A few stories from the past, when I was only running 7.8# of boost on a S-trim, same 383:
2006: First was on the highway. I saw this medium-dark, metallic red Vette approaching in the fast lane. It gets next to me and I give it a little rumbley rev. Two young guys, like 21, 22. Looks like the B&B exhaust system on it. The passenger smirks at me, cuz my car is primer and dirty and doesn't look like much. We have to clear some traffic to have any kind of a run.
A couple miles later, we finally hit a 1/2 mile stretch with no traffic in our lanes. I manually downshift my auto and he can hear it and goes. Immediately started pulling him solid, then back off as we approach traffic. Next time I let the transmission downshift by itself, and the Vortech gets on the boost faster and really yanks him hard - maybe 3 cars by 100-110. He drops way back, but my exit is coming up so he catches up and the driver gives a little thumbs up. The passenger won't look at me, but he's not smirking anymore. Good thing it ended there, because I was still having problems with my fuel cell (pickup was clocked UPWARDS - had to go in and take off the top plate and fix it, with 5 gallons of gas in it!) and it started sputtering until I got some more gas and made it home.
2005: I took the sleeper 4DR out yesterday after a little checkover. I've been busy tuning the new 72# injectors slowly over the last couple months - slowly mostly due to rain rain rain.
Anyway, got out on 280 North and did a couple short pulls to datalog. I've been trying to pull some more MPG out of her during cruise, playing with AFRs around 15.5. All of a sudden this M3 comes tearing up in the hi-speed lane, and a silver S55 barrels up in the lo speed lane (4 lanes here). We hit traffic, with a couple idiot Tahoes in the hi-speed lane doing like 68mph. I'm just watching these 2 German cars so far - they don't know I'm a player yet. Nice thing was the S55 was driven by a beautiful blonde, maybe 30. M3 has the stylish dude and his girlfriend in designer glasses. It still had paper plates on it, but it had an exhaust and a Dinan logo on it, so it wasn't bone stock. Steve Dinan puts out some hefty cars and mods. Sounded nice. Had the big 19" rims on it.
We finally clear traffic and the M3 and S55 go again in lanes 1 & 3. I tuck in behind the M3 and wait for a break in either lane 2 or 4. Finally I clear the last Tahoe and pickup, and roll hard on it to catch them. The M3 is pulling the S55 pretty good - like 4 cars at 120. I swing out into the hi-speed lane and hammer it and walk by the M3 in 3rd, then it shifts to 4th and I keep the pedal down and just walk him to maybe 140. More traffic. The S55 gives up and slows down.
The M3 seems to think I did a ricer or something because he wants a direct lineup and pull. We go another mile, mellow cruise through traffic, I'm ahead, then a BIG clear spot (maybe a mile) and I slow down to maybe 55 - he and girlfriend pull up and give thumbs up, then he jumps. I was ready, let the 4L80E downshift and just passed and ran by him and 3 buslengths, shift to 4th, I see his nose drop as he lets off, I'm around 145, he's maybe 130 and I'm like 8 buslengths in front. He flashes his lights, I give them a wave and get off to turn around at Woodside.
Fun but not a real challenge. There's a Viper around with a Roe Racing blower (Eaton) and nitrous. I think I can take him from a roll with the blower only - he'd kill me from a dig with his 335 sticky Kumhos and he'd kill me from a roll with the nitrous on. That is until I hook mine up, then it might be a contest! Up until maybe 140 or so then his aerodynamics would help squash my barndoor like a bug.
A couple days later, I'm on the Xpressway, and a new Vette convertible pulls up and yells "Oh, you're a bad boy, I can tell you have something in there..." in sort of a teasing tone, but friendly. He's got the top down and some tunes on. He had an aftermarket exhaust but I didn't recognize it. 4 big oval, chrome tips and a nice sound.
We also had traffic for like 3 miles. Finally the Xway opens to 4 lanes each way and we had a 1/2 mile stretch, from like 35. As soon as I checked the cross street for THE MAN, we punched it and mine downshifted to 2nd, chirped and hooked and pulled him about 2 cars easy before we had to shut down for a red light. He pulled up and said "Man, I knew you had something but I didn't think you'd walk me like that!" I told him he had a beautiful car (it was like a Royal Blue), and that I was out tuning with the laptop. He said maybe we'd run into each other again. I gave him the thumbs up and made my U-turn for a datalog run and went home.
I'm waiting to run across the new Z06, but now my car has new 75# injectors and I'm on about tune revision number 50, and it's running great. And I haven't even hooked up either stage of nitrous yet!
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Interior is stock except for 2 gauges next to the radio, and a laptop I use to tune the transmission, engine, wideband and nitrous controllers (i usually drive with it put away. All the wiring is up behind the glovebox:
After I buttoned it up (glovebox works like normal):
The kick panel from where the OEM computer was is missing in that picture - that's my J&S knock controller there now and the kick panel is back in place. Radio is buttoned back up too.
Jim
2006: First was on the highway. I saw this medium-dark, metallic red Vette approaching in the fast lane. It gets next to me and I give it a little rumbley rev. Two young guys, like 21, 22. Looks like the B&B exhaust system on it. The passenger smirks at me, cuz my car is primer and dirty and doesn't look like much. We have to clear some traffic to have any kind of a run.
A couple miles later, we finally hit a 1/2 mile stretch with no traffic in our lanes. I manually downshift my auto and he can hear it and goes. Immediately started pulling him solid, then back off as we approach traffic. Next time I let the transmission downshift by itself, and the Vortech gets on the boost faster and really yanks him hard - maybe 3 cars by 100-110. He drops way back, but my exit is coming up so he catches up and the driver gives a little thumbs up. The passenger won't look at me, but he's not smirking anymore. Good thing it ended there, because I was still having problems with my fuel cell (pickup was clocked UPWARDS - had to go in and take off the top plate and fix it, with 5 gallons of gas in it!) and it started sputtering until I got some more gas and made it home.
2005: I took the sleeper 4DR out yesterday after a little checkover. I've been busy tuning the new 72# injectors slowly over the last couple months - slowly mostly due to rain rain rain.
Anyway, got out on 280 North and did a couple short pulls to datalog. I've been trying to pull some more MPG out of her during cruise, playing with AFRs around 15.5. All of a sudden this M3 comes tearing up in the hi-speed lane, and a silver S55 barrels up in the lo speed lane (4 lanes here). We hit traffic, with a couple idiot Tahoes in the hi-speed lane doing like 68mph. I'm just watching these 2 German cars so far - they don't know I'm a player yet. Nice thing was the S55 was driven by a beautiful blonde, maybe 30. M3 has the stylish dude and his girlfriend in designer glasses. It still had paper plates on it, but it had an exhaust and a Dinan logo on it, so it wasn't bone stock. Steve Dinan puts out some hefty cars and mods. Sounded nice. Had the big 19" rims on it.
We finally clear traffic and the M3 and S55 go again in lanes 1 & 3. I tuck in behind the M3 and wait for a break in either lane 2 or 4. Finally I clear the last Tahoe and pickup, and roll hard on it to catch them. The M3 is pulling the S55 pretty good - like 4 cars at 120. I swing out into the hi-speed lane and hammer it and walk by the M3 in 3rd, then it shifts to 4th and I keep the pedal down and just walk him to maybe 140. More traffic. The S55 gives up and slows down.
The M3 seems to think I did a ricer or something because he wants a direct lineup and pull. We go another mile, mellow cruise through traffic, I'm ahead, then a BIG clear spot (maybe a mile) and I slow down to maybe 55 - he and girlfriend pull up and give thumbs up, then he jumps. I was ready, let the 4L80E downshift and just passed and ran by him and 3 buslengths, shift to 4th, I see his nose drop as he lets off, I'm around 145, he's maybe 130 and I'm like 8 buslengths in front. He flashes his lights, I give them a wave and get off to turn around at Woodside.
Fun but not a real challenge. There's a Viper around with a Roe Racing blower (Eaton) and nitrous. I think I can take him from a roll with the blower only - he'd kill me from a dig with his 335 sticky Kumhos and he'd kill me from a roll with the nitrous on. That is until I hook mine up, then it might be a contest! Up until maybe 140 or so then his aerodynamics would help squash my barndoor like a bug.
A couple days later, I'm on the Xpressway, and a new Vette convertible pulls up and yells "Oh, you're a bad boy, I can tell you have something in there..." in sort of a teasing tone, but friendly. He's got the top down and some tunes on. He had an aftermarket exhaust but I didn't recognize it. 4 big oval, chrome tips and a nice sound.
We also had traffic for like 3 miles. Finally the Xway opens to 4 lanes each way and we had a 1/2 mile stretch, from like 35. As soon as I checked the cross street for THE MAN, we punched it and mine downshifted to 2nd, chirped and hooked and pulled him about 2 cars easy before we had to shut down for a red light. He pulled up and said "Man, I knew you had something but I didn't think you'd walk me like that!" I told him he had a beautiful car (it was like a Royal Blue), and that I was out tuning with the laptop. He said maybe we'd run into each other again. I gave him the thumbs up and made my U-turn for a datalog run and went home.
I'm waiting to run across the new Z06, but now my car has new 75# injectors and I'm on about tune revision number 50, and it's running great. And I haven't even hooked up either stage of nitrous yet!
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Interior is stock except for 2 gauges next to the radio, and a laptop I use to tune the transmission, engine, wideband and nitrous controllers (i usually drive with it put away. All the wiring is up behind the glovebox:
After I buttoned it up (glovebox works like normal):
The kick panel from where the OEM computer was is missing in that picture - that's my J&S knock controller there now and the kick panel is back in place. Radio is buttoned back up too.
Jim
