meanchicken
gallo vicioso
- Joined
- Oct 6, 2007
Finally got one
Silver with the COBRA on the back bumper blacked out and very clean.
Looked like he was Hawaiian...probably in his mid 40's like me.
Kids these days...
I was on my way home from Lowes and as I turned left across an intersection, there he was on the other side of the intersectionwaiting to turn right to go in the same direction as me.
I saw him eyeballing me as I went past his nose....so I eyeballed him back.
Hooked.
There were several more cars behind me that he had to wait for, so I just cruised nice and slow...watched....and waited.
Sure enough....I could see him weaving his way through traffic try to catch up to me...so I kept cruising while protecting my position in front of the flow.
I finally had to turn left again...at this point he was two cars back.
Made my turn and the two cars stayed behind me giving him access to the outer lane so he could finally catch me.
He came up casually and got along side...I played like I didn't know he was there.
He honks his horn, so look over with a, "Well looky at you." look on my face.
He gives me a nod and points at the GN front to back and nods again with approval....
So I nodded back....seemed to be his preferred method of communication
Then I nailed it.
His face was like as I took off.
Then I let out.
He nails it and I hear that blower whine...sounds friggin' cool.
He let out just as he came along side again.
We're both smiling...and nodding...:biggrin:
Red light up ahead. Yeah!!!!!
As we stop:
Him: Nice! What are those? Drag Radials? You need them?
Me: Yup...it'll just blow the tires off without them
Him: You running a stall converter?
[never heard that as one of the first questions before]
Me: Yup....3200...a few other mods too. How about you?
Hi: Ya...just some tweaks, but mostly stock.
As the light turned green, we finished our pleasentries as we coasted from the light and at about 5 mph....both nailed it.
I got out ahead by about a length pretty easy, and continued to look back at the rear view to watch him falling back even more, a foot or two at a time.
Once I had him by about 2 lengths, I let out... and needed to anyway cuz there was another red ahead.
...but it was a clean kill...and would have only gotten worse for him if we stayed in it.
He pulls along side at the red again...
Him: Wow...it hooks real good!
Me: Thanks
Him: What power you making?
Me: Probably around 500
Him: Nice...I'm making 465 at the wheels.
We chatted a bit more while waiting for the light, but the racing was over...road ahead was not good for it.
So at the green, I let him roll out ahead and I just cruised it, making my turns to get home....feeling good for finally getting some honest vindication on a nice 03/04 Cobra, but still waiting to find that one that beat me several months back before I got the ported heads and roller cam.
I will find that White Cobra one of these days....and I'm gonna CRUSH IT!!!!
Silver with the COBRA on the back bumper blacked out and very clean.
Looked like he was Hawaiian...probably in his mid 40's like me.
Kids these days...
I was on my way home from Lowes and as I turned left across an intersection, there he was on the other side of the intersectionwaiting to turn right to go in the same direction as me.
I saw him eyeballing me as I went past his nose....so I eyeballed him back.
Hooked.
There were several more cars behind me that he had to wait for, so I just cruised nice and slow...watched....and waited.
Sure enough....I could see him weaving his way through traffic try to catch up to me...so I kept cruising while protecting my position in front of the flow.
I finally had to turn left again...at this point he was two cars back.
Made my turn and the two cars stayed behind me giving him access to the outer lane so he could finally catch me.
He came up casually and got along side...I played like I didn't know he was there.
He honks his horn, so look over with a, "Well looky at you." look on my face.
He gives me a nod and points at the GN front to back and nods again with approval....
So I nodded back....seemed to be his preferred method of communication
Then I nailed it.
His face was like
as I took off.Then I let out.
He nails it and I hear that blower whine...sounds friggin' cool.
He let out just as he came along side again.
We're both smiling...and nodding...:biggrin:
Red light up ahead. Yeah!!!!!
As we stop:
Him: Nice! What are those? Drag Radials? You need them?
Me: Yup...it'll just blow the tires off without them
Him: You running a stall converter?
[never heard that as one of the first questions before]
Me: Yup....3200...a few other mods too. How about you?
Hi: Ya...just some tweaks, but mostly stock.
As the light turned green, we finished our pleasentries as we coasted from the light and at about 5 mph....both nailed it.
I got out ahead by about a length pretty easy, and continued to look back at the rear view to watch him falling back even more, a foot or two at a time.
Once I had him by about 2 lengths, I let out... and needed to anyway cuz there was another red ahead.
...but it was a clean kill...and would have only gotten worse for him if we stayed in it.
He pulls along side at the red again...
Him: Wow...it hooks real good!
Me: Thanks
Him: What power you making?
Me: Probably around 500
Him: Nice...I'm making 465 at the wheels.
We chatted a bit more while waiting for the light, but the racing was over...road ahead was not good for it.
So at the green, I let him roll out ahead and I just cruised it, making my turns to get home....feeling good for finally getting some honest vindication on a nice 03/04 Cobra, but still waiting to find that one that beat me several months back before I got the ported heads and roller cam.
I will find that White Cobra one of these days....and I'm gonna CRUSH IT!!!!
