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From: North Ga Mtns
Love those cars...but I was thinking about the rice burners, turbo cars and the small displacement cars and the like.
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I agree. As a 26 year old that has had the privlage to drive some nice classics, and own one. I hear kids say things all the time about there cars and all i can think is you have no idea. Unfortunalty everyone thinks a 4 cylinder runs the streets have never had a v8 to drive and to feel that torque
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....When i was 16 , 32 cents a gallon and lots of hot rods !!
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From: on the garage floor. lol!
i had a few cars back in the day. 70 gsx stage 1, 69, 70 chevelle 454 both 4 spd but the 70 had nitrous and that was fun to drive all over the road, 70 nova 454, 70 duster 340, 69 camaro 454 nitrous, 78, 80 malibu 350 w/ tunnel rams, 87 grand national, 76 camaro 350 cheater n.o.s., 77 buick regal parts runner no trunk lid no rear glass no rear or passenger seat, 77 cutlass 350 w a/c, 70 el camino 350, 78 toyota p/u parts runner, 97 blazer v6 vortec. i loved each and everyone of these. a lot of love, sweat and time went into each one. every once in a while i would think about these cars and wish i had it all back. i miss these cars. i could not pick one over the other. they each had their own attitude and personality. yeah you could say i'm emotionally attached to these cars. i have had people say to me its like you and your cars are attached at the hip. lol!! i remember i went to look at a triumph tr-6. i took it for a test drive and i couldn't believe how much power and torque that little british car had. how ever things didn't work out and i ended up not buying it. well that's it for now. hopefully more to come in the future???
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Lucky bas****s, I'm only 22 so I didn't get to play with the fun stuff when it was new, but I have driven a 390 powered F250 that could do a 4 wheel burnout... I thought my 7.3 had a lot of torque until that moment.
Some of us young ****heads have seen/played with the fun stuff, although it is quite sad how pleased my peers (my generation) seems to be with mediocre cars. I mean what idiot came up with putting a V6 in a mustang? And what was wrong with the old engines where the torque came on quick, hell I just drove my dads 05 today no performance until it's over 4000.
Some of us young ****heads have seen/played with the fun stuff, although it is quite sad how pleased my peers (my generation) seems to be with mediocre cars. I mean what idiot came up with putting a V6 in a mustang? And what was wrong with the old engines where the torque came on quick, hell I just drove my dads 05 today no performance until it's over 4000.
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From: Conway, South Carolina
Lucky bas****s, I'm only 22 so I didn't get to play with the fun stuff when it was new, but I have driven a 390 powered F250 that could do a 4 wheel burnout... I thought my 7.3 had a lot of torque until that moment.
Some of us young ****heads have seen/played with the fun stuff, although it is quite sad how pleased my peers (my generation) seems to be with mediocre cars. I mean what idiot came up with putting a V6 in a mustang? And what was wrong with the old engines where the torque came on quick, hell I just drove my dads 05 today no performance until it's over 4000.
Some of us young ****heads have seen/played with the fun stuff, although it is quite sad how pleased my peers (my generation) seems to be with mediocre cars. I mean what idiot came up with putting a V6 in a mustang? And what was wrong with the old engines where the torque came on quick, hell I just drove my dads 05 today no performance until it's over 4000.
My 89 F150 with a 351w, has a quicker response and low end power than my dad's 07 F150 with a 5.4.
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Lucky bas****s, I'm only 22 so I didn't get to play with the fun stuff when it was new, but I have driven a 390 powered F250 that could do a 4 wheel burnout... I thought my 7.3 had a lot of torque until that moment.
Some of us young ****heads have seen/played with the fun stuff, although it is quite sad how pleased my peers (my generation) seems to be with mediocre cars.
I mean what idiot came up with putting a V6 in a mustang? And what was wrong with the old engines where the torque came on quick,
hell I just drove my dads 05 today no performance until it's over 4000.
Some of us young ****heads have seen/played with the fun stuff, although it is quite sad how pleased my peers (my generation) seems to be with mediocre cars.
I mean what idiot came up with putting a V6 in a mustang? And what was wrong with the old engines where the torque came on quick,
hell I just drove my dads 05 today no performance until it's over 4000.
And what was wrong with the old engines where the torque came on quick,
Short answer is, the tree huggers and the Federal government regulated them to death
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From: Colorado Springs CO
The base model Mustang has always had a small engine. Original 64 1/2 Mustangs had a tire smokin' 170 6 cyl. And for many years, the base engine in the Mustang was the 2.3 4cyl!
BTW the new V6 Mustangs actually run pretty strong...
BTW the new V6 Mustangs actually run pretty strong...
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Yea i believe around the mid 70's is when the goverment and car makers really started to go down hill in power. And yea the mustangs have always had a base model. The 64 1/2 mustang also came with a 200 motor and ive driven one and there still pretty fun to cruise in.
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From: Montague, NJ
almost all new cars have a factory equipped "dead-pedal". they have electronically controlled throttle bodies, and they dont slap open when you mash it. they gradually open, and most dont open 100% until around 4krpm. this also means slower throttle response.
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From: North Reading Mass
I had a few fast cars and trucks back in the 70s including a few with big block power, but my wifes 94 LT1 Caprice is one of the most impressive. Off the line not so great compared to my buddys Chevelle with a 396 but hitting the skinny pedal at 70 will get you past 100 and beyond very quickly and calmly.
I always felt that Ford would have an instant classic if they had put the V10 or even the 5.4 into the CV, I read about a guy that put a mod V10 in a Merc and it was a gas.
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rikard
I always felt that Ford would have an instant classic if they had put the V10 or even the 5.4 into the CV, I read about a guy that put a mod V10 in a Merc and it was a gas.
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rikard
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From: Gilbert, PA
Exactly. More that ANY 60s muscle car