Black363IROCZ

emissions "laws" aren't real laws
lol any vehicle made in the 60s can pass, they are basically right offs as far as emissions goes

Nic

What's this we were saying about 8 second street cars?

:hail: :hail: :hail: http://www.turbomustangs.com/feature_cars/steve.htm

http://www.turbomustangs.com/feature_cars/x2c.htm

97ramairws6

cool cars, very fast but streetable? nah. Av gas , drag suspension. too harsh for the street, maybe ok for a cruise night wherever the llocal cars gather. nice cars though

Nic

My daily driver used to have a full blown drag suspension on it. It's really not that bad, but then again, I'm a lot more tolerant than most people. I still put about 200 miles a week on my coupe and it's got a full blown drag suspension, a C4 (3 speed auto), and 4.10's.

97ramairws6

i guess you dont mind running up those r's huh man!

rx7speed

eh you get used to it after a while

4.11 with a Th350 for my first car


and check your PMs

Vicious 88 GTA

i am from brownsville, what part of south texas you from? and yeah there are guys are the track in edinburg from S.T.R. ( South Texas Riderz ) running 10's street legally faily driven...a guy named Shooter for that matter....in a GTA....AARON

Nic

3500 @ 65 mph

Vegeta198

didnt one of the magazines do a test where each car had to be driven like 20 or so city and highway miles before running at the track...no tinkering was allowed in between.....im not sure who did the test but that black 88 firebird formula was there with the blown 406 that does 10s

Nic

FFW and WFC both have classes like that where all the street equipment is required and you have to go on a 30 mile cruise. The fastest of those cars are in the 8's in WFC and 9's in FFW.

rx7speed

what about supras?

I know they have a few of them they drive to the track with the a/c on.
wait till staging lights with the a/c. turn the a/c off
make a good solid 9 second pass.
turn the a/c back on and drive it home
and yes daily driver


wonders of boost
LOTS of power
and yet mild mannered for street driving
and still get decent gas milage

B4Ctom1

did you go to WFC in st louis with the floods?

5.7L OF JUSTICE

I saw a newer Camaro go up for sale on Barrett Jackson last year. I could be mistaken but I think they said in ran 8.0 and was street legal.

5.7L OF JUSTICE

I saw a newer Camaro go up for sale on Barrett Jackson last year. I could be mistaken but I think they said in ran 8.0 and was street legal.

DBLTKE

iTrader: (1)

Well I just have to reincarnate this thread because to think that an 8 second car cannot be street legal or driven is kind of ridiculous. Albeit not very practical but definitely possible.I see it quite often as I work at PIR. A buddy of mine, Vulcan McClellan, does in fact have a street legal and street driven 1982 Camaro. It is twin turbo'd making aprox. 1200 hp and runs 8.4's at 170ish mph. On days that he doesn't want to race it he just drives it to the track, on the highway, in traffic from Washington to PIR.






Pictures!

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Vulcan McClellan in his twin turbo 1200+hp '82 Camaro goes for a run at PIR without the wheelie bars.

hung4wheeler

I LIVE IN NEW YORK STATE and I will tell you this these cops around here are complete ******

BadBowtie88

Omg that was insane!! That dude is nuts.

You know it's an old thread when you don't even remember posting in it, but then again, it is a 4 year old thread.

rx7speed

by street legal you mean it has all legal smog equipment still installed on the car as it came from the factory with the motor that has the same engine code that came in the car or at least one that was available during that year, and all other federal as well as state laws regarding legal transportation of a motor vehicle..


OR

streetable with plates being that the local state/county isn't enforcing all federal and possible state laws.


there is a BIG difference between streetable and not getting caught on the legality or just not having it enforced vs being really street legal.

DBLTKE

iTrader: (1)

His words, I might add. He just likes to say that it's street legal. I've tech'd him in several times. It's a 454, no smog equipment, no muffler, over the decibel limit, I'm sure the wheelie bars and parachute aren't street legal, I don't know the legality of role cages on the street, and I'm not sure the law enforcement would be too fond of the turbo's and intake sticker out of the hood (pedestrian safety if hit). but the tires are street legal.

Personally I think it's too much for him to handle on the track. He can only make one complete run for ever 5 or so attempts. But it goes to show that theres no such thing as too much HP for the street.

rockit

iTrader: (3)

did anybody see the hemi powered cuda in hot rod at the beginning of the summer? i believe he was in the eights (part of the pump gas drags) and had to drive it something like 50 miles to the track as part of the competition.
last year there was a wheelie pulling 9 sec s10 that the guy claimed he picked up his kids from school in. Check out the pump gas drags, they are exactly what this thread is talking about

BBCAM

I personally know of cars that are street driven that run well into the 8-9 sec range on pump gas with power adders, one in perticular that has been driven to the track and gone 8.30s and drove home with just a swap to slicks ..
the combos are out there ..
all it takes is $$$ and some work ...
Even my car is and was driven ALL summer to and from car shows and cruised the streets often with a full backhalf chassis, cage, tubs (DOT tires)and a BBC wheelie bars and two 20# N20 bottles in plain view..
the only issue I had all year was a loud exhaust warning for my 3" flowmasters (which i hate anyway) and that was just a verbal one ..
it all depends on where you are and how seriously the local PD is about enforcing the letter of the law..
they generally wont bother me because im old and they can see I am not screwing around causing trouble and have alot of money into my car
plus most guys that have cars that run a good number have ALOT of money tied up in their cars and I don't blame them for not wanting to street drive them much ..
but they are out there !!!

jocww

wow you guys really know how to post I should come back more often

25thmustang

A friend of mine built what should be a 1200 hp street Mustang. Going for the TKO record of high 8s with it, and it will be driven on the street. Mufflers, no cats, no smog, but he will drive it all the time.

Red1992V6Rs

An 8 second car can def. be street legal. As for the smog stuff, it COULD be emission exempt like PA as long as you don't drive it more than 5,000 miles per year. So you don't NEED the smog stuff on there necessarily. With that said, there was a 63 Corvette at Super Chevy, Reading and Corvettes at Carlisle this year that runs high 6s. Completely street legal with 2400+ hp. Anything's possible.

freestylzz

Let's hope none of us get caught like deer in the headlights of some jergoff in a sub 10 second ride street racing.

Pray you've got some superhero reflexes and he's got F1 brakes (and a chute).

Knock on wood......