your an idiot!! those only come on the 2009 models! geez

 

don't forget the APC windshield sticker

On a more serious note...he MUST have a GTO

 

oh true. the 2009 neon also came with direct exhaust injection http://www.autoblog.com/2007/11/16/a...ust-injection/

that article always cracks me up

 

Getting for Christmas along with one of these http://kalecoauto.com/index.php?main...products_id=30

 

I love these threads.

 

Why did cakeeater get banned?

 

WOW! So many people getting banned! Guys if someone feels they have to lie about what cars they can/have beaten in a race why on Earth does it bother you so baddly? Seriously for those of us who know a thing or three about cars we KNOW whos full of **** and for the kiddies who don't know they'll find outt he hard way. Either case its not worth the fight.

 

well legitimate issues would be the earlier stage2 sc vs stock tc. equal driver and such the tc wins. However ive seen sc'd stage 2s beat a newb tc.

 

Does it matter in the end?

 

yea i woulda saved some money during my street races looking at some of these hacked vids and claims.

 

Never bet money you can't aford to lose.

I wouldn't pull up to the line for less then $500 back in high school. I had a 12 second daily driven 454 powered 76 Monte Carlo with 4.11 gears, a 3500 stall, 2 1/2 inch dual exhaust with glass packs, a tunnel ram intake with 2 Holley 550 center squirter carbs. The ONLY way I could hook up was with 295/50 15 Mickey Thompson cheater slicks.



I only lost once.

 

die in a fire. lol i didnt mind losing the $$$. They were simple $20-$50 races, nothing big. The real racers only race for 500.00 around here and they are "fast" 10-12 sec cars. Win some and lose some.

 

Die in fire? Um...ok.


BTW that 12 sec Monte was back in 1990 and 91. Back then hardly anyone had 12 second street cars around here. Sure they exisisted but I never ran across any.

My 1 loss was when I wiped a cam and ran a 429 Mustang. In a later re-match I took a grand from him.

 

500 is a "real racers" buy in?? LMAO you'd HATE Miami

 

What are people with $20,000 cars doing races for 500 plus for? sounds like a really stupid gambling problem to me. Racing is fun, it's not a grudge match all the time. Most i have ever raced for was $300 at the track and that's because some idiot in a lid and exhaust ls1 was running his mouth about my "egg crate" and I had to take his money from him.

 

so racing for money in a 30k car makes more sense??? Some people don't like to give out charity runs....If they think a race is worth their time they'll do it for the race...if it's a waste they don't want to risk their car breaking for a slaughter because some guy in a slower car wanted to see what a fast car can do

 

Well it makes more sense if you are in a higher financial situation to be betting that much money. I think betting on races is dumb anyway, why not just race for fun? If both people know it's gonna be a slaughter (wanting to see what a fast car can do) why in the world would the one that knows he's slower bet 500 bucks? If it's gonna be a close race I just think betting that much cash is a dumb decision unless you make a lot of money. 500 bucks is quite a bit of cash. If you are running around with a 200k a year salary or something and 500 bucks is nothing for you its one thing, but i know that's not the case with most people here. just my 2 cents. I'm not tellin you how to run your life i just think it's a waste.

 

come down south where some of the buy ins have 4 digits (I've seen a 3k race).

And money makes sense because like I said, cars that fast can break on the street...why risk it with no pay off?? And one person can believe they'll be a good race while the other person doesn't....money helps set a middle ground

 

yea that makes alot of sense....buy into a race for 3k because you are worried about maybe 3-4k in damage? spend that money building your car to handle what you want to do and you wont have that worry. That's where that betted money should go. Otherwise you aren't gambling because of hte risk of breaking something you are gambling to gamble. Like i said it's your choice i just think it's kind of ridiculous especially going into the 4 digits where you are talking a large chunk of the price of your car.

 

guess you'd have to have a car fast enough to understand.... (135+ trap cars)

When you're making those kind of numbers....**** breaks dude. Even if it's built to a T...NOTHING is bulletproof especially at those power levels (I don't care what AMS or Buschur may have told you, I've seen their 9 second cars explode too)

 

The most expensive street race I ever saw was between 2 doctors that each had a 1969 Camaro pro street car. Each put up $100,000 for a best 2 out of 3. The twin turboed automatic beat the supercharged manual car all 3 times by at least a car.

 

How often do you see 9 second built drag cars racing on the street and how is your neon a 135+ trap car? I must be missing something here. I know enough about engine building you don't need to talk to me about that. btw i'd like to see one of these 9 second cars that costs $20,000. The majority of cars on the street that will trap 135+ are modified high end sports cars like vettes or shop cars that are worht 50k in themselves. my point is putting 500 down on a race between two high 13 second cars when most of the people here are running just exhaust or minor bolt on cars is stupid. that money is better spent modifying or on other things. I don't want to argue with you about it cause its an opinion not a fact.

 

who said I trapped 135+???

Like I said...visit south florida..and you will see how often I see 9 and 10 second built drag cars

Hell there are two in tallahassee...an FD LS1 RX7 on a big boy shot with bolt ons and cam and a T/A with a shot H/C/E and 4.10's

 

well i guess you must not understand it yourself then...?

 

for wins.. hmm...

2003 Evo 8 ... intake, exhaust, BOV
2008 Mazdaspeed 3 ... intake, exhaust, bov, tune
2007 Mustang GT auto ... stock i think
1999? Eclipse Spyder turbo ... very loud turbo, not sure exact mods..
like 10 SRT-4's.. modded and stock
2009 HHR SS/TC
2002 lexus IS300


probably more i just cant think of right now..