[Shotimes] Another silly race story

[Bruce Malachuk]

Plus from a dead stop unless he was launching from a fairly decent RPM, he'd
not be getting the full benifit of having a turbo. At least not right off
the bat. Without the turbo giving him the extra ponies, I think those
engines are were putting out about 110-130 hp till the turbo is brought into
play. Then I think they have decent HP. The other thing is that the GS-T
might be the All Wheel Drive eclipse, and if so I have seen a few friends
that have bogged them at a green light.

Bruce
94 Opal Frost MTX

----- Original Message -----
From: "David P" <jpotter8@bellsouth.net>
To: "Shotimes" <shotimes@autox.team.net>
Sent: Monday, February 03, 2003 3:51 PM
Subject: Re: [Shotimes] Another silly race story


> Low 15's car. You gained on him when he had to shift into second, but he
got
> back into his power spot as you were finishing off second gear. You'd have
> started pulling on him again as soon as he had to hit fourth while you
were
> still in third, although the ground he gained in second was considerable,
> and makes me think he was running a little extra boost.
>
>
> David P
>
> 95MTX
>
>
>
> ~
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Christian Kesselring" <ckesselring@sisna.com>
> To: "Shotimes" <shotimes@autox.team.net>
> Sent: Monday, February 03, 2003 14:54
> Subject: [Shotimes] Another silly race story
>
>
> > On Friday, on my way home from work, I encountered a guy in an Eclipse
> GS-T
> > who rolled up next to me at a light.  Of course, the light took forever
to
> > turn, and we spent it checking out each other's cars.  His was lowered,
> nice
> > wheels, and he had a few huge gauges on the side of his dash.  Also, a
> real
> > (I HAVE seen fake ones) fire extinguisher on the passenger side A
pillar.
> > On green, we both took off.  It was almost dead even through first gear,
> and
> > halfway through second I had a 3/4 car length on him and pulling when
the
> > Eclipse jumped and started gaining fast.  At the top of second, he was
> > creeping past me.  We had traffic ahead, so we both shut it down.  I was
> > surprised at his burst of acceleration at the end, maybe it was nitrous,
> or
> > just a sweet spot for the turbo?  It was a nice car, though, and a good
> > race.
> >
> > Christian Kesselring
> > '92 SHO 120k
> > '02 PT Cruiser 15k
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