richardson
01-28-2011, 09:20 AM
i didn't want to post this in the "kill stories" simply because i feel bad and this isn't a "kill story"
a good buddy of mine recently finished installing an aftermarket intake manifold and finished his tune on his turbocharged rsx type s. he made 318whp on 10psi on pump. we decided to race one night.
i remember as we were staging next to each other i had a horrible gut feeling and told him we should hurry and get the race over with, anyways, i honked 3 times and we went and i got a decent launch and looked back and i noticed he wasn't there, at all. i was expecting to get smoked in every aspect of this race so when i went into 2nd i let off for a good bit (at 0:12 seconds) i thought something was wrong, and looked back and saw him coming really fast so i got back on it and as i went into 3rd he was flying by me and right when he got to my window i saw some sparks out of the corner of my eye shot from under his car, i yelled to him but it was too late, everything went up in smoke and flames.
we pulled over and stopped the fire with a couple of bottles of water that we had in our cars. he had another motor sitting at his house with a built bottom end. its now getting put back together and he plans to run higher boost
peakboost kit 10psi
245/40/17 up front
bfgoodrich kdw
http://vimeo.com/17998972
kind of a huge wake up call for me to just be careful. i could not afford to lose my car like that
a good buddy of mine recently finished installing an aftermarket intake manifold and finished his tune on his turbocharged rsx type s. he made 318whp on 10psi on pump. we decided to race one night.
i remember as we were staging next to each other i had a horrible gut feeling and told him we should hurry and get the race over with, anyways, i honked 3 times and we went and i got a decent launch and looked back and i noticed he wasn't there, at all. i was expecting to get smoked in every aspect of this race so when i went into 2nd i let off for a good bit (at 0:12 seconds) i thought something was wrong, and looked back and saw him coming really fast so i got back on it and as i went into 3rd he was flying by me and right when he got to my window i saw some sparks out of the corner of my eye shot from under his car, i yelled to him but it was too late, everything went up in smoke and flames.
we pulled over and stopped the fire with a couple of bottles of water that we had in our cars. he had another motor sitting at his house with a built bottom end. its now getting put back together and he plans to run higher boost
peakboost kit 10psi
245/40/17 up front
bfgoodrich kdw
http://vimeo.com/17998972
kind of a huge wake up call for me to just be careful. i could not afford to lose my car like that