I drove by the little cadi dealership in downtown houston last night leaving the continental club and saw your cars twin brother sitting on the show room floor, car looked awsum sitting there behind the glass and the soft overhead lighting shining down on it
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Originally posted by deckofficer View PostI would have chose the stick anyways, but one of the cars had a strong incentive to choose a stick, it was a 1968 white Ford Galaxy 500 fastback, red bucket seats, 4 speed top loader, 390 FE 4 bbl, and that my new good friends was the driver's training car I learned on.
Originally posted by Mater View Postif you can pay why not bad ass car
BTW, I really like your sig picture!Escaped on a technicality.
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Originally posted by TheSilverBuick View PostBTW, I really like your sig picture!
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Originally posted by deckofficer View PostHushinhano,
When I learned to drive under the radar (older sister wanted to ride back home with boyfriend after a day of skiing so 14 year little bro got to drive our car trans Sierra in the winter time) all we had were sticks, and 1st wasn't snycro. Two years later when I "legally" learned to drive in high school driver's ed, we had a choice of stick or auto. I would have chose the stick anyways, but one of the cars had a strong incentive to choose a stick, it was a 1968 white Ford Galaxy 500 fastback, red bucket seats, 4 speed top loader, 390 FE 4 bbl, and that my new good friends was the driver's training car I learned on.
My driver's ed car in HS was a 73 Impala 4 door.Last edited by Huskinhano; July 25, 2011, 01:05 PM.TomOverdrive is overrated
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Originally posted by Huskinhano View PostWow! they had a car like that to learn on? Musta had a gear head in driver's ed. Yeah, I think my first stick car to lear on was my brother's 64 Corvair Monza convertible, about 14 at the time. Really nice car. Next one I bought for $25, a 62 Failane 170 I6 and 3 on the tree. I was about 15 and kept it at my cousin's house. Drove many a car with a non synchro 1st and manual drum, steering. Ah, the good old days.
My driver's ed car in HS was a 73 Impala 4 door.
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Originally posted by deckofficer View PostNow on to the performance of a 556 hp Caddy, it has smooth power, but having to propel 4300 lbs, it isn't anywhere near as fast as my Track-T. But to its credit, corners very flat but doesn't have a harsh ride that one would expect in ANY car that corners that good. I crunched some numbers, and for the Caddy to have the same power to weight ratio as the T, it would require 1,075 hp.The official Bangshift garage door guru. Just about anything can be built using garage door parts, trust me.
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Originally posted by Huskinhano View PostWow! they had a car like that to learn on? Musta had a gear head in driver's ed. Yeah, I think my first stick car to lear on was my brother's 64 Corvair Monza convertible, about 14 at the time. Really nice car. Next one I bought for $25, a 62 Failane 170 I6 and 3 on the tree. I was about 15 and kept it at my cousin's house. Drove many a car with a non synchro 1st and manual drum, steering. Ah, the good old days.
My driver's ed car in HS was a 73 Impala 4 door.
now becuase of my stupid knee it is hard for me to drive a manual. my falt i jumped off the bumper of my 74 K10 and the bottom of my knee cap hit the bumper almost ripped it offOriginally posted by Remy-Z;n1167534Congratulations, man. You've just inherited the "Patron Saint of Automotive Lost Causes" from me. No question.
75Grand AM 455:Pissed off GrandMA, 68 Volkswagen Type1 "beetle":it will run some year
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Originally posted by Schtauffer View PostCurious what the hp is at the wheels of each car, and the weight of the T?
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Originally posted by SpiderGearsMan View Postnice car bro , can I borrow 5 dollars ?
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i have sworn of fnew cars. its not that i can take a payment, i jsut dont want too. and id have a hard time dropping the full nut to walk away with it paid off. my buddy likes to buy new stuff, i kept telling him to get rid of all the late model crap he has and get the ctsv. i liked them when they made the first ones, i actually like that style a little more and have thought of buying a used one. cool car and yeah if you can swing it, why not, its not like your some punk kid that your parents bought the car for.
i learned to drive in a stick, my moms quad4 grand am. that little car scooted pretty good too. when i got older i raced plenty of friends in it. was definitely faster than my stick 5.0 mustang. i then had a 4x4 truck that was a stick and between the mustang and truck i swore off sticks until i bought my 31 essex coupe. i tried to teach my wife to drive stick in that and it was interesting. the car had like 5.40 gears and it seemed like it made peak torque at idle. it was almost impossible to stall it. now i have the t56 in my duster and altought much easier to drive than the essex, it still isnt the best thing to try and learn to drive stick. shes gettign better though. likes to let the clutch fly it gets interesting.
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Originally posted by deckofficer View PostThe V, 4300 lbs, 556 hp at flywheel, The track T in its current state 1855 lbs and 320 hp @ just 4050 rpms, torque though 516 lb/ft @ 2800. Previous engine in T, a more common build 417 hp @ 6100, and T weighed 1790 lbs with the Muncie and aluminum flywheel. The added weight with the 5 speed Tremec and steel flywheel on the lower hp "torque" motor dropped the ET from 10.8 @ 132 to a 11.4 but really nice street manners and broke 30 mpg once on a trip to LA.The official Bangshift garage door guru. Just about anything can be built using garage door parts, trust me.
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Originally posted by Schtauffer View PostNot to futz with your calculating, but I'm thinking your V would go a whole lot quicker than 11.40's with 1075 hp. They're supposed to go very low 12's stock, right?Last edited by deckofficer; July 27, 2011, 04:01 PM.
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