Well, well...

I was enjoying a ride today, when I passed a 97 2.8 on the highway.

Minutes later, he catches me on the streets next to my place.

I accelerate from a stop sign, only to see he his moving fast on me. I floor it, expecting to lose the guy. I somehow stop his momentum a bit, especially when I misshifted to 5th instead of 3rd... :rolleyes: The guy didn't ram my ass, thank god, and at the next stop, he goes «do you have a 2.8?», I'm like «yeah, yours is a 97 right?» He goes, «yeah... this is nice!»

I rev a couple of times, and we go at it again. I didn't ask if the guy had mods, but his exhaust looked stock. Maybe an intake from the growl at WOT, I don't know. However, I have the basic trio (Shark, intake, exhaust), so I expected somewhat of an easy kill, despite the fact that I have some added weight because of the front and rear strut braces and roll hoops.

So we start, I get some wheelspin, the car even gets sideways, so when they grip, he's about to edge me out. I shift to second, I think his shift was quicker than mine, and I heard him chirp his tires. The guy is dead even with me. :az:

This is where it starts to suck even more: all the way through second, maybe because of his better momentum due to a better launch, I dunno, he inches ever so slightly, getting maybe 12 inches on me.

And then... :devillook

As he has to shift because his rev limiter is lower than mine, I hear this grinding noise. Ouch! I hoped he hadn't shove it in first! I think he kind of misshifted the 3rd, ending halfway between 3rd and 5th. Which is a good thing because when I shifted, I put it in 5th again... :mad: something I sometimes do when trying to accelerate hard.

So I finished in front, but I'm a bit disappointed by my mods and by myself. The guy was a better driver, and I guess my mods give some more hp in the mid range, like when you run leisurely at 3500 rpm, but do not allow a full rape on 0-80 races...

:(

You need to learn to shift better dude!!!
































j/k - nice kill, I think! ;)

I need to learn to shift better, you bet. This sucks.

Nah, you'd win easily if you didn't screw it up so much. The fact that you came out in front at all is amazing. Blew the launch, then severely shortshirted into 5th. You're lucky he wasn't a ways ahead, stock or not. Don't feel bad, you just got tense thats all.

2-5 shift..aww crap!

Nah, you'd win easily if you didn't screw it up so much.

That helped a lot Bill... :rolleyes: :(















:D

The fact that you came out in front at all is amazing. Blew the launch, then severely shortshirted into 5th.

What pisses me off is that he was gaining DURING the second gear. When I misshifted, he was already dead from HIS misshift! But my launched sucked. I mean, even when I get a little wheelspin, it feels like wheelhop. I got sideways!

ShortshiRted, huh? :12:

You're lucky he wasn't a ways ahead, stock or not. Don't feel bad, you just got tense thats all.

I got tense all right... Misshifts suck. At least, a 2-5 misshift is better than 2-1 one... :eek:

I practice shifting every day now. After a couple of 5 to 2s it scares you.

I hear ya. So does 4 to 3...

I need to let you drive the Alpine Hugo.

Non-sync 1st gear, you have to be STOPPED to shift into 1st.

I can't remember the last time I came to a full stop in the Bimmers...

Hugo,

I saw a link once to a hand-position technique that would really help you in your shifting.

There is a hand-position for gear. It makes the shift easy and helps to guide the movement into the proper gear everytime. You will have to practice to make it a reflex. The positions are very natural and you should pick it up easily.

The problem is that every gear has a unique position. We all like to put our hand on top of the stick and that is the worst place for fast shifting.

Does anyone have the link to that site?

Short shifter techniques (http://www.shortshifter.com/techniques2.htm)

Works well on stock shifter too!

Thanks man. I'll also buy a big gun, so if I lose again, I can either shoot the other driver (if he laughs) or myself (if he doesn't).

I checked your link. After my so-so race earlier, I went out to drive again... On my car, if I apply this technique («Going into 3rd from 2nd, backhand the shifter knob and push away from you...»), I get into 5th. For me, a straight push gets it into 3rd, from 2nd. I just have this tendency to exagerate the movement, because somehow I fear shoving it into 1st. So it goes in 5th.

yeah i myself started driving my car, everytime i go from 1st to 2nd i sometimes shift in between 2nd and thinrd and sometimes straight to third...i am still getting used to it though

mmmm i just got my license and got a 94 325is, i liek the power for a teenager, but looking forward for a 95 m3 in around a year, and than maybe put a turbo on it soemtime

thanks and good luck shifting

Luke

Teach Dave...........teach ;)........................ Me also :biglaughb

HUGO RACED!!!!

Hugo, maybe you should consider a short shifter kit?.......or an auto???:D J/K

Nice run man!:buttrock At least you don't have cars blowing up next to you:)

The key to winning a closely matched drag race, like a kick-boxing match, or a gun-fight in the Old West, is to remain calm the whole time.

Sounds cliche and rather general, but it's true. If your heart rate rises and you get all excited and jittery, not the best state of mind to work a clutch, shifter, and be alert to shifting at the right time, etc....

That's why practice makes perfect. Something has to become reflexive eventually for it all to come together.

Like when I was 12, I had trouble playing guitar and singing at the same time. I'd forget the words, or sing flat cuz I was singing too quiet or concentrating on the chord changes.

So I basically practiced the guitar part so much that it became reflexive to the point where I didn't even have to think about it, so I could concentrate more focus on the singing.

With Drag Racing, and this may work for me and not others, (plus keep in mind I've been doing it for a long time), the shifting has become reflexive for me, so I can concentrate on the launch rpms, clutch modulation, etc.

But that came with tons of practice. When you first get going with drag racing, if you try to focus on everything at once, something inevitably gives and spoils the run.

Like with Kick-Boxing, when I first started the arms/punches and kicks were there, but the foot work was not. So I'd get off some great punches and kicks, but my opponent would move, pivot, and I'd miss and sometimes even get caught by a counter-move.

I had to develop my foot work to the point where I don't even think about anymore to be effective.

And as with all examples above, music, kick-boxing, drag racing, etc... you have to practice it so much that you remain calm when performing....

The say Dale Earnhardt's heart rate rarely rose about 60 beats a minute while whizzing around Talladega at 200 mph. At those speeds all motions have to be smooth and precise, not herky-jerky. Being calm and relaxed allows for that.

Same thing with drag racing to a different degree, you can't work the clutch properly (smooth) and the shifter if you're not calm and relaxed.

launching is definitely something i need to work on as well....

From now on, I'll try to use the word «reflexive» more often, followed by :pimpflash

I didn't know that word.

That being said, thanks a bunch man. I'll try to race more and be calmer. Hey... that sounds like a way to avoid a ticket :

«No officer, I was not racing this guy. I was practicing for a real race; I was merely monitoring my heart rate. That I happened to rape this riced-out Civic is purely coincidental.»

:D

Just make sure you have the blood-pressure monitor cuff around your arm when he pulls you over... :D

"Officer, my doctor, Dr. Dave :smoke3: said I should check my blood pressure while drag racing as part of my racing training..."


:laugh

LOL!

The doctor reference...

:rofl:

Watch him stick a gun in your ear just to see if the blood pressure guage is working... :D

I'd be like «huh... this wasn't supposed to be part of my training; can I canll my doctor? Or my lawyer?»
:D

The real reason Hugo "lost".....




Ugly Exhaust. :D:D:D

My exhaust may be ugly, but I've never worn a pink shirt.

:D

He says that pink shirt is actually "salmon"

Right. And my exhaust is actually a SuperSPRINT...

:D

..... said the goofy canadian bastard.

be careful hugo... don't make me abuse my mod powers and make you say things you didn't really say.... :evil2

:devillook :evil2 :D

Originally posted by dasMafia
..... said the goofy canadian bastard.

be careful hugo... don't make me abuse my mod powers and make you say things you didn't really say.... :evil2

If you play God on me, I'll register on germantechnik and talk behind your back like a bunch of members here (that shall remain nameless) who go over there and complain about threads being towed, locked, how Z3s are chick cars, etc...

:rolleyes:

:D

:lol: Gotta have a backup plan:D

I smell a mutiny.

Originally posted by Hugo
If you play God on me, I'll register on germantechnik and talk behind your back like a bunch of members here (that shall remain nameless) who go over there and complain about threads being towed, locked, how Z3s are chick cars, etc...

:rolleyes:

:D

Nah, Hugo, you wouldn't do that, you have a sack... ;)

Originally posted by SilverStreak
Nah, Hugo, you wouldn't do that, you have a sack... ;)

Aahh... indeed. :pimpflash

And you're not an immature little boy... :D

Yes. I'm a mature little boy. And this thread has been hijacked like there's no
tomorrow... :D

Ah, it's your thread do what you want with it... :D

Damn! I hijacked myself. I feel like Pepe.

Hugo owned himself:D

At least he's not a punk... :D

:devillook what's that supposed to mean :astromile

Just that Hugo does not behave in a manner consistent with what one could label him as a punk. ;)

Originally posted by Hugo
If you play God on me, I'll register on germantechnik and talk behind your back like a bunch of members here (that shall remain nameless) who go over there and complain about threads being towed, locked, how Z3s are chick cars, etc...

:rolleyes:

:D

hmmm......who would do such a thing?? :shifty

Originally posted by sirtiger
hmmm......who would do such a thing?? :shifty

Spineless immature queers with inferiority complexes...?? :dunno

;)

Interesting choice of word... :laugh

Well, like we say at kick-boxing... if the truth hurts... live in pain... ;)

people can be blind to the truth as well ;)

Ain't that the damn truth... or they can just be totally ignorant/unknowing... Matter of perspective, I suppose...

Its always a matter of perspective....which makes these forums so colorful. But many come around in full circle sooner or later.... :)

I better not continue to hijacking this thread or bad things will happen....... :devillook

Full circle? As in circle-jerk? As in screwing yourself? :D

Originally posted by sirtiger
I better not continue to hijacking this thread or bad things will happen....... :devillook

That's up to Hugo, it's his thread... I'll lock it if he requests it...

OK. What just happened.
Post were just deleted.
Locked and unlocked.

I feel like Beaver trying to understand what Wally and Eddie are doing.

:)

Nah, don't lock it up dave. We'll behave so that things don't turn ugly.

It would be too easy.

Originally posted by dan330
OK. What just happened.
Post were just deleted.
Locked and unlocked.

I feel like Beaver trying to understand what Wally and Eddie are doing.

:)

Let me tell you what happened.

I made a bad editorial choice that made me feel like an ass and removed it.

Plain and simple.

I re-opened it at Hugo's request.

Originally posted by Hugo
Let me tell you what happened.

I made a bad editorial choice that made me feel like an ass and removed it.

Plain and simple.

Yeah, I read that post. I did not think it was way out of line. You were not being mean, but informative.
No biggy.

I was about to respond to the last part of that post with a zinger. But that was squashed when it got deleted.
:devillook
Oh well. missed oppertunities.

What did I miss?

Originally posted by Hugo
If you play God on me, I'll register on germantechnik and talk behind your back like a bunch of members here (that shall remain nameless) who go over there and complain about threads being towed, locked, how Z3s are chick cars, etc...

:rolleyes:

:D

bring it, bitch!:flipa: :flipa: :flipa: :flipa:

Originally posted by dasMafia
bring it, bitch!:flipa: :flipa: :flipa: :flipa:

:rofl:

God, can you feel the love on this board, LOL!

.....Originally posted by Hugo --
I just have this tendency to exagerate the movement, because somehow I fear shoving it in . . . .

hahah ... so THE REAL TRUTH comes out ....

:laugh ...

BWAAHAHAHAAAAAAAA!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!


PWN3D!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

"can you feel the love on this board"

followed by...

"I just have this tendency to exagerate the movement, because somehow I fear shoving it in"


:lol:

ha ha ha.

where is Pepe. He might want join in and point out more mistakes.

:)

for 2-3, open palm, thumb pointing up, push straight up...i have never driven a car this didnt work on....cause when it comes out of two it wants to go to neutral

other than that i do everything in the shifting tutorial that dude posted.

i dont like what the tutorial said about 2-3...that would make you go to 5th even more likely!!
but its what is best for you IMO....

Originally posted by luckee2bhere
for 2-3, open palm, thumb pointing up, push straight up...i have never driven a car this didnt work on....cause when it comes out of two it wants to go to neutral

other than that i do everything in the shifting tutorial that dude posted.

i dont like what the tutorial said about 2-3...that would make you go to 5th even more likely!!
but its what is best for you IMO....

Exactly. I tried the tutorial - shoved it in fifth without hesitation...

holy god this thread si whack... it might be time to start over... kinda like Hugo's exhaust.

btw, hugo, I'll bet if you give up your canadian citizenship, you'll be able to shift correctly... that or your car is mutinying because its got a skanky-assed poo-gibblet hanging off its ass. :D:D:D:D

yeah, dave, lock this.

Originally posted by dasMafia

yeah, dave, lock this.

Pffft!!

It's back to shifting techniques. Leave it there!

:D

Originally posted by SilverStreak
Spineless immature queers with inferiority complexes...?? :dunno

;)

You tell them! Thank god for silverstreak! I can't wait until I have a supercharged z3 so I can go run 11's while banging strippers and wailing on my guitar. You are my fucking idol man! 30k posts! I love you!

I am sorry if this is too much praise, don't kick my ass, you are the toughest and coolest guy around.

:confused: Oleus, you seem to know Dave pretty well despite only having one post here.:)

Welcome to Bimmerforums:wave:

Hello, Joe...

Originally posted by Oleus
You tell them! Thank god for silverstreak! I can't wait until I have a supercharged z3 so I can go run 11's while banging strippers and wailing on my guitar. You are my fucking idol man! 30k posts! I love you!

I am sorry if this is too much praise, don't kick my ass, you are the toughest and coolest guy around.


... :confused:

Right...

A noob who doesn't disclose his location, and talks to Dave in EXACTLY the same fashion as some «other» people, going so far as saying Dave has 30k posts, which is wrong (for now). The only people who talk about Dave having 30k posts are not bf.c regulars, and much less newbies.

Hello spy! Busted! :rolleyes:

Come to think of it Dave, lock this one.

Done.

Oh, and I know who it is, Hugo... :rolleyes:

I guess the truth cuts deep when we label people for what they really are, for talking out one side of their mouth here, and the other side of their mouth elsewhere...