So me and my fiance are headed down to the OBX cruising along 168, minding our business in my Lightning (mods in sig). I'd say an 05-06 Dodge Cummins is passing me and as he does, he juices it spewing some smoke. My fiance asked if something was wrong with his truck and I explained how it was his way of showing off or to try and provoke a race. To my complete amazement she says 'Well go beat his ass if he thinks hes so cool!' That is why I'm engaged to this woman!
The truck has a diesel performance sticker from VA Beach (not tdp) stacks cut off at his tool box and A-pillar guages. Thats all I know about it.
Race one - I'm stuck behind him at a light. As soon as we clear a car in other lane I floor it. His truck is smoking like an old locomotive. I start pullin on him and the next light turns red. PERFECT! No real result from this race other than I was pullin up on him GOOD in my trucks worst RPM range. I wasnt able to really get on it off the line so it shifted into second. When I punched it, it was going JUST fast enough not to let the trans kick down. Light ahead turns red and sets up round two.
Race two - As we pull up to the second light, we both INSTANTLY punch it as it turns green (like a 5 mph roll). It was over before it started ha! I looked in my mirror and had a good 4-5 trucks by mid second gear. I can only imagine what traffic behind us thought - that truck was smoking an INSANE amount. He pulled off at the next light so the story ends there.
I know that there are some wicked fast diesels out there that would have put me in my place - thankfully this wasnt one of them.
The truck has a diesel performance sticker from VA Beach (not tdp) stacks cut off at his tool box and A-pillar guages. Thats all I know about it.
Race one - I'm stuck behind him at a light. As soon as we clear a car in other lane I floor it. His truck is smoking like an old locomotive. I start pullin on him and the next light turns red. PERFECT! No real result from this race other than I was pullin up on him GOOD in my trucks worst RPM range. I wasnt able to really get on it off the line so it shifted into second. When I punched it, it was going JUST fast enough not to let the trans kick down. Light ahead turns red and sets up round two.
Race two - As we pull up to the second light, we both INSTANTLY punch it as it turns green (like a 5 mph roll). It was over before it started ha! I looked in my mirror and had a good 4-5 trucks by mid second gear. I can only imagine what traffic behind us thought - that truck was smoking an INSANE amount. He pulled off at the next light so the story ends there.
I know that there are some wicked fast diesels out there that would have put me in my place - thankfully this wasnt one of them.
