meanchicken
gallo vicioso
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I had a brief tangle with this guy a few weeks back from a roll and pulled him a bit before we had to shut it down due to traffic up ahead. It was obvious to me, then, that this Mitsu was pretty bad @$$, but I had a little more than he did and would have left him if we had more room.
Well...he found me again last night on my way to the gym.
I cruised by him on the right not really noticing him, but he noticed me and then hit it a little and then let it out to bark his boost blow off at me "Whhhiiiiissssshhhh - Phooooosssshh!".
It's obvious that thing has a very big non-stock turbo under the hood.
I gave him a hang loose sign and then I rapped my throttle and boost blow off back at him.
He fell in behind me as I made my right turn towards the gym.
We rolled up next to each other slow at the next light...a couple cars head of us so we weren't going anywhere fast.
We started talking and he said he thinks he's a lot faster now because he just installed a new launch/boost controller.
I told him that thing is mean and spools real nice.
Good guy...we showed each other respect and gave props back and forth.
We cruised on for awhile with no hope for a re-match due to traffic....not a good road anyway..., so I finally signalled a right on Dimension to cut over to Bake (a fly by on Uncle Lou's shop after hours) and he followed....he had something to prove.
Dimension is not a good road to race on at all, so we kept it civil .... but Bake has a nice stretch and is just ahead.
"Bake"...hee hee....Dinner is in the oven.
As I turned right onto Bake, the road was free and clear ahead so I slowed it to about a 2-3mph roll and let him get along side.
Me: Go when you're ready.
Him: You want me to go first?
Me: Yeah...go for it!
He nails it and so do I. His exhaust dump is open and buzzing away in my ear.
Initially he got up a fender while my DR's spun a bit, then when I hooked, I got that fender back.
We stayed pretty even as he shifted 2nd, 3rd and into 4th but I'd get a few inches on him with each shift...still door to door tho.
This mean Mitsu was much faster than the last time.
Once he got up into 4th and then 5th.....he started to pull me....
He had me by about 1/2 a length before we had to shut it down...turns out...I'm the dinner this time....
We got along side again and are both laughing.
Me: "Well that settles that!"
Him: "Sure does!"
I made another right and went to the gym to work off a little frustration....gave him a couple honks on the horn as I turned left into the gym parking lot and he waved back with a thumbs up as he went on.
I was hoping he'd pull into the lot so I could learn more about his combo, but I'm sure I'll see him again.
I'm still only at 21 lbs of boost and running it pretty fat to keep it safe, so with some tweaks to boost and fuel...I could take him...
....'er maybe I should go get me one of those fancy launch/boost controllers.
Well...he found me again last night on my way to the gym.
I cruised by him on the right not really noticing him, but he noticed me and then hit it a little and then let it out to bark his boost blow off at me "Whhhiiiiissssshhhh - Phooooosssshh!".
It's obvious that thing has a very big non-stock turbo under the hood.
I gave him a hang loose sign and then I rapped my throttle and boost blow off back at him.
He fell in behind me as I made my right turn towards the gym.
We rolled up next to each other slow at the next light...a couple cars head of us so we weren't going anywhere fast.
We started talking and he said he thinks he's a lot faster now because he just installed a new launch/boost controller.
I told him that thing is mean and spools real nice.
Good guy...we showed each other respect and gave props back and forth.
We cruised on for awhile with no hope for a re-match due to traffic....not a good road anyway..., so I finally signalled a right on Dimension to cut over to Bake (a fly by on Uncle Lou's shop after hours) and he followed....he had something to prove.
Dimension is not a good road to race on at all, so we kept it civil .... but Bake has a nice stretch and is just ahead.
"Bake"...hee hee....Dinner is in the oven.
As I turned right onto Bake, the road was free and clear ahead so I slowed it to about a 2-3mph roll and let him get along side.
Me: Go when you're ready.
Him: You want me to go first?
Me: Yeah...go for it!
He nails it and so do I. His exhaust dump is open and buzzing away in my ear.
Initially he got up a fender while my DR's spun a bit, then when I hooked, I got that fender back.
We stayed pretty even as he shifted 2nd, 3rd and into 4th but I'd get a few inches on him with each shift...still door to door tho.
This mean Mitsu was much faster than the last time.
Once he got up into 4th and then 5th.....he started to pull me....
He had me by about 1/2 a length before we had to shut it down...turns out...I'm the dinner this time....
We got along side again and are both laughing.
Me: "Well that settles that!"
Him: "Sure does!"
I made another right and went to the gym to work off a little frustration....gave him a couple honks on the horn as I turned left into the gym parking lot and he waved back with a thumbs up as he went on.
I was hoping he'd pull into the lot so I could learn more about his combo, but I'm sure I'll see him again.
I'm still only at 21 lbs of boost and running it pretty fat to keep it safe, so with some tweaks to boost and fuel...I could take him...
....'er maybe I should go get me one of those fancy launch/boost controllers.