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Old 03-24-2003 | 09:35 AM
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Zo6'd

I was sitting at a red light Sunday afteroon and a red 03 zo6 pulled alongside. The driver was in his mid-forties and gave me a little rev; I nodded and when the light turned we hit it. I lit up the tires pretty strong and so did he. I had about half a link on him thru
2nd but he caught me and put a full length on me by 90. We both pulled into to a McDonalds and he said "That's some quick truck."
Nice guy, I just wish I could try him with my slicks on!
 
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Old 03-24-2003 | 09:37 AM
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Re: Zo6'd

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Nice guy, I just wish I could try him with my slicks on!
He prolly said the same thing
 
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Old 03-24-2003 | 09:47 AM
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Re: Zo6'd

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The driver was in his mid-forties and gave me a little rev;
You gota watch those old guys
 
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Old 03-24-2003 | 09:53 AM
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Fast Gator,

I'm fifty-eight!!
 
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Old 03-24-2003 | 09:56 AM
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Re: Zo6'd

Originally posted by tom vandiver
"That's some quick truck."


nice!


well I'm fixin I gots to head down to the john, see yall later. HEHEHEHE, sorry its just funny.
 
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Old 03-24-2003 | 10:07 AM
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Originally posted by tom vandiver
Fast Gator,

I'm fifty-eight!!
and I thought gator was old!!!
 
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Old 03-24-2003 | 11:02 AM
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Hey Tom,

Just out of curiosity, is your truck stock? I've never raced a Z06 yet...
 
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Old 03-24-2003 | 12:05 PM
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yeah I'm curious what *performance* enhancement you have too.

WOT
 
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Old 03-24-2003 | 01:02 PM
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mods

I have a '99L with 65000 miles on it with the following mods:
AirRaid intake, 90mm maf, boost dump bypass, sgl program superchip, 4# lower, JDM full exhaust, ft./vb, 4.10 gears and Trucktraks.
 
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Old 03-24-2003 | 01:53 PM
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Thanks for the info.

Since you did'nt hook too good do you think 4.10s or 3.73s would have been better in that situation?

WOT
 
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Old 03-24-2003 | 02:51 PM
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reminds me of the time i raced a z06. I asked wha tit was and he said with a smurk " just a piece of junk corvette". So we raced and when he pulled next to me at the gas station afterwards I said and "this is just a truck"
 
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Old 03-24-2003 | 04:02 PM
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The 4.10's are a definite problem hooking up with F1's. I don't street race very often though and the 4.10's hook well with my Hoosier 28x10x16 slicks. The truck pulls really hard with 4.10's and from 50mph it is a bear.
 
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Old 03-24-2003 | 04:29 PM
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Nice race!!! Yeah F-1's and 4.10's don't mix very well. However Nitto's 555R's are a different story!
 
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Old 03-24-2003 | 06:06 PM
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Those Z06's are sure fun to race

There are a few at my track 2 of them I smoke all the time, but there is one guy who knows how to drive his. Him and I take turn winning, it all depends who gets the best launch.

HEHE I have a few surprises for him this year, I can't wait to see the look on his face when I smoke him. LOL

 



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