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that must be fun..first time for everything.
I did an 1/8th about 20 years ago..did not like it. I think my chevelle got someone elses fuel, popped wheelie, smacked bumper..the lower arms twisted, gas came out the back cap, stunk up the car..and then I went home with a smile on my face. Ended up blowing the engine the same year i put it in..still think it was vapors at the track.
me and a 100 dollar 350. 1/4 mile is the way to go. Not sure what the 1/8th is for.. the good stuff hits 80 or so, modern highway onramps are taking its place. (that is where test anyhting)Last edited by Barry Donovan; August 23, 2012, 06:37 PM.Previously boxer3main
the death rate and fairy tales cannot kill the nature left behind.
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With all the work I did on the car before I left, I figure around $1500 per runMy fabulous web page
"If it don't go, chrome it!" --Stroker McGurk
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If you have deep pockets you can have a DD that runs 100 mph in the 8th. 2009 CTS-V with RPM MotorSports V-II Package-628 rwhp/608 rwtq Best time 10.96 @ 129 mph
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I have a $1800 55 chevy with a Forbes Stage VII package....runs low-mid 11s at 120 or so.
The Package cost me around 20-25k, but it was amortized over many years, and depreciation has been pretty much non-existent.
There are lots of ways to have fun with cars.My fabulous web page
"If it don't go, chrome it!" --Stroker McGurk
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I have a blast in my Mustang when I go to the track. I have always wanted something that I can run and when I got the 'stang I figured it was time. Jim was witness to my first few runs, the car wont hook and I hit the rev limiter more than once but you couldnt jackhammer the permagrin off my face afterwards...
I go any chance I get (which is not often)...Luckily it is only a 30 min drive to our local track.
Glad to hear you had fun, now it will get its hooks in you and all you will think about is how you can shave off time on the E.T.Last edited by JOES66FURY; August 24, 2012, 07:32 AM.If you can leave two black stripes from the exit of one corner to the braking zone of the next, you have enough horsepower. - Mark Donohue
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Originally posted by squirrel View PostWith all the work I did on the car before I left, I figure around $1500 per run
Was it worth it? Hell yes. I sure wouldn't sell it. Just wish the weather was better that weekend. That's all, the only thing. Can't fix that, for sure not even with money. But everybody got to run at least twice as far as I know, so it was indeed an event, a spectacle perhaps, as it always is with LSR.
So yes, racing is awesome, even when you're not racing anybody else directly (as in LSR).Charter member of the Turd Nuggets
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I miss racing. With the recent events in the shop, I think lexan might find its way into my cars, and I might as well get back into making things that scare old ladies and make men in minivans shake their fists at me. Thanks for posting the vids guys, its helping me get my want to mess with cars back after yesterday.
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Originally posted by mlcraven View PostOh my, it's a terrible thing, this addiction to going faster.
If any of you guys want to build me a car that will go faster, I'll sit in it and mash the gas and I won't charge you a thing.Charter member of the Turd Nuggets
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