I came up on an SRT-4 tonight on 295 South. He was from North Carolina, according to his tags. Nice looking car. Might have been stock motor wise, might not have been... I don't know all that much about them.
Anyway, I passed him at about 70 and dropped to 3rd... yeah, the ricer flyby. But it worked. I saw headlights fly up behind me, so I got into the middle lane. Traffic was clear in front of us, so we lined up. We were probably going no slower than 65 or 70, so I was a little nervous (brake and axle issues). There seemed to be a bit of confusion on when to go, so as soon as my nose poked forward, he gunned it. I was a little late on the uptake, but I mashed 3rd and started to catch up... then I screwed up.
Somehow I shifted to 2nd instead of 4th... while bouncing off my 7400 limiter in third! I maxed the tach. Blew right past the ECU set limiter. Scared the piss out of me, and I immediately laid off the gas. I saw SRT-4 flashers going in front of me as he claimed victory. I slowed down and went through a couple gears to make sure everything was ok. So far, so good. Sounded alright. I put it back in 4th and punched it... catching back up with him. We held out through the twisties, but he took an exit before we came to another straightaway (h22sparkle, it's the same exit you ended up taking when I had to come find your ass...
) I wanted to give it another shot, and I could tell he did too.
I'm pissed. I've never been able to go against an SRT-4 before, and I think I might have been able to hold my own if I didn't misshift. Regardless, due to driver error, he gets the win
SRT-4 guy, if you saw my decals and found your way here, PM me. I'll give you the permission you need to post in this forum if you wish!
Good race!
Anyway, I passed him at about 70 and dropped to 3rd... yeah, the ricer flyby. But it worked. I saw headlights fly up behind me, so I got into the middle lane. Traffic was clear in front of us, so we lined up. We were probably going no slower than 65 or 70, so I was a little nervous (brake and axle issues). There seemed to be a bit of confusion on when to go, so as soon as my nose poked forward, he gunned it. I was a little late on the uptake, but I mashed 3rd and started to catch up... then I screwed up.
Somehow I shifted to 2nd instead of 4th... while bouncing off my 7400 limiter in third! I maxed the tach. Blew right past the ECU set limiter. Scared the piss out of me, and I immediately laid off the gas. I saw SRT-4 flashers going in front of me as he claimed victory. I slowed down and went through a couple gears to make sure everything was ok. So far, so good. Sounded alright. I put it back in 4th and punched it... catching back up with him. We held out through the twisties, but he took an exit before we came to another straightaway (h22sparkle, it's the same exit you ended up taking when I had to come find your ass...
) I wanted to give it another shot, and I could tell he did too.I'm pissed. I've never been able to go against an SRT-4 before, and I think I might have been able to hold my own if I didn't misshift. Regardless, due to driver error, he gets the win
SRT-4 guy, if you saw my decals and found your way here, PM me. I'll give you the permission you need to post in this forum if you wish!
Good race!
It'd definately be interesting to see what your car could do against a stock one. Weren't you going to be putting some cams in soon or is that done already?
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