Here's the competition's specs: 415 HP, 300 Lb/ft tq. and what, 3500-3700 lbs?!?! I'm at a light (Eastlake Pkwy turning east onto Olympic Pkwy - for those in the know), about to turn left. When a dark red Porsche 911 pulls up to my left, he was also turning. Wow! Nice, sleek car. It says GT3 under the rear spoiler... *Flashback: I was once a huge fan of Porsche, and still love the cars, but have not followed their line in awhile, so I had no idea what "GT3" meant. I start thinking to myself, if he wants to race, screw-it, I'll take a shot at the title. Although I was a bit nervous, as for all I knew at the time, it could be a turbo. Then, like a sign from God, THE SONG is cued on my CD player... Butthole Surfers, "Shame of Life"... "There were girls in the front, there were girls in the back, there were girls pettin' squirrels, there were squirrels smokin' crack, with an old Navy SEAL and the D-E-A, and a loaded automatic just to blow me all away..." (see my sig for a pic of a squirrel smokin crack). I jack the volume up to 24. Now, I'm psyched. I'm in autostick, the light changes and we start making the turn when I see him accelerate a little harder than someone just minding their own business... I walk up to him, we both nail it. I'm in 1st. I pulled past and he was on my rear quarter the rest of the race until I had to brake for slower traffic ahead. Conditions didn't allow for another 'go', and as we weaved in traffic and I passed him at normal speeds, he was looking over with the look on his face like "WTF is that 4 door beast?!?!" as he scanned my car for any markings (I have all badges, save the dodge emblem on the trunk). I gave the thumbs up and he gave a nod and we parted ways. Its always nice beating a car that costs more than double of yours.
Porsche's are horrible 0-60 cars (everything's relative of course). But throw a left or right turn in there, or come to a screeching halt, and you'd be toast.
nice kill jason...... of course it was without passengers, no traffic, blah, blah, blah....... whatever the case, well done you assassin!!!!
If only I had a badge too...I'd probably get in more races. Unfortunately I can't afford to have the car crushed before my eyes! LOL Nice race buddy!
oh man, i forgot jason has that nifty little get out of jail free card in his wallet!!!! man, if i had one, i would be a wee bit more brave if the traffic allowed!
I saw that too. But we went from a roll. It was straight-up, and I'm not BSing. I can only assume that if the race went longer, he'd have passed me, but for about an 1/8 mile before we had to slow, I owned that guys car. I hit AROUND 70-80 mph. I pulled a 4.62 0-60 with about 4,000 miles on the Charger during the summer here in San Diego, and before my present 9980 miles (more break-in), 60 degree outside temps, with the Predator 91octCAI tune with 3% fuel increase. So with all those factors added in, my win, while short in duration, isn't that implausible, statistically. Plus, who knows if that guy knew how to drive that Porsche. Either way, Momo won.
Congrats J! I would suspect with your mods that you'd be right close to 400 rwhp. With my mods (in sig), I made 406rwhp and 424 rwhp on the modified 93CAI tune. Ran a 12.98 with the B&G II and a 12.74 with the Pred being the only difference in very similar weather conditions in terms of temp and humidity at least. Niiiiice.
Nice kill Brudda...! Probably some old woman who you scared to death thinking you were a stalker or something...
nice story curtis.......... nothing like getting all excited and blowing your wad too early!!! hahahahahaha
Nice kill momo, I am so sick of you SRT drivers doubting your ability to beat something that is suppose to be faster. When you first got into your beast you felt you owned the world. After driving it for a year or two you are the only ones who have gotten use to them but the car still kicks ass. Start driving it like a 4 door sports car and I guarantee you guys will win more then lose. Jay
Like I said folks, I wasn't sure I/we could do it. But, for whatever reason, be it the timing, the cars, drivers, whatever... it really happened. Thanks for the props, BTW. I'd like to meet up with this guy again, I like reassurance. Oh, California drivers/travelers: See my new thread about the new laws in effect.
Hmm, had an encounter with one last spring on a wide open freeway... I was just doing my weekly Sonic run, doing a responsible speed and I catch up to this freakish looking porsche with a big wing. I'm not really thinking anything of it, when I hear him FLOOR it. Instinctively, before my "responsible brain" had a chance to do anything, I FLOORED it too. We got up to a multiple of the speed limit, before letting off for traffic. I was right with him (guessing thanks to my reflexes mostly, and the fact we started at 65 mphish) the whole time. He tagged along behind me in traffic until I merged right to exit the freeway. I signalled to say bye and he pulled alongside, smiled and waved. When I got home and looked the car up, I about crapped myself. :shock: In retrospect, I think I'm very fortunate there were no CHP out at the time, as I probably wouldn't have my car any more, but it was fun. DISCLAIMER: I am in no way condoning street racing or high speed driving anywhere other than a closed course under controlled conditions. Happy hunting! rop:
