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Mustang Killer
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Author:  Z28DUNC [Thu Apr 12, 2012 1:16 pm ]
Post subject:  Mustang Killer
A month ago I put a friend of mine onto a 08' Mustang V8 I knew was for sale at a bargain price and he bought it. Very nice black one, lowered with 18" bullet style wheels.

So I met him at a car meet a few weeks ago and we had a little 'shootout' on the way back home.

Duel carriageway, sat at some lights at a roundabout with him behind me. Foot flat to the floor. Defo pull a good few car lengths on him. Get to big speeds and he says he chickened at 135 where as I kept me foot in till 155. :crazy: me!

Anyway slow down for the next island and let him catch up. Side by side on the next straight from 30, both full bore, nowt in it till a ton then it's game over for the Mustang.

I think that the A4 in the Camaro doesn't help as it doesn't kick down into first when your over 15mph. Plus he's got a five speed auto.

He learn't his lesson, don't mess with a Camaro! :thumbup:

Anyone else got any fun stories?
Author:  chevy-stu [Fri Apr 13, 2012 1:09 am ]
Post subject:  Re: Mustang Killer
As this is a public forum, I thought I'd better clarify that your Mustang incident all happened on a closed private road of course, because I'm sure you'd never go those speeds on a public highway in the UK... ;)
Author:  Z28DUNC [Fri Apr 13, 2012 9:57 am ]
Post subject:  Re: Mustang Killer
Quote:
As this is a public forum, I thought I'd better clarify that your Mustang incident all happened on a closed private road of course, because I'm sure you'd never go those speeds on a public highway in the UK... ;)
Why of course, and I also didn't state the type of measurement to cover myself! ;)
Author:  beneZ28 [Fri Apr 13, 2012 9:53 pm ]
Post subject:  Re: Mustang Killer
I tried to race a Porsche GT2 with my h/c/i camaro... on the wet road. Needless to say I got my butt handed on a platter with my car spinning the wheels at launch vs the GT2 AWD. It was a good try on my end... wish it was on a dry pavement.
Author:  Z28DUNC [Mon Apr 16, 2012 9:27 am ]
Post subject:  Re: Mustang Killer
Quote:
I tried to race a Porsche GT2 with my h/c/i camaro... on the wet road. Needless to say I got my butt handed on a platter with my car spinning the wheels at launch vs the GT2 AWD. It was a good try on my end... wish it was on a dry pavement.
GT2, yep thats gonna be a hard one to beat. Had a go against a Carrera 4 when I used to commute and occasionally we would have a bit of a race. Surprisingly not that much in it. When I looked into it's specs, 2004 model it only had 270 foot pounds of torqure, pfff is that all!

No substitute for cubic inches :lol:
Author:  BillyBob 780 [Tue Apr 24, 2012 5:05 pm ]
Post subject:  Re: Mustang Killer
You have the right to an attorney, if can't afford an attorney one will appointed for you!!! :D :clap:
Author:  beneZ28 [Wed Apr 25, 2012 8:03 am ]
Post subject:  Re: Mustang Killer
Quote:
You have the right to an attorney, if can't afford an attorney one will appointed for you!!! :D :clap:
It was just a dream! I tell you. A dream. :)
Author:  biff.bailey [Sat Apr 28, 2012 2:24 pm ]
Post subject:  Re: Mustang Killer
around 12 years ago, i had a 1978 Z28 with a pretty hi po 350 and a 4 speed, with a 2.4:1 diff.
I had been on a run out locally, and when i came to a long stretch of straight road, i thought i would "stretch her legs", so dropped it into second and nailed it, right through second, third and fourth, reaching 5500 rpm in top (this is where i bottled it as it was all over the road).
The autometer speedo was reading 170 mph.......allowing for speedo error, i reckon i was doing an honest 150. Anyway, i brought her back down to legal speeds and as i approached a roundabout, noticed in the rear view mirror a rather white volvo with interesting roof rack !

Sure enough, as soon as i was off the roundabout, on came the blues !

The following conversation between myself and the officer is almost verbatim

cop "is this your car sir?"

me "yeah"

cop "what is it?, is it a trans am?"

me "no, it's a chevy camaro "

cop "is it fast sir ?"

me (not admitting anything here) "err....it can be "

cop "WELL JUST KEEP YA F### SPEED DOWN, I COULDN'T CATCH YER !"

I swear on my kids' life that this is true, and the cop must have been parked up in a layby as i shot past him at mach 1, and by the time he caught up with me enough to clock me, i was back under the limit and he couldn't prove anything, BUT he just wanted to "mark my card" as it were !!
Author:  March hare [Sat Apr 28, 2012 4:09 pm ]
Post subject:  Re: Mustang Killer
I'm too old to go fast. Time goe's past quick enough as it is. :lol: :lol:
Author:  chevy-stu [Sat Apr 28, 2012 4:13 pm ]
Post subject:  Re: Mustang Killer
I'm way more careful about motorways speeds now..

I think pushing much into 3 figures in the Uk... unless you're 99% certain there's absolutely no-one about.... is chancing serious points nowadays...
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