Will --- Glad to see that your finally enjoying your V8. Hey === Are you
still geting 27 MPG? Have fun! DW 94 RC, V8, 14.9
Will Coughlin wrote:
>
> Yes, you heard it here! Will has been racing a few people! Ok spank #1-a '78
> silverado swb that is built pretty hard(.30 over 350,aluminum intake,gm
> large valve heads,headers,850 holley,no breather,280h crane magnum cam,10:1
> flat tops,350 turbo tranny w/2400 stall,3.42 gear) had been revving at me
> all week and on saturday night he pulled up next to me at the red light and
> he says "let's go"! So, I took of real easy in 1st like I usually do and he
> jumped 2 trucks out in front which pissed me off, so I nailed it and wound
> 1st to 5000! By that time I was even with him,and I barked a second and
> wound it to about 4700! At that point I was two trucks out in front of him.I
> caught a little 3rd and we stopped at the redlight we were approaching.He
> looks over and says "let's really race this time" So, I was willing to let
> him have a piece of the goat and I said "alright, greenlight until the next
> intersection!".Light turned and I let him jump me about half a truck before
> I matted it and blew past him.I grabbed second and left 2 posi marks in my
> lane about 2 feet long.I then grabbed third and left a pair of little
> marks(about 6-8 inches).I looked back and saw him about 4 truck lengths
> behind!!!! He stopped at the next redlight and asked me if I would go down
> to the little stretch of river bottom road that is long enough to race a
> little more than an 1/8 mi in.I said "I think you know what I've got,we'll
> just leave it at that".He came back to town where I was with my friends and
> they had already heard about me spanking his ass.I found out the next day
> from some people that talked to him soon after and they asked him how it
> went for him.He told them "You don't want anything to do with him-I was
> spraying a 125 shot off the line and he blew past me and never looked back!
> And the dude caught rubber in 2nd and 3rd!" Needless to say, even I was
> impressed that I outran anything spraying a 125 shot! HEHEHE!
> Spank #2-I was running along about 40 mph in town alongside a 2001 chevrolet
> silverado-swb,2wd,5.3L/4L60E/3.73 posi gear and I didn't know whose it
> was-but the passenger side window came rolling down and a guy I know pretty
> well looked out the window and said "let's kick 'em"!! HeHe! So,I
> downshifted to 3rd and rolled up alongside him turning about 2800 rpms and I
> said "well, go ahead!" So the dude floored his truck and I let him get it to
> kickdown to second before I matted mine.It wasn't even funny! I ran off and
> left him so hard! I shifted to fourth and looked back only to see his
> headlights still fading! I met the guy later that evening while I was parked
> talking to my buddies and he was asking me all about my truck.I asked him if
> he would like to take a ride in a real hot rod and he said "absolutely, I
> wanna see what this things got" So I let him have it when I got to a place
> where I could show him.Needless to say he was dissapointed in his purchase
> of his silverado after his head was planted in to the back of my seat 4
> times during a pretty good little run.Hope ya'll enjoyed this,
>
> Will Coughlin willcoughlin@hotmail.com
> '00 reg.cab,2wd,4.7L/hd5-spd/3.92sg(9.25")
> http://www.geocities.com/willcoughlin/index.html
>
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