AaronSS
10-04-2008, 04:11 AM
I installed my Aeroforce gauge and my ADM Stage II tune, and after I tuned it I knew I had something special.
On the test run, I ran a sportbike from a very high roll and walked him. I'm pretty sure it was a 600, but I'm not sure if it was one of the lesser models because I didn't get a good look. I was too excited when I saw him fall into the red glare of my tail lights. He may have chickened out too as speeds climbed, but a win is a win. Note that I did run a piped 600 later in the night at the same speeds, and he walked me.
After that, I decided to go to a local meet for a "cruise" that turned into so much more. There were 20-30 F-bodies, Mustangs, Goats, Corvettes, and my little HHR. They wouldn't even let me in their line to pull out of the parking lot when we left. When everything opened up, we got well into triple digit speeds, and when we got to our destination, 2/3 of the cars were left behind.
"Who has that little purple thing."
"Me."
"Holy $h1t that little )#%U#$ is quick!"
There were a few grocery jokes, but I was even asked what size V8 it had under the hood. Everyone wanted details and to know how much work I had done to it, and everyone gave props.
Needless to say, on the way back the attitude was completely different.
Then, later in the night there were several callout runs between a stroker GTO and a heavily modified STI. Four cars followed; a C5 Corvette tuned for nitrous with an empty bottle, a 512 hp 6.0 GTO, a 5.7 GTO with a "small cam," and me.
We all went at once on a one way two lane with the perceived fastest cars in the front. I was in the back. Each run the faster cars moved to the front and the slower ones fell back. The STI and the stroker were the fastest always, but at the end I smoked both the cammed 5.7 GTO and the C5. The 6.0 was faster, but I got the jump on him until I shifted into third and he started pulling.
No one wanted to talk about the main race with the STI. They wanted to see under the hood of the HHR. In fact, they talked about it for an hour after I parked it for the night.
What a night!
Thanks ADM!
On the test run, I ran a sportbike from a very high roll and walked him. I'm pretty sure it was a 600, but I'm not sure if it was one of the lesser models because I didn't get a good look. I was too excited when I saw him fall into the red glare of my tail lights. He may have chickened out too as speeds climbed, but a win is a win. Note that I did run a piped 600 later in the night at the same speeds, and he walked me.
After that, I decided to go to a local meet for a "cruise" that turned into so much more. There were 20-30 F-bodies, Mustangs, Goats, Corvettes, and my little HHR. They wouldn't even let me in their line to pull out of the parking lot when we left. When everything opened up, we got well into triple digit speeds, and when we got to our destination, 2/3 of the cars were left behind.
"Who has that little purple thing."
"Me."
"Holy $h1t that little )#%U#$ is quick!"
There were a few grocery jokes, but I was even asked what size V8 it had under the hood. Everyone wanted details and to know how much work I had done to it, and everyone gave props.
Needless to say, on the way back the attitude was completely different.
Then, later in the night there were several callout runs between a stroker GTO and a heavily modified STI. Four cars followed; a C5 Corvette tuned for nitrous with an empty bottle, a 512 hp 6.0 GTO, a 5.7 GTO with a "small cam," and me.
We all went at once on a one way two lane with the perceived fastest cars in the front. I was in the back. Each run the faster cars moved to the front and the slower ones fell back. The STI and the stroker were the fastest always, but at the end I smoked both the cammed 5.7 GTO and the C5. The 6.0 was faster, but I got the jump on him until I shifted into third and he started pulling.
No one wanted to talk about the main race with the STI. They wanted to see under the hood of the HHR. In fact, they talked about it for an hour after I parked it for the night.
What a night!
Thanks ADM!