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[DAVEC-NITRO-RS4]

ANYTHING IN THE WRONG HANDS CAN BE POTENTIALLY DEADLY.

helllooooooooooo

[Ponch]

"ANYTHING IN THE WRONG HANDS CAN BE POTENTIALLY DEADLY."

Should have read;

"ANYTHING IN MEATWAD'S HANDS CAN BE POTENTIALLY DEADLY."

[Meatwad]

yep yep.

[J-Dub]

Man you guys are talking about 3600 stall torque converters and shit, wtf you can't drive that shit on the street. Meat, do you want a Daily driver, or do you want a drag car. You want a Daily Driver, get a Honda Accord, Nissan Maxima, Toyota something. You want to go drag racing go buy a Camaro or a Mustang or something, The 2 don't mix. Think about reliabilty.

[Thirdgen89GTA]

Man you guys are talking about 3600 stall torque converters and shit, wtf you can't drive that shit on the street. Meat, do you want a Daily driver, or do you want a drag car. You want a Daily Driver, get a Honda Accord, Nissan Maxima, Toyota something. You want to go drag racing go buy a Camaro or a Mustang or something, The 2 don't mix. Think about reliabilty.

Yeah you can, a 9.5" vigilante TC is pretty streetable because it still has lock-up. Quite a few people have them in daily drivers.

Last I checked I know several people running I/C/H/E mods with LS1s still netting mid 20mpg ratings and turning out 400+ at the wheels. LSx series engines make power because of the insane head flow they have. Better than many aftermarket aluminum heads out there for sbc, sb ford, and such.

[badmojo]

reliability hell think about the gas prices

[blktransam]

u have to pay to play....

my ta had a 2500 stall converter drove it everyday besides rain...not like it dont move until that rpm...

[Thirdgen89GTA]

I had a 2400 stall in my GTA and it would flash to 2800 or so at times, depending on how much weight was in the car. If I held the brakes and pushed the pedal down the rear tires would start to overcome the brakes by about 2000rpm. In fact, I have a video if it.

http://media.putfile.com/Rolling-run-to-115mph

211/219 duration @ .050", .500"/.525" lift, 112lsa.
stock heads, cleaned up. Did the work myself, first time. not professional work.
Hooker 2055 headers, SLP 2otL catback.
2400 stall.

running stock prom, so plenty of power left in it at that point. 0-60mph in 5 seconds flat according to the video. (timed from the first frame where the needle moves to when the needle passes the 60 mark. Let off at 115mph. Rolled into the throttle, so it wasn't a hard launch at all.

BTW, it still got 21mpg without a tune on the ECM, though it wasn't the best idle. At times it would surge, etc... A dyno tune with a wide band would have fixed it, the ecm did okay, but not great with the mods. With a tune I expect it would have been back up towards 26 to 30mpg.

[J-Dub]

I want an old muscle'y car some day...I just like the way the engine sounds @ idle with a long duration Cam. all..choppy...love the sound of american muscle. But I'll drive imports all day long.

[blktransam]

I sure hope u are in the 12's with that combo...

my 86 had a "stock" 350,with a lunati street cam, 1.6 rockers,with long tubes 3 inch flows, torqer intake, 750 double pumper(factory jets even) stock gears had the borg warner rear end, 3500 converter full manual valve body, flashing the converter it would run 12.40's at 108 on street tires shitty 1.8 60 ft time and pig rich with no weight reduction at all (well had a 2 inch cowl thats all), and could drive it to cali. with the air on

[Thirdgen89GTA]

I modeled the mods I chose after a lingenfelter buildup. Powerband from idle to about 5500rpm.

The car never saw the track in running trim. Day I took it to the track the oil pump started going. Had a couple crappy passes, then the oil pressure dropped to 0 on a pass, came right back up but the engine hit 270* at the end of the pass. A week later it was knocking. However, the guy I sold the long block to tells me it runs 12's all day long, running the same cam, and heads. He had it rebuilt, but other than a basic rebuild and a valve job nothing was done to it. Its sitting in a 71 nova. Not bad for a long block he paid $200 for.

Got a LT1 sitting in the car, but haven't finished up with it. Got just about everything except for some minor stuff. fuel lines, and a starter are all I really need. The harness is all labeled, I just need to give it power, ground, and solder about 7 wires. Leaving the LT1 stock for a while, just running the headers and a cat-back. Maybe a CAI to replace the stock filter setup. I have a Hot-cam, and another set of heads I will send out for port work when I'm ready to next year.

Have SFC's, LCA's, and a spherical rod end panhard bar for it as well.

[blktransam]

gotcha

[Meatwad]

reliability hell think about the gas prices

gas prices are fine.

[Meatwad]

Man you guys are talking about 3600 stall torque converters and shit, wtf you can't drive that shit on the street. Meat, do you want a Daily driver, or do you want a drag car. You want a Daily Driver, get a Honda Accord, Nissan Maxima, Toyota something. You want to go drag racing go buy a Camaro or a Mustang or something, The 2 don't mix. Think about reliabilty.

i want something i can drive everyday. But kick the shit outta the punk ass kids at stoplights.

[Czech-it-Out Graphics]

why do u wanna be able to beat people in traffic light races? you get like a trophy for being the worlds tallest midget for that shit or something? use ur head and get a reliable car with good gas mileage and for phucks sake use 83 octane

[FreeRideFrosty]

dont take this as a flame job but you cracked me up with this comment.
ANYTHING IN THE WRONG HANDS CAN BE POTENTIALLY DEADLY.

but the best horsepower per dollar is hands down the neon srt-4

No kidding..... but somehow the Neons install false confidence in dumb ass kids. What I was saying is that they feel like they handle well, but they really don't. If that makes any sense. It is a deathtrap of a high horsepower shit box IMO.

And Meatwad..... grow up man. You want to beat the punks at stoplights? You will be one of them. Seriously. If you set up some races at night when no one's around that's one thing. Racing from stoplight to stoplight is just stupid. You will be putting all of your money towards lawyers and court costs and not your car. Be smart about this.

And ThirdGen..... LSx motors FTW. They have been doing them right. It's amazing what just a nice set of headers can do to those motors, let alone a nice intake and full exhaust to go with it. Add a cam and you have a very reliable and fairly nasty street car.

[Meatwad]

why do u wanna be able to beat people in traffic light races? you get like a trophy for being the worlds tallest midget for that shit or something? use ur head and get a reliable car with good gas mileage and for phucks sake use 83 octane

mike u wouldnt understand. u dont live by UTI. these kids think there civics ar sooo fast

[rocco79]

who gives a fuck?

Street racing when i was into it 5 years ago wasnt as serious a crime as the fuzz has made it now.... Keep your nose clean and just get a solid ride man... You dont need to get your liecence pulled and have court fees and shit... Trust me

[Meatwad]

who gives a fuck?

Street racing when i was into it 5 years ago wasnt as serious a crime as the fuzz has made it now.... Keep your nose clean and just get a solid ride man... You dont need to get your liecence pulled and have court fees and shit... Trust me

yeah its a serious crime now. im keeping my GA. so i guess i want to find a nice mustang so i can take it to ther strip and have fun every once in awile

[rocco79]

Just buy a fukcin r/c car to get your racing fix!

[Meatwad]

yeah i did that already. 9.5 violator with a omega picco x7r.
should hold me over till the rc8 release

[FreeRideFrosty]

Ever since the movies came out it blew up. I knew a few of the 'chicago street racers' that were just getting out of it when I was just learning of the scene. I was the quiet kid who kind of observed at these things. No place for a GTI. Haha The big races are still taking place on main streets or select industrial parks from about 12:30 at night until about 3:00 in the morning when no one is out but cops. Everyone shows up, runs, and splits. There are huge fines and jail time possible I believe. Basically get ready to pay if you get caught, or you had better have one HELL of a fast car and lots of friends in the area. It is/has gotten to the point where it isn't worth it to run on the street. Some guys still do but with events like RSD (real street drags) where you can run off of a hand drop on a prepped drag strip, there is no longer a need to take the risk...... but that's half the rush I imagine.

[Meatwad]

strats on North ave.
woodfield

[rocco79]

Ever since the movies came out it blew up. I knew a few of the 'chicago street racers' that were just getting out of it when I was just learning of the scene. I was the quiet kid who kind of observed at these things. No place for a GTI. Haha The big races are still taking place on main streets or select industrial parks from about 12:30 at night until about 3:00 in the morning when no one is out but cops. Everyone shows up, runs, and splits. There are huge fines and jail time possible I believe. Basically get ready to pay if you get caught, or you had better have one HELL of a fast car and lots of friends in the area. It is/has gotten to the point where it isn't worth it to run on the street. Some guys still do but with events like RSD (real street drags) where you can run off of a hand drop on a prepped drag strip, there is no longer a need to take the risk...... but that's half the rush I imagine.

The REAL thing will never die.... Its the moron kids who feel 9:30 pm on any piece or tarmac its ok to LPD like you own the road!

[SixVi6-Camaro]

Man you guys are talking about 3600 stall torque converters and shit, wtf you can't drive that shit on the street. Meat, do you want a Daily driver, or do you want a drag car. You want a Daily Driver, get a Honda Accord, Nissan Maxima, Toyota something. You want to go drag racing go buy a Camaro or a Mustang or something, The 2 don't mix. Think about reliabilty.

Wow! you have a lot to learn... I have a Vig 3600 stall, FLT level 4 tranny, 3.73 gear, lid, tune (HP Tuners), and catback on my 01 LS1 Camaro with a few weight mods and suspension mods. a few weeks ago I ran a 12.52@107 with a 1.63 60' on Bias Ply ET streets. I drive it every day to work in the rain, snow everything 40 miles day. Hell I even drove the car on the Last power tour, have taken it to Florida twice driven in deep snow on snow tires and through insane rain and hurricane squals, and 110 deg heat in AZ! Its never skiped a beat. I still get 25mpg highway and around 15 in city too. A good stall and mods with a real tune is no problem on the street and most all A4 Ls1's on the street with a stall have minimum 3200 all the way to 4400rpm stalls with no problem.

Back to the topic though Meatwad. seriously I'd get a fox body Stang if you like to mod and tinker. they are easy to work on and fun cars and parts galore are all over the place. Keep it milder and drive it. Take it easy on the street and keep your nose out of trouble though. Now days murder and rape seem to be less serious charges than street racing.