[S.R.]

Check it out!

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What follows is a recounting by George Broussard of a drag strip run by the local gaming industry. id Software rented a local drag strip in Ennis Texas for an afternoon and invited a couple of us to go.

3D Realms & 850 Turbo Goes Racing...

Here are the official best 1/4 mile times posted at the event:

10. 14.7 @ 92 Brandon James M3
11. 15.3 @ 92 Christian Boxster
12. 15.5 @ 93 Jen Volvo 850 Turbo

Not bad for a stock Volvo 850 Turbo, only 0.2 seconds behind a Porsche Boxter, plus with a 1+ mph higher trap speed.

-Drew

 

[Kai]

Am I dreaming....or was that Volvo driven by a girl?~! Woohooo~~~ A female Volvo owner took her car out on the drag strip~~! Nice...
hehehe...
Again....we need to get the drooling smiley..

 

[JHEIII850Turbo]

Hmm... did that 740 turbo beat that 850? Haha, I think the 850 just hit his brakes... Of course, that 740 was running 19 PSI of boost.

P.S. As for Boxster's, I've beaten my share fair of them, I actually almost kept up with a Boxster S once

. From a rolling start at around 30, and kept up with him until about 70, then I backed off, ya right, he just pulled away.

 

[turboale]

740s are faster than you think. My friend has me and all he has are fatter tires and hes running it at 13psi. 'Course, my car is still stock except drop in filter and an exhaust. On the standing start its pretty much a whos got the best launch war, but he still pulls on me at speed. The main thing hes got on me is the smaller turbo. I can visually see when his car starts to make boost, then feel mine start to do the same. Man... Can't wait til the summer to get that chip... :-D Then we will have to see whats up.