ZX2Fast
07-26-2008, 01:26 AM
I looked it up, they were rated at 222 horsepower.
Anyway, I spotted a couple faces I recognized at the local ricer spot so I stopped to talk. After about a half hour someone pulls up in a Stealth ES talking about how he'll race anyone there for pinks. I thought the guy was just screwing around (I think he was half serious) but I say nothing. The two guys I was talking to point to my car and say, "Race this one.'' The guy in the Dodge says, "You want me to race that?" They say yes. He starts talking about how he has 350 HP stock. So now I know he has to be screwing around. The two guys I'm with ask, "You aren't scared of an Escort, are you?" He ask what is done and one guy says, "The engine is stock, the car even has 180,000 miles on it. Besides, it is an Escort." The Dodge guy takes off and a Jeep pulls up. It seems the guy in the Jeep knows the guy in the Stealth and they tell him to call the guy so he'll come back. The Stealth comes back and agrees to race. So, the Jeep, an Eclipse GSX, a Dodge Stealth, and a Ford Escort all pile out of the lot to go to the empty country road nearby. We have a spotter at the starting and finish line. I take the center lane (which is full of sand and small gravel, good thing I have the Phantom Grip) and I give 3 honks. We both launch at the same time. Through 1st we are door-to-door, once I get the little green bastard in 2nd it is all over for him. After some mid-rpm wheelspin I hook up and just run away from this Stealth. The guys spotting at the finish said they knew it was over when they seen the nose of my car point at the sky. LOL They could even hear the turbo spool when I got into 2nd and from the road to the track is almost a 1/4 mile. I cross the tracks an easy 4-5 cars ahead of the Stealth and I'm going 100 mph.
We go back to the parking lot and he jumps out of the car and says, "Bullshit, I gotta see under the hood!" So I show him and he shakes my hand and says, "I never seen it coming. That was sweet." About now some more people show up including one guy with a Focus wagon. He hears the story and tells them they can't shit talk the Zetec anymore. Apparently they were all giving him a hard time about the Zetec engine. lol In all, it was fun, the guy was cool and said the kicker wasn't that he got beat by an Escort, but an Escort with handicap plates on it.
Anyway, I spotted a couple faces I recognized at the local ricer spot so I stopped to talk. After about a half hour someone pulls up in a Stealth ES talking about how he'll race anyone there for pinks. I thought the guy was just screwing around (I think he was half serious) but I say nothing. The two guys I was talking to point to my car and say, "Race this one.'' The guy in the Dodge says, "You want me to race that?" They say yes. He starts talking about how he has 350 HP stock. So now I know he has to be screwing around. The two guys I'm with ask, "You aren't scared of an Escort, are you?" He ask what is done and one guy says, "The engine is stock, the car even has 180,000 miles on it. Besides, it is an Escort." The Dodge guy takes off and a Jeep pulls up. It seems the guy in the Jeep knows the guy in the Stealth and they tell him to call the guy so he'll come back. The Stealth comes back and agrees to race. So, the Jeep, an Eclipse GSX, a Dodge Stealth, and a Ford Escort all pile out of the lot to go to the empty country road nearby. We have a spotter at the starting and finish line. I take the center lane (which is full of sand and small gravel, good thing I have the Phantom Grip) and I give 3 honks. We both launch at the same time. Through 1st we are door-to-door, once I get the little green bastard in 2nd it is all over for him. After some mid-rpm wheelspin I hook up and just run away from this Stealth. The guys spotting at the finish said they knew it was over when they seen the nose of my car point at the sky. LOL They could even hear the turbo spool when I got into 2nd and from the road to the track is almost a 1/4 mile. I cross the tracks an easy 4-5 cars ahead of the Stealth and I'm going 100 mph.
We go back to the parking lot and he jumps out of the car and says, "Bullshit, I gotta see under the hood!" So I show him and he shakes my hand and says, "I never seen it coming. That was sweet." About now some more people show up including one guy with a Focus wagon. He hears the story and tells them they can't shit talk the Zetec anymore. Apparently they were all giving him a hard time about the Zetec engine. lol In all, it was fun, the guy was cool and said the kicker wasn't that he got beat by an Escort, but an Escort with handicap plates on it.