn cart through a pasture!

 

[SOOT]

Good job



The other day a chevy PU decided he wanted to play, just a gasser. We were sitting side by side at a light and he started reving his engine, had dual exhaust so I could actually hear it, I just let it idle until the light turned green then left in him in a cloud of smoke Oo. Then when I let off to slow back to the speed limit he went flying by with a look on his face

 

[Smokewagon]

I was on my way into town this morning, and lo and behold I saw a set of cab lights crawling up from behind me at a fairly good rate. I was "basically" driving the speed limit (75). When all the sudden this Pherd gasser comes up beside me and slows down. I notice that he has a set of ga's on his colum. (it was dark out, 5 a. m. ) He drives beside me and I can hear his exhaust. I look over at him, he looks at me, he looks forward and I hear him stomp it. I'm still toodleing along and I think what the heck, lets see what he's got under the bonnet. By this time he's prolly 2 trucks ahead of me, so... ... ... what to do! I stomp my speed increasing mechanism and the 40 says "Hang On, Here We Go"! And away we went... ..... Past him like a rocket, it was so bad that I almost felt guilty. (Almost, I said) I let off just short of flying and dropped back down to legal. He eventually caught up with me but didn't try to pass, he just stayed behind me like a trail of ducks. I get so mad, the Pherd diesels NEVER want to play. I wish they would spend some money and make a little competition. Boy, don't those little Cummins sound good when they're gettin' with it?



Dave

 

[wsmalley]

Xtreme what??

Had one of those Chevy Xtreme S-10's try to play with me right before the 2 lanes narrowed down to one. He had been sitting on my right rear corner the whole way down the road, so when he tried to get on it he got a face FULL of smoke when I rolled on the fuel. They are pretty quick for stocker compact pick-ups, I had to use at least half throttle to keep him back there

 

[C Schomer]

I was coming home late one night and a kid in a customized Acura was sitting at a red light . I was also rolling up to the light, in the other lane in 3rd gear trying to avoid having to completely stop. It turned green and I began speeding up and was really trying not to smoke him out. I didn't intend to race but that kid thought I was. He got into 3rd and hit it hard. He got ahead of me until my boost came up and I passed him. I went into 4th and just gave it enough to stay ahead. I heard him go to 4th and he really fell back. That's when it got hilarious! I heard him go back to third and floor it and then I think he got flustered and tried 2nd again. He was trying every gear he had to try to get me. I never heard a ricer wrap so tight! I couldn't have asked for better advantage. Going up a steep hill against a torqueless ricer. I only needed two gears and he used all of his except fifth. Craig

 

[CATCRACKER]

i know what he is thinking, i paid $350 for this cold air intake and i cant even beat an old redneck diesel. yep ricer you found out the hard way

 

[Rattlebox]

:-laf :-laf :-laf @ catcracker

 

[j-miller]

spanking a galant

you all will have to carry extra bags of rice to hand out just to help those ricers to keep up with these big torqe monsters.

 

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Re: spanking a galant

Originally posted by j-miller

you all will have to carry extra bags of rice to hand out just to help those ricers to keep up with these big torqe monsters.

OH YEAH, Scotty II came in 2 days ago, now I can slide my #10 FULL forward! Oo. :-laf