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Tucsonxb9s
| | Posted on Friday, December 03, 2004 - 04:53 pm: | 
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Hey Dyna...what was that acronym again? T.A.O.A.T.??? Dang I can't remember... |
Buells Rule!
(Dyna in disguise)
| | Posted on Friday, December 03, 2004 - 04:55 pm: |
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You got it perfectly.
Im kinda expecting Blake to come in & b1tch at us for talking cars in the XB section....but hey at least nobodies complaining. |
BadS1
| | Posted on Friday, December 03, 2004 - 04:58 pm: |
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M1 You better get your facts straight.The vette is chevy powered through and through.Oh and Jg is owned by Ford not Chevy. |
Buells Rule!
(Dyna in disguise)
| | Posted on Friday, December 03, 2004 - 05:05 pm: |
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As to the Mustang vs Vette deal, it would take a lot of $$ to come close to a stock Vette. I raced a couple of late model mustangs with my R1 & they were easy pickings. Even with my HD I could beat most of them. But then I came upo against a new vette this summer & holy •••• was that car quick. On my R1 it was all I could do just to beat him. He got me off the lights & it was about when I was getting ready to hit 2nd that I caught him, then it was easy the rest of the way. Course I think having 400+ hp & 30" of rear rubber on the road makes that car pretty damn easy to blast off from a light with.
Dont take Vettes lightly if you are on a bike, the new ones can haul some serious @ss. |
M1combat
| | Posted on Friday, December 03, 2004 - 05:37 pm: |
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I do have my facts straight...
The Le-Mans vette (C5R) is NOT Chevy powered and I said that Ford was successful in european racing before they acquired Jag. GM had to buy a European company to be competitive on the track over there. I didn't say Chevy (or GM) owned Jag. The engine in the Le-Mans was designed by a company (I don't remember the name) that is more like Rousche or Cosworth is to Ford (because Ford just sold Cosworth). They don't own the company that designed the engine, but the engine was designed by a company that has close ties to Chevy. The C5R engine is NOT the same block that is used in the street legal showroom Vette.
Please don't get me wrong... I like Vettes (Except that they didn't handle worth a damn until this latest chassis (In case you want the numbers... The old ones could pull .89 lateral G's, the Viper pulls .92 (Pre '05), The Supra T pulled .98 - All in stock trim anyway according to Road and Track in about '94)). I just feel (and the numbers seem to back me up) that the Mustang offers the best bang for the buck for anyone who wants to have a car that will set respectable "not attainable off the showroom floor" lap times.
On the 300HP Mustang GT issue... I think I may have read somewhere that Ford will offer a boosted GT. I think that one was 400 or 425HP (still a GT though, not a Cobra). I don't remember where I read that, but probably a post from www.corner-carvers.com. |
M1combat
| | Posted on Friday, December 03, 2004 - 05:43 pm: |
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It's all mostly academic anyway... Buy what you like. I wouldn't mind having a Vette... I like their futuristic cockpit styling at the least. |
Blake
| | Posted on Friday, December 03, 2004 - 10:18 pm: |
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"Im kinda expecting Blake to come in & b1tch at us for talking cars in the XB section....but hey at least nobodies complaining."
Well done. Never miss an opportunity to make up something to complain about. |
Buells Rule!
(Dyna in disguise)
| | Posted on Saturday, December 04, 2004 - 12:18 am: |
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Not complaining, just suprised you hadnt reprimanded us yet |
Ortegakid
| | Posted on Saturday, December 04, 2004 - 12:24 am: |
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I knew you guys had to be car crazy,had myself an AMX years age,1970 390,t-10 four speed,12.92 box stock @ OCIR, one of the most fun cars I've ever owned, not counting my new mini cooper s! |
Buells Rule!
(Dyna in disguise)
| | Posted on Saturday, December 04, 2004 - 12:28 am: |
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AMX's are sweet. Have a whole bunch here in my town. Course it helps that this is where they were built.
SC/Ramblers, Rebel Machines, AMX's, V-8 Gremlins etc are an everyday sight. Guy in town owns a body shop & he has the worlds fastest street legal Gremlin. I think he's running high 7's in the qtr mile right now. |
Ortegakid
| | Posted on Saturday, December 04, 2004 - 12:45 am: |
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Damn,
Always wanted a rebel machine, bet that would bring some bucks at Barrett-Jackson,huh!?
Paid all of $1200 for that car in '72, had her for two years, rings fell off, traded in on a '67 austin cooper s at my local mg dealer! |
Goldenboy9r
| | Posted on Saturday, December 04, 2004 - 02:23 am: |
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just bought a 01 vette 3 weeks ago.drove up to Dallas to pick it up.got 29 mpg from Dallas to Houston. thought I'd "try it out" on 59 South going through downtown Houston, doin 55 threw it into 3rd and hit it. went through 4th,5th and shifted into 6th and looked at the Heads up Display on the winsheild and it said 142! I am in love with my XB but this car freakin rocks!
later |
Firebolt020283
| | Posted on Saturday, December 04, 2004 - 03:02 am: |
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they say the new zo6 vett si going to be a really hot car (possibly competive to the gt and viper) but im not sure how true it will be. so dont quote me on it. i know i have test driven the previous zo6 and it was fast as hell (jsut cant figure out how to fit a baby seat in it). so i had to make do with my firebird t/a. which i love to death. even though im reluctinly scrificing it for my bike (wife said it the firebird or the bike). and that wasnt a hard choice. |
Brucelee
| | Posted on Saturday, December 04, 2004 - 09:25 am: |
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"Dont take Vettes lightly if you are on a bike, the new ones can haul some serious @ss."
This is very true. I drove a ZO6 recently and it is a serious flyer. Cheap speed too! |
Brucelee
| | Posted on Saturday, December 04, 2004 - 09:26 am: |
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"they say the new zo6 vett si going to be a really hot car (possibly competive to the gt and viper) but im not sure how true it will be"
500 BHP at 3200 lbs.
Yes, it will be deadly! |
Court
| | Posted on Saturday, December 04, 2004 - 11:25 am: |
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