Bought that exact Kramer new many many yrs ago not a bad piece.
Used to swtich the necks out for a Charvel/Ibanez...fun stuff. Expensive hobby talk about toy$

Worst playing/sounding electric I ever owned was a strat totally overrated junk imo

 

Yeah. Trust me im In love with mine. But the girlfriend loving my car is a definite bonus. Especially when she says " I'm glad you don't drive one of those ricers" That's when you know she's a keeper

 

All i can say, is that i would never build or buy a fox body or any mustang.
If i wasnt able to own a GM, i would buy a Supra or ls swapped 240sx.

If skylines were.more common here in us.
No doubt about it. I would own a 2000 3.4 R34 GTR Gochira

 

BEE-R 3-2

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Those fox bodies are a lot like 3rd gens they are cheap to buy and mod those stangs are light. Lots of fun on the cheap

Used to beat up on a lot of cars with an old 85 GT I had it looked bone stock save for wheels and kept the exhaust quiet.

460 with 100 shot and 4.10s....took care of most everything I ran across.

that car was real hard to keep straight...and cool. But it was damn fast.

 

385 series, Ford's answer to the Chevy big block (porcupine heads and all).

Did you have to hack anything to get it to fit?

 

Fitment isn't usually too bad with those swaps, but hood clearance is hell on earth, heh.

 

wanna talk about clearance try stuffing a 350 sideways into a fiero, cut weld cut weld, wash rinse and repeat lol end product is worth all the hassles tho!

 

The 460 fit ok but as he said hood clearance was non existant. Used a subtle scoop. Wish I could find the pics of it they are here somewhere.

If you have to change header gaskets or starter youre in deep doo doo.

It was a bitch keeping it cool even with a Griffin the engine compartment was just too small you got the heat sink effect.

I will say it was a lot of fun those 460s are about unbreakeable.
Made a fanastic sleeper.
Eventually sold it out of state to some dealer couldnt buy a smog for it anymore..guy bought it for his 16 yr old kid hope he didnt kill himself in it.


With that said got my eye on 2 86 GTs to use as a DD..have to commute some and my Silverado gives puke for mpg..

 

Or putting a 1UZ V8 into a little AE86 Gotta cut the rad support just to get the damn thing in there lol.


Also, to sum up this thread:

 

lol

 

My 5,200 lbs Import is pretty dang quick with its DOHC 5.6 V8 making 388 RWTQ @ 2900 rpm and 298 RWHP @ 4,900 rpm on a Mustang Dyno. Runs 13.90s @ 97-98 mph consistently on a 2.00s 60' on stock rubber.

 

5,200 lbs.? What the frick is it?

 

I'm assuming it's a Toyota truck.

 

actually almost all of them are illegal, probably wont be legal for a long time, 89s will be free and clear to import next year though some info on that for ya
http://forums.nicoclub.com/so-you-wa...610975a419e730

 

Ya know I thought that right after I posted my question

I'll stick with my Bird

 

Yep. Really all a guy needs is 450ish HP and a great suspension and he'll beat up on a lot of challengers.

 

Yet those of us in Northwest Indiana have to do emissions all the way back to 1976 model year.

Makes no f***ing sense to me. Also sucks because 98% of the cars you see around here are damn near stock save for a muffler or cat-back.

 

No emissions laws here in Wyoming

 

Close, its built in Canton, Mississippi though...aka Nissan Titan....I usually outrun the 5.7 Tundras even the Regular cabs in it.

 

A good friend of mine runs nissans he's put the rb25det and 26dett in a few nissan 240sx and even a old Datsun but his pride and joy is a 1993 nissan skyline gts he imported it a few parts at a time building it here and got it titled and leagal and I will say that car is amazing he's putting down 800hp 760ftlbs rwd his main 240sx is around 425hp and is his daily driver

 

Update: Day 57: Still no sight on the end of this thread, i'm tired, hungry, and out of gas money. only on page 20...This is the scariest thread ever.

 

Meh, I've owned my fair share of both domestic and import cars. I like them both, when done tastefully mind you, each has their strengths. If I had the money I'd have an C3 Vette with a supercharged 632 and a built MKIV Supra, then I'd drive them to the opposite car meets just to **** with people. As long as you're not driving a riced out Civic or what have you, and think you're in the Fast and the Furious it's all good. Though I must admit I have a slight bias towards domestic cars, mmmmm V8....

 

I support both the only reason I got my camaro is I needed a car and I liked the body of the third gen but mainly I couldn't find a 240sx or 300zx I really liked. but I will say this you can't beat the sound of a v8 when revving the car the body moves also and it's fun to mess with the 4bangers and hybrids and be like I get gallons to the mile

 

I prefer to start with something that's already kinda fast

 

So no 305s?

 

This guy...WINNING!

 

they think they are fast due to they are so low to the ground and so small everything it does seems amazin.. take miata owners too...

 

AE86 Corollas are small, low and Japanese, but oddly enough, most of the owners have a pretty decent technical understanding and build their cars to not be crap.

Miatas are really fast on tight road courses and solo2 autocross, much like the Fiero. They're also usually owned by older dudes (manuals) or hairdressers (automatics ) If you ride in one with a good driver on R-compounds you better hold on to your @ss!

Generally the whole "uncle ben's" thing just comes from the mindset of the owners, typically of poorly modded single cam Hondas, Neons, Sunfires, Paseos, Focuses, etc... they take a slow car, try to modify it on the cheap with no mechanical/ engineering knowledge and for some reason think it's fast. Incidentally this is the exact same mindset most of the posters here have who call everything that wasn't made by Chevy a (uncle ben's product)... you know, the ones with the big shiny Edelbrock carb and hacked engine accessories on a tired 305, junk tires and suspension components, etc, probably hate people that act or think differently than they do, have a 6th grade understanding of physics and politics, yet for some reason feel the need to be very vocal and opinionated and make asses out of themselves on a regular basis (like this thread)...

 

well like i have stated in other threads on other forum boards... Its all in what the car is built for. As the previous poster stated... if there done correctly and used in the right enviroment then there an absolute blast.. My wife runs STS class in SCCA Solo2 and makes lunchmeat out of most american v8 cars in the field. Oh and btw.. yeah she runs one of *THOSE IMPORTS* and 89 CRX Si to be exact.. so I will agree with the previous posters comment.. put a set of R compound tires on a miata (or my wifes crx) and you better hang on to ur a**. And in a final thought.. If you look into Solo 2 with one of the imports the smiles per dollar is a whole bunch cheaper than using one of our f body's and yes I run an 86 camaro in Solo 2 and yeah she hands me my a** alot. Im not to proud to admit it.

 

They think they're "cars" are fast because they are light weight. I have a buddy that has a gold 95 honda civic hatch and he thinks his car is fast because its 1900 pounds with 120 hp lol he thinks he will beat me in a race against my iroc yeah good luck man your carbonfiber wrap dosent add any horsepower to your gay honda it just looks stupid actually haha tuners make me lagh

 

I had a 91 Honday Civic si. Loved that car and abused it but it was fun. not fast but felt fast. My stock GTA would hand its a@@ back to it. both stock.

 

There're a lot of idiots that give the import world a bad name. Then again the same applies to the domestic world as well. You have your dumb *** kids with riced out Civics, and you have your dumb *** kids with burnt out 5.0 Mustangs. It's just part of it. Remove the punk *** kids, and punk *** "adults", you'll find both sides have their appeal. You just don't know whichever side you're with are jackasses until you drive the "opposing" car. Being I've owned everything from 60's domestics to 90's imports I've seen it from both sides. That being said there are knowledgeable people in both groups that have respect for each other, or those like myself that own and like both. If people would look at what we all have in common instead of seeing what's different, the world would be a much better place to live.

 

i gotta vent. a buddy of mine has been hanging with a local car group mostly made up of Acura Integras. Most of them are set up for show and one is show and go with a major turbo upgrade. They are very nice cars with a lot of work put into them to make them look like they do. Anyway, my buddy has always been into fast cars like his 73 mustang was wicked til he tore the engine down and never rebuilt so he sold it all. This week he bought a fairly new Acura RSX type S. i looked it up and it only runs 14.8-14.9 with a pro driver. I just don't have the heart to ask why he bought a top of the line Acura thats as slow as american cars built 25 years ago. Maybe a lil whoopin from an ol L03 will teach him.

 

Just a stereotype for the civic rust bucket kids... I own a 97 eclipse gst with 16g turbo and supporting mods like front mount intercooler and 3" turbo back exhaust. I ain't saying it's fast but it blow the doors off of a punk kid in a 5.0 or stock thirdgen.

 

My stock GTA 5.0 will blow the doors of any stock Civic.. even the Si
Maybe yours.. dont know.. never taken to track.

 

Heh. The only fast stock 5.0's I'm aware of is the new mustang GT at 420 hp.
*NOTHING* GM put in a third gen in stock form was fast or impressive.


-- Joe

 

same with honda.. nothing they put in stock form is powerful... even currently

 

the only fast car honda every built was the nsx, it was designed to be fast in the first place, the civic is a, to b transportation for the masses. its what it always will be, its also front wheel drive, which will always be for the feeble and weak.

 

Don't forget the turbo trans am

 

Incorrect. The Carbed 305s were impressively slow.

 

^^^ What he said...

By today's standards and the advancement in automotive technology, my 4th gen t/a with bolts-ons and a tune, dyno'd at 410rwhp, is technically slow compared to some of the newer cars coming out. Hell, Cadillac is pushing over 300hp out of a turbo'd 4 cyl and they have a wagon coming factory with 667hp. A god-damned STATION WAGON.

So while the anti-rice war rages on between domestic and import owners, the technology is making it harder to keep your 3rd or even 4th gen even with the new stuff.

 

My buddy has the exact same eclipse and who wins depends on how hot it is. Very inconsistent. But usually works to my advantage.

He hates hondas, he always says " Vtech, all the lag of a turbo without the boost".

 

no spoilers please, i'm about to start reading lol

 

the worst of the ricers are the crotch rocket ricers

 

Boo

I used to resemble that comment.

 

how did this make it to 39 pages?
I thought I was going to read the whole thing, but by page 3 it had gotten boring and I lost interest.

 

Lol me too. Because I really wanted to know why they think they're fast lol. Guess I will never know

 

In the motorcycle world harley riders are the ricers.

No matter how much chrome you add (aka giant wing / stickers) or how loud your exhaust is (fart cannon) you bike is still the slowest thing around.

 

^^^WIN

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