street race

i know most of us frown upon street racing...and i know Eclipse4ever just got busted for it and i should have learned from that, but i couldnt resist today. I raced. heres the background story..

This guy at work has been talking shit about my car for a long time now. You know those people who dont know anything about dsms, and so they think that an eclipse is just another slow 4 cylinder pos? Well he keeps telling me how his firebird (v6) would walk away from my car in a race. Then he goes into how id blow a head gasket and blow the turbo just trying to keep up with him. ugh nuff said. we drive somewhat the same way home from work everyday, so there are plently of chances to line up, just always a lot of traffic.

so today, we happen to both pull out in front of all the traffic, and the light in front of us just turns red. I look at him and he starts laughing, and we both reev up a couple times. THAT LIGHT TOOK FOREVER TO CHANGE!!!

i'm revving at about 3500 rpms, and the light turns green and i just drop it and go. i hear him peeling out, and Im peeling out for about 20 feet at redline. then i shift to second and im like instantly at 60mph. i look at him and hes waaaay back there, but keeping up, so i know he didnt give up or anything. we get to the next red light and hes like "not bad..ill have to try next time".


im like "wtf?!?":shakehead

ill take it as a win. I get some gas and then i went home. not a bad end to a work week.

You made him eat his words, that's enough for me. Nice job. :smokin:

We only frown on street racing when you do something stupid or get caught ;)

yeah ive kinda noticed that. lol for the most part, like 90% of the time, I drive careful and within speed limits. the other 10% of the time, I'll mess around. for example, there is this bridge where i live thats about 4 miles long. I happened to be on it for the very first time at 1:30 am, no other cars, so i decided to do 120mph. real nice and smooth.

since then i usually drive the speed limit over it, its just that sometimes i feel that need to speed.

well since were on the topic... A kid in a ford escort tried to race me granted it was a gt but he had no chance. Even with my turbo not kicking in right and bad syncros in 1st-3rd. No chance. Escorts suck!!

My first car was a 98 ford escort. It was the slowness.

No you want bad, drive a 89 Escort. OMG those things are slow. I learned to drive on one of those badboys, then my brother broke the front axle on it and destroyed the tranny... at the same time :-/

What about my Toyota Tercel EZ heres the Auto Trader info on it

Overview
1989 Toyota Tercel
Doors-2
Body Type-Hatchback
Drivetrain-FWD
Engine Size-1.5L
Horsepower-78 hp
Hwy. Mileage-32 mpg
City Mileage-28 mpg

See that, 78 ponys thats right but with a 4 speed that bad boy felt fast whoop.

Ever go from dirving a eclipse turbo daily to driving a friends ford festiva for an hour. Holy crap that thing is the altimate turd its got 63hp.

lol sounds horrible. one time i helped a friend move and i used my dad's kia sportage to carry some boxes. holy crap that thing sucks. it was the 4 cylinder almost-base model, i think its like 135 hp. the torque sucks too, i couldnt even brake-torque the rear wheels. and every time i turned i felt the whole body rolling. ugh.. kia

Im not the kinda of person that would show off but yesterday I saw a rice dsm ( I hate people that rice up theyre shit, but when they do it to my kind... I cant take it! ) Im omw home taking hollywood and I see it. 2000 GTS all riced the fuck out. I see him go to the turn, so I follow him. I go up next to him and thumb him down he takes off like hot shit and I laugh because hes racing to a red light. We stop I point to the light and we go off. I have balled tires so I rev up to 2 and half and go.. for the first 2 seconds hes leading and as soon as I pop in 2nd I just BLOW him off. We stop at another light and he just rolls up his tinted window.

I see him go to the turn, so I follow him. I go up next to him and thumb him down he takes off like hot shit and I laugh because hes racing to a red light.


I love giving the thumbs down to deusch bags that think their slow ass cars are fast.....

Im not the kinda of person that would show off but yesterday I saw a rice dsm ( I hate people that rice up theyre shit, but when they do it to my kind... I cant take it! ) Im omw home taking hollywood and I see it. 2000 GTS all riced the fuck out. I see him go to the turn, so I follow him. I go up next to him and thumb him down he takes off like hot shit and I laugh because hes racing to a red light. We stop I point to the light and we go off. I have balled tires so I rev up to 2 and half and go.. for the first 2 seconds hes leading and as soon as I pop in 2nd I just BLOW him off. We stop at another light and he just rolls up his tinted window.

Just for future reference, A DSM is an eclipse/talon/laser made from 89-99. Not an 00 and up.

Then im really glad because im sorry but 2000 and up are the ugliest shits ive ever seen. :)

Then im really glad because im sorry but 2000 and up are the ugliest shits ive ever seen. :)

I second that one :thumbsup:

Im curious because i do not know, so let me ask, does all the way up to 99 have stickers in the door jams and under the hood that say DSM? My 95 car says it all over the place, under hood, door jams in the back by the hatch.

Im not the kinda of person that would show off but yesterday I saw a rice dsm ( I hate people that rice up theyre shit, but when they do it to my kind... I cant take it! ) Im omw home taking hollywood and I see it. 2000 GTS all riced the fuck out. I see him go to the turn, so I follow him. I go up next to him and thumb him down he takes off like hot shit and I laugh because hes racing to a red light. We stop I point to the light and we go off. I have balled tires so I rev up to 2 and half and go.. for the first 2 seconds hes leading and as soon as I pop in 2nd I just BLOW him off. We stop at another light and he just rolls up his tinted window.


He is the kind you say all show no go!!! :shakehead

ive never thought of the "thumbs down" technique. i try to mess with ricers all the time but they wont do it lol. uhoh...maybe they think im the pathetic ricer. aw shit..

That's hilarious you gave the guy a thumbs down, he must be use to f&f junkys going nuts over the body kit that so to get a thumbs down must have made him feel like shit. Then to get beat thats great nice kill

try flying by them in a 4-door grocery getter like my GTP hahahahaah so funny,,its the greatest thing to pull next to a mustang gt at a light and he laughs,i give him the old eyebrow lift and leave em behind.Much more enjoyment seeing there face at the next light and watching as they quikly get out of that gangsta lean they do to the side and pop back up as a normal driver hahahah.Its great really. ~joe

Im curious because i do not know, so let me ask, does all the way up to 99 have stickers in the door jams and under the hood that say DSM? My 95 car says it all over the place, under hood, door jams in the back by the hatch.

My 95 has DSM all over the place. An the Chrysler logo all over the engine, like embedded on the head and all and the thermostat housing and the block. LOL. I dont know about the 99s

Yah my 95 Talon sais it all over the place, congrats on the kill though i love beating ricers when they rev their fart cans at me is the funniest thing ever i used to drive a ricer myself look at my name :rofl: wish i could change it haha but hey i baught the car for 1500 dropped 2 grand into body kit lambo doors and such and ended up selling it for almost 5000 =] when i had my 91 auto awd talon before that i new to go back to DSM'S and now im here to stay

I am sorry but I race all the time. Eclipsed at 3am I know how you say you drive slowly 90% of the time but that is like impossible for me. I dont know if there are just to many kids around here modifying their cars or what but almost every day I end up on a light with somebody. I just went to see my girlfriend and on the way back I raced a nice hatchback and a new jetta 2.0t. The jetta was pretty fast but still not fast enough. I guess I just cant stand it when somebody challenges me. Also eclipsed at 3am can you take a picture of your turbular manifold or show me which one you got since I am looking for one.

Now I also met this guy ( he is like 40 ) and he is into DSM big time. Since they first came out in the 90's. He is a good friend with Shepard and also sold his 500whp 1st gen Talon to Buschur's son or something. I saw he had one 1st gen TSI AWD in his shop and when he fired it up that thing was monstours. It had a 60-1 turbo, and the inside was all stripped except a rollcage and seats. He ran low 10's with it and it had only 10k on it. The other car I dont know what it was but it had a 4g63 engine in the but looking like a V. You know how they are in the old 300zx or those nissans. The engine was looking sideways and it looked hella cool. His dynoshop is amazing and he knows hiw shit. I will be going to him for some help later on. He told me that after market exhaust manifolds crack a lot and that the stock one was the best for our cars. I believe him a lot but any one here had problems with their exchaust manifolds, like too much heat or cracks ???

I've heard both good and bad things about tubular manifolds. I'd just have the stocker ported to hell and slap that baby on. That's what I'll be doing when I'm ready to finish my car.

I'd like the tubular manifold too, but I was wanting to know what people thought as well...

to port out the stock manifold would keep it looking stock.. then if someone told you to pop the hood, you could tell them you've got enough mods for X hp, but the stock manifold is holding you back...
;)

to port out the stock manifold would keep it looking stock.. then if someone told you to pop the hood, you could tell them you've got enough mods for X hp, but the stock manifold is holding you back...
;)

like a civic has enough for X hp but the crappy ass engine is holding them back.

like a civic has enough for X hp but the crappy ass engine is holding them back.

Sry ... I don't have a Civic...

anywayz, what I was meaning...

16G turbo, 550CC injectors, DSMLink, 255lph pump, intake filter, MBC, etc...

enough to make say 400hp, but you could tell whomever with their little 240SX with 325hp, you pop the hood and tell them that the damn stock manifold is holding you back, and you can't turn up the boost and the turbo spools too slow to make more than 300hp...

Then whoop some ass...

Ya know, creative bullshitting... it wins races

bro i was joking. anyways to go along with your point, ive done the same thing. a guy in a camaro(you can read all about it in the chevy section of automotive forums) wants to race me. then i showed him under my hood, but i told him everything was stock, and i only had like MAYBE 200hp lol. we race next wednesday...nice.

Hellz yeah... I whip some ass w/this technique... ^like you say... I have a stock motor and stock turbo... and stock that's good for 200hp... and that's what I tell anyone who wants to race... What I don't tell them is:
255lph Walbro
SAFC
FMIC
MBC at 17
etc...

lol yeah thats hilarious. the guy was looking at the huge fmic in front and im like "yeah its stock too, real restrictive."

I'm confused about this thread a bit... You guys lie to other people just so they will race you? Screw that, I'll straight up tell them what I have and if they don't wanna race me then oh well.

Maybe I just don't have the right mentallity for "street racing". :dunno:

no, it's not for money... so I don't feel bad a/b it...

most of these people talk too much shit and over rate their cars... with nothing to back them up... they are all rice.... so I make them feel like they'll win easily with the numbers they quote me, or that the race is at least close...

I'm yet to lose to one of them...
everyone around here is scared to race, b/c they think I've got AWD and they don't b/l the cars came with FWD as an option...

oh, and to tell the truth... most of the real racers know what I have... after a race (or if I know them well)... I tell them what's been done... and most of them read my Myspace, CarDomain, or AF posts... so they know what's goin on...

another thing is that some people are just straight up a-holes about it. for instance, one time i was talking to this guy who was giving me all these numbers and talking about his car. he had a 1994 automatic neon (tricked out of course with rims body kit and rear airplane spoiler) with an srt4 turbo on it.

i looked at his dash and saw that he had about 98,000 miles on it. so i asked him about the engine and he said it had never been rebuilt or anything and had stock internals. he said he was running 22 psi on 93 gas, 350 whp, and about 12.3 in the quarter mile (no dyno sheets or track slips) im like "bullshit your head woulda blown out long ago." we looked under his hood, dirty as hell, crappy SKINNY spark plug wires, some weird type of bov ive never seen before, and a turbo just kinda hanging there. and this turbo looks dinky. i dont think there is anyway in hell that its from an srt4, but whatever, im like... "are you serious?!?" he starts it up and revs it and a big cloud of smoke comes out the back. after that we look at my car, its clean and the engine is nice and neat and clean, and he starts telling me all the numbers im putting down. HE is telling ME what my car is running. "what are you running with these mods? probably around 240 to the crank right?" he tells me he is gonna slap me if im using anything less than 93 gas. ooook then he tells me all the pros and cons of 16g turbos. THEN he tells me i should have gotten a FWD. (my car is a fwd, but i play along) im just like "why is that, awd is better imo". he says "well with a fwd, you can put an lsd in there and have better traction out of the holeshot. the awd is good, but they bog down waaay too much and the front/back power ratio is all screwy. trade this in and get a FWD, put some better mods on it, and then we'll talk." So i fire back with "well, it a fwd, take a look at how that transmission is sitting." he has the NERVE to say "thats just the transfer case for the front wheels." he says see ya later, hops in his car, starts it up, squeals out of the parking lot, black smoke everywhere, and then stalls at a stop sign hahha.

so from now on i dont tell anybody the truth about my car. I let them look like the idiot FIRST, and then i tell them what the numbers are. i tell them its mostly stock, and im running 16psi. they can see what im running as they are looking at my taillights.

and another thing, when i got home that night, that bitch was so ingrained in my brain i actually looked under my car to make sure there wasnt a driveshaft or rear diff.

another thing is that some people are just straight up a-holes about it. for instance, one time i was talking to this guy who was giving me all these numbers and talking about his car. he had a 1994 automatic neon (tricked out of course with rims body kit and rear airplane spoiler) with an srt4 turbo on it.

i looked at his dash and saw that he had about 98,000 miles on it. so i asked him about the engine and he said it had never been rebuilt or anything and had stock internals. he said he was running 22 psi on 93 gas, 350 whp, and about 12.3 in the quarter mile (no dyno sheets or track slips) im like "bullshit your head woulda blown out long ago." we looked under his hood, dirty as hell, crappy SKINNY spark plug wires, some weird type of bov ive never seen before, and a turbo just kinda hanging there. and this turbo looks dinky. i dont think there is anyway in hell that its from an srt4, but whatever, im like... "are you serious?!?" he starts it up and revs it and a big cloud of smoke comes out the back. after that we look at my car, its clean and the engine is nice and neat and clean, and he starts telling me all the numbers im putting down. HE is telling ME what my car is running. "what are you running with these mods? probably around 240 to the crank right?" he tells me he is gonna slap me if im using anything less than 93 gas. ooook then he tells me all the pros and cons of 16g turbos. THEN he tells me i should have gotten a FWD. (my car is a fwd, but i play along) im just like "why is that, awd is better imo". he says "well with a fwd, you can put an lsd in there and have better traction out of the holeshot. the awd is good, but they bog down waaay too much and the front/back power ratio is all screwy. trade this in and get a FWD, put some better mods on it, and then we'll talk." So i fire back with "well, it a fwd, take a look at how that transmission is sitting." he has the NERVE to say "thats just the transfer case for the front wheels." he says see ya later, hops in his car, starts it up, squeals out of the parking lot, black smoke everywhere, and then stalls at a stop sign hahha.

so from now on i dont tell anybody the truth about my car. I let them look like the idiot FIRST, and then i tell them what the numbers are. i tell them its mostly stock, and im running 16psi. they can see what im running as they are looking at my taillights.

and another thing, when i got home that night, that bitch was so ingrained in my brain i actually looked under my car to make sure there wasnt a driveshaft or rear diff.

Yeah, I hate that shit... So I show them... and I really hate it when I give the person some respect and tell them the numbers and they wanna bullshit me.... especially over the phone...

I had one guy (,y g/f's ex) say he had a "Mitsubishi Eclipse 3000" and he had 16G twin turbos, twin Greddy front mount intercoolers, 250 shot NOS, MBC and a stage III clutch (b/c I said I had a stage II, lol) and he was putting down 650 hp...

I had to call Bullshit... I told him it'd be down for another 2-3 weeks... but I wanted to race him... he said he might not have it by then b/c he was trying to sell it... ooook... BULLSHIT my friend!.!


Edit: Oh, and one time... I pulled into an Eckerd's parking lot(was going in to get some snacks)... This guy came up to me, said he liked my car (1991 Stealth), but that I needed to lower the front and put bigger wheels on the back and that would give it 15 extra horsepower... I tried to explain that it was front wheel drive, but he kept saying the rear won't catch traction, and that I needed to put bigger tires on the rear, and that would boost my hp... I just agreed and waited for him to leave my car, I then locked the doors... lol

hey what year firebird was it?

nice kill :P

i think its a 2001. im not sure, ill ask him tomorrow. its just a stock v6 though.