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Old 11-19-2007, 09:07 PM
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how does it feel to know that you officially SUCK at life.

all you had to do was take your foot off the gas.

Its stupid kids like YOU that make MY insurance more money
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Old 11-19-2007, 09:36 PM
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there are allot of great cars you can drop a 5.0 in. Ive seen a 240sx with one, a ranger, and a few others.

the one i would consider most is the ranger, there was a 347 stroker ranger smoking a bunch of lightnings at the track. that was awesome.

go ranger
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Old 11-19-2007, 10:01 PM
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ive seen guys put a lt1 or ls1 in a older rx-7. i would do a rx-7
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Old 11-19-2007, 10:14 PM
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I vote for a 1970s LTD, you won't have the fishtailing problem anymore! Honestly I'd find another Mustang maybe a 4 banger as you have a lot of parts for it already.
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Old 11-19-2007, 11:41 PM
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There was just no sense it what you did..and what you really need to do is put that set up back in a Mustang where it belongs and stop thinking it was the type of car and type of drivetrain set up that caused the wreck.....the real cause was lack of driver experience[&:].......so find a roller fox chasis and put the set up back in and in the mean time learn how to take some of the lead out of your right foot when pulling a holeshot!!!
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Old 11-19-2007, 11:58 PM
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I'm with the above guys. Think, ifyou had trouble controlling that amount of HP in a mustang would it really be more controllable in a car that weighs significantly less? The route with the least headache would be to put it back into another 'stang and learn how to drive. The Ranger transplant sounds cool though and I think that's a fairly common one.
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Old 11-20-2007, 12:10 AM
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I agree with the guys above about putting it back in a mustang however I do know that you can put it in a mazda miata and I heard they scoot really well with that kinda power.
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Old 11-20-2007, 03:53 PM
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I agree with the guys above about putting it back in a mustang however I do know that you can put it in a mazda miata and I heard they scoot really well with that kinda power.
he cant even handle a stang, nevermind an overpowered miata
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Old 11-20-2007, 04:02 PM
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ORIGINAL: AdderMk2

how does it feel to know that you officially SUCK at life.

all you had to do was take your foot off the gas.

Its stupid kids like YOU that make MY insurance more money
haha. but yeah, excellent point adder. but don't worry, we aren't all like that, i'm 18, had the car since july, and i've known since basically i was friggin born, if you don't have traction, and you didn't plan on not having it (fishtail, burnout) just let off the f*cking pedal, it's not hard

many times i've overshot a fishtail, all i did was let off, and there ya go, i'm fine
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