qbnkiller
Conflaguration Specialist
I left the hotel this morning around 9:00. I got on the highway and headed for home. I hit I-96 westbound and continued my 60-65MPH speeds...until about WIXOM.
Around there, I see in my rear-view mirror a nice blue Corvette. It has a slit in the hood, and I watched eagerly as it approached on my left. As he got closer, I started to match his pace a little more (70-75). I was admiring his car...a new ZR-1. The side slits..the exhaust..the lines were very nice! I let him get ahead a little more to verify its a ZR-1 and notice his plates 'PENSKE'. I come up even with him again and I keep looking the car over. I see the driver (an older guy) look at me, fiddle with the steering wheel for a sec, and he hits it hard. Just as I realized what he did, I nail it. It took about a little more than a second to hit 24# of boost (I still had the race tune loaded). He enjoyed his head start for about another second before I started to pull past him up to about 130MPH where I let out. By then, he was deep in my rear-view. I tap the brakes, coast back down to 75, and he pulls up close. He gives me two thumbs up, waves, I wave back, thanking him for the chance. I slow my pace back down to 65, and he eases ahead of me into my lane.
It took about 10 minutes for the butterflies to cease. I stopped in Brighton, refueled, and got a cup of coffee to settle back down.
I wonder why my fuel economy is so bad in this thing?
Around there, I see in my rear-view mirror a nice blue Corvette. It has a slit in the hood, and I watched eagerly as it approached on my left. As he got closer, I started to match his pace a little more (70-75). I was admiring his car...a new ZR-1. The side slits..the exhaust..the lines were very nice! I let him get ahead a little more to verify its a ZR-1 and notice his plates 'PENSKE'. I come up even with him again and I keep looking the car over. I see the driver (an older guy) look at me, fiddle with the steering wheel for a sec, and he hits it hard. Just as I realized what he did, I nail it. It took about a little more than a second to hit 24# of boost (I still had the race tune loaded). He enjoyed his head start for about another second before I started to pull past him up to about 130MPH where I let out. By then, he was deep in my rear-view. I tap the brakes, coast back down to 75, and he pulls up close. He gives me two thumbs up, waves, I wave back, thanking him for the chance. I slow my pace back down to 65, and he eases ahead of me into my lane.
It took about 10 minutes for the butterflies to cease. I stopped in Brighton, refueled, and got a cup of coffee to settle back down.
I wonder why my fuel economy is so bad in this thing?
lug wires (visually good, all attached), vaccum lines, air intake plumbing, removed MSD from the picture. I did eventually make it home, but the last mile was interesting due to being off the highway and having the battery in my laptop go dead. It got slower and slower mph wise to keep from leaning out. People stuck behind me were none to thrilled.
