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Re: Any of you guys Corvette or muscle car afficianados?
« Reply #10 on: January 03, 2012, 02:51:22 PM »
Quote from: Solus on January 03, 2012, 01:02:54 PM
works like that with most cars driven sedately...

Kick her up to 90+ mph and you won't find casual steering wheel arm draping going on...and if it does, it won't last real long.  ;D

I have it on good authority that at around 140, you ain't gotta move a steering wheel very much to make drastic changes.   ;D
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Re: Any of you guys Corvette or muscle car afficianados?
« Reply #11 on: January 03, 2012, 03:07:20 PM »
Quote from: PegLeg45 on January 03, 2012, 02:51:22 PM
I have it on good authority that at around 140, you ain't gotta move a steering wheel very much to make drastic changes.   ;D

Never drove a car at 140.   Highest I got was 136 in a 1984 Nissan 300ZX Turbo.

It felt stable and controlled and I was pushing it faster when the electronics shut down.   Tach dropped to zero ..no go at all.  coasted down to around 110 and it all lit up again...  Seems there is an limiter that shuts it all down at over 136.

Was in the same neighborhood with a 1996 Camero Z28 and it felt too squirrelly at 110 to go any faster....
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Re: Any of you guys Corvette or muscle car afficianados?
« Reply #12 on: January 03, 2012, 09:12:00 PM »
I found some other keywords to search for.

challenger
nova
pickup

It is absolutely nuts what guys want for a carcass of a Camaro.

I find the old pick up trucks aren't demanding prices as high as the Camaro "shells".

A guy I worked with clued me in about the GMC/Chevy 5 window pick up trucks.
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Re: Any of you guys Corvette or muscle car afficianados?
« Reply #13 on: January 03, 2012, 10:18:38 PM »
I searched "cuda" and got a couple hits.  8)
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Re: Any of you guys Corvette or muscle car afficianados?
« Reply #14 on: January 03, 2012, 11:12:13 PM »
Quote from: Solus on January 03, 2012, 03:07:20 PM
Never drove a car at 140.   Highest I got was 136 in a 1984 Nissan 300ZX Turbo.

It felt stable and controlled and I was pushing it faster when the electronics shut down.   Tach dropped to zero ..no go at all.  coasted down to around 110 and it all lit up again...  Seems there is an limiter that shuts it all down at over 136.

Was in the same neighborhood with a 1996 Camero Z28 and it felt too squirrelly at 110 to go any faster....

I had my '70 Roadrunner with a mild 440 and manual trans up to about a 140 from Ellensberg heading to Seattle one late Sunday night when I worked for Burlington Northern.   Closest I ever came to flying :o

Old muscle cars with wore out bushings shouldn't go down the road at all let alone that fast.  Young & dumb...  My parents must have looked at me back in those days like I look at my son now.
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Re: Any of you guys Corvette or muscle car afficianados?
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Re: Any of you guys Corvette or muscle car afficianados?
« Reply #15 on: January 04, 2012, 12:55:38 AM »
Slightly off topic, but who cares, we are talking about cool old fixer upper vehicles. Give steelsoldiers.com a try. A deuce and a half anyone, maybe an up armored hummer? Its worth a look.
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Re: Any of you guys Corvette or muscle car afficianados?
« Reply #16 on: January 04, 2012, 01:11:25 PM »
Quote from: Solus on January 03, 2012, 03:07:20 PM
Never drove a car at 140.   Highest I got was 136 in a 1984 Nissan 300ZX Turbo.

It felt stable and controlled and I was pushing it faster when the electronics shut down.   Tach dropped to zero ..no go at all.  coasted down to around 110 and it all lit up again...  Seems there is an limiter that shuts it all down at over 136.

Was in the same neighborhood with a 1996 Camero Z28 and it felt too squirrelly at 110 to go any faster....

Been in several different rides at around or slightly over that.
A good friend had a '91 Camaro that was originally owned by one of the guys who worked for Morrison-Cook Racing (Tommy Morrison and Jim Cook) when they had a shop in Albany, Ga. They built custom 'Vettes and a few Camaros for 24 hour endurance racing (Daytona, etc). This thing would handle like it was on rails at speeds well over 130. Of course, I think the only thing stock on it was the shell/frame. The front clip was all tubing and the rear was a 4-link. It had a 355 NASCAR engine block with a one-off custom intake and fuel system. Heck, it even had a set of one-off GM aluminum wheels that the builder traded for something to a guy who worked for GM R&D. Talk about a sleeper, he never did put a good coat of paint on it...it was mostly primer.....and the Mustang 5.o guys fell for it every time.

Now my S-10 was built for straight-line running mostly (it was my daily driver for 4 years, though). It would roll the hides at 85 mph when it shifted into 3rd. It would run faster than 140, but I never red-lined it because it would start getting light on the tires at that speed.

I do miss those days.
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Re: Any of you guys Corvette or muscle car afficianados?
« Reply #17 on: January 04, 2012, 05:13:28 PM »
My uncle had a Fury (III?) police interceptor. One day after my cousin borrowed the car, he said, dad did you know that car will do 140? And my uncle said, no and I don't want to know it again.  :)
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Re: Any of you guys Corvette or muscle car afficianados?
« Reply #18 on: January 04, 2012, 05:27:52 PM »
This is like a new gun posting.....with NO pics....

Gee,.....thanks,..... :-\



C'mon,....we got to have some standards....Car Porn,....something.... ::)
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Re: Any of you guys Corvette or muscle car afficianados?
« Reply #19 on: January 04, 2012, 06:53:18 PM »
Did yas  notice the two big LASER jammers mounted on the air intake?
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