I know all the non-thirdgen posts are getting closed, but this is camaro related and probably good advice for anyone who hasn't taken their car off the road yet.

On Saturday night after we got our first 4 or 5 inches of snow I was driving with my girlfriend from my house to her house in her car. It is an awesome 98 Saturn SL1, Plum of course ::snicker::. I pulled up and blew by a 93-97 Z28. (Blew by = me 40mph, him 35mph) He was smart and didn't try to keep up. On the other hand my friend wrecked the nose of his 96 Z28 from spinning out on ice last year trying to keep up with some slow car.

The moral of this seemingly pointless story: When you see a Saturn with a big Weezer logo on the back blow by you in the snow just let it go.

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Kodos: "To put you at ease, we have recreated the most common spawning locations of your species. You may choose either the back seat of a Camaro, an airplane bathroom, a friend's wedding, or the alley behind a porno theater."

 

It's times like this I'm glad I live in the Desert, we haven't seen snow in about 5 years!

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88 Formula 350 WS6
Upper and Lower SuperRam, 1000 CFM Accel Throttle Body, ZZ4 cam, 24# Motorsport Injectors, Larger Gutted Mass Sensor, Homemade Cold Air induction, PROM by performance resources, MSD 6a box, MSD Distributor, Accel SuperCoil, Taylor 8mm wires, TB Bypass, B&M shift Kit, 160* Thermostat, Flowmaster Muffler

Headers in the mail soon to be installed

 

I was out playing around in the snowstorm too Saturday night. Of course, I wasn't in the Mustang with Spin Wheel Drive, I was driving my mom's new Durango around.

I was in a parking lot testing it out (just to learn how it would act if i got in trouble) and I was flooring it off the line in 4WD. I was spinning but the sucker TOOK OFF throiugh 4" of snow like nothing. I couldn't beleive that it was actually putting me back into the seat somewhat (It's got a good first gear..but then it slugs out)Then I tested out the ABS and how it turns and such. I was having a blast! At 4AM I had to help pull a friends car out that couldn't get off the snowbank he hit! lol

OK, to keep from being locker, i'll talk about a little race i had saturday morning. I had some guys in a 94-98 V6 Mustang riding my *** . This thing was hideous. It had the clear tails, ugly wing, THE UGLIEST body kit you ever saw, not to mention two fart mufflers out back and painted neon green!! Anyway, he was riding my *** for a good 5 mins pissing me off. I mean he was falling back 2 or 3 cars and then accelerating (slowly) to about 1 foot off my bumper. I was tempted to slam on my brakes.

Anyway, he swings out to the middle lane finally and punches it and I hear the car screaming this horrible sound as he pulled even. The "Homies" inside both look at me (both looking as if they are reclining to the back seat) and start laughing at me as if they are blowing my doors off? I nail the gas and get a nice clean 3-1 downshift and pull even and pass them like they are standing still. I wish I knew what it sounded like to head my off-road pipe as i roared by the window.

We pull to the next light and he pulls up. I hear the other guy telling him to "use the NOS dawg..smoke him!" So I roll my eyes and sit there. Nitrous on a 140HP 3400LB car isn't gonna help. Well, after a "interesting" conversation, he takes off on the green. He didn't do too bad for the first 10-15 feet...but I had him again.

Then came the inevitable 100MPH flyby 12" from my door.

Whatever........

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Mike
--Black '88 Mustang LX 5.0L AOD--
BBK Headers, Off-Road H-pipe, MAC 2.5" Cat-back exhaust, UD Pulleys
3.73's, FMS "C" Springs, Tokico Shocks,
'93 Pony rims, Saleen Spoiler
5-spd swap VERY soon

-14.42 @ 98MPH (w/ 2.4 60-footer)-

[This message has been edited by Mustang5L5 (edited December 09, 2001).]

 

Wasting a snow covered parking lot on an SUV is a herracy... That's exactly what a winter driven RWD sports car is for... a couple snow tires is all you really need and a brain.

 

man i wouldnt dream of drivin my camaro in the snow. it would be the most helpless turd in teh snow you ever saw. now my 85 toyota tercel 4wd station wagon on the other hand is a little monster in teh snow. it has snow tires all around and doensnt have enought power to spin, so it is great, just floor it and drive away. all the guys drivin mustangs and camaros and 2wd trucks that laugh at me the other 364 days per year, get laughed at by me in my blue rust bomb in the snow, it is hilarious!!

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86 IROC
43,000 miles
305/700R4/3.23 gears
maroon, gold stickers, black interior, T-Tops.

current mods.
shift kit
headers
cat back exhaust

mods planned for this winter
cam
Adjustable fuel pressure regulator
port and polish intake and heads
lookin to run low 14s maybe squeak out a 13.9 with my stock chip

 

when were saturns considered awesome?

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85-iroc
1 of 85,ooo or so
superunleaded gas
mods include:K@n stickers
octan boost<<autozone>>
removal of floor mats for less weight
Future mods
More stickers
mothballs
best time est.
6.8@210 m.p.h
392 kills
losses
nhra funny car
747 jet..it was nose to nose
Smoking Vipers
1 by 1

 

::sarcasm::

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Kodos: "To put you at ease, we have recreated the most common spawning locations of your species. You may choose either the back seat of a Camaro, an airplane bathroom, a friend's wedding, or the alley behind a porno theater."

 

i love taking the camaro out in the snow, my favorate line is "jamie theres 4inchec of fress snow, TO THE CHURCH PARKING LOT" where in bedford you will see a red camaro and a grey dodge ram doing dounuts for like 1/2 an hour. but anyway do you guys in mass know alot of people that crashed saturday?, i know 2 personally, my mom knows 3, and i can just guesshow many people crashed. my friend side swiped into a telephone pole, and anouther kid hit a telaphone pole, and a tree at the same time

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90 RS 305 tbi, 4 3/4" cowl Hood, Edelbrock TES headers, Flowmaster exhaust, Crane roller cam, comp roller rockers, vortec heads/intake, ported tbi, w/new injectors, MSD probillet Distributer/ coil, 1 inch tbi spacer, air foil, 14x4 k&n flat base air cleaner, Rebuilt 700r4 w/ B&M shift kit, B&M Megashifter, 3.23 posi, 2 12 RF's with mtx amp, top of line alpine cd player,autometer phantom gauges, soon to have 91-92 gfx, z-28 wing, new paintjob, rims, all new suspension, and new inteior