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fieroX
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DEC 04, 11:39 AM
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| quote | Originally posted by Christine:
FieroX, as fast as your car is I do not think anyone is going to take the top 1/4 time from you aany time soon if ever. If I come to Wichita I will race you but I know I will not even come close to your times, I only have a 350HO crate motor with a 4T60 Trans. no NOS or anything else it is just a out of the box motor the specs say 330HP and 380FT lbs so I think I will be in the 13s or if I am lucky 12s.
1,320 is alot lower than Bandimere so it would be interesting to see the differance.
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Its not the fact that I see him as even a potential competitor to take down my time, its that he keeps throwing his 12.26 in my face saying how much better his car is because he only has so many mods, and did it so much cheaper than I did. I will admit, if he somehow ran 12.26 with the minimal mods he says he has thats an accomplishment. I spent quite a bit of money getting my car off the ground back in 2002, but 6 years ago it was hard to find information on the swap, and I did it without an instruction manual so to speak. Its like GM giving Ford sh1t because the model T was slow.
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MstangsBware
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DEC 04, 12:40 PM
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| quote | Originally posted by fieroX:
but I think someone is stretching the truth on the actual mods.
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This is what I think myself being the MODs don't really match the time it ran. I think there was a little more spray involved then what was being said but who will ever know. Either way the car only ran it one time so it really isn't that impressive even if it did run that time.
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darkhorizon
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DEC 05, 12:01 PM
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Ok, I really dont want to post, but I will just state my info about my car in one post.
I have been to the track 2 times, first time out years ago I ran 12.89 @106, with another fellow fourm member there running his 3800SC car at 12.9@106 with a few more mods than me. I did that on pure 215 street tires, with 1.81 60's, 93 octane, and a decent tune with about 16.5 degrees of timing and high 10/11 flat afrs (guessing via narrowband information).
The next trip was at the 25th. I put a dry 50HP shot on before the maf, honestly 30 mins before I left for the track due to another car I was building taking most of my time up that week (I forget the jet size specifically, its in my glove box). My friend lent me some drag radials I loaded up in a friends car that was going with us, and I drove down on my same 215 street tires. At the track I had very little 93 in the tank, so I loaded up with a few gallons of 110, pulled and plugged the o2 sensor, and left the same tune I had on the last time I went to the track more than a year ago. I ran a 12.9@107.8, with a 2.34 60, not spraying until second gear, watching my laptop for most of the run as I have never sprayed before. i then made a small adjustment to my nozzle setup, loaded the drag radials on just because I could, and ran a 12.2 with that slugish 60'. After that run, everyone in my group was asking what was wrong, bla bla bla, they didnt have any clue what it would mean if I went out and ran my normal 60' (and I could have went much faster than that, i just didnt, you can see from the video)
The scans did not show sickening timing pulls at the top end, and I can only really attest to the trap speed issue is the fact that I am bone stock, and things just get lame at the end of the track horsepower wise. If I still had this setup, I would go back to the track and collect my high 11's launching it if I had a trailer on standby.
The whole "callout" that this fierox guy is doing, is based solely in jealousy that some "hack" that builds dirty, sh!tty swaps can run fast, while he is dumping thousands apon thousands of dollars into his car to run times I wouldnt even consider worth my time. I build street cars, not race cars.....
Yet another forum member that was there has a video from another angle, I will have him load it up sometime soon. I have my 12.9@107 slip on my desk, although its a bit faded now.
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MstangsBware
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DEC 05, 12:36 PM
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| quote | Originally posted by darkhorizon:
The whole "callout" that this fierox guy is doing, is based solely in jealousy that some "hack" that builds dirty, sh!tty swaps can run fast, while he is dumping thousands apon thousands of dollars into his car to run times I wouldnt even consider worth my time. I build street cars, not race cars.....
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Honestly--I don't think anyone on this Forum is jealous of you or your swap. Everyone has seen the pictures and the attitude that goes along with it. To say" To run times I wouldn't even consinder worth my time" has to be a joke. You run one 12.2 in your lifetime and you think you are "The Man". Build some shiz that looks half azz decent that can run consitent numbers and be reliable and then get back with everyone. And from what I have seen of your swaps--You build junk that falls apart the first time out and has parts falling off it the next time out. So it should say" I build junk not street cars"
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darkhorizon
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DEC 05, 12:39 PM
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| quote | Originally posted by MstangsBware:
And from what I have seen of your swaps--You build junk that falls apart the first time out and has parts falling off it the next time out. So it should say" I build junk not street cars" |
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And you have seen all of my swaps eh? I dont remember any car that falls apart and has parts falling off of it? If your talking about a specific dogbone bracket, it has been SPECIFICALLY explained numerous times.
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darkhorizon
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DEC 05, 12:45 PM
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MstangsBware
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DEC 05, 12:55 PM
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| quote | Originally posted by darkhorizon:
And you have seen all of my swaps eh? I dont remember any car that falls apart and has parts falling off of it? If your talking about a specific dogbone bracket, it has been SPECIFICALLY explained numerous times. |
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I have seen 2 of your swaps--Your personal swap and the hack job you did on BigFieroMans 88 GT. And I have seen your turbo setup you are working on with the PVC charge pipe. Not impressed with either swap to say the least and when parts start falling off, it makes for an even worse outcome. There is nothing to explain--You tried to weld the DB bracket and FAILED--If you knew it wasnt going to hold then why even leave it on there. I saw the welds before it fell off and knew it wasn't going to last 10 minutes.
If you are so proud of your swaps and have accomplished so much while doing them then post some pictures.
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darkhorizon
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DEC 05, 01:06 PM
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| quote | Originally posted by MstangsBware:
I have seen 2 of your swaps--Your personal swap and the hack job you did on BigFieroMans 88 GT. And I have seen your turbo setup you are working on with the PVC charge pipe. Not impressed with either swap to say the least and when parts start falling off, it makes for an even worse outcome. There is nothing to explain--You tried to weld the DB bracket and FAILED--If you knew it wasnt going to hold then why even leave it on there. I saw the welds before it fell off and knew it wasn't going to last 10 minutes.
If you are so proud of your swaps and have accomplished so much while doing them then post some pictures. |
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Rare87GT
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DEC 05, 08:45 PM
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Darkhorizon get your turbo build done and let us know how it goes from there. I'm rooting for you!!!!!!
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Blacktree
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DEC 05, 08:55 PM
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Hey, this is the Quarter Mile List, not a sandbox. Let's not trash this thread, alright? [This message has been edited by Blacktree (edited 12-05-2008).]
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