First and foremost, my car is a Rally Yellow 09 SS/TC sedan that is bone stock aside from my own HPT tuning(stock timing, untouched.... Too bad really as it would have only made it that much worse)


We'll start this off with a good old Father vs Son story for the ages. For all intents and purposes my father and I have always been rivals since I can remember. We never got to run his built 396 67 Chevelle SS vs my many different setups in my 01 SS and my GTO for too many reasons to count. He'd have lost anyway

Mr. "Do you believe everything you read on the internet?" years ago when it came to DSM's (Imports in general) and how quick they can be happened to come upon a great deal he couldn't pass up. A 1st gen DSM that was in great shape mechanically and visually. He's done some great modifications himself:

MBC pushing 20lbs, K&N filter on a modified stock intake, custom "ram air" setup, modified stock turbo, ported 02 housing, catless/bullet exhaust, DSM link for fueling, minor weight reduction. This car literally SCREAMS like a banshee at WOT! Hard to explain but impossible to forget.

I didn't tell him about my tuning and he had been talking himself up with all of these "kill stories". He thought I was bone stock

Race 1: 40-110

We both started off in 2nd gear. I honked it off, 1..2..3 and surprisingly we were somewhat side by side for 2nd, his car screaming in my ear as I'm inching ahead. I looked over at my dad and the look on this face was priceless and I grinned at him. NLS into 3rd and I start to just walk away. We were coming up hard on traffic so we shut them down with me 3+ cars up.

Race 2: Dig to 80

We get lined up and I honk it off again. I bogged and he smoldered the tires. As soon as I got up and going I shot off like a rocket with a quick shift into 2nd and a NLS into 3rd. Shut down shortly after. My dad on the other hand spun hard as **** through 1st/2nd and said **** it and shut down.

When we got back to his place he was in complete disbelief.
Now before all of this, I kept telling him he didn't have enough but as I said, I never came out and told him what I had. So I walked out to my car and grabbed the laptop. As soon as he saw it he looked at me and said "You're a ******* jerk!" We had a good time shooting the **** after that.

Cliff notes:

Father vs son battle, 09 Sedan SS/TC vs modded 1st gen dsm. Two races, 1 40 roll and a dig. SS/TC wins both soundly and dad is crushed at first and laughs after due to shady fun

There's more kills to share and will be much easier on the eyes but I had to give the background. However, definitely going to raise some eyebrows with the next thread!

 

you sound like you have an awesome dad. My dad doesnt know poo about cars

 

I wish my dad still had his 90 CRX with a B16 swap (maybe). That little car was super quick. That would be a good race.

 

my dad used to enjoy racing and modding cars till one of his friends died in a race against his best friend at the time... 30+ years ago way before i was ever born... he doesnt see the point in modding cars anymore. but he does like my 4wheeler, 50 year old man doing wheelies on a cammed 450r

 

What would've made the story was if after the race you turned to your dad and said, "Don't believe everything you read on the internet about those cars!" Good runs.

 

haha good stuff i love my little TC .. althought i love black i must say yellow would be sweet since they are so rare in a sedan! lucky you and nice race!! i had a 1gen DSM it was quick in it's day i still miss it but i just couldn't afford to keep fixing it

 

Haha, thanks man. Yes, pops is quite the mechanic.


Thanks bud. Trust me, both my brother and I use the line "Do you believe everything you read on the internet" any time he brings up something that he read about.

Thanks man. I love the yellow! Luckily for my dad, he hasn't had any major issues what so ever with the car! He's got a "blessed" dsm

 

i have a 1990 dsm that has been tweaked just a little. it has the ls1maf conversion, aftermarket intake, header, full 3 1/2" single exhaust. this car dynoed just under 400 fwhp. all the work has been done by abelraceing in midwest city ok. it will litterly smoke all four tires when the 32pds of boost hit. it is on a conservative tune. they said they could get more out of it. i am still running on stock bottom end also. it has ran 11.1@127mph. so there is alot that your dad hasn't done to his dsm. and this is another bug free dsm. congrats on the win and some good races with your dad. oh yea i forgot it has cams also...

 

I'm going to be having one of these little father/son battles with my dad when I go home in a few months...I'll be racing this though...

 

your toast! ha-ha.

 

yep...but its my dad...should be fun

 

dude...what is that? haha

 

86 buick wh-1...shes sexy

 

ohhh turbo buick, tough to beat one of those, I love mine

 

don't know what that is, but it looks clean under the hood, so i'm gonna assume it's fast. haha

...and now i see the turbo that i'm not on my phone haha