Moonbaby1973

What a bummer! I just finished installing my K&N Typhoon intake so i was in the mood to show it off. I decided to enter my Mustang in the local 4th of july car show. The last car show i had entered was this very same show, 7 years ago, back in 2000 with my 1991 Firebird. I took third place back in 2000 out of about 35 very nice cars. This time around was a very different story
Now, dont get me wrong, i did not expect to clean house and take first place or anything, but out of the 35 or so cars that were there, i was sure i would at very least get into the top 20.
Now i dont mean to slam anyones taste in cars. Everyone likes different types of cars. There were many, many ricers at the show. Not my personal favorite, but i still appreciate the work that anyone puts into their car to make it look nice. But...some of the cars at this show, did not belong in a show. A good portion of the cars had dull or faded paint, spray painted engine compartments (neon colors), scratches, dents, dirty interiors and a general lack of detailing! There was a Dodge neon whos only mod was huge flame stickers on the sides. There was a mazda Miata whos paint was faded to the point that primer was showing through. There was a Honda with unpainted groud effects. I lost to these cars!
Again, i dont mean to slam anyones car, but come on....I thought i would at least make top 20. Its quite a blow to your ego to loose to cars in this kind of condition! What a bummer!

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PLstang

You need more stickers on your car. I understand they add another 20 to 30 rwhp, ask any of the ricers that were at that show!

I feel your pain but remember you may have lost but you got to go home in an American classic! They got to drive home in their ricers[:'(]

hammeron

remember, it's how you play the game that matters....

you still have one of the coolest sigs around, so don't
feel too bad

jerjan

The moral of the story here is: Don't enter ricer car shows!

awakeinAZ

Yeah - Judges are somtimes NOT real car people. Shows are fun especially w/ more stangs together. Don't give up on it!

TTSRACINGWORLD

Hey moonbaby, How did you K&N Typhoon fit for you. I did mine about a week ago and it took some work to get it to fit. Also half of the directions were missing. I been thinking of putting mine into a show. It's been about 19 years since I put a car in a show...................around the time I met my wife............. is there a connection..........hmmmmmmmmmmmmmm anyway, back then I had a 1984 Camaro and the best I did was 2 3rd places.

TPony

Keep on trying...there will be more out there...

explict

I notice at car shows these days the more flashy the car the better, the cleaner the worse. I think it should be the opposite though.

For example:



I mean thecaris like a Red and Yellow 1988 Honda Civic!!

MexGT

I bet he won the RICIEST car in the show

ohsixgt1217

Lol just look at the kids walking around. They look 12 years old!

Gotta love the highschool days!