BillyGman
07-21-2005, 02:02 AM
Since I've Installed the Trilogy supercharger kit on my Marauder well over a year ago(along with the Nitto drag radials), I've hurt many LS1 engine equipped Camaro SS owners' feelings (they're no match, although they do give me an interesting run). But the few times I've seen late model Vettes, there's always been a lot of traffic around, and I don't go crazy in heavy or moderate traffic.
But yesterday there it was........
a Red 2003/2004 Vette:D (either/or ...I have a tough time telling those two years apart). And the guy drives by me through a parking lot, and jumps on and off the go pedal hard to get my attention (friends, I must admit, that this was difficult to pass up with a main state route right near by, and no traffic ahead of us). He pulls out on the stretch of highway right after that attention getter. I say "highway" because this is a main route, and very open at that particular portion with highway speeds. Although this isn't any thru-way void of traffic lights. The traffic lights are far between eachother, and there are gaurd rails and wide open shoulders on each side of the road.
So I just happen to be going his way.;) He pulled out of the parking lot and out on the road awhile before I did, because I didn't go chasing after him through the parking lot just because he jumped on the gas pedal and made some noise as soon as he saw my car. I was stealth about it, but very interested. So I figured he would be gone by the time that I got out onto the road. But Lo & behold, he was haulted by a traffic light right after pulling out. So by the time I got out onto the road, I figured he would be long gone, but to my surprise, there he was in the lane to the lefthand side of me as I'm pulling up to the red traffic light myself. And I couldn't believe it, but there wasn't anyone in front of either one of us with a clear and wide road ahead void of traffic, or side streets.
I looked over at him, but didn't see anything because of his extremely tinted windows (I hate tinted windows. Particularly when they're closed). So I just waited for the light kinda wondering what he would do, but waiting for him to make the first move. Green goes the light, and he takes off getting the jump on me since I was waiting for him. I walked it out of the hole with half-pedal a little bit, and then I nailed it.....
By that time he had one and a half car lengths on me, but it didn't matter.:D When I instructed that 9.5 LBS of boost to turn on with my right foot by burying the pedal in the carpet, this 4,200 LB BLACK tank immediately sprouted wings and took off....... in other words, it was like..... "Kid, press the little RED button"......"and you might want to put on your seat belt"...(what movie?)......(but in reality I was alone in the car, as was the Vette owner too in his car).
...well, I then wanted to put the eight-track Elvis tape in at that point, because my car just rocketed past his car, and passed him at 60 MPH, and although I heard his engine reving hard in addition to mine, there was absolutely nothing he could do about it. I swear it must have looked to him like afterburners coming out of the sides of my car like in the first "MIB" flick in that tunnel they went in(was it the Lincoln Tunnel?).
After I passed him he tried to keep up with me for another couple hundred feet, but I just continued to walk away from him, and then we both let off since it was very clear, and I had atleast three car lenghts on him after having to play catch-up. Had I not waited for him at the light, he would've never been 1.5 car lengths ahead of me to begin with, and he wouldn't have got the jump like that, and therefore I would've been four, if not five car lenghts ahead of him when it was over and we let off instead of three car lenghts. But I'll take the three thankyou.
We both mellowed out after that, and stayed mellow. And rightly so since there was some traffic up ahead. He cruised by me, and I looked over at him, thinking his window would come down, and he just jumped on and off the gas quickly again like he did in the parking lot, and so when I passed him mellow like up ahead, I rolled down my window and shrugged my shoulders at him like:dunno: as if to say "What happened?" and so then he acknowledged me by beeping is horn as I went by, so I stuck my hand out the window and gave him the thumbs up. :cool:
But yesterday there it was........
a Red 2003/2004 Vette:D (either/or ...I have a tough time telling those two years apart). And the guy drives by me through a parking lot, and jumps on and off the go pedal hard to get my attention (friends, I must admit, that this was difficult to pass up with a main state route right near by, and no traffic ahead of us). He pulls out on the stretch of highway right after that attention getter. I say "highway" because this is a main route, and very open at that particular portion with highway speeds. Although this isn't any thru-way void of traffic lights. The traffic lights are far between eachother, and there are gaurd rails and wide open shoulders on each side of the road.
So I just happen to be going his way.;) He pulled out of the parking lot and out on the road awhile before I did, because I didn't go chasing after him through the parking lot just because he jumped on the gas pedal and made some noise as soon as he saw my car. I was stealth about it, but very interested. So I figured he would be gone by the time that I got out onto the road. But Lo & behold, he was haulted by a traffic light right after pulling out. So by the time I got out onto the road, I figured he would be long gone, but to my surprise, there he was in the lane to the lefthand side of me as I'm pulling up to the red traffic light myself. And I couldn't believe it, but there wasn't anyone in front of either one of us with a clear and wide road ahead void of traffic, or side streets.
I looked over at him, but didn't see anything because of his extremely tinted windows (I hate tinted windows. Particularly when they're closed). So I just waited for the light kinda wondering what he would do, but waiting for him to make the first move. Green goes the light, and he takes off getting the jump on me since I was waiting for him. I walked it out of the hole with half-pedal a little bit, and then I nailed it.....
By that time he had one and a half car lengths on me, but it didn't matter.:D When I instructed that 9.5 LBS of boost to turn on with my right foot by burying the pedal in the carpet, this 4,200 LB BLACK tank immediately sprouted wings and took off....... in other words, it was like..... "Kid, press the little RED button"......"and you might want to put on your seat belt"...(what movie?)......(but in reality I was alone in the car, as was the Vette owner too in his car).
...well, I then wanted to put the eight-track Elvis tape in at that point, because my car just rocketed past his car, and passed him at 60 MPH, and although I heard his engine reving hard in addition to mine, there was absolutely nothing he could do about it. I swear it must have looked to him like afterburners coming out of the sides of my car like in the first "MIB" flick in that tunnel they went in(was it the Lincoln Tunnel?).
After I passed him he tried to keep up with me for another couple hundred feet, but I just continued to walk away from him, and then we both let off since it was very clear, and I had atleast three car lenghts on him after having to play catch-up. Had I not waited for him at the light, he would've never been 1.5 car lengths ahead of me to begin with, and he wouldn't have got the jump like that, and therefore I would've been four, if not five car lenghts ahead of him when it was over and we let off instead of three car lenghts. But I'll take the three thankyou.
We both mellowed out after that, and stayed mellow. And rightly so since there was some traffic up ahead. He cruised by me, and I looked over at him, thinking his window would come down, and he just jumped on and off the gas quickly again like he did in the parking lot, and so when I passed him mellow like up ahead, I rolled down my window and shrugged my shoulders at him like:dunno: as if to say "What happened?" and so then he acknowledged me by beeping is horn as I went by, so I stuck my hand out the window and gave him the thumbs up. :cool: