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Old Dec 20, 2001 | 08:26 PM
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How often do you floor it?

I was just wondering how often you guys floor your cars. I do it about 0-10 times a day Just wondering how many times everybody else let's her lose.
Old Dec 20, 2001 | 08:52 PM
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I tend to open her up about 1-3 times a day...
Old Dec 20, 2001 | 08:54 PM
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i hardly ever get it WFO i usually dont even get it up past 4000 but i do alot of idle to 4000 first gear take offs
Old Dec 20, 2001 | 08:57 PM
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Old Dec 20, 2001 | 09:42 PM
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id say at least 15 or more i just love the sound of the exhaust plus im strictly badass (lol) and so far in the 7 monthsive had my camaro i havent got a ticket its a mirackle actually :::knocking on wood:::::seems like whenever i go by a cop im actually doing the speed limit..
Old Dec 20, 2001 | 10:11 PM
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And my WOT is saved for testing and the track only. I don't need WOT on the street
Old Dec 20, 2001 | 10:42 PM
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Too often, I'd probably save a lot on gas if I'd ease up a bit. Oh well.
Old Dec 20, 2001 | 11:52 PM
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Lately it's just when merging onto highways. I have to cut down a lot around this time of year. First snow has fallen and that left sand all over the streets. WOT on a sandy patch = spinout

I prob floor it once a day
Old Dec 21, 2001 | 12:42 AM
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floor it? like just stomp on it and try o put m foot through the floorboards? only when i am racnig somebody (a few times a weekend), only when i am pissed off (hopefully not more than a couple times a month...its BAD to drive mad), only when i am showing off with a friend in the car (maybe once a week?), and finally, only when i am testing out a nw mod (not that often).

so i guess tha answer would be not that much. i mean a drive spirited all the time, but only actually put it to the floor once in a while. besides, i have to be careful where i do that, becuause i have to make sure ther is a gas station around...

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Old Dec 21, 2001 | 12:51 AM
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I usually only go WOT when Im racing. Which isnt much because I dont drive my car much. Put 200 miles on my car last year
Old Dec 21, 2001 | 03:19 AM
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Hmm

Me: 0-3 Times Maybe. Depending if I find anyone to race. But I just like the sound of my exhaust at WOT. Nothing beats a set of Headers and a full 3" exhaust and deleted cat.

Girlfriend:At every d-mn light she hits. LoL
Old Dec 21, 2001 | 06:06 AM
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i cant beleive you let your girlfriend drive your car. I wish i could trust my girl as much as you do.
I floor my car like brian said, testing out a new mod which isnt often, showing off, and racing. I dont drive when im mad, i just punch things ..
Old Dec 21, 2001 | 09:11 PM
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I hardly ever go to WOT, especially now at college drivin like 2 times a week. My GF has driven it a few times, with me in it, she drives like an old lady, she knows I'll get on her. She has driven a couple of times with out me. Said one time she raced this civic with a body kit, when I had the 305 and beat him. I was like you beat him right, because it was night time and I have tinted windows, and I didn't want him thinking he beat my camaro.
Old Dec 21, 2001 | 10:35 PM
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You guys are very reserved in your driving...

Every stop sign, every stop light, and coming out of every corner. I don't do it in traffic, but if nobody else is around I do and where I live this is 90% of the time. Well, I have to confess, this morning I did it coming around some elderly guy in a Tahoe. He got to the end of the on ramp and just stopped. There wasn't anything coming for about 1/4 mile and I had enough room to pull around him so I did and punched it from about 5 mph after I got past the nose of his truck and left about 60' - 70' worth of black marks on the road and a big cloud of smoke behind me
Old Dec 21, 2001 | 11:47 PM
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Originally posted by Mark A Shields
when I had the 305

Whats the specs on your 350?
Old Dec 22, 2001 | 12:09 AM
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I think its more spontaneous with me. My moods change frequently and so do my attitudes of flooring my car, so its usually just a switch in my brain that says floor it. I think my favorite time to floor it, is when: a slow car is in front of you, going say 25 in a 25 when the norm is like 30-35, i usually stay close, but I love it when they flick their blinker on to turn into another street, cuz the second they have turned and out of my way, I launch the car blazing right past. Its fun, I just use their turn, as an excuse to slow down then tear it up.
Old Dec 22, 2001 | 01:03 AM
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first i look left, then i look right, then i make sure the radar detector isn't going off, THEN I NAIL IT!!!!!!!!!!

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Old Dec 22, 2001 | 01:12 AM
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well i like to cruz around in 1st and 2nd gear in town cuz i like the sound of my exhaust and my car actually feels fast in those gears ...but also when the road coming into my school parking lot is wet i will usually kick it sideways and hold it for a good 30 or so feet ( im not jokin i can hold it forever cuz they did this gay pave/seal job on the road and it holds any kind of water right to the surface...i lock up my brakes just trying to slow down for the speed bumps! )

i give a guy friend and a girl friend a ride to school every day....the guy is afraid of flipping and the girl loves it and asks me to do it everytime there arent any cars on that lil strip...lol
Old Dec 22, 2001 | 09:01 AM
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My foot never leaves the floor! It's the only way I can keep up with traffic!
Old Dec 22, 2001 | 10:25 AM
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Car: 99 Formula
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I did have headers on the 305. The specs of my engine are in the signature. It's got 8.5:1 compression and a redline of only 5200 rpms. It's not the best engine, but I was in a pinch for money when the 305 decided it had enough.
Old Dec 22, 2001 | 10:26 AM
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Car: 99 Formula
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I did have headers on the 305. The specs of my engine are in the signature. It's got 8.5:1 compression and a redline of only 5200 rpms. It's not the best engine, but I was in a pinch for money when the 305 decided it had enough.
Coming after X-Mas will be a Summit polished aluminum intake.
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Old Dec 22, 2001 | 03:38 PM
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Originally posted by Mark A Shields
I did have headers on the 305. The specs of my engine are in the signature. It's got 8.5:1 compression and a redline of only 5200 rpms. It's not the best engine, but I was in a pinch for money when the 305 decided it had enough.
Coming after X-Mas will be a Summit polished aluminum intake.
my engine almost looks identical to yours besides the fact that i have allitle more crome, dont have the hoses yet and my wires are all yellow
Old Dec 22, 2001 | 04:25 PM
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way too much

every time i take off, wastes fuel, but hey, money is noo object, ha
Old Dec 22, 2001 | 04:46 PM
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Umm yeah flooring your car every chance ya get is freaking pointless. Then again I grew up and realize all the wear/tear/stress it puts on yer engine..

Then again I have 3.73s if I floor it I aint moving

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Old Dec 22, 2001 | 07:48 PM
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I only floor it when I run red lights
Old Dec 22, 2001 | 10:55 PM
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Yeah, I have to order some more heat sleeving for my wires, I figured 10 ft would be enough. It looks crappy with the red and yellow.
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