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Re: Big engines, baby! Now control your tempers... Wed, 07 May 2003 07:51 Go to previous messageGo to previous message
Norbie wrote on Wed, 07 May 2003 13:45

toycelica77 wrote on Wed, 07 May 2003 11:43

put down you rice fours magazime and visit the drag once in a while, you may learn something

I got to the drags fairly often, and I watch a steady parade of old-school V8's with dropped exhausts running 15 or occasionally high 14 second quarters. Anything faster than that has had a squillion dollars spent on it. Meanwhile, the late-model Jap stuff is running faster times for less money. Hell, I spent $3000 on an engine which will get me into the 12's before I even modify it... try doing that with an old V8!



i ran 13 in my LJ Torana... it was an 8... and it cost $4000 all up, car and engine

a mate of mine used to own a supercharged 308 commodore, it ran 13's and it only had about 6-7 grands worth of equipment all up

in any group of car modifiers, be it the V8 or import croud they'll all have a bunch of tryhards, these ppl you mentioned are obviously it

i'm sure when V8 fans go to the drags they have to sit around while little econo-boxes have their 15-16-17 second runs as well

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Read Message   Big engines, baby! Now control your tempers... mrshinTue, 06 May 2003 05:22
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