Just a 1994 Camaro. It rides smooth, fast enough to get into trouble, and people look as I drive even with the radio off.
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Just a 1994 Camaro. It rides smooth, fast enough to get into trouble, and people look as I drive even with the radio off.
yah, your looking at $57k for the base gt500 with racing buckets and $67k with the gt350 but the 350 had the upgraded suspension, an extra ~100HP or more depending if u want the warranty and it gets better gas millage so im sure it would pay for its difference with that. then it will have a higher resale value. but why is it not a larger number than 500, it makes over 500HP and its faster than the gt500.
i also like the looks of the eldelbrock supercharger kit on a gt. thats like $30k and then thats alot of money u could put into other stuff or just leave it since most people wont want a track car.
gt500 is still a beast though.
That's so wrong, the lower model number car is better than the higher model number car? So messed up.
:p:
True, especially when you compare the good old 350 and 500 back in the 60s, the 350 sucked in everything compared to 500:
http://www.carmemories.com/cgi-bin/v...perience_id=59
You wont find this under a GT350!
https://lh5.googleusercontent.com/_W...0/IMG_3699.JPG
The GT500 is ford factory produced. Its a hand built motor with a good history. The GT350 is still based on the coyote platform and is made in Las Vegas by Shelby. Its a car with more overall potential than the GT350, which is pretty much peaked as is. The 5.4L is basically a race motor. Fully forged internals and a hand built mill. Its costs over $21K as a crate motor. It shares a lot in common with the Ford GT powerplant. It is the same motor used in their Cobra Jet race mustangs and a many personal drag queens. Its commonly seen pushing 1000 bhp with the right supercharger. I am quite pleased with the purchase. Ford racing also offers a 625+ supercharger upgrade that retains the factory warrantee, or I could just got nuts and give it 850 bhp with the Shelby Super Snake package.
https://lh4.googleusercontent.com/_W...0/IMG_3697.JPG
The motor even has a nameplate recognizing the engine builder. Thank you Brian Klepak, wherever you are :)
Ask and you shal receive
http://i.imgur.com/dqTYX.jpg
http://i.imgur.com/AKl4g.jpg
Grandpa has one too :D sorry about the crappy picture haha took a picture of an email he sent my mom
http://i.imgur.com/WlNE2.jpg
Nice. Thats funny how you too have the Scuby for weather and the ZR1 for pleasure. My winter ride is a Forester XT Cobb'd up to stage II.
so what your saying is that u can tune the 500 some more, so the stock is kinda misleading since the 350 is topped out. also i would guess that the new one is alot better since it dose not share parts with the trucks?
do u guys have family track day
Pretty much. For the street anything more than the stock 550hp seems silly as traction becomes a real issue through third gear. Those who like to track or drag their cars can easily modify them for more power, the 5.4L is more than capable.
If you can find a copy of Bill Cosby "200MPH" have a laugh at his one time drive in his Shelby 800bhp/200mph AC Cobra Supper Sanke. The car was hand built for Corsby by Shelby in 1966 and Crosby only drove it once before handing it back as he said it was to fast to live! Sometime to much power on the road is a bad thing.
Crosby had the punch line, asking if the car should be given to the then Alabama Governor George Wallace! Just had another listen, classic!
Nice Chinaguy.
Here is the link if anyone is interested.
http://vimeo.com/10045574
Clean my loop as in my computer loop? Not too often probably break it down maybe every 6-8 months. And thank you my dad's car is absolutely scary to drive coming from a tuned STI's standpoint which is considered fast by most people. I have a lot of parts at home my dad wont let me install as of now :( He is a 30+ year ASE master tech and likes everything stock except all the cars he has built in the past....shifting from even 2nd-3rd in his car is terrifying explaining why I am the only other person to have driven his car :cool:
BTW in the grandpa pic that is a silver zr1 a black cts-v a red 08 Shelby gt500 on top of the lift and a black 08 z06 on the bottom. The z06 and Shelby both have < 2000 miles :D. All are manual except the cts-c that is my grandmas car. I am moving out there for an engineering internship this summer I cant wait :up:
http://i749.photobucket.com/albums/x...3660453_n2.jpg
Looks like I am not a Ford man, 6.0L Turbo Diesel. Rather fun to drive. Miss my old Cummins though! I would kill to swap a 5.9L Common Rail Cummins into my truck!
ARP Headstuds and an EGR delete is the only thing a 6.0 needs to be a real screamer.
Referring to the ZR1..... as Jeremy Clarkson said when comparing it to "hand built" Ferrari engines....
"Well done fat man from Kentucky!"
hehehehe
Well, i don't technically own any, but the cars i have access to are an '05 RX-8, '04 2 door Blazer ZR-2 2WD(yeah, it's stupid, i know), and an '02 Accord.