So setup of the story. Car has been down with trans problems for almost 3 years. SMC alcohol kit took a crap on me in the meantime. Got beat by a new M6 so I had Don Cruz install Julio's kit.
I'm taking Don's advice and turning it back up slowly. I started with the car at 18PSI and have now crept up to around 22PSI.
The girlfriend's twenty year old son in down in Florida on vacation for the week with his friend. They aren't really car guys but I was showing them Buick. They seemed interested in it.
So last night around 930 I said something to the effect of "You guys wanna go for a ride in the Buick and teach some folks the virtues of what an almost 30 year old V6 can do?" They were down.
So the GF is in the front seat, two 20 year olds in the back, and off we go into Tampa. No real play just a couple of blasts where I rolled in the throttle for a 20mph roll or would punch it and pass a couple of cars. Pretty mundane overall.
Then the diesel truck shows up...he must have seen me punch it and pass some cars. I was going maybe 55 in a 50 when he came out of nowhere and passed me on the right probably doing 80. It was a Ram 3500 dually with either a very small flatbed, or no bed at all...not really sure which. Obviously with some work done to it. It was one of those trucks that makes sounds like its going to suck up small children and animals when it goes by.
We were coming into town and I really wasn't looking to get a ticket or go that fast. However, the planets aligned and the next light (just barely in the city limit and not a residential neighborhood yet) goes red. The boys are like are we gonna race him? I said it depends on what the truck does, but yes he's about to learn he's not the only one with boost. I watched the light cycle though the cross street and turn lanes and new we were next. I heard him start to bring the RPM up on the truck and knew it was on, fish on the line. I can't really hold any boost off the line with my current set up but I bring the RPM up to about 2 grand and am sitting at maybe 3 inches of vacuum. I was hoping the weight over the read end would help me hook...
Light goes and we're off. I was just spinning the drag radial like they nothing. I fishtailed through the intersection then had to pedal it cause it just wasn't going to hook. Was about dead even with the truck at this time. Out of the throttle then rolled back in and the truck goes bye bye. Dude in the truck's girlfriend gave me the WTF is that car look as I killed them. I let out of just north of the speed limit and went back into obeying the law mode--well at least mostly. I have the truck a thumbs up as he passed me, he have a quick toot toot honk as he turned at the next light. At least he wasn't douchey about it.
I don't know if he knew what a turbo Buick was or not, but he knows now.
I'm taking Don's advice and turning it back up slowly. I started with the car at 18PSI and have now crept up to around 22PSI.
The girlfriend's twenty year old son in down in Florida on vacation for the week with his friend. They aren't really car guys but I was showing them Buick. They seemed interested in it.
So last night around 930 I said something to the effect of "You guys wanna go for a ride in the Buick and teach some folks the virtues of what an almost 30 year old V6 can do?" They were down.
So the GF is in the front seat, two 20 year olds in the back, and off we go into Tampa. No real play just a couple of blasts where I rolled in the throttle for a 20mph roll or would punch it and pass a couple of cars. Pretty mundane overall.
Then the diesel truck shows up...he must have seen me punch it and pass some cars. I was going maybe 55 in a 50 when he came out of nowhere and passed me on the right probably doing 80. It was a Ram 3500 dually with either a very small flatbed, or no bed at all...not really sure which. Obviously with some work done to it. It was one of those trucks that makes sounds like its going to suck up small children and animals when it goes by.
We were coming into town and I really wasn't looking to get a ticket or go that fast. However, the planets aligned and the next light (just barely in the city limit and not a residential neighborhood yet) goes red. The boys are like are we gonna race him? I said it depends on what the truck does, but yes he's about to learn he's not the only one with boost. I watched the light cycle though the cross street and turn lanes and new we were next. I heard him start to bring the RPM up on the truck and knew it was on, fish on the line. I can't really hold any boost off the line with my current set up but I bring the RPM up to about 2 grand and am sitting at maybe 3 inches of vacuum. I was hoping the weight over the read end would help me hook...
Light goes and we're off. I was just spinning the drag radial like they nothing. I fishtailed through the intersection then had to pedal it cause it just wasn't going to hook. Was about dead even with the truck at this time. Out of the throttle then rolled back in and the truck goes bye bye. Dude in the truck's girlfriend gave me the WTF is that car look as I killed them. I let out of just north of the speed limit and went back into obeying the law mode--well at least mostly. I have the truck a thumbs up as he passed me, he have a quick toot toot honk as he turned at the next light. At least he wasn't douchey about it.
I don't know if he knew what a turbo Buick was or not, but he knows now.
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