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Old Jan 31, 2007 | 02:35 AM
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Default ok, so i got beat by an xb today..

ok im not to happy, i was on a nice long road, and then vroom, this ugly lookin xb show's up next to me.. light turns green and our tires spin, anyhoo i was ahead of him till third gear and all the sudden, he just took off like he was driving a z06, and their wasn't a turbo cuz i would of hurd it, he was just gone, at least 4 car lengths ahead of me.. what could he of done? n20
Old Jan 31, 2007 | 02:41 AM
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probally their aerodynamics?
Old Jan 31, 2007 | 02:44 AM
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lol ^^
Old Jan 31, 2007 | 02:51 AM
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Maybe when you shifted into 3rd you hit 5th instead? ;)
Old Jan 31, 2007 | 02:51 AM
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oh man....

thats why you dont hate on the same family, pride sucks
Old Jan 31, 2007 | 02:54 AM
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Occasionally our boxes can move, were you racing downhill?
Old Jan 31, 2007 | 02:55 AM
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no lol we were straight, and seriuosly, he just took off, like if i were racing a cobra or something..
Old Jan 31, 2007 | 02:58 AM
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Nitrous maybe?
Old Jan 31, 2007 | 02:58 AM
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Originally Posted by Yanki01
probally their aerodynamics?
Gotta be.
Old Jan 31, 2007 | 02:59 AM
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ye it should be nitrous lol i raced one b4 and i got beat by it too hahahah nitrous works wonders until u blow an engine....
Old Jan 31, 2007 | 03:04 AM
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I know what i could have been! Paul Walker was driving!
Old Jan 31, 2007 | 03:07 AM
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Originally Posted by tikbhoy
oh man....

thats why you dont hate on the same family, pride sucks
+1. Don't pick on the Boxes, they are sneaky.
Old Jan 31, 2007 | 03:08 AM
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why the f*ck would he/she have a bottle of n2o with a box?
Old Jan 31, 2007 | 03:11 AM
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no offense, maybe driver issue ?

who instigated?
Old Jan 31, 2007 | 03:14 AM
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Originally Posted by Yanki01
why the f*ck would he/she have a bottle of n2o with a box?
By that same logic, you could ask who the hell would RACE a box. So if they're racing it, they might have some type of hardware to back it up. I've seen a good handful of boxes with nitrous. Granted, most of them also have 2 10's in the back...
Old Jan 31, 2007 | 03:24 AM
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maybe you were looking at pics of the 2008 xB while thinking of what incredible beast of an engine Toyota would put in there, fell asleep at your keyboard, and had a heck of a dream
Old Jan 31, 2007 | 04:31 AM
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yeah...
so...
Maybe you're shifting way too early and not getting the potential...
or maybe you were

"granny shifting and not double clutching like you should've"


somebody provoked it with the Paul Walker comment...sorry
Old Jan 31, 2007 | 04:53 AM
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super charger maybe and not all tubro setups are easy to hear since the xb and xa have the header further inside they muffle more sound. not everyone runs a bov.
Old Jan 31, 2007 | 05:02 AM
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huh?
ESL?
Old Jan 31, 2007 | 03:47 PM
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i can smoke a stock tc



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