The A-Body With A Job

Dang, that was hard to read. I don't really know what to say. You have my prayers. I'm not sure I could have fought so hard to stay alive.

To start at the top, I made that same drive (almost) from Seattle to the edge of Idaho every weekend one summer when I was working as an intern at Boeing. Except I was only driving to Spokane. I'm not far off the highway, let me know the next time you are headed this way.

I agree with your sentiment that the cars need to be driven. Can't drive a magazine spread or dyno sheet, so I'm not all that excited about them. I spend a fair amount of time reading and musing about cars and came to the conclusion that 300-350 hp seemed to be a good target for a street car. Any more and you really couldn't use it, so it was a waste of money to shoot for it. Seems that it doesn't take a rocket scientist to get that out of a small block, so I stopped chasing the most high tech parts. My motor is already fairly fresh, so I'm just trying to get it running (long story as to why it isn't).

In looking at all of the newer cars and such, the suspension was what I saw as the key to having a fun driver (provided that the seats aren't too uncomfortable :-) ). So, I will be updating mine, but don't plan on anything other than upgraded stock stuff (other than brakes). dusterdb13 and dcg333's car's are some of my inspirations.

Keep up the fight, you've got a good start on a great car.