Your definition of a street car??

[scott5]

I'm not going to spend a ton, but I'm going to end up in the same situation as you anyway. I can almost count on it

I think that is what everyone says. lol

[MBH]

I think that is what everyone says. lol

so true. Bought my car, thought it was perfect... a couple of months later I had my true forged rims on, now I'm looking to spend more money. Financial irresponsibility works in mysterious ways.

[Martin0660]

good one Bob!! this is deff a sore subject, but like i said before, it boils down to how serious you are about your street car...

hehehe, Absolutely Tim! Glad you got the joke. Your car(s) are as much of a street car as anything, I just like to poke at you about it, but it's all in fun. If you like to drive (and enjoy) your car, it's a street car. It is after all your, built by you, for you to enjoy right? When you put the time in you can call it any damn thing you like! Hell, I'd take it ;)

[Rodeheaver's]

hehehe, Absolutely Tim! Glad you got the joke. Your car(s) are as much of a street car as anything, I just like to poke at you about it, but it's all in fun. If you like to drive (and enjoy) your car, it's a street car. It is after all your, built by you, for you to enjoy right? When you put the time in you can call it any damn thing you like! Hell, I'd take it ;)

thats totally correct, i didnt need at all to tub my car, but since i was a kid that was my dream to have 34 inches of rubber on the ground out back...hehe

[Martin0660]

Wow, it seems I hit a nerve I wasnt even aiming at

And as far as your flashlight drags comment, I'm assuming that you meant the time we raced at PRP.

Do you REALLY think anything I posted was aimed at you????? To be honest, I didnt even remember ever going down the track with you until you brought it up.

By the way, do you HONESTLY think that letting a slower car you dont trust get out ahead of you, and finsh beside you is the safest strategy???????

[Martin0660]

i didnt need at all to tub my car, but since i was a kid that was my dream to have 34 inches of rubber on the ground out back...hehe

I would love that too, but then it would be a race car Serious, I love that look

[MBH]

Wow, it seems I hit a nerve I wasnt even aiming at

Strange, because it seemed as if they were directed towards me.. since you were 'having some fun with my post' and all.

Do you REALLY think anything I posted was aimed at you????? To be honest, I didnt even remember ever going down the track with you until you brought it up.

Yes. They say memory fades with age... fortunately the University of Pittsburgh has been doing some breakthrough research with Alzheimer's. "Pittsburgh compound B" is going to save a lot of people from being reduced to just meat with eyes

By the way, do you HONESTLY think that letting a slower car you dont trust get out ahead of you, and finsh beside you is the safest strategy???????

As opposed to being side by side the whole track? Yes.

I'm nothing near a track rat, however it seems to me that most people that lose control of their cars tend to do it within the first 250'.

And if my memory serves me right... I don't think we finished very close together at all

[2001GTTT]

My car is the most hardcore strictly race only one out there.

You guys aint got s**t on the yellow jet.

[John4cam]

My car is the most hardcore strictly race only one out there.

You guys aint got s**t on the yellow jet.

Now you sound like someone else here..Lol

[Balaska347]

Yeah I would eliminate cars like Balaska's.

think about it - he is an avid racer, and that is his race car. That's my opinion of it and I really don't give a crap who agrees or disagrees

Also, if the car can't make a 25-30 mile trip routinely without any drama, its either a piece of shit, a race car or somewhere in between.

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HaHa to say my car is not a street car is the funniet thing yet. I live 39 miles from the track which I drive and the car doesn't even break a sweat which isn't even gonna be my point. I have driven the car to Ohio four hours away, raced for four days straight, and drove back home once again with no problem nor was I worried.

The car has a full interior including the back seats which I had the roll bar custom bent to clear the rear seats. The front seats are the original GT seats with power, power windows and doors, heater, CD player, wipers, basically everything a factory GT has plus a roll bar. The car passes inspection and emissions (thanks to the 5000 mile rule) and runs on pump gas. Just because I race weekly shouldn't disqualify me from being a street car. I average 80 passes a year and still drive the car weekly. Most of these pieces of chit "street cars" couldn't make half the passes with out calling a tow truck. But yeah your entitled to your 2 cents.

[2001GTTT]

Now you sound like someone else here..Lol

dont even get me started on the mercury. if you think thats a streetcar then your out of it. That thing is 100% rock solid track muscle.

[John4cam]

dont even get me started on the mercury. if you think thats a streetcar then your out of it. That thing is 100% rock solid track muscle.

AWD??

[2001GTTT]

AWD??

Oh, you know it. it will only rev in neutral up to 3000 rpms, so thats what i launch at. hehe.


On a side note. in the new MM&FF there is a saleen supercharged mercury just like mine going 13.80's. HMMM..idea.

[Martin0660]

fortunately the University of Pittsburgh has been doing some breakthrough research with Alzheimer's. "Pittsburgh compound B" is going to save a lot of people from being reduced to just meat with eyes

Wow, I hope that you never have to go through the hell that is watching a parent or grandparant or other loved one suffer with that terrible disease. What an absolute punk as piece of shit to go therre.

[MBH]

you guys are so mad! Bob, I apologize if you thought that I was suggesting that I hope you get it or something like that. Hell no, that's freakin horrible!! I have two grandparents left with one in his late 80's, so don't think that I don't know what its like. Alzheimer's isn't an on/off switch, its a gradual onset until there is enough damage to be detectable.

I was being serious about the pghB doing wonderful things though. I had the opportunity to speak with the scientist who developed it a little over a month ago. It's going to help diagnose and prevent a lot of problems as our country ages and lives longer lives.

I'd never wish ill on anyone, but I thought I'd take a shot at you for being 42 and arguing on the internet with a guy that is practically half of your age. I was simply being facetious after you thought you'd try to call me out on my two cents.

I'm done bickering with you Bob. If you want to call me a bunch of names to make you feel better (or maybe get you outta your bad mood), have at it hoss.

[MBH]

HaHa to say my car is not a street car is the funniet thing yet. [/quote/
Glad I could make you laugh

ust because I race weekly shouldn't disqualify me from being a street car. I average 80 passes a year and still drive the car weekly. Most of these pieces of chit "street cars" couldn't make half the passes with out calling a tow truck. But yeah your intitled to your 2 cents.

You and I are just as entitled as everyone else is to their 2 cents..

Opinions are like assholes, and sounds like I'm the worst of the bunch
oh well! I'm not going to lose much sleep over the racer crowd not liking what I think a street car is

Food for thought - most 'street cars' couldn't make 80 passes a year at the track because... they're made for driving, not built for racing. Its a moot point

[Balaska347]

You and I are just as entitled as everyone else is to their 2 cents..

Opinions are like assholes, and sounds like I'm the worst of the bunch
oh well! I'm not going to lose much sleep over the racer crowd not liking what I think a street car is

Food for thought - most 'street cars' couldn't make 80 passes a year at the track because... they're made for driving, not built for racing. Its a moot point

Atleast we can agree onthe fact that everyone is entitled to there own opinion. I am happy to say that I don't lose sleep over other opinions either.
I built my car because I love American muscle and driving it around. I also love racing and competition thats why I chose to build mine the way I did. Thats the reason I chose the AOD tranmission instead of the C4. I just choose to do my racing safely and legally at the track. I just don't agree with the idea that since I spend a lot of my time on the track it is therefore a track car. If that is what determines what the car is, then most of the cars on here would be "garage cars" not "street cars". Which I don't agree.

[CobraII]

What Mike and I are pointing out is that our cars are both built to race and drive. We don't have trucks and trailers, so to go racing, which we do every week, we have to drive them there. We have to comply with both the IHRA safety rules and Penndot rules. Pound the snot out of them at the track, change tires, go home, do it again the next week.

[John4cam]

What Mike and I are pointing out is that our cars are both built to race and drive. We don't have trucks and trailers, so to go racing, which we do every week, we have to drive them there. We have to comply with both the IHRA safety rules and Penndot rules. Pound the snot out of them at the track, change tires, go home, do it again the next week.

Sponsored by jones race car trailers, after reading your post, then this I had to Lol...

[SoLow]

Mine is how they do it in the true street competition...

drive 30 miles, do 3 hot laps with no cool down, drive right off the road and onto the track

when we were in memphis there was a 7 sec avg street car there. def impressive

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