Beat by a Ferrari

[jwrandall]

I went out for a little cruise just to enjoy the beautiful weather today. I'm just rollin down I-77 and glance in the rearview and about poo my pants. On my 6 rides a red 348s. Piloting this exotic is a middle-aged gentleman in his $300 aviator sunglasses.
We make our way through traffic and he glides up along side. I am waiting in anticipation for him to jump...but he doesn't. After a few seconds I figure this isn't gonna happen. Just when I finish that thought he nails it, catching me off guard. I finally downshift and hammer 3rd, after he jumps out about 2 cars, and stop his pull. I start to reel him in at the top of 3rd and shift to fourth but we have to shut down due to traffic. I exited about a mile later. We exchanged waves and went about our way.
I have only had my T/A for a month and I already have a race with an exotic. I must be the luckiest dude ever! With that said, I need more mod money!

oh yeah mods: free mods, ported MAF, lid, slp loudmouth II, pro 5.0 shifter

[mrr23]

at least it was a good death.

[ss~zoso~ss]

i wouldnt even consider it a race, so dont worry about loosing, he obviously jumped be4 you even knew you were racing

would have been closer if you honked 3 times etc...

whats the specs on that ferrai

[jwrandall]

I've looked for specs on the ferrari, I can't find too much info. I remember seeing low 13's estimated times. Don't know what year the one I raced was or if it had any mods. He lives up this way so i'll see him again...

[Gonad]

My friend's GF's dad has an 430 spyder, I'm tryin to get him to race
me, and yes I'm sure I'll lose, I just wanna see how bad.

[Street Lethal]

Sweet Death.

[Devylyst]

Heres the specs on a 93 348 Ts

http://www.fast-autos.net/ferrari/ferrari348ts.html

[ttadriver]

I believe the 348 had high 13s low 14 sec quarter mile times. Any appropriately running LS1 should take it.


1989 Anniv turbo ta hardtop
1997 Viper GTS B/W
2004 Evolution

[MikeSomething]

Wow!, $100K!!! Sheesh!! I'll stick to my LS1... Think about getting headers and other bolt-ons man. One of the most noticable changes believe it or not was when I got a Power Programmer.

[jwrandall]

headers and maybe 4.10s are next. He got a good jump on me but I was reeling him in quick before we had to shut down. I never even got above 100 before the traffic.

[MikeSomething]

headers and maybe 4.10s are next. He got a good jump on me but I was reeling him in quick before we had to shut down. I never even got above 100 before the traffic.

If this is a street/daily driver kinda car you're racing around I would go for 3.73's... They seem to be more street friendly than 4.10's. Just my opinion tho.

[sk8runeg]

4.10's are the devil...

Nice race tho

[toneloc60]

what speed were you at when you nailed it? I'm just thinking, if you had to shut down before you hit 100, you were on it for a very short time. If you're at or under 65 mph, downshift to 2nd. That is if you have an M6. You'll pull a hell of a lot faster.

[jwrandall]

I was at or a little above 70, I was only in it for a few seconds. I shifted from 6th to 3rd. I was wanting him to slow down a bit not only to give us more room to work with but to also put me in a better spot for a downshift to 2nd.

[toneloc60]

gotcha.

I wouldn't exactly consider it a loss. But, whatever. Sounds like a fun run.

[third_shift|studios]

that's just cool that the dude finally hit the gas. old rich folk normally aren't ones to race. I'm with WIW, i don't think it was a race, too short

[Quicksilver]

Nice run

[jimbo98z]

I had a similar experience with a 360 Spyder not to long ago. The guy punched it next to me and got a few lengths, but once I got down a few gears we were pulling pretty evenly. Very sweet sounding vehicle.