It's Thanksgiving morning and I'm in the driveway adjusting my pushrods on the GSX. About 3/4's of the way through one of the dinner guests shows up and watches me finish and, of course, asks if I'll take him for a short ride. Since it's a beautiful day, I tell him to hop in and I head to the highway. I drive about 5 miles to warm the engine up then take an exit to another highway (highway 17 for you local folks). As I'm merging onto 17, I check the road in both directions very carefully to make sure its clear. No cops so I downshift into 3rd gear and punch the gas. Car pulls like crazy then POP! POP! POP! :eek2: One of my adjustable rods goes out of adjustment. In my haste, I forgot to tighten one of them ou: so I head for the nearest exit. So, what's this got to do with a kill story? When I let off the gas, I looked in my mirror and noticed a bright red Eclipse right on my bumper. He was racing me and I didn't even know it. He almost ate my bumper when I let off the gas. He did the losers fly-by on my right side while I was exiting. He was in the break down lane extremely close to a sound wall. Turns out it was a turbo Eclipse. Maybe I won, maybe I lost, but I wish I had known I was racing. Brian
Inquiering minds want to know? Did you readjust the pushrod in question and then show your dinner guest how its supposed to run?
Cody, of course he was behind me :Brow: . I wonder if I would have felt it if he ran under my rear bumper? Eric, Unfortunately, I didn't get around to re-adjusting the pushrod until after we ate the turkey and, by then, it was very late. Since I'm not a street racer (too many idiots with no sense of self-preservation in my neck of the woods) I promised to let him take it down the track at Sacramento. It's much safer. Brian
more than likley you beat him flat out. they came stock with 210hp at the crank from the factory. it takes a pretty seriously built 4 banger to keep up with a modded old skool v8 this comming from an eclipse driver :grin:
