Re: SoCal riceboys

["Adam Lindsay" <adam@mindex.com>]

I second all that have stated it Power Shifting is when you shift gears with
out letting off the gas. I personally don't have the balls to try it but
have been in a friends Corrado when he did it. You do move I must admit
that.


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Adam Lindsay
Mindex Technologies Inc.
adam@mindex.com

-----Original Message-----
From: Robert Malinka <rmalinka@spec.net>
To: jettaglx@igtc.COM <jettaglx@igtc.COM>
Date: Wednesday, July 29, 1998 1:39 AM
Subject: Re: SoCal riceboys


>Alright Rob!
>
>Great story - I'm a little late getting into this thread but well worth the
>reading. Nice job on those rice burners!!  BTW when did you put the Garret
>chip in your car?  We haven't spoken in a while but what else did you
>install since our last email???
>
>Bob
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>At 11:37 AM 7/27/98 -0700, you wrote:
>>2 stooopid slammed, stickerladen, coffee-can draggin Integras wanted to
>>play with my vr6 this weekend.  I was near UCSanDiego at 11pm and a 1/4
>>mile ahead of me the sides of the road were lit up with bouncin' blue
>>light.    As a concerned citizen I went to investigate and, sure enough,
>>the above-mentioned perpetrators were cruzin at 35 in a 45 zone with only
>>10ft separating their cars.  Well, as you might imagine, I just couldn't
>>in good conscious let these fellows off the hook.  I crept up next to
>>them, saw two heads barely clearing the door sills, and then rocketed off
>>into the night.  I slowed down and in my rearview watched them break
>>formation and start the hunt.  I let them catch up (otherwise this would
>>be no fun :) and at the next light one was to my right reving away his
>>lawnmower and the other was on my ass - rendering my normally biber-beige
>>interior a cheap blue.  200' ahead of us on the left was a 101s onramp
>>that all of us were taking and when the light turned green I eased off
>>the line and watched as the guy next to me sped away and then jerked hard
>>into my lane (I fully expected him to lose control but as it was he just
>>slid to the left a little as he tried to right himself).  When we reached
>>the onramp riceboy#1 was about 3 car-lengths
>>ahead with riceboy#2 still dousing neon.   The onramp is a sharp ~120 deg
>>left that is much smoother from the other direction and it's a 3 lane
>>uphill grade for 1/4mile before the freeway - I was in 2nd at 4000, ready
>>to punch it as soon as I had traction, and I sweeped thru the turn with
>>the left tires going over a rounded 1" curb like the nascar dudes
>>skipping over road course curbs.  I nailed the throttle, hit the mute
>>button on my stereo, listened to much better music and reeled in
>>riceboy#1 as #2 became a non-factor.  Powershift at 5800 and pulled away
>>from #1at a rewarding constant rate.  Merging into traffic I coasted down
>>from 90 to non-ticket freeway speeds and watched  #1come from at least 3
>>lengths back to right on my butt.  That's how we were for 2 miles - sore
>>losers  these SoCal riceboys!
>> *****I felt DAMN good about my 4 doors and trunk!!!*****
>>
>>Rob in San Diego
>>97 Vento VR6
>>Garrett 08, K&N panel w/ modded box
>>Dunlop SP 4000
>>Eclipse 5341 /  BOSE
>>
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