Originally posted by burgman:

A GT is one thing, but a turbo Buick is another... I did not see that thread but I can see that as a tough pill to swallow.



Yeah, and I was quick to point out that we were playing tag on the freeway from Tucson to Phoenix and I didn't win every 60-80 mph romp. But eventually there was a big section of open road and he was in front of me, I took off, went around him and out-pulled him. I hit the top of 4th gear as I pulled next to him, and then pulled in 5th gear to about 130 before I had my rear to his front, and 140mph before it was decisive enough to call a victory by a couple car lengths. I know its on a public road; sorry, but it was empty...and we've all done it at least once. Arizona has wide open spaces with smooth roads.
I'll say this much, rolling down the expressway our cars are just about equal, but I had just a little more power. It was argued, etc. that the car was sick, whatever. That car wasn't hurting...it looked totally stock, but it wasn't running bad. I realized that when he first took off and I was eating tail lights. The only thing that lends some credibility was that I was on my way to the dyno at streetflight that day. I was actually on the cell phone with Keyser and DDavis as I was excitedly talking about how this buick was screwing with me.
I've lost to many nice cars, a TT 300 ZX left me pretty damn good! I just don't experience any enjoyment when I lose, therefore I don't feel like relating those experiences to others.

On a side note, were you on slicks when you did your 13.8XX run?
Without slicks, I guarantee a someone like Demon or PA3L could take my car to the low 14's as is. With slicks and a diff that doesn't blow... who knows how low it will go?
Anyway, thanks for hearing me out. Demon is right and I don't have to care about what anyone else thinks as I know what happened, but I am extremely rational and I just want to make the points.

warmonger

Former owner of '99 CSVT - Silver #222/2760 356/334 wHP/TQ at 10psi on pump gas! See My Mods '05 Volvo S40 Turbo 5 AWD with 6spd, Passion Red '06 Mazda5 Touring, 5spd,MTX, Black