SS/SC Vs. 5.0

[BullDog71ss]

It's been a while since I've had a good one to share with you guys, but lastnights' run was definitely a good one for sure.

I was headed back to my house to meet the g/f around 12:30 am when the familiar gaping mouth of a 5.0 came up from behind me and then proceeded to pass me doing 20+ over the speed limit. I guess he noticed my car and desided that I should get a nice show. One thing I noticed when he passed me is that the car had very good excelleration and sounded very healthy. Most likely a magnaflow exhaust and a set of headers. Any other work I couldn't tell, but I am positive that it more done to it than just exhaust work, such as gears and an intake.

After he did his little display of power he ended up a good 1/8th of a mile ahead of me and he was still doing 65+ in the 45 zone. I wanted to catch up to him for a run, but didn't want to risk going 80 mph in the 45 for almost 1/2 of a mile just to get next to him. So I just sat back and waited for him to get hit by a red and as luck would have it, he did! Only problem was the damn cars ahead of us all doing 40 in the 45 and none of them we giving a chance to pass...

Two more intersections go by and now we have a clearing, only problem is that I'm behind him instead of next to him...foiled again! Next to the 5.0 was an Accord that was now in my way and it was toying with the 5.0 a bit which caused the 5.0 dude to down shift at about 45 and punch it. I was around 2 lengths back when he did this and he gained another 2 lengths before I could react to try and catch him. I figured he'd just keep gaining, but instead I stopped his pull and reeled him in a bit, but didn't have enough time to keep it up to actually pull on him. Now My turn is coming up and it looked like 5.0 guy was turning left while I was turning right, but just at the last moment he darted across 4 lanes to sneak in behind me and follow me. Now I know it's on .

I make my turn and get into the furthest inside lane and chill there doing 40 mph in 2nd gear. He promptly pulls up next to my car and looks over. I nod at him an point foward, he nods back. Then I give him three fingers and start to beep my horn, but come the third beep he does nothing... I suppose he's never been to streetfire.net Once I figure out that he has no idea what a horn start is, I just blip the throttle back and forth untill he bites. It takes him a bit to reply, but finally he downshifts and punches it, catching me off-gaurd but I still had it in 2nd gear so I was fairly quick to respond. Right away he pulls his rear to my front, but he had to shift out of that gear within 10 mph, while my 2nd gear still pulls to 60. Now I'm pulling on him and by the end of 2nd I'm pulling passed him and with a shift to 3rd I jump ahead to a car length or so and with a short shift into 4th I pull some more. I'm now about 2-3 lengths ahead doing well over 100 when I shut her down.

I nail the brakes hard enough to send the nose into a dive and he flys passed me. We're coming up to another light and he's going to make a right turn and now I'm the one following him, figuring just one more run would be nice to make sure the last win wasn't a fluke. I come along his driver side and nod in approvement, he did as well but didn't look very happy about what had just happend. However, this time I'm setup horribly, I'm in 3rd gear at 60 mph and this is right between 2nd and 3rd gear. I'm sitting at about 3,000 rpm and blower or not, no 4 banger likes 3,000 revs. Oh well, what am I gonna do...ask him to get in a better powerband for me? Hah!

I wait a bit for him to make a move and I almost thought he wasn't gonna give me another go, but just as I was thinking this he drops if from 4th to 3rd. Holy shit did he get up and go! I got on my throttle the instant I heard him gearing down and this still didn't stop him from pulling a full 1 1/2 lengths on me. All in about 3 seconds! This is also another reason I know didn't have the stock 3.08 gear set, no mildly modded 5.0 takes off like that in the upper gears. But, to his dismay he had to shift out of 3rd almost as fast as he went into it and it was just a matter of time now. I was in the middle of third doing about 85 when I caught back up to his rear bumper and he had to make yet another shift by the time I was in the top of 3rd. When he did this it was all over, I shifted to 4th and flew passed him, putting a little over a length on him before I halted the car.

He came up next to me as we were slowing down for the next light and I gave him a nod and a thumbs up for his effort and his very clean, awesome sounding 5.0. He returned the gesture.

For anyone who is interested, the 5.0 was a white LX and it was a MASS year, not speed density. This would make it the fasted stock 5.0 you could get.

[-Jayson-]

nice kills

[Igovert500]

nice races.

[Sleepr awd]

good stuff!!!

[Chiquae07]

good stuff. i remember i raced a 5.0. he gave me a 2 second head start race and he killed me still...good straight line car, but a gas guzzler. he can't beat me on the corners tho...

[BullDog71ss]

Originally Posted by Chiquae07

good stuff. i remember i raced a 5.0. he gave me a 2 second head start race and he killed me still...good straight line car, but a gas guzzler. he can't beat me on the corners tho...

Yup, that's pretty much what they are good for, hauling ass in a straight line.
I would compare the handling capabilities of a stock 5.0 to that of a shopping cart with a bent wheel.

[Chiquae07]

lol...thats funny....i'll tell my friend that, see what he says...

[BullDog71ss]

Originally Posted by Chiquae07

lol...thats funny....i'll tell my friend that, see what he says...

It's friggin true, even the GT has horrid handling. They're just not ment to go around a corner doing anything over 10 mph.

[Chiquae07]

lol, ive seen one try, it slid all the way into the median curb...that shit was funny, he was chasing me and i took a 90 degree turn at like 50, damn guy was chasing me and it was like 2 am and i cut across the road and basiclly understeered and pulled my ebrake to start a little slide, gave gas to it in 2nd gear and wala, a nice taken turn...damn stang tried it, and hit curb...btw y are u up so late?

[BullDog71ss]

Originally Posted by Chiquae07

lol, ive seen one try, it slid all the way into the median curb...that shit was funny, he was chasing me and i took a 90 degree turn at like 50, damn guy was chasing me and it was like 2 am and i cut across the road and basiclly understeered and pulled my ebrake to start a little slide, gave gas to it in 2nd gear and wala, a nice taken turn...damn stang tried it, and hit curb...btw y are u up so late?

I don't sleep...ever

[Chiquae07]

no wonder u are always catching the races..maybe i need to be nocturnal like bulldog....lol

[BullDog71ss]

Originally Posted by Chiquae07

no wonder u are always catching the races..maybe i need to be nocturnal like bulldog....lol

It's the only way...

[Chiquae07]

shesh u dont sleep, ur on af now...do they offer classes for people addicted to af...i think u might need them....j/k

[BullDog71ss]

Originally Posted by Chiquae07

shesh u dont sleep, ur on af now...do they offer classes for people addicted to af...i think u might need them....j/k

I'll be the first to admit it...I need help.

[Chiquae07]

i thiink i might as well, ive been on here since 8 o clock my time reading posts and its 915 about here(central time)