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onebadmaverick
09-18-2005, 07:03 PM
does anyone out there who owns a muscle car ever go out street racing?
figment
09-18-2005, 07:27 PM
use too, to much to lose now
74javelin
09-18-2005, 07:51 PM
use too, to much to lose now
+1
GsEclipse02
09-18-2005, 08:00 PM
there still a few that come out to the local races....
Alpha
09-18-2005, 08:15 PM
People still street race :dunno:
Dunecune442
09-18-2005, 08:54 PM
not worth it. Plus, most street races nowadays are top end or from a roll, something muscle cars arent designed for. However if you fuck with a car now and then its not great. Keep it on the track, losing your ride over a race that had 0 cash involved is retarded.
Between the legal issues and the cost of Muscle cars and parts I don't think to many get raced anywhere. Street or otherwise.
I did see an all original, number #1 condition, '68 Baldwin Motion Phase III Camaro run an 11.95 a few weeks ago though. I also saw a chick in a 70 Super Bee run an 11.45 and blow his doors off...God Damn!!!!
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onebadmaverick
09-18-2005, 09:45 PM
well i dont believe its too expensive to build a muscle car as long as you r not tryin to build a rare or high dollar car. that really would not be worth it. i no that some of these import guys r buildin cars for about the same or more of what it would take to build something like same a mustang coupe, maverick, comet, later style nova, vega, later stle camaro, dart, duster, early barracuda, and these r just some of the many out there still affordable. now i no you r probably going to say about the body, suspension, braking, and so on, but have u all seen many of the imports runnin around out there. i mean, some of them have bodies that look like shit, others have bottomed out suspensions, and so on. now im not sayin that all of them look like this but there r alot of them and they give a dam, besides there is such a vast aftermarket for our cars that the prices r not out of this world. maybe it would be alot easier fora cop to single out a muscle car out of all the imports, but that goes with the territory. i no that when i get my car ready i got a few imports out there that r on my list to race. specifically a 91 civic hatch, a 03 sentra spec V, and a subaru wrx.
74javelin
09-18-2005, 11:10 PM
i built my car to beat on (race). lisa also wants to race her car too. so her's is going to be built for racing too.
i'm not into 100% stock cars. i want a old car that i can beat on. i'll be putting more money into the cars than they are worth. more than a car in #1 shape would bring. but i'll have fun beating the shit out of it :mullet:
her car is close to the top of the food chain as far as javelins go. but i'm pulling the stock 4 speed and installing a tremic 5 speed tko600 (there is some cutting needed to make it fit) the motor is getting pulled and a 401 is going in with a nice cam. i might put a ford 9 inch in her car too :mullet:
i just want the outside and the interior to look stock. but my car might be getting a rollcage after i put a bigger cam in it :mullet:
but i'll have fun beating the shit out of it :mullet:
LOL!....:burnout:
Nothing wrong with the day 2 thing...I'm trying to buy a '72 Camaro right now that has a fresh 427 in it just for that purpose. To beat the shit out of it. Technically though, it's not a Muscle car. It's just an old car thats cool.:dunno:
HerHotRod
09-19-2005, 09:00 AM
use too, to much to lose now
+2
I used to do it all the time. I was out at least 3-4 nights a week. But things were diferent then. NOT that it was safe by any means, but just diferent! One instance I was running the Chevelle down a 2 lane road w/ a ditch on my side and a line of people on the other :nono:. Looking back it was stupid and I was lucky nothing happened. There was also a starting point and a finish point. Now you run till you peg your speedo. Thats just retarded imo.
I've always enjoyed the track more than the street. Theres not bullshiting before or arguing after. A time slip tells it all. And it's safe! For both those running and watching.
As far as how much it costs to build our cars, I don't think many people think about that when they go out to street race. I think they feel they have something to prove and they hope they don't get cought :dunno:. Again, just not worth it.
And yes, I beat on my car. Mostly at the track, but thats what I built it for. Luckily no major problems due to racing it either. I didn't want to build something completely stock. It's not like my car has matching #'s or is anything special anyway.
Dano Moparo
09-19-2005, 09:04 AM
street racing days are long gone. It is hard to restrain from blowing some Ricer/wannabe racer off the light when he trys to show off his fart cans.
Frankie
09-19-2005, 12:26 PM
If I'm at a light and nobody is around, I might jump on it for a second, but normally, I'm just cruising around looking like a B.A. in the SS. I get the same buzz from hitting it without another car next to me at the light, and as I understand it, that's not street racing and they can't impound my car for that. Seems like everybody wins that way.
superhatch69
09-19-2005, 04:00 PM
its not what it used to be
Suicidal Racing
09-19-2005, 04:21 PM
its not like it was in the 90s,plus i see no point to do it out on the road if your running a high h.p car your just better to trun at the track plus u can learn how to tune your car and chassis on the track buy looking at your times
HerHotRod
09-19-2005, 04:51 PM
its not like it was in the 90s,plus i see no point to do it out on the road if your running a high h.p car your just better to trun at the track plus u can learn how to tune your car and chassis on the track buy looking at your times
When I said I did it back then, it was back in the 90's also.
Suicidal Racing
09-19-2005, 07:17 PM
i remember stealing my friends moms car and we would go out there and watch cars run.used to see a shit load of cars on trialers and old v-8 cars out there ohh the good old days,then that damn movie came out and everyone was a damn race car driver.killed it for the real people.
corey r.
09-20-2005, 11:46 AM
If I'm at a light and nobody is around, I might jump on it for a second, but normally, I'm just cruising around looking like a B.A. in the SS. I get the same buzz from hitting it without another car next to me at the light, and as I understand it, that's not street racing and they can't impound my car for that. Seems like everybody wins that way.
yes they can. they consider it racing against a clock.
lol 90's, like thats a long time ago. I remember Gandy back in 1978 in my friends 66 GTO with a BBC and it had 14x32'2 on it and ran 10's uncapped on N20. Yep times have changed and the cars but the lawman still comes out there, and the bs is still the same just different cars and people.
yes they can. they consider it racing against a clock.
yep....
they can write it even if your in a parking lot off the road
HerHotRod
09-21-2005, 08:35 AM
lol 90's, like thats a long time ago. I remember Gandy back in 1978 in my friends 66 GTO with a BBC and it had 14x32'2 on it and ran 10's uncapped on N20. Yep times have changed and the cars but the lawman still comes out there, and the bs is still the same just different cars and people.
It is for me :lol:. I was only 2 in 1978 :lol:
dippincrx
10-09-2005, 01:50 PM
.............. i no that when i get my car ready i got a few imports out there that r on my list to race. specifically a 91 civic hatch.....
you mean 90 civic hatch, lets get it running
onebadmaverick
10-10-2005, 02:39 AM
My bad, Mat, didnt mean to offend u by not remembering the exact yr and model of your car. went to the shop last night to get that distributor and drop off some other stuff. couldnt get to do anything this weekend cause had to stay home w/ my G mom. But hopefully by the the end of the month, "pinche way"
DANGERANGER
10-23-2005, 01:32 PM
its not like it was in the 90s,plus i see no point to do it out on the road if your running a high h.p car your just better to trun at the track plus u can learn how to tune your car and chassis on the track buy looking at your times
+1 it was different back then. I remember guys trailering cars out to Gandy and CC boat docks. People use to race not show there asses and talk shit. It was a lot better back then IMO. Now its just a bunch of sport compacts hanging out. I am not dogging them because I own a modded one and there are some that deserve respect. I had my juiced '91 Ranger out there back in the day, still got it just getting new stuff!
yep a lot of imports out there now, use to think they were all ricers but actually some are nice machines. As I 've gotten older I guess I have gotten more tolerant of these cars and realize its still all about hotroding but just diferent cars now. Yep still are ricers out there that have those fart cans and come by you at 100mph and being stupid but back in 78 we had guys in 4 dr aspens, omegas and other fart boxes that did the same thing just in american cars :)
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