Trans am

oh i get the whole nostril idea, i think it looks like it wants to eat something

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DBibeau855 wrote: Psyrecx wrote: my mom has a 4.7 Triton V8 in her Lincolin Town car Good lord. Is that a heavy car? Thats a large engine for a sadan.

Its a Lincoln Town Car Signature Series.. Its huge.

you think it looks big on our trans am or Chroznaks  i dont think it looks too big at all i mean the Sti has a bigger hole than the trans am

DBibeau855 wrote: I think camaros look much cleaner. I dont like the nostral things on the firebirds/trans ams.

well thats just the whole ram air thing

The WRXs have em too

Zesty wrote: Cuivics, don't make me laugh! We're talking about Nissan's here bro....IOW, bring on any car with the same size engine and watch it get smoked. For people in the know, Nissans are the tuners dream. Bring your Corvette, go home crying.

Since when does anyone compare cars with equal sized engines...and as far as I know no other car manufacturer uses an engine with the same displacement as the Maxima's.  That logic is flawed and pointless to use.  Maximas are not race cars; not by a long shot.  For some a car made the most awesome manufacturer ever, twin-turbo 350Zs certainly have a hard time getting out of the 11s.  

Also, SRT-4s are front-wheel drive and get terrible launches.  The last time I checked a 350Z takes an SRT-4 out of the hole and keeps on pulling (stock for stock of course) so I'm not sure what kind of drivers you were going up aginst DBibeau.


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^Personally, I think the only reason a stock SRT-4 would dust a stock 350Z would be from the start.....because the SR-4 is all-wheel drive(as far as I knew), which is known for quick launches, while the 350Z is rear-wheel drive(to my knowledge), which is known for burning out off the start and "getting sideways".

Basically, I think the SRT-4 would inherantly be faster than the 350Z on the launch and first hundred feet or so, then the 350Z SHOULD gradually start gaining on the SRT-4.

Either way, I like the SRT-4 because it doesn't try and sell people with huge displacement numbers or try and be anything it's not.

Just 220 or so HP done right! All-wheel drive really does make for a safer car, IMHO.

It's all about torque, baby.

Those cars are nice, and for some people they sem inexpensive, but $20,000 on a car is just too much for me right now!

I'm more in the sub-$5,000 range.

I drive a '95 Nissan Altima, and people never believe me that the car weighs over 4,000 pounds! Everyone think Nissans are lightweight rice-rockets like Hondas, but the fact is they weigh 1000's of pounds more.

For the price, I think it's hard to beat the 1990 and newer 240sx's....my friend bought a 1995 240sx SE for $4500 about 8 months ago, and I really think it's hard to find a car this great for that cheap!

It's only a 2.4l 4cyl, pushing about 155HP and 160 torque, and the car weighs over 3000 pounds with no driver/passengers, so it's not a "neck-snapper", but it is rear-wheel drive so you can do some crazy manuevers(like roasting them and doing a 180 on a dime), plus you save a bunch of gas.

When the engine takes a dump, just swap it out with the japanese version of the engine(2.0l turbo'd), which pushes 200HP and has about the best aftermarket customization options you can find....all told you can set up a 400+HP/torque Nissan 240SX for well under $10,000 total.

I would never have thought a car like that would be so much fun until I drove one! Now I want one.

It's funny, because I never thought I would be into "rice-rockets"!

Psyrecx wrote: my mom has a 4.7 Triton V8 in her Lincolin Town car

Good lord. Is that a heavy car? Thats a large engine for a sadan.

Variable wrote: Zesty wrote: The Trans-Am is no joke....when I watch videos of Nissan Maximas on the 'net, the only cars that ever beat them are those damn Trans-Ams! Just exactly what are these Maximas racing?  Bicycles? Civics? Zesty wrote: Cuivics, don't make me laugh! We're talking about Nissan's here bro....IOW, bring on any car with the same size engine and watch it get smoked. For people in the know, Nissans are the tuners dream. Bring your Corvette, go home crying. Zesty wrote: chronzak wrote: alright i was joking, but ok how is a nissan maxima such a great car? my parents own one but were selling it and buying one of those new nissans..... altima? i forget I don't know what year your folks' car is, but I know the more recent Maxima has a V6 engine that has won the "Best V6 in Class" like almost 10 years in a row. My friend owns a 1995 and it's a sick car. Also, I didn't know that the camaro was the same car. Good to know. And not to be skeptical, but I find it hard to believe that a 350 8-cyl is getting that good gas milage. Not that it matters, the car is not even made for that and it's still sick...I'm sure it's real aerodynamic and gets really good MPG, but if it actually gets 30+MPG that is honestly crazy stuff!*Edit* Even with a 6-speed, I don't think you're gonna get 30+MPG on a 350 V8 Having a six-speed does wonders to gas mileage. ekeboo wrote: Ok umm pate just to let you know camaros and firebirds and trans ams are basically the same thing and Zesty he paid 12thousand and it get an unblevable 30 miles to the gallon highway driving. its got a 350 v-8 and we think a hearst shifter in it. Wow that much for an LT1?  How many miles did it have on it?

DBibeau855 wrote: Pate wrote: DBibeau855 wrote: If you are talkin to me, i drive a four cylinder, so they get mad, the V8 guys around here get mad as well. I usualy get a finger on the highway. <div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: courier new,courier,mono;">What do you and your bro drive?</span> I drive a 300+ HP SRT-4. Jimmy drives a 450+ STi. He makes more money than i do, he says hes still not done with it, he wants to yeild 45 LBS of boost. I hope he doesnt kill his car.