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[Z06] HEAVY HITTER Vette putting people on notice

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Old 03-26-2015, 11:49 AM
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Originally Posted by ASASSN
Is what I meant to say. If you see me on the Beltway, or coming out of turn 8 side by side to the straight away. You WILL get rolled up. Both of those Stangs had blowers. That was my lil motor. If you look scary enough I turn on the bottle. The guy with yThundercats logo. Come get some
You should try running on a road course before you make those kinds of assumptions. I have seen many drivers with high hp super cars embarrassed by drivers of lowly front wheel drive low hp cars. Super high speed down a straight doesn't mean much if you have to scrub a lot off for a corner, can't get through the corner fast and can't exit from the corner as fast as other cars because you can't put the power down soon enough.

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Originally Posted by ASASSN
Is what I meant to say. If you see me on the Beltway, or coming out of turn 8 side by side to the straight away. You WILL get rolled up. Both of those Stangs had blowers. That was my lil motor. If you look scary enough I turn on the bottle. The guy with yThundercats logo. Come get some
Shoot me a PM if you want to set something up. My cars pretty slow for Houston. I don't put anyone on notice but I'm more than willing to let you test your theory.

Old 03-26-2015, 01:33 PM
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haha, love it!
Old 03-26-2015, 01:33 PM
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You need 4 digits to be "fast" in Houston...unfortunately TX2K16 is almost a year away!
Old 03-26-2015, 01:53 PM
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shoot me a pm if you want to set something up. My cars pretty slow for houston. I don't put anyone on notice but i'm more than willing to let you test your theory.

ftw!
Old 03-26-2015, 06:56 PM
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What was the purpose of starting this thread again? Please clue me in.
Old 03-26-2015, 10:49 PM
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To setup a race I assume. I received a PM, so we'll see how it all develops.
Old 03-27-2015, 04:19 PM
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To setup a race I assume. I received a PM, so we'll see how it all develops.
First, thank you Scott for letting the reason for this post find you. I was looking for you exactly. Not for advise on a road course. Like I tild you, impressive list of parts. I guess when ever D3 gets done with it we can test. Just PM when your ready. Be cool
Old 03-27-2015, 07:23 PM
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Originally Posted by Bill Dearborn
Short blasts don't prove much except maybe which driver has the better reaction time. Try running for 20 minutes with some curves thrown in and lots of wide open throttle time in the middle triple digit range.

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Took a turn at Spring Mountain . Was woefully inept . Takes a special person with special skills to use these cars the right way. Like Clint Eastwood said" A mans got to know his limitations"

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Houston....where you need 900 hp just to be a chase car to film the real racing. Definitely a place that echoes the "someone is always faster" motto.
Old 03-28-2015, 10:08 AM
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Careful, guys...

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Old 03-28-2015, 03:45 PM
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Originally Posted by ASASSN
First, thank you Scott for letting the reason for this post find you. I was looking for you exactly. Not for advise on a road course. Like I tild you, impressive list of parts. I guess when ever D3 gets done with it we can test. Just PM when your ready. Be cool
Sounds good. New tires are on, hopefully a few tweaks before TI will get her lined out better and we can line up. 2K was a wash on my old tires.
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Sounds good. New tires are on, hopefully a few tweaks before TI will get her lined out better and we can line up. 2K was a wash on my old tires.
From the little I've spoken with Scott, he seems to be on the same page as me. So, GOPro vids to come soon.
Old 03-28-2015, 10:06 PM
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Originally Posted by z06clif
Took a turn at Spring Mountain . Was woefully inept . Takes a special person with special skills to use these cars the right way. Like Clint Eastwood said" A mans got to know his limitations"

Clif
I commend you for making this statement. Although there is nothing really special about most of the good drivers it does take education and seat time to actually be quick. Just having a fast car is not even close to being enough.
Old 03-29-2015, 08:47 PM
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This thread makes me chuckle I hope this guy is packing well over 1000whp.
Old 03-30-2015, 01:56 AM
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Come to Dallas....I roll blown 5.0's and modded gt500's all day on my budget n/a setup. We can do a motor run and a run on the juice....pill up home boy

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No4Play you really should resize your sig pic. Its HUGE!



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