The Car Talk Thread

racerboy71

racerboy71

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i'll have to look at see what gen i had driven as i'm far from sure.. i'd say it was maybe idk, shit, a 94 or so maybe'ish?? lol..

what about those chevy ss 454s? were they any better then the ligtning?
 
cannabineer

cannabineer

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racerboy71 said:
i'll have to look at see what gen i had driven as i'm far from sure.. i'd say it was maybe idk, shit, a 94 or so maybe'ish?? lol..

what about those chevy ss 454s? were they any better then the ligtning?
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Pffff. They had 225 horsepower. They were all show, no go. cn
 
racerboy71

racerboy71

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i will however say that i do like range roovers.. i know, i know, they're turds, but i liked the looks of them for years..
 
cannabineer

cannabineer

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Until they went all blingy of late, I know what you mean. The Range Rover and its Japanese cousin, the FJ40 Land Cruiser, had an honest functional ugliness imo. cn
 
racerboy71

racerboy71

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cannabineer said:
Pffff. They had 225 horsepower. They were all show, no go. cn
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1 hp per every 2 ci's? pfff is right, embarrassing is more like it.. :(
cannabineer said:
Until they went all blingy of late, I know what you mean. The Range Rover and its Japanese cousin, the FJ40 Land Cruiser, had an honest functional ugliness imo. cn
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yeah, i like those old land cruisers as well.. glad i'm not the only one.. i even really like the first gen ford bronco as they looked similar imo..
 
cannabineer

cannabineer

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Congrats on the Number of the Post!
In honor of the occasion, voilà the Beast! Merlin aero V12 with 27 liters (almost 1700 ci) displacement! It looks oddly like a Pinto on Viagra ... cn

 
racerboy71

racerboy71

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cannabineer said:
Congrats on the Number of the Post!
In honor of the occasion, voilà the Beast! Merlin aero V12 with 27 liters (almost 1700 ci) displacement! It looks oddly like a Pinto on Vagra ... cn

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i hadn't realized post number 17.352 was a milestone, lol, well, now 17353.. :D

i'll have to look into that thing as i've never heard of it.. spent a lot of time in the back of station wagons as a kid.. mostly ford's.. :(
 
cannabineer

cannabineer

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racerboy71 said:
i hadn't realized post number 17.352 was a milestone, lol, well, now 17353.. :D

i'll have to look into that thing as i've never heard of it.. spent a lot of time in the back of station wagons as a kid.. mostly ford's.. :(
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It was a one-off by some British fellow in the '70s. There are Youtube videos showing it running.

I was referring to your post #666.

<add> i grew up in the back of Fairlane station wagons. I was stoked when our dad upgraded to the one with the tailgunner seat. cn
 
racerboy71

racerboy71

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cannabineer said:
It was a one-off by some British fellow in the '70s. There are Youtube videos showing it running.

I was referring to your post #666.

<add> i grew up in the back of Fairlane station wagons. I was stoked when our dad upgraded to the one with the tailgunner seat. cn
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oh, i loved the tail gunners, we had a few of those as well.. i think we had country squiers, but i try and block it from my memory, lol..

and duh, i didn't even see the 666, lol..
 
racerboy71

racerboy71

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you ever feel like you're talking to yourself?? lol, who would have thunk it that a person whose name is racerboy enjoys talking cars, :D

anyhoo's, anyone seen that new show on the speed channel, can you beat a redneck?? if not, it's pretty much some redneck's racing mostly american muscle vs imports.. i really don't care for the host all that much tbh, bur a decent concept imvho, could use with a change of hosts though if one were to ask me, which i'm sure they wouldn't... :(
 
drolove

drolove

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racerboy71 said:
that's it for the lightning? i knew i wasn't that impressed, now i know why..
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no thats not it lol. numbers are wrong. my buddy has a lightning and we ran it while it was stock and it ran 14 flat. bigger pulley, cold air intake, and some suspension work put him in the 12.7-13.0 range. still not a big fan of them though.
 
drolove

drolove

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racerboy71 said:
i'll have to look at see what gen i had driven as i'm far from sure.. i'd say it was maybe idk, shit, a 94 or so maybe'ish?? lol..

what about those chevy ss 454s? were they any better then the ligtning?
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those SS's were actually pretty bad ass. i got a buddy with one and his dad has one too. its a good like quarter mile truck but the stock gearing of that truck makes it scream on the highway. its at like 4500-5k range at 60 or so lol
 
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