[GreenMarine]

This was just what I was thinking as I first started to read this thread.... I wanted to share my race with a 95 3000gt SL..... Here's how it went.

My buddy, Eddie owns a 1995 3000gt SL and I own a 1995 SVX L. The 3000gt is a 5 speed in awesome condition with the 3.0ltr Mitsubishi V-6. He Has a cat-back exhaust and a cone intake for his mods. At the time the only mod that I had done was removing the intake resinator and a K&N intake filter. He was sure that he would beat me and I was sure that I would not let the SVX fall to his Mitsubishi. (He is all about Mitsu and I am all about Subaru).... We both knew that there was only one way to settle this dispute. Go to HWY 68 just north of High Point N.C. The road is straight for about 3 miles with 1 stop light at the very begining and nothing else till the curve at the very end. So sunday morning at about 3am back in the spring of 2002, we went to the "proving grounds". The weather was very nice. it was about 68*F and nice and dry. No one on the road for as far as you can see. The race was the first one to 120mph. There was no distance. To make sure we didn't call it prematurely his friend rode with me and my friend rode with him to look at the speed-o. They had 2-way radio's to anounce the winner to.... This was well thought out.
So we're sitting at the light waiting for the green.... we see the other side turn orange and know that it is only seconds away... I can hear Eddie revving his engine..... GREEN..... I slam my right foot to the floor and am greeted by the little green "Power" light. A light thump of the AWD switching from 80/20 to 50/50 torque split.... While all this is going on eddie had just dropped the clutch in the SL from about 4500rpm's and is squealing his tyres... Right away I am launched about 2 car lengths ahead of him.... 40mph.... From outta my open windows I hear him shift to 2nd gear and bark his tires. Then I finally hit 2nd gear..... He starts to gain on me a little..... 60mph..... he shifts to 3rd and here comes the steam now... He was holding steady with me right on my rear quarter panel....... 82mph..... SVX shifts to 3rd and eddie pulls even with me. Than at about 90mph, he shifts to 4th and looks over at me and smirks!!!!! Little Fu(k!!!! I thought I was gonna push my foot right through the firewall... But he kept pulling ahead so very slowly... Must have been inches at a time. Finnaly we reach 120mph... He was infront of me by about half a car lengith..... I was kinda pissed but it was one hell of an even match up!!!!! Just to make my point to him that I was faster I kept accelerating right past him after he started slowing down..... With the additude that said, "you may have won but mine's still better than yours!!!!!"
Since then I haven't really raced anyone else.... But you can bet that ever since I told him that I was getting a 5-speed and a Performance exhaust and some other goodies he has been building his 3000gt up to try to stay just one notch above me... Well he can only go so far in a FWD car. I will always have the advantage of a AWD and better looks than the 3000gt!!!!