tooler
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No, I've got to go to Gainesville. Good luck at Sebring. I want to see two first place trophies.
Melbourne area stangs
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Originally posted by Flash1966
Happen to remember passing a red hatchback? I passed a Mystic tonight (Might have been on Longwood/Lk Mary rd, cant remember...). Dont see too many around here very often.
If the mystic had ugly chrome wheels on it then it was mine. My FR500s are coming soon though, the car is really hurting with these wheels on it.
Topstang2001
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I can't knock him TOO bad....at least it's a fast import! Those AWD turbo Talons are a force to be reckoned with.. Course, with a busted turbo and funky tranny.......there goes all its good points, besides the AWD. Speaking of, how good is it? Never driven an all wheel driver. I imagine it's no different unless you're either a) launching it or b)off-roading or handling. It's probably got a nasty case of understeer.
As much as I hate to admit it....I saw the new Fast and the Furious movie today. 
Just as highly unrealistic as the first one...but I do admit, the plotline was better. It got tiring though..... So many dumb technical things that made no sense.. I swear these cars have infinite gears. They upshifted like CRAZY every race..I don't understand it...I could see 15 gear shifts on a STRAIGHTAWAY. 
On a comical sidenote....a buddy of mine, the one that's been riding with me for the past couple MMOB meetings, got his hands on a copy of a new issue of Sport Compact magazine where they tested all the cars from the movie. I believe the Lancer, in movie form, was MUCH, MUCH slower than a Lancer of the same year in stock form. Don't know why. We're talking like 15.1. All of the other cars were equally unimpressive. The Supra and S2000 were among the quickest if I remember right....mid to low 13's. And the Skyline was pretty slow.. To top that off, they disabled the AWD system on the Skyline and ran it on rear wheel drive only. Why? For the drift scenes.
Just as highly unrealistic as the first one...but I do admit, the plotline was better. It got tiring though..... So many dumb technical things that made no sense.. I swear these cars have infinite gears. They upshifted like CRAZY every race..I don't understand it...I could see 15 gear shifts on a STRAIGHTAWAY. On a comical sidenote....a buddy of mine, the one that's been riding with me for the past couple MMOB meetings, got his hands on a copy of a new issue of Sport Compact magazine where they tested all the cars from the movie. I believe the Lancer, in movie form, was MUCH, MUCH slower than a Lancer of the same year in stock form. Don't know why. We're talking like 15.1. All of the other cars were equally unimpressive. The Supra and S2000 were among the quickest if I remember right....mid to low 13's. And the Skyline was pretty slow.. To top that off, they disabled the AWD system on the Skyline and ran it on rear wheel drive only. Why? For the drift scenes.
Well, I decided I'm prolly gonna fix the turbo. The car bucks whenever I let on or off the gas...which I would imagine is from the fact that the engine expects the turbo to be working whenver that happens. Doesn't make for a very comfy ride. Because of that, and the funky tranny, I haven't pushed it too hard. I can tell, though, that it does stay nailed down to corners pretty well. Feels very solid. Overall I'm pleased with the car. It's nice to be able to drive around and not watch the gas gauge go down.
Topstang2001
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I read the same mag.But the yenko camero was the fasted one of the bunch.The s2000 was the only import that was even in the 13's and it was a 13.9 at that.The yenko was 13.7.I figured the movie was pretty much gonna be nothing but BS.But thats ok tho.Let all the ricers think they can beat any stang/camero/trans-am they run into.Now few will win but those are the ones that threw in the money to really make them fast.
Originally posted by OrLackThereof
As much as I hate to admit it....I saw the new Fast and the Furious movie today.
On a comical sidenote....a buddy of mine, the one that's been riding with me for the past couple MMOB meetings, got his hands on a copy of a new issue of Sport Compact magazine where they tested all the cars from the movie. I believe the Lancer, in movie form, was MUCH, MUCH slower than a Lancer of the same year in stock form. Don't know why. We're talking like 15.1. All of the other cars were equally unimpressive. The Supra and S2000 were among the quickest if I remember right....mid to low 13's. And the Skyline was pretty slow.. To top that off, they disabled the AWD system on the Skyline and ran it on rear wheel drive only. Why? For the drift scenes.
94_Teal_GT
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What do you guys think? I found this posted over on the other board that I frequent. This is the body style that I bought, 'cept mine is grey and not nearly that fast, but not hard to duplicate.
Topstang2001
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eric kebbel
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Hey guys, whata you think of these wheels on my car? I was going to go with the 99 cobras, but got to thinking that I've really not seen to many foxes with the 35th anniversary wheels. Did a quick and dirty photo shop of them. Take a look.
Brian
Brian
I have a set of those wheels sitting in my garage, mine are the machined ones with the light grey inserts. I don't have any center caps though, I can get all four at ford employee price though. If you are interested make me an offer.
94_Teal_GT
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Re: hey
I must say that car is a pleasure to drive on long trips and gets 22mpg with A/C on. There is nothing like a full frame car.
Not to mention you tend to get cutoff less in a big boat. I guess the sight of that big chrome bumper is a deterent.
BTW, the owner of the blue one is from Port St. Lucie. His car is posted on car domain so you may see it at Moroso sometime. I don't know the guy, but I like how the car isn't over done, he still has the vinyl/leather top on it.
I'm not sure what a Grand Marquis weighs, but the number I got from MSN was 3951 lbs curb weight(sounds low, as most of the guys on the crown vic board say they go about 4300) for an 88.
Originally posted by eric kebbel
well at least his river barge runs
I must say that car is a pleasure to drive on long trips and gets 22mpg with A/C on. There is nothing like a full frame car. Not to mention you tend to get cutoff less in a big boat. I guess the sight of that big chrome bumper is a deterent.BTW, the owner of the blue one is from Port St. Lucie. His car is posted on car domain so you may see it at Moroso sometime. I don't know the guy, but I like how the car isn't over done, he still has the vinyl/leather top on it.
I'm not sure what a Grand Marquis weighs, but the number I got from MSN was 3951 lbs curb weight(sounds low, as most of the guys on the crown vic board say they go about 4300) for an 88.
Re: Re: hey
i averaged about 25mpg on my trip to NC last weekend, i was very pleased with thatOriginally posted by 94_Teal_GT
94_Teal_GT
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Re: Re: Re: hey
BTW, eric are you going to get to fix your 'river barge' anytime soon?
Yep that's about what my GT averages(but A/C is broken), I just prefer the big car ride for long trips, especially when travelling with wife and 2 kids. I didn't hear "Are we there yet?" or "Tell him/her to leave me alone" not onceOriginally posted by BlackMagic
i averaged about 25mpg on my trip to NC last weekend, i was very pleased with that
BTW, eric are you going to get to fix your 'river barge' anytime soon?
droptop93
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Originally posted by OrLackThereof
You guys suck... I get about 15 mpg city without a/c. With A/C, I get about 10-12.
damn...what do you have done? I've got 24lb. injectors, and I'm running rich as hell...and I still get around 18mpg around the city (not that I'm proud or happy with that).
tooler
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