Got To Ride In My First 10 Second Car!!!

COMNBYU
04-07-2003, 06:12 PM
no, it's not MY car, BUT i got to ride in my buddies 76 'vette yesterday. hes got a carb'd 355 w/ forged bottem end, TH350 with 2,800 stall, and the stock rear with 3.90s. he ran a 12.43 on motor and then sprayed a 150 out the gate and went a 10.86 @ 121 with a 1.40 60ft!!! hes got a pic of the car leaving with the front wheels about a foot off he ground.

so anyhoo, i broke my $hit on the first pass yesterday so he offers to let me borrow his truck/trailor to carry my car home. he followed in his car (yes, it's street legal and he drives on the sreet) to my house. how, ironic. we were carrying a 12 sec car on the trailor, and the ten second race car was following behind being driven:D . so we get to my house and we get the car off the trailor. he's getting ready to load his car on and he's like, "Wanna go for a ride?" i was in the passenger seat almost before he finished his sentence:)

as we're pulling out of my driveway on to a backroad he asked me what's the fastest car i've ever ridden in. well, the fastest was another friends 11.7 camaro. he smiles when i tell him and smacks the throttle on motor. the car had great pull. he lets off and we turn off on another side road. he stabs the throttle again on motor and gets into it pretty good into 2nd. then he turns around and comes back the same way. he puts it down in 1st and comes to a stop. to the left we notice two farmers out in their garden. they look up as we stop and grin. my buddy throws them a wave and filps the switch. he brings it up to about 2,5k or so and puts it to the carpet. we spun every bit of 200ft but at the same time moving FAST. i glance back and you cant even see the road. my buddy turns around again and rolls back, the farmers now looking like little school boys that just saw that new bike or something. i throw them another wave and they wave back. one yells, "Will she do it again?" im like, if they only knew. so my buddy comes to stop again and flips the switch, brings it up on the convertor a little, and...WHAMM!!! it felt like a mack truck hit us. we didnt spin at all that time, we were just moving. the front end got real light and we just hauled ass.

his car is awsome:bow: now i want a 10 second car:D



PS- sorry so long..




jon

bad93z
04-07-2003, 10:08 PM
sounds like fun!

I've always wanted to ride in a car that'll pull the front wheels off the ground..hell, I've never even ridden in a car thats sprayin.:bow:

guywidiroc
04-07-2003, 10:16 PM
Cars in the 11s and 10s get a little scary at times. And single digit cars are just plain nuts....some people think 14 sec cars are fast....and they would soil their drawers in a 10 sec car. Sounds like fun!!

chevyguy3
04-08-2003, 04:51 PM
10s feel boring to me:confused:

96LT14u2Nv
04-08-2003, 10:12 PM
sounds like a cool car. yes 10 sec. cars are a blast to ride in. even scarier to drive.

chesee48
04-10-2003, 03:09 AM
Originally posted by chevyguy3
10s feel boring to me:confused:

boooo :)

ChrisLS1Bird
04-12-2003, 04:46 PM
hmmm

aside from that 1.4 60ft..

that vette on nitrous probably isn't much faster than that 11.70 camaro you rode in..

121 mph is OK..but many 10 second cars are closer to/beyond 130 mph. I consider the pull in 2nd/3rd/4th gear to be part of the run..

I think launching is fun...but being pushed back in your seat in 3rd and 4th gears is more fun.

There's 5.0 style and there's Supra style. A Supra will run a 13.0@129 mph..a 5.0 will run a 12.9@103 mph..

Even though the 5.0 would win the race..I would have much more fun in the Supra. All of my racing isn't done on slicks at the drag strip..

Redbird
04-13-2003, 11:08 AM
Corngrats on a fun time. MY opinion is the best part of a fast ride is a HARD LEAVE!

The vette was like Redbird when I had street tires on it. It could spin well into second gear, but still be moving FAST! Not one of those sit and spin at 5 mph thingies!

HInk :D