Not sure this is the place for this, but it is automotive in nature...
It has happened before, but last night it happened again. I was taking my family to see my father in a neiboring town. I had the 1972 Trans Am out, so the 4 of us decided to take it for the ride. We took the Lincoln highway, as it is less trveled than the main road. Anyway we were half way there when on our left there was a pickup truck, a Dodge waiting to turn in behind us. 2 miles in front of us was a river valley with some steep hills and cruves befre you cross the river into a flat valley floor. I noticed as we were comming into the first cruve, this pickup truck is alredy right on my arse!! So I sped up, and out cornered that truck by say 20 car lengths by the time we were in the flat valley east of the river. I look in my rear view and he is way back, but I can tell he is full on the hammer, and comming up on us doing 65 at what must have been 90 MPH or better. Just as he pulls out to the left lane I tromp on the gas and he never makes it to my rear bumper, as at about 100 mph I started to pull away hard, and by the time we got to the city limits I had another 20 car lengths on him....
without shifing down from 5th,( D. Nash 5 speed) and 4 people in my car to boot.
Why do these bumbs think that a pickup truck can pass a muscle car?? Don't they know better? or are they so jealous they think they have some thing to prove? This has happend several times over the years, and each time it's a frickin pickup truck. I waste them as fast as they try
But I am tired of these road challenges. I really just wanted to cruise, and perhaps I shoud have let the idiot just race by us, like he has "Beat" an old mucle car...
But no I am an idiot too, I have to teach them there is not a chance in hell of that Hemi dodge is fast, like the old hemi Cuda or something. I have ate the lunch of more than one supped up Cummins diesels as well, they seem to be more idiot like that the hemi guys are. Dura Maxes are easy as well...I think they are surprised, as they simply do not understand physics, of weight and air resistance. It takes 4 time the HP to move 2 times as fast. The frontal area of a pickup, and the drag coefficient make it a lead brick compared to a low slung areodynamic car, with equal HP. My old 455 H.O. is tuned to the 475 HP level, as I detest headers, and give up some power through the Ram Air exhaust maniflods that are like cast shorty headers.
Maybe I should just let them fly around me at full throttle, would they feel like an idiot if I never touch the throttle?? Maybe if I just let them.....Nah, it's more fun to waste them and leave them falling back in the rear view mirror....
Regards, Kirk
It has happened before, but last night it happened again. I was taking my family to see my father in a neiboring town. I had the 1972 Trans Am out, so the 4 of us decided to take it for the ride. We took the Lincoln highway, as it is less trveled than the main road. Anyway we were half way there when on our left there was a pickup truck, a Dodge waiting to turn in behind us. 2 miles in front of us was a river valley with some steep hills and cruves befre you cross the river into a flat valley floor. I noticed as we were comming into the first cruve, this pickup truck is alredy right on my arse!! So I sped up, and out cornered that truck by say 20 car lengths by the time we were in the flat valley east of the river. I look in my rear view and he is way back, but I can tell he is full on the hammer, and comming up on us doing 65 at what must have been 90 MPH or better. Just as he pulls out to the left lane I tromp on the gas and he never makes it to my rear bumper, as at about 100 mph I started to pull away hard, and by the time we got to the city limits I had another 20 car lengths on him....
without shifing down from 5th,( D. Nash 5 speed) and 4 people in my car to boot.Why do these bumbs think that a pickup truck can pass a muscle car?? Don't they know better? or are they so jealous they think they have some thing to prove? This has happend several times over the years, and each time it's a frickin pickup truck. I waste them as fast as they try
But I am tired of these road challenges. I really just wanted to cruise, and perhaps I shoud have let the idiot just race by us, like he has "Beat" an old mucle car...
But no I am an idiot too, I have to teach them there is not a chance in hell of that Hemi dodge is fast, like the old hemi Cuda or something. I have ate the lunch of more than one supped up Cummins diesels as well, they seem to be more idiot like that the hemi guys are. Dura Maxes are easy as well...I think they are surprised, as they simply do not understand physics, of weight and air resistance. It takes 4 time the HP to move 2 times as fast. The frontal area of a pickup, and the drag coefficient make it a lead brick compared to a low slung areodynamic car, with equal HP. My old 455 H.O. is tuned to the 475 HP level, as I detest headers, and give up some power through the Ram Air exhaust maniflods that are like cast shorty headers.
Maybe I should just let them fly around me at full throttle, would they feel like an idiot if I never touch the throttle?? Maybe if I just let them.....Nah, it's more fun to waste them and leave them falling back in the rear view mirror....
Regards, Kirk
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I am quite curious to hear your stories of this type of thing....
Guess I'll just buy another truck, and keep the old one as it is worth more to me than what some one will pay. Unfortunately they have a very mixed reputation, mostly bad, unfortunately.
