Im going to give up.

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Im going to give up.

Reply #15 – December 02, 2005, 07:06:30 PM

Quote from: RTStabler51

Was this at ital?

BTW, I'll be in Linthicum next week....I love going back to 'redneck ville' :-)

Sure was.

Im like 20 minutes from itol

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Reply #16 – December 03, 2005, 11:20:20 PM

c'mon...shawns not a giver upper...

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Reply #17 – December 13, 2005, 08:58:20 PM

don't feel so bad. i ran both my tc's at the track last year. the auto ran an astounding 18 something. the 5 speed(after some practice) ran a 15.81 @ 86mph with a pretty good 2.13 60'. i boxed the control arms, installed subframe connectors and swapped in the 3.73's from the auto and it actually slowed it down due to ridiculuosly easy tire spin. powershifting just blows them away, oh well maybe time for some drag radials. the auto is being punished for it's slowness by getting a single turbo 408w. the cage and rearend prep is done. bwahahaha!

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Reply #18 – December 14, 2005, 11:20:48 PM

Big heavy car with small torqueless motor= slow. I never understood why Ford put these motors in the Bird/Cougars. Anyways, did you have your front sway bar disconnected?

James

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Reply #19 – December 15, 2005, 01:58:05 AM

the car makes torque, i just wasnt driving it properly, and i had a boost leak

i dont change anythign when i get to the track. the only thing i did was change my PRC settings. You cant call it a street car if you modify it at the track to run at the track.

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Reply #20 – December 15, 2005, 08:35:24 AM

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You cant call it a street car if you modify it at the track to run at the track.

I'm inclined to agree with you however it seems everyone and their mother takes that sway bar off....

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Reply #21 – December 15, 2005, 05:25:39 PM

I agree and to make it more of a street car have 'em run radials. Not drag radial regular radial tires. Who drives around on drag radials everyday anyways?

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Reply #22 – December 15, 2005, 06:47:29 PM

Quote from: Paul Flockhart

I'm inclined to agree with you however it seems everyone and theirmother takes that sway bar off....

Just because everyone does it, doesnt make it right.

Dont let the peer pressure get to you.

BUT ALL THE COOL KIDS DO IT!!

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Reply #23 – December 16, 2005, 03:35:10 PM

its not peer pressure, its just your turn

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Reply #24 – December 22, 2005, 12:55:33 PM

i drive on drag radials everyday and theyare incedible.. even in the rain and snow!!! you would be surprised

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Reply #25 – December 28, 2005, 05:17:57 PM

and youll go through many more sets of drag radials a year than i will go through in street tires in 3 years

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Reply #26 – January 08, 2006, 10:03:13 PM

Quote from: srv1

Big heavy car with small torqueless motor= slow. I never understood why Ford put these motors in the Bird/Cougars. Anyways, did you have your front sway bar disconnected?

James

the motors are not tourqueless, mabey tourqueless to you but not for a 4 cyl they have plenty of grunt, and hey the turbocoupes get good gas milledge and also are great and fun cars to drive, have you ever owned a turbocoupe or do you own one now? if so i dont think your would have said what you said. and with the turbos there are plenty of cheap mods you can do to make more power, and putting a 5.0ho in them wont solve much either just makes the car heavier and less of a "handler"... im all for the 4 cyl

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Reply #27 – January 08, 2006, 10:25:01 PM

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Reply #28 – January 09, 2006, 10:44:25 AM

torque with a turbo coupe is all in how you drive

when i do the PRC trick, where the rear stays soft, and the front still adjusts, if i get a good launch, it pulls the nose up pretty hard, you need to be able to slip the clutch with the RPMs up high so you have enough RPM and load to create boost, and come off of the clutch somewhat aggressivly, then boom, nose is up, and car is moving

the torque is there, its just no from idle like a lot of V8's

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Reply #29 – January 09, 2006, 05:45:16 PM

Quote from: Tbird232ci

torque with a turbo coupe is all in how you drive

when i do the PRC trick, where the rear stays soft, and the front still adjusts, if i get a good launch, it pulls the nose up pretty hard, you need to be able to slip the clutch with the RPMs up high so you have enough RPM and load to create boost, and come off of the clutch somewhat aggressivly, then boom, nose is up, and car is moving

the torque is there, its just no from idle like a lot of V8's

true, i agree completly