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OED666 · 04-17-2004, 07:46

Not sure if this is a repost, as I havent seen it on here before!!!

quite a funny read...

http://www.ag.auburn.edu/users/gparmer/articles/neon/

Casper · 04-17-2004, 15:03

Bwahahahahahha

That is just pure madness! Anyone want to go and rent a car with me??? I'm thinking Ford Festiva to go HSV hunting!!!

Barefoot · 04-17-2004, 18:57

absolutley awesome.... Casper we would have a better effect in a Ka !!!!
LMAO

OED666 · 04-17-2004, 19:06

I love this bit in the first paragraph,

His motor + your nitrous system = no problem. Experience the thrill of nitrous, totally uninhibited. No longer will you feel the urge to back off because you're afraid of scattering YOUR dollars along the side of the road or at the strip. It's like hot fudge sundaes without the guilt. Mopar Action's staff, the same people who brought you the Rental Car Nats and the famous "push-o-war" (nose-to-nose burnouts)

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HOTDBZ · 04-17-2004, 19:30

Hmmmm....interesting.....nitrous.....

Casper · 04-17-2004, 20:29

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Originally Posted by HOTDBZ

Hmmmm....interesting.....nitrous.....

I wouldnt bother Mal, Nitrous is only for the strip and I dont think your car even knows 1/4 mile tracks exist

HOTDBZ · 04-17-2004, 22:34

Yep, my XR6 is still a virgin to the strip....hope to lose it sometime soon.....*hint*

Casper · 04-17-2004, 22:38

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Originally Posted by HOTDBZ

Yep, my XR6 is still a virgin to the strip....hope to lose it sometime soon.....*hint*

hahahahha, if I were you Mal I wouldnt tell too many people when. Somehow having 50 or 60 people hanging off the fences waiting for your "super" run could be a bit of a put off. One thing I found about drags is that it take 10 or 20 runs to get everything just right. There are many really quick cars out there that run times far slower than what they are capable of because the driver needs to learn how to get it all together.

OED666 · 04-17-2004, 22:43

thats what i am not looking forward to when the manual goes in. its gonna take quite a few runs to get it right.

At least with the auto it was consistant!!!

Casper · 04-17-2004, 22:46

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Originally Posted by OED666

thats what i am not looking forward to when the manual goes in. its gonna take quite a few runs to get it right.

At least with the auto it was consistant!!!

I found even with the auto it was hard to be consistantly quick. Getting the launch just right and finding the 1st-2nd and 2nd-3rd sweet spots was not as easy as flooring it and away I went. From the first run I did to the best run I did I managed to cut a full second off my times and have been consistantly quicker. Now if I can get the launch perfect I think I'd drop another .5 second. It really is so much harder than it looks.