Shocky meets his first challenge!

[mountainman at direcway.com (mtnman)]

poor sti guys need to learn how to drive it sounds :P


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Dan Bubb" <jdbubb@ix.netcom.com>
To: <scirocco-l@scirocco.org>
Cc: "Kirsten Jensen" <kirsten.jensen@earthlink.net>
Sent: Sunday, October 31, 2004 1:41 PM
Subject: Shocky meets his first challenge!


Shocky's second day on the road, all mechanical systems checked and in good
order, and Kirsten and I are out fine tuning the map.
Just by coicidence during one of the few time I got to drive Shocky we pull
up to a light next to a brand new Subaru WRX STI with new temp tags.
Well, they didn't notice us too much so I didn't really get on it from the
light (plus I didn't want to play to his strength of AWD!) but Shocky's
bypass valve is pretty loud and I broke traction in 2nd without trying.
Although they hadn't been trying at all to this point, they now knew Shocky
was up for a challenge. I could see them coming and layed into Shocky's
boost (still only 10 psi at this point!) and zipped down to the highway
entrance ramp in a big hurry.
Once we got on the highway we had to dedaudle at 60 to get these guys to
catch up (maybe there first glance scared them off ;^) and Kirsten was
waving at them to get next to us. Finally they moved next to us and the road
was clear.
Downshift to third and full throttle to 6500! They were on it right next to
us.
6500 in 4th, 116 MPH and they are still right next to us.
5th gear and still on it. Run it out to 6000 in 5th, about 130MPH, and they
finally get about 1/2 car length ahead of us until they let off. More than
fast enough on the DC beltway.
Unbelievable!! Shocky runs with an STI on 10 psi boost on only his second
day with his AWP engine!! Poor STI guy! Brand new car and 25 year old Shocky
really made him work for it. 8^)
What a huge thrill! Faster than hell right out of the box with plenty of
boost to come!

If you want a kick checkout the video Kirsten made of Shocky's first
challenge. She was totally not paying attention to the camera, but the audio
is fun (plus she's topless and you get a quick glance of that too ;^) and
you can see the Subaru just pull ahead at the end of the race.

www.funksoulkitty.org/october/wrxsti.mov

Also, Kirsten will post some other videos where she kicks some ass, so watch
for those ;^)

Shocky is awesome and what a little Trooper! (Yes, Kirsten made me say
that!) and he got more than one thumbs up today for his awesome display of
power!

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