I heard a couple cars running somewhere near my house so I went for a drive to find them. They were at a popular street racing hangout that's just out of town with no houses for nearly a mile in any direction.
When I pulled up the two cars that were racing drove by in the other direction (they were done racing). There was a late 80's Iroc Camaro racing an H22 equipped Prelude. The 'lude had the stock front wheels with no caps and 17's on the back. They didn't stop so I turned around and followed them. I was after the Camaro but the 'lude wanted to play (imagine that). So he pulled up beside me and I didn't bother to downshift out of 4th (didn't figure I'd need it) and he floored it and his car launched forward and slowly pulled away :stickpoke: So he slows back down and I roll up next to him in 3rd this time at about 3k revs. We go and I slowly walk away from him to redline. We stop at the local Sonic and talk a while. He heard my BOV so I told him I had a 2.3 Turbo. He said his mods were a pro ported head, header, full exhaust, cold air, new intake, and a 75 shot that he only uses at the track. Said he ran a 13:1 at Heartland Park last summer while spraying. Says he built the motor for a turbo so it's 8:1 compression. At this time I get a bit suspicious (most imports normally still run at least 9:1 with boost :headscratch: ).
So we decide to run from a dead stop. We head back out to where he was racing before and line up. At the drop of the hands I get a pretty good launch (as good as it can be on my 215-60-14" winter wheels
) and get about a car length on him. I slowly pull away from him the rest of the run to 100mph. Ended up getting about 4 car lengths on him. He hits the brakes hard and stops way before me (I coasted out there a bit). He flies back to the start and says he wants to go again....said he got a bad launch. So we line up again. At the drop of the hands he jumps out there about 2 car lengths while I spin through first and second (I got bit by the bad launch bug this time and he got a killer launch somehow :headscratch: ). Then he managed to very slowly pull away from me until I shifted to 4th at which time I started pulling back on him until we reached the finish line. He ends up beating me by about 2 car lengths. :nuts:
I went back and looked at my blackmarks. On the first race I left about 10' of rubber in first and about 4 in second. Round two I left about 40' of rubber on the ground (and one was way darker than the other). Obviously my second launch was no good.
So I ask him if he was spraying and he claims he wasn't. He was sure as hell pulling alot harder the second time around though :headscratch: I was also suspicious since he returned to the start line so fast after getting beat. I think he may have turned on the spray before the second run. :nuts:
Now here is what doesn't make sense.
1) If it's 8:1 then how the hell does it run so strong n/a? I think he was BS'ing about that...it's probably 10:1 like stock.
2) Why was he so much stronger the second time? I think he was spraying.
3) Why is his air filter clear down by his front tire? Right before the race he got out and pulled a cover off of it from outside the car...Maybe that's how Prelude cold air kits are made...I don't know?
Either way, we called it a draw and decide to meet up again at a later date.
I was running 19.5psi and trap 98mph at this boost level according to the Gtech. How could he possibly run better than this n/a with 8:1 compression?
I guess I better turn it up a few psi before I run him again
This all took place at the track...I don't condone street racing
Stinger
When I pulled up the two cars that were racing drove by in the other direction (they were done racing). There was a late 80's Iroc Camaro racing an H22 equipped Prelude. The 'lude had the stock front wheels with no caps and 17's on the back. They didn't stop so I turned around and followed them. I was after the Camaro but the 'lude wanted to play (imagine that). So he pulled up beside me and I didn't bother to downshift out of 4th (didn't figure I'd need it) and he floored it and his car launched forward and slowly pulled away :stickpoke: So he slows back down and I roll up next to him in 3rd this time at about 3k revs. We go and I slowly walk away from him to redline. We stop at the local Sonic and talk a while. He heard my BOV so I told him I had a 2.3 Turbo. He said his mods were a pro ported head, header, full exhaust, cold air, new intake, and a 75 shot that he only uses at the track. Said he ran a 13:1 at Heartland Park last summer while spraying. Says he built the motor for a turbo so it's 8:1 compression. At this time I get a bit suspicious (most imports normally still run at least 9:1 with boost :headscratch: ).
So we decide to run from a dead stop. We head back out to where he was racing before and line up. At the drop of the hands I get a pretty good launch (as good as it can be on my 215-60-14" winter wheels
) and get about a car length on him. I slowly pull away from him the rest of the run to 100mph. Ended up getting about 4 car lengths on him. He hits the brakes hard and stops way before me (I coasted out there a bit). He flies back to the start and says he wants to go again....said he got a bad launch. So we line up again. At the drop of the hands he jumps out there about 2 car lengths while I spin through first and second (I got bit by the bad launch bug this time and he got a killer launch somehow :headscratch: ). Then he managed to very slowly pull away from me until I shifted to 4th at which time I started pulling back on him until we reached the finish line. He ends up beating me by about 2 car lengths. :nuts: I went back and looked at my blackmarks. On the first race I left about 10' of rubber in first and about 4 in second. Round two I left about 40' of rubber on the ground (and one was way darker than the other). Obviously my second launch was no good.
So I ask him if he was spraying and he claims he wasn't. He was sure as hell pulling alot harder the second time around though :headscratch: I was also suspicious since he returned to the start line so fast after getting beat. I think he may have turned on the spray before the second run. :nuts:
Now here is what doesn't make sense.
1) If it's 8:1 then how the hell does it run so strong n/a? I think he was BS'ing about that...it's probably 10:1 like stock.
2) Why was he so much stronger the second time? I think he was spraying.
3) Why is his air filter clear down by his front tire? Right before the race he got out and pulled a cover off of it from outside the car...Maybe that's how Prelude cold air kits are made...I don't know?
Either way, we called it a draw and decide to meet up again at a later date.
I was running 19.5psi and trap 98mph at this boost level according to the Gtech. How could he possibly run better than this n/a with 8:1 compression?
I guess I better turn it up a few psi before I run him again
This all took place at the track...I don't condone street racing
Stinger
? or just plain dumb? 
anyways, good kill, slap some real rubber on that stang and eat him for dinner!
Bypass is generally better than blow-off anyhow (engine runs smoother, harder to stall..) on a street car. 
