12-15-2005, 12:30 AM
In my current camaro I tagged just over 150 on the power tour this year running with a group in Alabama early in the morning. It was a green 96 vette, black 98 vette, an Lt1 firebird, a 67 stang (he droped off at 135 though) and the sickest in the group was a built to hell 408ci LS1 C5 silver vette Which I found out later put down 452hp at the wheels.
We took off into this huge gap in traffic (nobody in front of us for as far as we could see). Around 140mph the green 96 C4 vette, stock black C5 vette and I way out ahead and had just started to let off and slow. Then damn guy in the built silver vette who hung way back when everyone else took off caught up fast. The 96 vette saw him and gave him the open lane on the left and this guy in the silver vette slowed down to our speed Then got back into it. I also got back in the throttle but that silver vette drove away from me with ease and even worse as he did he waved byebye!!! After that I let off and coasted and I've barley broken 100mph since then. When I did it it felt like nothing but afterwards I remember how light the front end felt and how twitchy it felt when I got back in it at 140mph. Scary stuff but when it was happeneing it was all adrenaline.
Also what was really crazy was later on I at the next stop I ran into that sick Vette and he said he caught up to us cruising around 160 then slowed to our speed. when he waved byebye he said he stayed in it until he cracked a little over 180 and with the way he dissapeared I believe it.
We took off into this huge gap in traffic (nobody in front of us for as far as we could see). Around 140mph the green 96 C4 vette, stock black C5 vette and I way out ahead and had just started to let off and slow. Then damn guy in the built silver vette who hung way back when everyone else took off caught up fast. The 96 vette saw him and gave him the open lane on the left and this guy in the silver vette slowed down to our speed Then got back into it. I also got back in the throttle but that silver vette drove away from me with ease and even worse as he did he waved byebye!!! After that I let off and coasted and I've barley broken 100mph since then. When I did it it felt like nothing but afterwards I remember how light the front end felt and how twitchy it felt when I got back in it at 140mph. Scary stuff but when it was happeneing it was all adrenaline.
Also what was really crazy was later on I at the next stop I ran into that sick Vette and he said he caught up to us cruising around 160 then slowed to our speed. when he waved byebye he said he stayed in it until he cracked a little over 180 and with the way he dissapeared I believe it.
-- John --
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1:1.. 01 Z28 Camaro A4 Sure.. its stock.
1:8's.. K3, Inferno GT, and a straight line beater car
1:18.. RC18t Mamba and 3s lipo