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Modded Ninja bike wouldn't race our ol 4 door Cadillac?

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SPOOLFOOL2

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It was a beautiful So Cal day today. The kinda day that you try to justify to yourself the high cost of living on The West Coast. On this day, I was invited to cruise the coast to lunch in Gary Wells Beautiful, four door luxury car. This Cady is a living room on wheels. The thing's got leather and power everything. When our So Western Moderator offered me the opportunity to pilot this 4222 lb land yacht, I jumped at the chance.

Not long after leaving our Mexican food restaurant, I noticed a newish super bike cutting through traffic and falling in behind us as we were stacked up at a red light. By the following red light, we found each other side by side, with a mile of open road ahead. Looking at the bright green bike, the frame had been polished within an inch of it's life. Almost looked like chrome. It sounded good too. It looked to have an aftermarket pipe. The dude was fitted with all matching leathers and helmet. I tried to make eye contact with him, but he just kinda looked the other way.

About this time I think I mentioned something to Gary about getting on the gas a bit and blowing out the carbon. These old Cadys need to have this done ya know:D. He kindly gave me the approving nod. As soon as our light went green, we both smartly rolled into the gas. The bike's front tire was at Gary's passenger side door. I could hear the bike's engine winding up to get past us, but the big old engine in our Chevy just kept him at the door until about 80 mph where for some reason, the Ninja just seemed to loose heart and back off. I was quite disappointed, considering the fact that I didn't even have the Cady close to half throttle yet.:(

A few miles later, the polished Kawasaki once again ended up behind us. I slowed down to let the traffic get about an eighth of a mile ahead of us and to let the bike go around us. As the speedo dropped to 35 mph in the 60 zone, the bike refused to go around us. Maybe he just liked the looks of the back of our car. Maybe he was reading Gary's licence plate frame, dedicated to his favorite Whiskey, "Hennessey".:D

I soon got board of this and matted the go pedal. Dang! That Chevy sounds really good once you get the secondaries on that big ol Quadrajet opened up. ;) Rumor has it that Gary's been doing some work on that sled lately. Wholly cow! Within seconds, telephone poles were going past our windows like a picked fence. We closed in on those cars within seconds. I think the bike was trying to keep up, but it was hard to tell cuz he was just a speck in the rear view mirror with his chin stuck to the gas tank. :eek:

I don't have any pictures of Gary's car. Maybe he can post some, or what he's done to it. Here's a picture I found that looks very close to Gary's car. Note: If you guys pull up next to this car at a light, Be scared. Be very scared...










Gary,
It was a fun day. Thanks for lunch and thanks for letting my flog the old Cheby.:D

Mike Barnard
 
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Great story, maybe he was in a trance in shock of how a big pink car hauled like that and was making sure he wasn't seeing things lol.


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Great story, maybe he was in a trance in shock of how a big pink car hauled like that and was making sure he wasn't seeing things lol.


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Well! That picture may not be EXACTLY what Gary's car looks like.:D
Here's some I took of the lead sled a while ago.





This monster is quite modded, to say the least...
 
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Great story! Your car is a lightweight, mine is a little over 4500# with me in it. Next time I'm in the area, I'll look you guys up.
 
Does that mean that you will tune my '09 V for me when you're out here, Cal?
It needs your expertise.
 
O crap, Gary is getting serious.. hell yes he will tune it.. question is can your heart handle it once he is done tunning it
 
I will give it my best shot! Maybe Brett can arrange a few cars :)
 
When i am on the my bike i usually pull next to "performance" cars and act the part and when they gun it i fall back and enjoy the escort while losing the "race" heck i have probably done this more often on my car.

btw great looking car
 
When i am on the my bike i usually pull next to "performance" cars and act the part and when they gun it i fall back and enjoy the escort while losing the "race" heck i have probably done this more often on my car.

btw great looking car

Yes!
All the other bikes seem to do this too, when we're in Gary's car. The view might be better if you guys didn't have your chins on the gas tank though.:D
 
Well! That picture may not be EXACTLY what it looks like.:D
Here's some I took of the lead sled a while ago.





This monster is quite modded, to say the least...

Ah ok Mike, now this pic makes more sense than the other did. Can see why that guy on the bike had trouble with it now. That is a rocket sled for sure.


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Another great write up by Spoolfool! I was starting to wonder where have been. I should have known the answer was out terrorizing the streets!
Hilarious 1st to 2nd pics of the car. Great to see your back Mike!
 
As of current, the Cad lays down 675 RWHP, 635 RWTQ 24 degrees timing on E-85 & meth on Cunningham's (Cunningham Motor Sports in Murietta, CA)
Mustang dyno. Going on HPE (Hennessey Performance Engineering in Lake Forest, CA) to see the Dynojet #'s. Also need to move the meth tank from
the windshield wiper tank to a AEM 2.5 gal tank which will be hidden in the trunk spare tire well. Also might to step up to ID 1350 injectors to avoid running
out of injector on E-85. My ultimate goal is to line up Cal in my '09 V against Mike's "UR LUNCH" GN in the 1/4 mile. In the meantime the Cad has surprised
quite a few cars on the mean streets of TJ, Mexico. It's a serious kick in the ass to have that much safety, handling, & creature comforts along with some serious
pedal power. Stay tuned for further developments. I would like to see this luxury land yacht leap at lease 1 small building before I'm done.
 
Ya don't really "drive" them. You just sort of cruise em down the street.


Some just seem to cruise better than others.;)
Kinda like herding "Sheep" down a dirt road in Hillsboro Texas :wtf:;):D:D:D
 
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