played around with a DSM

[burntrice087]

My friend Kyle and i were mad bored New Years eve....and since the bastard lost his licence a fews months back we hopped into my Mustang and went cruising for a bit.....I started down Main street and we pulled up beside this 91-94 red Eclipse(1st-2nd gen maybe??)..I looked over and checked out the kids ride..it looked completly stock and the kid was minding his own business so when the green light came on i took off slowly and he did too...I then got the urge to plant my gas pedal into the firewall and he must of saw it coming because he floored it too.....I heard the tell tale WHUMpH of a Cold air intake when he opened it up and he got at least half a car length on me before we hit the oncoming 3-way junction..My friend urged me to follow the DSM so i got back on his tail and passed the mo-fo(2-lane road perfectly legal)...He took the bait and got on my ass.....He were in midly congested traffic so i kept it chill while he continued to ride me like a donkey..we had an open road a few minutes later and i took off with the Eclipse in pursuit....He got beside me and i popped my tranny into neutral and let him knew that i too had Cold air induction....he shook his head and slowed down to take right onto this street while we drove off...hummph he must of felt intimidated

[HighRev87]

Originally Posted by burntrice087

hummph he must of felt intimidated

Usually when someone shakes thier head at you after you rev a car (slower than thiers) it is not really intimidation. More of, well lets just say your lucky he turned off.

I have a 1999 GT, and 90% of the DSMs around here would hand me my ass. However, they are mostly heavily modified, and most are GS-X. Maybe ill give some runs from a roll. I cant wait till I get the $ for my turbo project...then well have fun, even with thier AWD launch like hell.

[Zenom F1]

Mustang?

Dind't you have a turbo Prius?

[burntrice087]

u mean a Turbo Echo??....Nah i was bullshittin then..but this shit right here is 99.9% genuine i have admitted my bs and i will never do it again

[Zenom F1]

okay.

[HighRev87]

Uh...just reread my post, sounded like I was aiming at you, rather I was just pointing out that thier is no shame in losing to a DSM.

[pre98zetec]

dude, it was a supercharged echo...

[CivRacer95]

Originally Posted by burntrice087

he continued to ride me like a donkey

LOL, bwahhahahahahahahahaaaaa....(damn smiley faces aren't working for me).....atleast you show no shame. So was that a kill or death, or flat out tie. Shaking his head at you was him merely telling you, "You aren't worth my time" or "Can't do it right now, this is my exit." There could have been many possibilities as to why he shook his head at you. To tell you, I fear a lot of DSM's. They're tough cookies. So you don't know what the outcome would have been had he tried to race you.

I've raced few mustang V6's and to tell you, I've beaten a couple with just cold air. And I drive a Civic. I wouldn't give your car that much credit just because you have CAI now. K? Late...

[Zenom F1]

no, it was both!

[crunchymilk55]

Was it a turbo dsm?

It doesn't sound like it was...

and honestly, CAIs are not exactly intimidating.

Not trying to repeat what these others have said, but if someone shakes their head at you, it's more of a "not worth my time or gas" type thing.

Also, "cruising" on New Year's eve, especially trying to bait someone for a race, doesn't seem like a good idea to me. The night is notorious for a reason.

[CamaroSSBoy346]

LOL. All you need now are some Cobra R Wheels, GT Side emblems, and dual exhaust. Hey, just dont rev you car, and maybe people wont shake their head at you. lol.

BTW, hoe do you HEAR a CAI?

[domesticdisturbans]

cai dsm i am lost wat are these is it anything like jdm japanise demostic model???

[TreeFrog]

did you hear his CAI or his turbo? did you hear a bov when he shift? if it was a non turbo dsm you probably had nothig to worry about, but if it was a turbo he would smoke you

[Musashi3000GT]

DSM = Diamond star motors. ( and american built lot of Mitsubishi cars built in Illinois) the CAI is Cold air intake

Burtrice...HOW THE HELL DO YOU HEAR A CAI?
I have been actively driving and tunning cars for 9 years now, what the hell is the sound of a CAI cause seriously there is no way anyone could tell if a car had CAI, Short ram, or a simple open air filter from a rev at 4 feet away.
and its about time someone read a thread from ya where you dont get slaughtered. way to go chief.

[i3o2Matt]

the only thing i'm thinkin of is that he heard the sound of some type of intake and automatically assumed that it was CAI...i put just a cone filter on both of my cars and it made the engine do the tell-tale WHUMP noise too...but i also heard that if u have a true CAI it is quieter than having just a short ram air or just the cone filter. and also...it most likely was not turbo'd because i was keeping up with a non-turbo'd 2nd gen talon and i started off in low RPMs to boot...