Very nice Tweety!
Alot of people know me here and know I hate nothing more then a wanna be fast import. But I love how you think. Before I decided to do a street/strip version of my Dart I was calling Chassis Fab. shops all across the USA wanting to know a price of a full tube chassis built for road racing. I am very curious as to your findings and how you do this 'Skycuda' and would love to chat and discuss some more ideas with you.
It has been a long while since I was on this thread but saw how much attention it was getting so I had to take a peek. So here the list goes:
The Ultima GTR is indeed a true blend of both worlds. Scary HP in a light and very excellent handling package, just expensive compared to some of our users rides.
Nissan Skylines are a kicka$$ car straight from the factory, enough said.
I see ricers as a guy who has no idea of real HP, a guy who thinks an exhaust and air intake adds 100hp.
Now for some stories haha. My friends turboed Ecplise runs 12.8 in the 1/4 with a home made nasty looking 3" exhaust, no tip, muffler, or cat and a small hybrid turbo with 15-20lbs of boost, and M/T Slicks on the front. The total cost was roughly 4,500 dollars including the car. Now thats going fast on the cheap.
My mopar vs rice story goes as this. I have a 97 dodge ram 2500 with the 5.9 and 5 speed in it. Only thing done is headers (which I dont like). I was going over to Walmart with 2 of my friends in the truck and 4 of my friends in 2 other cars. I was leading this 'pack' when we came to a stop light and I pulled up next to a Cavalier with exhaust system and probably an air intake with the way it sounded. I just tapped the gas and it only went up to 1 grand. I hate stop lights and cant wait for them to change so when I am bored I play with the gas and ease up. Well anyways, the light turns green and I start off in 1st (granny gear) I just switch to 2nd and I am not even through the intersection yet when this Chebby nails the gas and no more then a slipt second later my instant reaction was to nail it too. My 17 year old friends instant reaction was to say, LOGAN DONT DO IT! I get up to 35 mph in 2nd and ready to shift to 3rd when a car pulls out from the gas station and goes in my lane like a fool so hear I am slamming on my brakes and clutch due to me not being able to go anywhere due to the Chebby being next to me. My friend is again saying, Please Logan dont do this! When he finally gets just barely in front of my bummper I cut over and lay her down again, shift at 3,750 rpm, ease it on in 3rd, get up to 60mph and hit 4th, then I see the Cavalier getting closer and closer then finally me blowing by him. I look at the gagues and the speedo read 110mph and the tach was reading 3500 rpm and me hearing him revving through 4th to shift to 5th. This is going through a city, double lanes though, through turns, up and down hills, with a 14 year old sitting in the back seat talking to his dad about whats going on with his cell phone, and my 17 year old friend finally saying BLOW HIS DOORS OFF. We laughed for the next hour at a 9000 lbs truck beating a small Cavailer.
I always type alot haha
