I "raced" a truck last night... - The 1947 - Present Chevrolet & GMC Truck Message Board Network

1974StepSide · 09-25-2003, 12:49 PM

Sorry about the long story.

So I'll setup the scenario first. I'm with my girlfriend at about 7:30pm, and we're leaving a restaurant. We get to a stoplight and she's like there's a big red spider right behind you! So I turn around and start freaking out, and I'm trying to find something to kill it with. I grab my "Club" and try stabbing at it against my seat, so I don't know If I get it or not...

So the light turns green and I'm still wondering if I killed the spider, when I hear someone rev up at me. I look over and see a 73-80 stlye Fleetside at the light waiting to make a left. So I slow down to let him catch up.

So at the next light I'm going to make a left, he gets right behind me and starts revving even more. When the light turns green I take off pretty fast to see if he'll catch up. (We turned onto a 3 lane expressway where the speed limit is like 45 mph, so it's not too bad that I'm going fast...)

He catches up so I drop it down to 2nd

and we go at it for a short distance. He pulled on me good though... Now at this time of night there are still a lot of cars on this particular street so he changes a couple of lanes and get ahead of me, while I'm stuck behind some cars.

After awhile I catch back up to him and was able to get a good look at his truck. It was nice! He had like 18's all around and it was slammed. I could see from behind that he had like traction bars or something on the leaf springs, other than that it sounded pretty mean too.

So like I said I catch up and we're next to each other but just crusing, waiting for one of us to make a move, when he starts revving a little so I do it back... Then we went at it again for a little distance, again he pulled ahead on me bad, he was fast!

So after that he was going to make a left and I was going straight, so he revs up one last time and I rev back and give him the thumbs up...

Even though he was faster, I don't feel bad about it, at least it was to another Chevy right? and It sure got my adrenaline pumping,

Scared my girlfriend sh!tless though

Tom · 09-25-2003, 01:54 PM

street racing is bad, mmm k? There now I said it so nobody else needs too, cause I know someone was going to say it seriously sooner or later.

With that said, good job! Scaring the girlfriend with street racing is a hobby of mine

TIMSPEED · 09-25-2003, 02:42 PM

I sure wished there was another C10 locally that would race me! ALL the C10's locally that are fixed up, are 81+, so they're all gutless 305's, and WILL NOT race me based upon the SOUND of my truck. LOL

gldevall · 09-25-2003, 09:45 PM

I want to race too, but at the track I always get next to some Fbody or old camaro that runs 12's. I want a HEMI!! I'm pretty sure I could beat one.

**N2TRUX** · 09-25-2003, 10:45 PM

Quote:

Originally posted by gldevall
I want to race...... a HEMI!! I'm pretty sure I could beat one.

If your 14.xx is consistant, then you should be able to take a stock regular cab Hemi Dodge. According to the recent article in Sport Truck mag, they are a mid 15 second truck.

I got an old Ford I'll run ya with....

gldevall · 09-25-2003, 11:07 PM

Quote:

Originally posted by N2TRUX

I got an old Ford I'll run ya with....

Bring it! I'll race it, worst that can happen is I'll lose. It's all fun.

**N2TRUX** · 09-25-2003, 11:12 PM

Quote:

Originally posted by gldevall
Bring it! I'll race it, worst that can happen is I'll lose. It's all fun.

Cool! Next time your around Houston, let me know. Right now, it might be a close race. If I ever get off my butt, and get all the goodies I have on my shelf installed, then the story would be a bit different...

gldevall · 09-26-2003, 08:31 AM

Nice, I like it. But I think the only way I'll ever get my truck to Houston is if I trailer it. If you are ever in Baton Rouge, look me and we can go at it. BTW, is that your house? What do you do for a living?

**N2TRUX** · 09-26-2003, 08:39 AM

More than likely if I am out on the road, I'll be in another truck. I try to keep the miles off of that one. Right now I have had it about a year and a half, and it only has 1600 miles on it. Since they only made two years of supercharged Harley trucks, I am hoping the value will start to increase.

Yes, that is my house. I own a company that operates arcade video games on commercial locations....

gldevall · 09-26-2003, 08:46 AM

Cool job.

jon_volk · 09-26-2003, 09:27 AM

damn, nice house n2trux

nice truck collection too

85Supreme · 09-26-2003, 05:19 PM

Someday I hope to have half of the possessions you have until than I'll be living in my parents basement and going to school.

phantom dually · 09-26-2003, 10:43 PM

That house is NICE!!!!! I thought that was a shot from MTV cribs or something!!

Destructo · 09-26-2003, 10:54 PM

My friend and I raced a rice boy one day, his was all stock with a fart pipe of course. His little engine was whining all the way up and my friend had the throttle about 3/4 open, probably just enough to open the secondaries. Rice boy got smoked. Oh ya and did I mention this was while he still had the Q-Jet and stock cam? We put a road demon on and a XE262 cam. Its much faster now. Also replaced the torker 2 with a performer. This is all on a 350 engine in a Z28 camaro. Not a truck I know. I want to find me a emissions exempt shortbed 2wd that I can turn into a street machine. My 406 would go perfect in it! Also I could rebuild the th350 thats laying around right now. Have to convert it to non-lockup though.

ElGracho · 09-28-2003, 01:05 AM

My family has been in that same business for 40 years. What is the name of yours down there? One of my uncles owns the Wurlitzer Jukebox distributor in Oregon and operates a video game route and another one has a very large video game route also in Oregon.

I think between the two of them they have like 12 73-87 trucks and probably around 50 vehicles. Old or cool new cars and trucks seem to go hand in hand with video games, vending machines, jukeboxes and pool tables.

79BIG10 · 09-28-2003, 01:42 AM

My wife drives a 2003 Dodge Crew Cab with the Hemi. Yeah it's a great truck for sure. It's got the 3.90 rear end that will get up and go. Only thing is the gas mileage sucks in that thing.

But one good thing is I can say I've got two trucks with 300+HP in the driveway

09-25-2003, 12:49 PM	#1
1974StepSide Play it Loud... Join Date: Aug 2002 Location: East San Jose, CA Posts: 465	I "raced" a truck last night... Sorry about the long story. So I'll setup the scenario first. I'm with my girlfriend at about 7:30pm, and we're leaving a restaurant. We get to a stoplight and she's like there's a big red spider right behind you! So I turn around and start freaking out, and I'm trying to find something to kill it with. I grab my "Club" and try stabbing at it against my seat, so I don't know If I get it or not... So the light turns green and I'm still wondering if I killed the spider, when I hear someone rev up at me. I look over and see a 73-80 stlye Fleetside at the light waiting to make a left. So I slow down to let him catch up. So at the next light I'm going to make a left, he gets right behind me and starts revving even more. When the light turns green I take off pretty fast to see if he'll catch up. (We turned onto a 3 lane expressway where the speed limit is like 45 mph, so it's not too bad that I'm going fast...) He catches up so I drop it down to 2nd and we go at it for a short distance. He pulled on me good though... Now at this time of night there are still a lot of cars on this particular street so he changes a couple of lanes and get ahead of me, while I'm stuck behind some cars. After awhile I catch back up to him and was able to get a good look at his truck. It was nice! He had like 18's all around and it was slammed. I could see from behind that he had like traction bars or something on the leaf springs, other than that it sounded pretty mean too. So like I said I catch up and we're next to each other but just crusing, waiting for one of us to make a move, when he starts revving a little so I do it back... Then we went at it again for a little distance, again he pulled ahead on me bad, he was fast! So after that he was going to make a left and I was going straight, so he revs up one last time and I rev back and give him the thumbs up... Even though he was faster, I don't feel bad about it, at least it was to another Chevy right? and It sure got my adrenaline pumping, Scared my girlfriend sh!tless though __________________ Big Moe =-=-=-= 1974 Cheyenne Super Stepside, 350/400, Hooker Headers, Flowmaster Mufflers... Needs new doors, fenders, hood, and paint. 1952 Chevy Pickup waiting to be brought back home!

09-25-2003, 01:54 PM	#2
Tom driving is in my blood Join Date: Dec 1999 Location: Mesa AZ Posts: 5,748	street racing is bad, mmm k? There now I said it so nobody else needs too, cause I know someone was going to say it seriously sooner or later. With that said, good job! Scaring the girlfriend with street racing is a hobby of mine __________________ -78 c10 short/step: 388cid, M20, 5/5 drop, lots more. Playtoy and first vehicle. -98 c1500 x-cab: 5.7L, 17" rims, 5/6 drop, flowmaster, helper bags,NBS rear disk brakes. -02 Suburban 4x4: leveled front -CBR600F4i, CBR600RR, CBR1000RR, and standup skis DISCLAIMER: I cant spell for the life of me.

09-25-2003, 02:42 PM	#3
TIMSPEED Join Date: Jan 2003 Location: Modesto, CA Posts: 1,321	I sure wished there was another C10 locally that would race me! ALL the C10's locally that are fixed up, are 81+, so they're all gutless 305's, and WILL NOT race me based upon the SOUND of my truck. LOL __________________ I have a few cars... See Them Here

09-25-2003, 09:45 PM	#4
gldevall Registered User Join Date: Mar 2003 Location: Walker, LA Posts: 2,925	I want to race too, but at the track I always get next to some Fbody or old camaro that runs 12's. I want a HEMI!! I'm pretty sure I could beat one. __________________ Gary -1986 SWB: lowered 4/6, SOLD!!! -Best 1/4 mile: 14.51 @ 91.01 MPH -2001 Pewter Tahoe, billet grill, Corsa Sport Cat-back, K&N FIPK SOLD!!! -2004 Z-71 Extended cab with a flowmaster, BDS 6.5", 3" BL, 35x12.5x18 Trail Grapplers on Pro-Comp 18x9 wheels

09-26-2003, 08:31 AM	#8
gldevall Registered User Join Date: Mar 2003 Location: Walker, LA Posts: 2,925	Nice, I like it. But I think the only way I'll ever get my truck to Houston is if I trailer it. If you are ever in Baton Rouge, look me and we can go at it. BTW, is that your house? What do you do for a living? __________________ Gary -1986 SWB: lowered 4/6, SOLD!!! -Best 1/4 mile: 14.51 @ 91.01 MPH -2001 Pewter Tahoe, billet grill, Corsa Sport Cat-back, K&N FIPK SOLD!!! -2004 Z-71 Extended cab with a flowmaster, BDS 6.5", 3" BL, 35x12.5x18 Trail Grapplers on Pro-Comp 18x9 wheels

09-26-2003, 08:39 AM	#9
N2TRUX Happy to be here Join Date: Mar 2000 Location: Cypress, TX Posts: 39,021	More than likely if I am out on the road, I'll be in another truck. I try to keep the miles off of that one. Right now I have had it about a year and a half, and it only has 1600 miles on it. Since they only made two years of supercharged Harley trucks, I am hoping the value will start to increase. Yes, that is my house. I own a company that operates arcade video games on commercial locations....

09-26-2003, 08:46 AM	#10
gldevall Registered User Join Date: Mar 2003 Location: Walker, LA Posts: 2,925	Cool job. __________________ Gary -1986 SWB: lowered 4/6, SOLD!!! -Best 1/4 mile: 14.51 @ 91.01 MPH -2001 Pewter Tahoe, billet grill, Corsa Sport Cat-back, K&N FIPK SOLD!!! -2004 Z-71 Extended cab with a flowmaster, BDS 6.5", 3" BL, 35x12.5x18 Trail Grapplers on Pro-Comp 18x9 wheels

09-26-2003, 09:27 AM	#11
jon_volk Registered User Join Date: Mar 2003 Location: Milford, CT Posts: 242	damn, nice house n2trux nice truck collection too

09-26-2003, 05:19 PM	#12
85Supreme Registered User Join Date: Jul 2003 Posts: 27	re: Someday I hope to have half of the possessions you have until than I'll be living in my parents basement and going to school. __________________ Currently Own: 1984 k10 Silverado 2-tone Gray on top and bottom red middle, Goodwrench 350, Headman Headers, Edelbrock Intake, Holley Carb, All Emissions Equipment Removed. Paid to Much. Previously Owned: $150 1985 Custom Deluxe C10, 4.3 Liter Carburated Vortec, Fairly Rusty, Leaky Gas Tank, Desert Sand in Color. Sold For $675 1985 Cutlass Supreme with a 307ci V8, Automatic, Baby Blue w/ Navy Vinal Top, 68,000 miles. Sold for $1400.

09-26-2003, 10:43 PM	#13
phantom dually Project92 SWB stepside Join Date: Feb 2003 Location: Louisville KY Posts: 4,792	That house is NICE!!!!! I thought that was a shot from MTV cribs or something!! __________________ 92 C1500 stepside 496 Stroker Competiton Engineering Ladder bars/QA1 coilovers. Dana 60 rear with 4.10 gear and posi. Bonspeed Palisade 20x12 in rear w/335/30/20 and 20x8.5 front w/245/40/20. 5/8 drop with Belltech springs/DJM spindles/drop shocks. WWS Progress thread http://67-72chevytrucks.com/vboard/s...d.php?t=140448

09-26-2003, 10:54 PM	#14
Destructo Registered User Join Date: Sep 2003 Location: Lewisville, NC Posts: 1,836	My friend and I raced a rice boy one day, his was all stock with a fart pipe of course. His little engine was whining all the way up and my friend had the throttle about 3/4 open, probably just enough to open the secondaries. Rice boy got smoked. Oh ya and did I mention this was while he still had the Q-Jet and stock cam? We put a road demon on and a XE262 cam. Its much faster now. Also replaced the torker 2 with a performer. This is all on a 350 engine in a Z28 camaro. Not a truck I know. I want to find me a emissions exempt shortbed 2wd that I can turn into a street machine. My 406 would go perfect in it! Also I could rebuild the th350 thats laying around right now. Have to convert it to non-lockup though.

09-28-2003, 01:05 AM	#15
ElGracho Gentleman Jim Driver Join Date: Nov 2002 Location: Poulsbo, WA Posts: 1,553	My family has been in that same business for 40 years. What is the name of yours down there? One of my uncles owns the Wurlitzer Jukebox distributor in Oregon and operates a video game route and another one has a very large video game route also in Oregon. I think between the two of them they have like 12 73-87 trucks and probably around 50 vehicles. Old or cool new cars and trucks seem to go hand in hand with video games, vending machines, jukeboxes and pool tables. __________________ Joe '75 GMC Gentleman Jim '84 Chev C10 Short Wide - Super duper plain (manual steering, manual brakes, no dome light, no cig lighter) '85 Chev C10 Short Wide - Super plain Vortec 4.8 4L60E trans also: '81 K30, '83 C30 Crew Dually, '84 M1028 CUCV, '85 M1009 CUCV, another '85 C10 SWB, '89 R3500 Flatbed

09-28-2003, 01:42 AM	#16
79BIG10 I'm back with 2nd truck! Join Date: Feb 2002 Location: Texas Posts: 3,774	My wife drives a 2003 Dodge Crew Cab with the Hemi. Yeah it's a great truck for sure. It's got the 3.90 rear end that will get up and go. Only thing is the gas mileage sucks in that thing. But one good thing is I can say I've got two trucks with 300+HP in the driveway __________________ 1979 Chevrolet Bonanza Big10 "Tootsie Roll" 1985 Chevrolet Silverado (wife's) Member of the Southern Bowties Club "Don't underestimate how sexy a fat man who drinks to excess can be." Homer Simpson

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