I couldnt help it. Nice race though.
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I couldnt help it. Nice race though.
Ok guys Im not in to racing at all but when this hotshot Dodge next to me at a light I said Oh what the heck. He wanted it an let me know it an off he went. He beat me unfortuantly but I wasnt really trying. Oh my ego was crashed for a second but I forgot about it. Now there was no traffic in sight so it was safe to race. But its really a stupid idea for safety purposes. Who says racing doesnt go on withthese trucks. I think it goes on all the time. So have you guys ever been guilty off this? Or am I the only one?
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From: Damon (South East Texas)
About a year ago, a Dodge Hemi 4 Door 2wd raced me from a light to where the road narrowed to one lane. Neck and neck from the start. He was beside me at the merge and I let out to keep him from running off the road. My wife and in-laws were with me and I didn't want to cause an accident. Probably would have been "no contest" with my chip on the "race" setting.
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I sure hope my truck will beat a hemi once the DP tuner is installed, I'm always teasing my son in law about his dodge and the only thing he has on me is he can take me in a race! I mean come on, it's dodge, what else could he have on me? 
Everything else fails miserably in comparison. You'd think I'd be the grown up, I just can't seem to pull it off, sometimes it's too much fun being immature
Anyhow, like it or not, racing is in man's nature. I mean, people race frickin lawnmowers and Golf carts.
Everything else fails miserably in comparison. You'd think I'd be the grown up, I just can't seem to pull it off, sometimes it's too much fun being immature Anyhow, like it or not, racing is in man's nature. I mean, people race frickin lawnmowers and Golf carts.
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From: Cut & Shoot, Texas
I spanked a Hemi bad on the freeway last summer. It wasn't even a contest, I spanked him good and he knew it. There is a thread about it here somewhere. Since then I have sworn off speed contests due to the safety factor. I know my truck will eat a Hemi so there's really no sense to it now.
EDIT: Here's the thread.
https://www.ford-trucks.com/forums/6...ght=dodge+hemi
EDIT: Here's the thread.
https://www.ford-trucks.com/forums/6...ght=dodge+hemi
Last edited by Texas Outlaw; Jan 9, 2008 at 09:38 AM.
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I raced a V10 last summer and it wasn't even close......unfortunately I didn't slow down much after the race was already won. Motorcycle cop nailed me 
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I know its bad to say but I race my truck all the time aroudn here I live in a small town down in south Ga and there are alot of open rd's and not alot of people. I was pulling out of my brother subdivsion the other day pulling my 5x8 trailer and this mustand was coming from the other way. I pulled out just going normal and I seen him starting to get on it he had his girl with so I pushed on the 7.3 just alittle then he realized the f350 wanted some so stayed in I went ahead and pushed it on down and just walked away from the mustang on up to well over 110 he knew he had lost so he backed off with is pride hurt no doubt. We pulled up and the next redlight he just looked up at me and gave me a wave then he turned .....he was in a 2000 or so GT with that slow 4.6 .......I dont race alot but I get in alot of me pulling away from people. The only thing i have on my truck is the superchip microtuner
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I'm not much of a racer (i'm not really interested in the ticket!) but I do like to mess with the ricers and get them all riled up in hopes they'l scoot on down the road and find themsleves a smokey.
It surprises me how often people just assume these trucks are slow. I guess that old mentality big=slow. I pull a trailer a lot in the summertime and I always get these little tweakers in Jeeps and stuff assume I am moving slow and try to pull past me. I always pass them on the uphills, and once we hit the peak man here they come, flying down the passes at 99MPH trying to catch up with me. Usually they do, wheels wobbling and body parts shuddering in the wind...at least until the next hill, and I pass 'em up again.
It surprises me how often people just assume these trucks are slow. I guess that old mentality big=slow. I pull a trailer a lot in the summertime and I always get these little tweakers in Jeeps and stuff assume I am moving slow and try to pull past me. I always pass them on the uphills, and once we hit the peak man here they come, flying down the passes at 99MPH trying to catch up with me. Usually they do, wheels wobbling and body parts shuddering in the wind...at least until the next hill, and I pass 'em up again.
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oh yeah pulling the trailer that fast was stupid no doubt ..........talk about a rice burner getting pulled over I was in my wifes corrola when one passed by so I jumped on it her car is so slow but the burn just had a pipe that was all i think anyways we passed a cop I said dang he got me so I slowed down and got in the right lane he flew past me dn pulled over the car with the pipes I thought it was funny at the time
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Anyone used to pulling a trailor knows that you can lose control of one quickly...and at that rate of speed I don't think there would be any hope of recovery, things would deteriorate in the blink of an eye. Be careful out there.
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Originally Posted by Kwikkordead
Has anyone raced a turbocharged GAS engine and won?
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