GREAT race, i totally didnt expect to win…well heres the story:
so i was on my way home from my g/f’s the other nite, cruisin along mindin my own bisiness, when i look into my rear view mirror and notice some bluish headlights gainin on my pretty quick, as it rolls by me at about 50 and im doin 40 i see its a black eclipse with bodykit/rims/exhaust/altezzas,etc., and we just so happened to see the next light turn red. so we both fly up to the light and slam on our brakes and get up to it rollin about 10mph as it turns green again so we both slam 1st gear and fly off. right from the start i pulled a little and by the time i grabbed 2nd with a nice chirp i snagged a half car length and by the end of 3rd a full carlength. i honeslty didnt think i was goin to win cause DSMs run better times than foci do stock, and this one had AT LEAST an exhaust…guess i owe it to my sct xcal2 and my header-back/65mm tb and CAI combo
ive raced a neon before and lost though thats the thing…i raced intense98rt and he took me pretty good, by about 2 carlengths right off the dig. could my tunning really make THAT big of a difference?
yea but neons are quicker… they have less weight. was that eclipse automatic? or maybe he just didnt know how to drive
the eclipse motor is a 2.0dohc… engine code 420a
low model motor for the neon is a 2.0sohc engine code s4re
upper models including r/ts have the 2.0dohc… no the engine code isnt 420a… its d4re