A general comment about the f-bodys. Somewhere around the house here I have
an article from one of my many hot rod rags about taking a 97+ f-body into
the 10s N/A and the phases the group did to achieve it. The problem that
really stood out to me was the durablility. The group was having to rebuild
the trans every 6th run and replace the rearend every 10th run (until they
repalced it with a 9" Ford). The engine was a little better, but I believe
that went through 4 different engines in the few months it took.
The problem in my opinion (for what it is worth) is weight, the F-bodys are
HEAVY .. the problem is the SN-95 'stangs are 'fat' also. If I was looking
a street machine that run 10s and didn't care about how new it was, I would
consider a fox-body 'stang and build a 347 or 331..lot's and lot's of
cheaper performance parts are available .. a lot more than my 4.7L DAK :)
----- Original Message -----
From: <chris@slowcar.net>
To: <dakota-truck@buffnet.net>
Sent: Friday, June 22, 2001 3:24 PM
Subject: Re: DML: OT - Best Daily driver sports coupe
> I would look for a used 97+ f-body (Z28/TA/Formula). The a4's
> are capable of high 10's with heads+cam+headers and slicks, the m6's
> should be, but so far have only run low 11's. 2 cars in the dallas
area -
> a 99z28 ran a 10.9@123 at ennis (A4, 4400 stall) and there is a six
> speed that ran a 11.3@123 on bfg drag radials. I don't think for 20k
> you can but a car and a new motor, but you could probably find a
> car and add heads+cam in that price-cap.
>
>
> Chris Bennight
>
>
> | > Shawn Bowen wrote:
> | >
> | > > Ok folks,
> | > > Kinda off topic but.... If you were looking to spend $20K
> | initially on a
> | > > "Sports Car" what would you get??? The plan is to buy a decent
running
> | > > "car" and then build a motor, tranny, and rearend to make it see 11
or
> | 10's
> | > > in the 1/4 Natrauly aspirated. I'm thinking used Cobra, GT,
orrrrrrrrrr
> | a
> | > > used Vet. I'm not planning on getting rid of the Dak at all, just
> | looking
> | > > for a really fun project car with the creature comforts of AC and
what
> | not.
> | > > If the initial price is $20 or better I'm game.
> | > >
> | > > Sorry for the off topic post, but I'm keeping the Dak, just want a
true
> | > > sports car that I can mod the shit out of.
> | > >
> | > > Thanks,
> | > > Shawn
> | >
> | >
> |
> |
> |
>
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