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Old 05-20-2008, 12:25 AM
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like i was saying tho... just cause it can doesnt mean you should
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Old 05-20-2008, 03:05 AM
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like i was saying tho... just cause it can doesnt mean you should
of course not. I don't obey by the rules of the road so to speak, but I built my car to have fun with it. I personally see no problem with playing around in your car providing there's no one around to get injured if you lose control & no property to get damaged. I do slide corners even after over 5 years of owning the car but I won't do it when there are cars or people around.

It's one thing to drive the car you own because you love the feeling of playing in it, it's another to do it in a way that will endanger someone else.

I've had my share of losing control. I've even drove into a ditch, but that's the reason I bought my gt. Parts are very cheap for these cars & due to the 4 banger ones in junkyards fenders/hoods/ect.. are cheap. I drive it crazy sometimes & i'm not stupid enough to say i'm not going to wreck. I very well know the ditch isn't going to be my last wreck, but what's the point in owning the car if you cant play.

In any case if I do wreck it's a good learning experience for learning some body work. Case & point:



to this



Total cost to fix it & paint: $280. That's what i meant by cheap The only thing I didn't do myself was have it put on a framing machine to straighten the frame. $180 (which was included in the cost) The replaced lights & everything else is in the hatch in that pic. It's been together & running for quite a long time, just don't have a new pic. Not bad for hitting a concrete culvard at 30mph & fixing it myself knowing zip about body work or painting before the experience
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Old 05-21-2008, 02:43 AM
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i got a damn 92 GUTTED GT. its running a 408w with 70# injectors, weiand 4-71 blower, .250 dome pistons,afr 185's, trick flow custom cam,TKO 600, 2.73's in its ***, and i can barely bust 150 TOPS. i doubt that it will go that fast any more (at least i know i am not gonna go over 100 in that POS any more) its running coil overs and a tubular k member up front and im not that brave man. in the salt flats 3 yrs ago, it did 150.115mph... 5 mile stretch. talk about butthole puckering. yea. F!@# that!
so i think you are full of **** man. may be doing 15's in the 1/8. hell, i can onlypull 7's and im supercharged.

p.s. i think my car weighs 2900 with NOTHING in it but roll cage and drivetrain. i took out over 400 pounds of un needed junk as well. you do the math
from your posts that i have read, i cant really believe anything you say.

you told a guy thats running HCI that has 30lb injectors to set his fuel pressure at 40psi and work up from there!?!?! are you mental? 24's at 39psi would be running rich as hell.

asking if you dont have to use the cam retainer plate??! whats going to hold the cam in place from moving forwards and backwards?

pics or bs
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Old 05-21-2008, 04:57 AM
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150mph ON AVERAGE is not a hard thing to get with the right road. I've been 140 in my brother's 92 he had with minor bolt ons and 3.73's but there wasn't much after that.
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