Get this Im at the light at the base of the Skyway in Buffalo NY. (If yor unfamilar with the area, rent Bruce almighty, and you'll see.) I'm minding my own business when this bone-stock appearing Escort pulls up next to me and starts blasting his system. I Begin to get the idea hes going to try run me, so I drop it in first and eye the light. It turns green and sure as **** he floors it. I decided to teach him a lesson, So I just drop it right to the wood. I pretty much rip the tires of the rims, and the speedo jumps straight to 60-65 (I have 2.73s) Hes keeping up with me good, mind you my tires are frying. I have maybe a nose on him, until I shift into second, ending the smoke show and the torque takes over. then I pulled away like he was standing still. I looked back and I couldn't even see him in the smoke!! If there is anyone familar with the Skyway the first mile is a real steep grade and it doesn't really slow me down that much, but small torqueless cars don't do that well, so I have a good 100-150 feet on him by teh time I get to the top. I thought that was the end of it, and I begin the descend of the skyway when the escort goes flying by at about 100 miles an hour. the kid has his middle finger out teh window. I chuckled a bit, then I was overcome by the stench of a burning catalytic converter. It stunk bad, like he had it floored the entire time. that mad me laugh a bit harder... I was using my thinking cap and let him go, there was a fair amount of traffic ahead, and either way I'm not comfortabel doing a buck 10 or 20 on the street. Well I guess I lost but I sure had fun!!! By the way, How would one say late sixties early seventies, but only using late nineties early two-thousands?? I don't kow
Never race an escort. Even if you beat them, its nothing to brag about, or in your case, when he beats you its humiliating. You definately got destroyed by that "early two-thousands" escort!:laugh:
You are now officially a victim of the "Ricer Fly-By". They know they can't win if they race you clean so they blow past you after you let off. It's even more fun when you hit the gas as they try to pass you and you pull away from them like they're standing still:grin:
I had a similar run in with an escort. It was just after I did the '65 4bbl conversion on my 66 Skylark 300 motor. Just going for my first drive with the 4bbl and theres a car load of thirty-something business men (reminded me of office space) in a while 4door escort. They revved at me, I laughed histerically in thier faces. Light dropped, so I hung onto 1st gear next to them till about 30 then nailed it... let them catch up till about 50 then nailed it again... it was very entertaining. Rope 'em in, throw 'em back... Gotta love the 2 speed ST-300's (before they blow up that is--that was the week later LOL).
Thats funny stuff. it reminds me of a commercial for some company were the gimic is its like the last day of highschool, but its a bunch of middle-aged people running out of their office building and going nuts. the last scene is some guy burning out in the parking lot with a minivan. its was good stuff.
escorts these days im noticing alot of people trying to build escorts lately espcially at the street races oh gawd ,not to mention my freind he owns a 1998 escort zx2. ok so he has the typical mods bright (oh my eyes) paint scheme the im gonna eat you body kit, fart cannon exhaust big ass chrome intake tube and some under drive pulleys, with the power steering and air conditioner removed ok so now he thinks that he can take out mustang gt's mach1's and pretty much every other thing he see's, well one night i was with him and another freind in the escort so anyway we end up running a dodge durango totaly stock light drops my freind is gunning this thing to the ends of the earth and were staying next to it second gear screeches it the durango is steadily pulling away third going fourth gone oh god how embarassing ended up next to them again at the next light all i can say is repeat...:spank:
