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rhipsher · 11-07-2009

You guys are gonna love this one. And I'm sure this belongs in race stories section but it will get noticed here quicker. I went to coffee and cars this morning and it was packed. At least 200 cars. I saw some of the guys from my vette club out there. The clubs website master Chris has a 2002 Z06 with headers and I don't know what kind of exhaust he has but it's been lowered and looks good but there has been a show down state of mind between us instigated by another member. One day we would see. Well today was that day. Oh yeah

He checked out my engine compartment and said how good it looked. Then he said its work in progress. But it's coming together. And I just wanter to back hand this pompous b**ch. So I was leaving and getting close to hoping on the toll road. And he just flies by me with that raspy sounding exhaust. It was on then. I got up right beside him and at 60mph downshifted to where I was at 5000rpms and just put the hammer down. And every time we lined up I pulled on him. I had the top off so the third time I went up to 150mph and and almost lost my baseball cap when the wind caught it. So I had one hand on my hat and the other on the stearing wheel. It took him 5 minutes to catch up with me after I slowed down to 70. Then we waved at each other and he turned off. I wonder what that sucker thinks now. Work in progress "Hhaa! Chew on that buddy.

bdw18_123 · 11-07-2009

It's better just to ignore ignorant, mentally deficient people like that. People like that don't deserve a response. He probably feels threatened by the awesomeness of your ZR-1 with his more common Z06, so he needed to trash-talk yours to make him feel better.

Plus, what the C5 crowd considers a "finished car" has to have all sorts of stick on blingy, shiny, "look at me", overcompensating type parts on it. They just don't appreciate the raw awesomeness of a clean C4 ZR-1 in its natural state.

But your solution sure sounds like a lot more fun!!

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rhipsher · 11-07-2009

Among car guys only the winner gets respect. And once in a while I like to win. The rest of the time the beast sleeps in the garage. Look I know my vette is not the fastest one on the road. But a c5 zo6 with headers and light weight flywheel can be beat by a 90 ZR-1 with top end porting and a Fidanza flywheel without headers. Because I proved it today. And with headers and a tune I'll just pull away further. I don't like hearing the c5 and c6 guys talking about the c4 Z like it's beginner's vette because we all know better.

secondchance · 11-07-2009

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Originally Posted by rhipsher

Among car guys only the winner gets respect. And once in a while I like to win. The rest of the time the beast sleeps in the garage. Look I know my vette is not the fastest one on the road. But a c5 zo6 with headers and light weight flywheel can be beat by a 90 ZR-1 with top end porting and a Fidanza flywheel without headers. Because I proved it today. And with headers and a tune I'll just pull away further. I don't like hearing the c5 and c6 guys talking about the c4 Z like it's beginner's vette because we all know better.

Some people just deserve to be spanked!

Aurora40 · 11-07-2009

At the "work in progress" comment, I probably just would have said "yeah, I need to cover the whole thing with plastic, then it should be done"...

But kudos on dishing out the spanking.

LT5-Lee · 11-07-2009

"...So I had one hand on my hat and the other on the steering wheel."

AND I bet a huge sh*t

eating grin to match! =D>

jonszr1 · 11-07-2009

see buddy ,i told you , she would run good , wait til you get the headers, and then go to the strip . you guys have way better d.a. than i do . you could get into the very high 11s.with some drag radials and a good 60 ft . you can go to drag times a and find your da . i ck the da the day befor i go so i can somewhat have an idea what she will run . we are going to take betty to sacramento on wed eve where the da is around 100ft .had to put an alternator in her toady , your car rubbed off on mine

flyin ryan · 11-08-2009

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Originally Posted by secondchance

Some people just deserve to be spanked!

Cool...

rhipsher · 11-08-2009

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Originally Posted by jonszr1

see buddy ,i told you , she would run good , wait til you get the headers, and then go to the strip . you guys have way better d.a. than i do . you could get into the very high 11s.with some drag radials and a good 60 ft . you can go to drag times a and find your da . i ck the da the day befor i go so i can somewhat have an idea what she will run . we are going to take betty to sacramento on wed eve where the da is around 100ft .had to put an alternator in her toady , your car rubbed off on mine

I went to the drag strip tonight again and as good of a tire as the Vredisteins are my rear tires have had it. The traction was even worse this time. The first run I practically burned rubber until I shifted into fourth and did a 13.2. The second run I got a good launch but in 3rd gear my tires just started spinning and the rear end started heading towards the wall so I had to let of for a second and it straightened out. I was still hovering in the 12.9's two out of the four runs. I'm not gonna go back until headers a good tune and some more sticky tires are taken care of.

flyin ryan · 11-08-2009

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Originally Posted by rhipsher

as good of a tire as the Vredisteins are

Huh....

. I'd throw those things in the bush, myself

. Glad you like em'....just not sure why you like em'

.

11-07-2009	#1
rhipsher Join Date: Aug 2008 Location: Houston, TX Posts: 2,314	Work in progress my azz! You guys are gonna love this one. And I'm sure this belongs in race stories section but it will get noticed here quicker. I went to coffee and cars this morning and it was packed. At least 200 cars. I saw some of the guys from my vette club out there. The clubs website master Chris has a 2002 Z06 with headers and I don't know what kind of exhaust he has but it's been lowered and looks good but there has been a show down state of mind between us instigated by another member. One day we would see. Well today was that day. Oh yeah He checked out my engine compartment and said how good it looked. Then he said its work in progress. But it's coming together. And I just wanter to back hand this pompous b*ch. So I was leaving and getting close to hoping on the toll road. And he just flies by me with that raspy sounding exhaust. It was on then. I got up right beside him and at 60mph downshifted to where I was at 5000rpms and just put the hammer down. And every time we lined up I pulled on him. I had the top off so the third time I went up to 150mph and and almost lost my baseball cap when the wind caught it. So I had one hand on my hat and the other on the stearing wheel. It took him 5 minutes to catch up with me after I slowed down to 70. Then we waved at each other and he turned off. I wonder what that sucker thinks now. Work in progress "Hhaa! Chew on that buddy. Last edited by rhipsher; 11-07-2009 at 01:54 PM.*

11-07-2009	#2
bdw18_123 Join Date: Apr 2009 Location: Prather, CA Posts: 804	Re: Work in progress my azz! It's better just to ignore ignorant, mentally deficient people like that. People like that don't deserve a response. He probably feels threatened by the awesomeness of your ZR-1 with his more common Z06, so he needed to trash-talk yours to make him feel better. Plus, what the C5 crowd considers a "finished car" has to have all sorts of stick on blingy, shiny, "look at me", overcompensating type parts on it. They just don't appreciate the raw awesomeness of a clean C4 ZR-1 in its natural state. But your solution sure sounds like a lot more fun!! .

11-07-2009	#3
rhipsher Join Date: Aug 2008 Location: Houston, TX Posts: 2,314	Re: Work in progress my azz! Among car guys only the winner gets respect. And once in a while I like to win. The rest of the time the beast sleeps in the garage. Look I know my vette is not the fastest one on the road. But a c5 zo6 with headers and light weight flywheel can be beat by a 90 ZR-1 with top end porting and a Fidanza flywheel without headers. Because I proved it today. And with headers and a tune I'll just pull away further. I don't like hearing the c5 and c6 guys talking about the c4 Z like it's beginner's vette because we all know better. Last edited by rhipsher; 11-07-2009 at 04:06 PM.

11-07-2009	#5
Aurora40 Join Date: May 2005 Location: Leesburg, VA Posts: 2,704	Re: Work in progress my azz! At the "work in progress" comment, I probably just would have said "yeah, I need to cover the whole thing with plastic, then it should be done"... But kudos on dishing out the spanking.

11-07-2009	#6
LT5-Lee Join Date: Jan 2009 Location: Houston, Tx. Posts: 56	Re: Work in progress my azz! "...So I had one hand on my hat and the other on the steering wheel." AND I bet a huge sh*t eating grin to match! =D>

11-07-2009	#7
jonszr1 Join Date: Sep 2006 Location: lone pine and mammoth lakes Posts: 1,406	Re: Work in progress my azz! see buddy ,i told you , she would run good , wait til you get the headers, and then go to the strip . you guys have way better d.a. than i do . you could get into the very high 11s.with some drag radials and a good 60 ft . you can go to drag times a and find your da . i ck the da the day befor i go so i can somewhat have an idea what she will run . we are going to take betty to sacramento on wed eve where the da is around 100ft .had to put an alternator in her toady , your car rubbed off on mine