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Old Feb 4, 2003 | 01:59 PM
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So why do they have such bad times at the track....they have **** gearing or something



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Old Feb 4, 2003 | 02:22 PM
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Originally Posted by Joe Flo' date='Feb 4 2003, 04:12 AM
One day there will be one in the garage next to my 7
Trader!...haha...not really. Post pics if you do
Huh? He said it would be *next to* his 7. Thus he wouldn't be trading in his 7...
Old Feb 4, 2003 | 03:21 PM
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i like em but they are a little bit too heavy. ive always been happy with toyota, hell my first car was an 82 toyota starlet and it ran fine for a long time. tells ya they got something right with engine life and sports quality
Old Feb 4, 2003 | 03:28 PM
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I like supras and the engine kicks ***.. I have read that most of the guys who mod them out to 800+ still use the stock bottom end..so Toyota must have done something right with that.. Now if only they werent so damn expensive..
Old Feb 4, 2003 | 03:33 PM
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Originally Posted by SPOautos' date='Feb 4 2003, 02:59 PM
So why do they have such bad times at the track....they have **** gearing or something



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A '97 TT weighs 3515 pounds. That's about all the reasons you need right there.
Old Feb 4, 2003 | 03:34 PM
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ouch, thats heavy..
Old Feb 4, 2003 | 03:58 PM
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http://null.cc.uic.edu/~swivel/movies/9SecSupra.mpg





they don't all run bad times.



it's hard to hook all that power off the line... they can run great times at the track far easier than a much lighter FD, it really depends on the driver. The car is very capable, the heavy weight is more of an issue when you try and road race the thing. My buddy took his to gingerman and couldnt pass a focus svt driven by an instructor. Gingerman is a small technical course, a FC would be great for it though.
Old Feb 4, 2003 | 04:00 PM
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hehe The guy in the Mustang must have been like "WHOA!!"
Old Feb 4, 2003 | 04:47 PM
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Originally Posted by SPOautos' date='Feb 4 2003, 09:59 PM
So why do they have such bad times at the track....they have **** gearing or something



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Originally Posted by pengaru
it's hard to hook all that power off the line... they can run great times at the track far easier than a much lighter FD, it really depends on the driver. The car is very capable, the heavy weight is more of an issue when you try and road race the thing. My buddy took his to gingerman and couldnt pass a focus svt driven by an instructor. Gingerman is a small technical course, a FC would be great for it though.


Please use correct terminology -



track = road track



strip = drag strip



All you do is confuse people when you use "track" to mean drag strip...



Thank you.



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Old Feb 4, 2003 | 04:54 PM
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Originally Posted by ryan' date='Feb 4 2003, 10:47 PM
[quote name='SPOautos' date='Feb 4 2003, 09:59 PM'] So why do they have such bad times at the track....they have **** gearing or something



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Originally Posted by pengaru
it's hard to hook all that power off the line... they can run great times at the track far easier than a much lighter FD, it really depends on the driver. The car is very capable, the heavy weight is more of an issue when you try and road race the thing. My buddy took his to gingerman and couldnt pass a focus svt driven by an instructor. Gingerman is a small technical course, a FC would be great for it though.


Please use correct terminology -



track = road track



strip = drag strip



All you do is confuse people when you use "track" to mean drag strip...



Thank you.



Ryan [/quote]



6. A path or course laid out for a race, for exercise, etc.





I don't think saying 'track' specifies a road course or drag strip, it's a very general term and in my opinion is correctly used when describing either one. I personally think you are adding context to a word which the definition does not contain.



Take your slang and shove it?



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