[JohnM]

Well, I had one of those rare opportunities the come up to the stopsign next to a WRX near my office this morning. He had obviously seen my stage 1 badge because he gunned it up next to me to let me know he was there before the stopsign. It was a big road but it was obviously going to be a short and low key run because of discretion near what is undoubted both of our work location. I felt very confident I was going to be able to show him my stage 1 badge again. I feathered into the throttle, rather than hammer it down, so as not to encounter wheel spin. I got out a little ahead and then experienced what I can only describe as short bog similar to a carberated car. At that point he jumped ahead of me. Then my boost came back on and I was up next to him. By then we'd probably hit only 40 or 45 and both backed off. We smiled and nodded at each other for the unexpected bit of fun.

So what the h*ll was that bog? It wasn't like the traction control intervention - I don't think - because it was more pronounced than that. It felt more like the drop in boost that happens when the autosticks shift from 1st to 2nd with stage 0, only more. I've never experienced it before, it usually feels like I could spin the tires at will through 1st gear if i wanted to (w/o track) because of so much seamless power. I've got Mopar plug wires and new plugs gapped at .045.

Any thoughts on what marred my otherwise unexected bit of fun?