yes, personally, occsionally I'm guilty of speeding excessivly on open roads....but I'm consciously try to stop doing that on public roads.. its just not woth it. Add a second person out there right next to you, its definantly not worth it.

 

ya 1 mile rolling start...wtf thats what i said....

lmao go brag to work with your timeslips

 

I'm with KenS on this one. I too have been trying to keep my "assclowning" to a minumum - too close too many times.....and what scares me most is im so used to pushing cars to their limits when **** hits the fan, it really doesnt scare me that much anymore. i just say "few, that was close, lets try it again" whereas two years ago my hands and legs would have been shaking....
So, id say scratch the 1 miler....

But hey, have you ever thought hes just putting up a front about not knowing too much about cars?? Maybe this guy knows his crap and is just settin you up for an easy $100. Just make sure yer not gettin husseled. and GOOD LUCK!!

 

i dont know too much about the 240 but i think the 91 was the year that is most common with the engine swap..i think they changed the headlights in 95 and they looked more like the silvia in earlier years and easier to modify..but i dont know..compare the wieghts at cars.com
his is RWD so he will have some traction problems if you go from a stop

 

Did some surfin on the 240 boards and found a nice phat turbo is a common one. My guess if he wants a roll and a mile long... Hes got a rather large turbo and some tall gears. I don't think he wants to catch up but to see if he can pull you after the spool and keep pullin. Funny thing is, they don't seem to have a high top end. Guess he could have built a highway cruiser. Who knows about older men and money though. He may just want to see if you have the kahonas to do it.. I would say give it a shot..

 

race it

 

Go to the track. Racing on public roads endangers others as well as yourself.

And why would you want to spend $500 on spray to make sure you don't loose $100. Let alone the risk of damaging your LS1.

If you do go for the mile, make sure it's on an interstate so that you know that nobody's gonna pull out in front of you from a side road when you're doing 162. You also have a lot more run off room on an interstate. You can stop and wait for a couple minutes to be sure that no cars are in front of you before you even start. He might be thinking that you have a 100MPH limiter or something and that he can do 125 and pass you at the end of a mile. Who knows?

There's only 1 way to find out. Just try to be safe about it.

 

the top speed limiter theory is what ive been thinking....

 

He wants a rolling start because he doesn't have the torque for a decent launch. He figures he has the hp to top out higher than you and will need a mile to beat you. A rolling start is a good way for him to do it. If you go with a 1/4 mile at the track, I think you'll have him at the launch, and he'll never catch you. If major work was done to it, you might have a problem. Let us know what happens, if anything.