Captain Mark
06-12-2003, 07:22 AM
Haven't posted here in a while. Been messing with the turbo car a lot, but I had the big block out the other evening, just tooling around town. In my rear view mirror I see a '68 GMC truck, primer gray in color. We come to a stopping place and the guy starts asking me about the car. I tell him him it's just a Buick motor with 2.73 peg leg rear end.....no big deal:Brow:
So he tells me about his Chevy 350 powered truck with new heads, intake, carb, 4:11 rear....bla, bla, bla.........I wasn't really paying attention after a while. Just another chevy truck....anyway, he says
"Let's go run 'em"
So I say
"Man, that's not fair, you've got that built up motro and good gears, you'll kill me"
He says
"I know, but I just want to see how mine is running, I just did some work on it today. If you don't want to, we don't have to".
I say
"No, no....I'll go run you...not fair though....:cool:
So we proceed out to the edge of town. First run from a stop:
I spin at take-off and he gets about a car length jump on me. I catch him by about 60 mph and pass him.
I say
"Let's do that 1 more time"
Second run:
I nurse the take off and get my foot in it about mid way through second gear. I run off and leave him like he is standing still!
He was VERY dissappointed! After the race he asked to look under my hood.
He says
"Is that a 350?"
I say
"Nope just a little old Buick 455"
He says
"Man that thing runs"
I say
"Just wait until I get a posi rear end! Gotta go, we'll see you around. Love your truck!"
Another vulgar display of the dominance of Buick power!! :Smarty: Hopefully this man will do something his parents never did. Pass this story on to his offspring, and stress that Buicks are like pitbulls......better left alone.
So he tells me about his Chevy 350 powered truck with new heads, intake, carb, 4:11 rear....bla, bla, bla.........I wasn't really paying attention after a while. Just another chevy truck....anyway, he says
"Let's go run 'em"
So I say
"Man, that's not fair, you've got that built up motro and good gears, you'll kill me"
He says
"I know, but I just want to see how mine is running, I just did some work on it today. If you don't want to, we don't have to".
I say
"No, no....I'll go run you...not fair though....:cool:
So we proceed out to the edge of town. First run from a stop:
I spin at take-off and he gets about a car length jump on me. I catch him by about 60 mph and pass him.
I say
"Let's do that 1 more time"
Second run:
I nurse the take off and get my foot in it about mid way through second gear. I run off and leave him like he is standing still!
He was VERY dissappointed! After the race he asked to look under my hood.
He says
"Is that a 350?"
I say
"Nope just a little old Buick 455"
He says
"Man that thing runs"
I say
"Just wait until I get a posi rear end! Gotta go, we'll see you around. Love your truck!"
Another vulgar display of the dominance of Buick power!! :Smarty: Hopefully this man will do something his parents never did. Pass this story on to his offspring, and stress that Buicks are like pitbulls......better left alone.