Okay so this morning was a little fun. around 6 am a G35 pulls next to me at the light. I tend to drive 1 and 2nd gear hard cuz if not my tranny starts to stutter (damn TL Tranny) so i take off as usual and notice he's actually trying to race me. I have no type of upgrades to my TL at all in fact I have been wanting to but havent been able to (kids). so after realizing he is punching it he is now ahead of me about a car or two. Considering there were no cars on the road and just he and i i figured what the hell. I punched it to catch up and hesitated to maintain his speed before punching it again when we were side by side. Dont know how its possible but i pulled 3/4 of a car before having to slow down for a light. Is this possible? Did he tune himself slow? Who does that?

 

Did he know you were racing?

 

lol I'm starting to realize you just like to play devils advocate. Maybe you should read it again. And to answer your question yes he was the one provoking the run.

 

^yes, but he must off took his foot off the skinny pedal.
as evident by you, as you were surprised and even asked the question "can some one possibly detune a car?"
he just let off the gas...

he won and didnt feel the need to go further.

unless he wasnt in the correct gear/powerband the 2nd time yall punched it

 

I admire your attempt to cancel the win. however when i let go of the gas and "hesitated" it was to allow us to be at the same speed before i punched it again. Also if he were with a stock exhaust it could be questionable but considering he had those loud as cans that started to rumble as i was creeping up it gave me the thumbs up he is running again. Anything else?

 

sure, take it as a win.
he wasnt in the correct powerband/gear at the hesitation...
he has the faster car, better gearing, better trans.

better believe some one who knows the powerband, will put a car length on you.
anything can happen on the street

 

Better G35 period. Like i said it it possible to detune. answer to that is yes. Im not saying he would want to do so purposely but people make mistakes in their upgrades.

Wait you want to debate that? Of coarse you do!

A little story of my teggy GS-R. I had finally purchased my Vtec controller which i had been dying to get my hands on for some time. In a rush to install and not really sure on how to tune i took it to a "reputable shop" or so i thought. Long story short as soon as i was about to hit Vtec the car would bog out. Why you ask? Beats the $h!t out of me i didnt tune it. Didnt know how. So since this happened all on a Friday i was lucky to have a teggy with No powerband at all for the weekend. Possible difference between me and the G35 i didnt try racing everything that had wheels next to me since i know my car wasnt running right<~~~ what i would call detune in this case. I know the G35 is a faster car especially the coupe. Just not that one or for that matter at this time.

maybe a crappy clutch, maybe the 18's, maybe engine misfire maybe he shouldnt have ran

 

G35 sedans are quicker than coupes!

 

Was he 5AT? If so, it's not too far-fetched. 20 more horsepower on the G35, roughly the same weight. I'd still expect the G to edge you out, but shit happens. If he was 6MT, he should have pulled fairly easily, unless he was in the wrong gear or just a bad manual driver.

 

Anything can happen on the street. Just chalk it up to a win for the TL and a loss for that specific G on that night. Good run man

 

G35 came with two different motors. One was a pos, then they got better and better.

 

Definitely a 6MT. Like i said if it weren't for the exhaust i probably would have not really known if he was trying to run or if it were an auto but that exhaust gave it all away. I definitely know i should have taken an L and thats why i mention detuned. But hey inch or a mile wining is winning right lol. I was quite happy with my stocky this morning.

 

hahaha...this reminds me of 2004~2007 or so, so much. LOL, you called the exhausts on the G were loud can. It was and still is known for its nice exotic tone. There are couple of after market sets are louder than OEM but still nice. I don't want to add more fuel to the fire, but it doesn't require 5K rpm to hear the G's exhausts.

 

No fire for you to add fuel too. No worries. Maybe i explained it wrong or just not coming across right. Ill take the blame for that. But to just say i raced a G35 and beat him how did that happen would have sounded a little boring. Its funny this morning when i hit that light again i thought to myself if only he pulled up to me at the light so i can make it official for you guys lol

I was just throwing the W out the for my fellow Honda heads.

 

This made me laugh, I applaud your attempt to have a win. But anyone that knows cars also knows this didn't happen.

 

^ enlighten us?

 

Lol, why do some people continue to think G's are some big bad race car?

 

Lmao. You were right there the whole time you would know

Here is an old funny story of me at the track beating a built up corvette.....

I was at the track waiting in line for my chance to run my teggy. at the time there was a corvette to my right which had a really hot blonde in the passenger seat. As i was checking her out her man was in between our cars (in my blind spot) and happened to walk up to the windows leaned down an caught us checking each other out. I quickly turned my head as i was in the wrong and not looking to start problems. (just being a boy and checking out a hot girl). So now i as we are approaching our turn to run our cars im praying they dont line me up with this corvette as i know even if he was stock he would whip my ass. Sure enough the guy tells the coordinator to line us up and here we go.(im thinking this loss is going to be embarrassing). We launch and he takes off the way i knew he would and jumps about three car lengths before i can enough drop second. Next thing you know i see a flash of light ahead and the corvette is no longer leaving me, im gaining on him! Now im praying i can just make it to the end before he does. Time 14.1 teggy 14.2 Corvette. I barely beat him as he rolled in.

My question to you Brock. Is that a loss because i was supposed to lose? was it a loss because if he were running 100% i would lose?
Or is it a win because at the end of the day my slip says winner at the bottom?

Ive won plenty of races back in the day with my integra that i prob shouldnt have won and vise versa lost races i should have won.

lol

 

 

forgive teggy, as he's from Floriduh

 

Well if your Teggy had an illest sticker, that would explain its Vette stomping abilities.

 

Live in Floriduh not from Floriduh