ran up on a 96 cobra today.dude was talking crap about f-bodies in general so i made him an offer to put his money were his mouth was.so he agreed to run me for a c-note.i have a 99 a-4 with your usual bolt ons,auburn 3.73 gear and a yank 3500 stall converter.he says all he has is gears,exhaust and headers.i asked him if he was sure he wanted to do this.he said "oh yeah." that should have been a sign right there.anyhow we line up take off and i jump him out of the hole.then all of the sudden that damn cobra jumped out in front and stayed there.i mean way out.3-4 car lengths.i was like WTF.NO WAY IN HELL THAT CAR IS STOCK.well i met him on the side of the road to settle up with my money in pocket and .40 cal glock in the other pocket.i told him no money till i see under the hood.well to shorten this up he had a friggin 150 shot of juice on it.he got no money and got to leave without me doing him any bodily harm.told him i was going to put the word out on him.and i have.shame he didnt have enough faith in his car to race without cheating.pisses me off.

 

Dang man, lose the heat. Can only bring trouble in a situation like that.

Guy was a looser, that's for sure.

Dan

 

dont get the wrong idea i work for afosi[air force investigations] and was on my way home.the sidearm is part of my gear.i am not a retard,just trying to have a little fun and got screwed by a real retard.

 

Cool. Don't want crazys out there racing me with a sidearm in their pocket I didn't know about. In your case, I understand. thanks for explaining.

So the guy was ready to take your money before you made him pop the hood? What an idiot. He'll learn the hard way one of these times.

Dan

 

yeah he will when someone with less self control than myself beats him within a inch of his life.some people dont play that.especially when there is money involved.

 

so where did he cheat?? sounds like your a sore loser to me.

 

well i think it happened sometime when we were telling what we had done to our cars and he failed to mention the laughing gas.you dont think that was cheating?i revealed all my mods in good faith,he should have done the same.the reason he didnt is because he knew that his mustang didnt stand a snowballs chance in hell without the gas.

 

It's sad that he didn't pull more than 4 cars on you with a 150 shot.

Got any times on your car?

 

no not yet.will be going home to ga. in a couple of weeks.there is a track bout 20 miles from my mom and dads place.every sat. nite is test and tune.will have some times then and maybe some dyno numbers if i can talk my dads buddy into putting my car on his dynojet while i am there.headers and y-pipe are on the way.then we will be going in the motor for some serious mods.right now i need to adress this traction problem i am having.i am destroying my street tires.i thought about maybe a set of draglites and drag radials.what do you think?

 

Well having a 150 shot isn't cheating but if he wanted to race you straight up with all the mods being told then yea I wouldn't have paid him either.

 

Wow i never realized your supposed to reveal all your mods befor you race.I guess i cheat all the time You challenged the guy to the race.You should have had the integrity to pay the guy and now your bragging about it on a car forum.Like were all supposed to be impressed,because you carry a gun and don't honor your bets.

 

I agree that it is 'cheating' because when you hear of a 96 cobra with the aforementioned mods, it would be a descent race for a bolt on LT1. Not saying anything about a 150 shot is like putting v6 badges on your F-body and not saying anything about those pesky other two cylinders. When racing for money, and you compare mods, one can't simply just 'leave out' a detail like a 150 shot. However if the race is done as far as 'run what ya brung' then all is fair game. Just think that this one was moreso a case of the cobra owner not mentioning his 150 shot.

 

lets get something straight here.yes,i challenged but i also revealed everything i have done to my z.he should have done the same.just be honest about it.i was he wasnt.thats my point.second thing,i carry a firearm as part of my job.i am not some hot head running around looking for a fight.i am a 33 year old 13+ year law enforcement officer,not some young idiot,so i could really care less if you were impressed or not,that was not the issue.nor was i trying to impress anyone.i was just venting because i got screwed around by some jackwad that didnt have enough faith in his equipment to run me without the juice,so he chose to keep it a secret,and still try to take my money.wrong answer.like someone said earlier,if it had been run what you brung,i would have accepted my beating and went home.but things being as they were,that dog wont hunt.

 

Yeah lets go head to head for $100 "all motor"

Then I squeeze 150 shot to beat you....

Youd still pay after the breach on a mans agreement?

I think ENRON is looking for a few good men like you

 

Exactly. What's the difference between lying about your mods and cheating?

Reminds me of a race I had 2 years ago with a red Z28 Lt1 in my Supra. He told me all he had was roller rockers. We got on the highway and ran dead even from 60-140. My Supra had just dyno'd 435 rwhp the week before so I know he was full of it. Got back to the Kmart lot where we met and I called BS. Then he fessed up to his 200 shot before driving off.

Jason