Thy vs Sleeper
 

There I was, I had just gotten my window fixed, and thought the weight reduction of having my stereo stolen was easily putting me in 9 second land....

I was confident, I hadn't driven my car in 2 weeks...Riding down the road, I got my car really high in revs in 3rd and clutched in and gassed repeatedly just to here the melodious sound of the blow off valve.

Red Light ahead...sitting at it was Geo Metro. From far back noticed the lowered stance and to my enjoyment an exhaust at least 5" big. I pulled up next to him just as the light turned green.
A deafening roar came from his lack of exhaust, I couldn't even hear or FEEL my own revs I looked down at my tach and shifted only to come to a stop at the next light 30 meters away.

He nonchalantly rolled his window down at the next stop and politely says, "We're racing". I nodded in agreement and I snickered unbelievably to myself. It was too funny how bad I was going to beat him.

Bring my revs up. Light changes. With a chirp I'm out and reach full boost, widing out first gear too fast. I look back to see where he is and to my surprise he's not in my rearview, but at my back quarter panel. "Easy enough" I said. Thinking maybe it's just because he's so light. I shift into 2nd, with a squeal of my tires I expect too see him disappear.

But no. My ears capture a distinct roar. From the distance I hear a small tornado approaching and in a blaze of flying glory the Metro screams past me rocking my car and sounding like a hyena giving birth while wild banschees join howling in the chorus.

My life flashed before my eyes. I let off the throttle in disbelief trying to encompass the events that occured in the last 4 seconds. All the while noticing a tiny flame erupt from the 5" exhaust on the Metro nearly 6 cars away by now.

A mile up we pull off. A turbocharged Metro with a built 2.0 engine running 22lbs of boost.

I accepted defeat and acknowledge to him that I was a lesser being and we parted.

Re: Thy vs Sleeper
 

oh man, that was too funny:laugh: :laugh: :laugh:

A turbocharged Metro with a built 2.0 engine running 22lbs of boost??????/ don't see that everyday for sure.......let alone have the pleasure of racing it:D

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Holy 22 lbs of boost batman! That must be a pretty hefty turbo. Damn, that thing must be freaking fast. 300-400whp range?

i have a brand new respect for Geo





lol not really



that is a bad mother f-er of a turbo though

Ambient, your a great story teller. Now thats what a race story should be like.

That was one hell of a sleeper. I wish I coulda seen the look on your face.:D

:laugh2: i cant stop laughing.......now that is the ultimate sleeper! I feel your pain though i really do:D

It reminds me of the time we saw a 92 sentra beat a dodge viper 3 times lolol But this is the reason im hooking up my teal 93 protege with a GTR motor :-) good race story i now have respect for metros...Jon

Holy crap dude I know you didn't see that coming! Every Metro I've everencountered have been slow pieces of crap! Sorry to hear that though. It's a humbling experience. Btw... what would lead somebody to do that to a Geo Metro???:wtf:

Thats probably why he did it. A tru sleeper.:)

He did it to shut up the cocky racers with v8 mustangs . And to see there face when he beats them...Jon

ive got a friend with a similar setup in a old saturn coupe. its great riding in that when cocky rice burners want to race! i love it!

Yeah i remeber the first time i saw a beat up sentra whoop on a viper... unforgettable moments...Jon

are you a writer? haha

First import drag I went to at the track, tons of civics and 'tegs running 15's and 16's, and this dirty white sentra SE-R on stock rims, tires, and suspension. Honda drivers everywhere walking aroung thinkin they're all bad ass and talking down on the sentra asking why bring it. Well it finally stages for its time trial, then ANNILAHATES the civic next to it. It won by over half the length of the track, let alone carlengths. Thing posted a time in the low 10's, the honduh drivers watching were all but passing out ;) When he came back around and got in line the track officals came out and sent him over into the pro class cause he ran faster than 14.000. Talk about gaining respect and shutting up ricer boys, he did it in less than 11 seconds :D :D Later heard it had a SR20DE running 20+ psi of boost and a 100 shot of NOS.

Ansel '92 DX