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Old Jun 6, 2004 | 09:34 PM
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Explains it all. You can have an 11 second 1/4 mile time. With all that money in the engine, you could've kept the engine a rotary, and had 10's. Jackass.
Old Jun 6, 2004 | 11:05 PM
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11second AUTOMATIC first gen made to go in a straight line





nice..?
Old Jun 6, 2004 | 11:18 PM
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Originally Posted by RowTarEh?' date='Jun 6 2004, 06:34 PM
http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/ws/eBayISAP...3&category=6327



Explains it all. You can have an 11 second 1/4 mile time. With all that money in the engine, you could've kept the engine a rotary, and had 10's. Jackass.
You stole my line.
Old Jun 7, 2004 | 10:36 AM
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hey def. automatics are actually faster on v8's. you will hardley ever see a stick shift drag car. all are automatics with shift kits.
Old Jun 7, 2004 | 06:27 PM
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Originally Posted by Fd3BOOST' date='Jun 7 2004, 12:18 AM
You stole my line.
I sure did. Haha. Sucka'.



I forgot it said Automatic too.



Venom, are you referring to the clutchless manual transmissions like what they have in the pro drag cars.
Old Jun 7, 2004 | 07:48 PM
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Originally Posted by venomrx7' date='Jun 7 2004, 07:36 AM
hey def. automatics are actually faster on v8's. you will hardley ever see a stick shift drag car. all are automatics with shift kits.
Yeah, autos take advantage of all dat torque dey be running eh.



however, there's still the lame factor
Old Jun 7, 2004 | 08:09 PM
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I don't like driving automatics now. I like automatics during traffic and whatnot, but for going to the store, I like manual. All our cars are auto's except for my 7. I have gotten use to driving stick so much, I am jamming my left foot in driving my pops volvo looking for the clutch and try to shift. Dammit.



And for some odd reason, I always get in an arguement with people at work and they claim that an automatic is faster than a stick. How the ****? You can't even get close to redline in an auto like you can with stick. Idiots man. And they constantly bad mouth my car, and these guys own corvettes and they say they can smoke my rotary ***. I sure as ******* would hope that a corvette can smoke me. ******' morons.
Old Jun 7, 2004 | 08:57 PM
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stickermobile
Old Jun 7, 2004 | 09:14 PM
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go find a good 8 second to 10 second comaro or mustang or somthing similar to that. I'd bet its running an automatic. in older cars like that, and even in newer drag cars (not like funy cars or anything) automatics are faster. the only reason that our automatics are slower is because they are not upgradeable.



One of the fastest cars I have ever seen was running a 6 speed corvette tranny for a while, he then switched to a 700-r4 automatic with a b&m shift kit and dropped .5 seconds off of his 1/4. no other changes. just the tranny.



the tranny's like that are incredible, either a ford c4/c6 or a chevy 200-r4 or 700-r4. install a b&m shift kit and go. or if you really want to dig in, put a manual shift kit in, and then get a ratchet shifter, but that is just a pain in the *** on the street.
Old Jun 7, 2004 | 09:22 PM
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it's a purpose built drag car.........why all the hate?



so what if it has a 350 in it, better than seeing it in a junk yard.

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