......Slumbering Menace????
by crispone » Sun May 20, 2007 8:53 pm
I shot a late evening shot of my pair of Toyota Coupes... (sandwiching the wife's "odd-ity"...) I had to bump up the mid-tone... because even with a timed exposure... this one plays out "dark" to keep the highlights in check.
The "beater" '89 supra on the right hadn't really "run" for several years... an idle monster in the shadow of the shiny Solara. I did an early morning "tinker-session" over a couple cups of Sumatran... and may have figured something out! Anyway... yesterday, I managed to go out and thrash on the boost for a spell... and although I only got it to hold 12lbs for several "playful launches" at varied speeds in the early gears... and I'm sorry I leave the thing sitting so much! WOW!
Went and SEARED through first so hard on a "soft launch" it rapped out on the limiter for several taps before I could slip it into second... and then slide around under full throttle all the way through second, breaking 'em free for a moment with THIRD before squatting down and proceeding to SURGE my forward as the 255 BFG's truggled to keep a grip till I snapped off the pedal and a head snapping GTP car-esque CHE-CHE pwshweeeeeet expulsion of now unwelcome boost is bled off into the atmosphere like an impromptu sneeze! WHEEEEEEEEEEE!!!!!!
Anyway... I had to take a quick snapshot to honor the "Old Iron" for putting up with all the neglect these recent years... always lookin' over at the "pampered" 'lara sitting beside her like a thumb in the eye.
-crisp
The "beater" '89 supra on the right hadn't really "run" for several years... an idle monster in the shadow of the shiny Solara. I did an early morning "tinker-session" over a couple cups of Sumatran... and may have figured something out! Anyway... yesterday, I managed to go out and thrash on the boost for a spell... and although I only got it to hold 12lbs for several "playful launches" at varied speeds in the early gears... and I'm sorry I leave the thing sitting so much! WOW!
Went and SEARED through first so hard on a "soft launch" it rapped out on the limiter for several taps before I could slip it into second... and then slide around under full throttle all the way through second, breaking 'em free for a moment with THIRD before squatting down and proceeding to SURGE my forward as the 255 BFG's truggled to keep a grip till I snapped off the pedal and a head snapping GTP car-esque CHE-CHE pwshweeeeeet expulsion of now unwelcome boost is bled off into the atmosphere like an impromptu sneeze! WHEEEEEEEEEEE!!!!!!
Anyway... I had to take a quick snapshot to honor the "Old Iron" for putting up with all the neglect these recent years... always lookin' over at the "pampered" 'lara sitting beside her like a thumb in the eye.
-crisp
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