We have a local guy who drives an old 66 bluish Nova that no ricer wants to
race. I drove up in my little street rat one day at the light next to him
and even with the stereo up, I can still hear his engine turning over.
Looked over and the body was shaking from the high-lift cams. Damn scary
beast of a vehicle. I would hate to ask if he was getting only a couple
miles per gallon. But then, who cares anyway.
There was even a restored Charger R/T with the factory red and black R/T
stripes. Another old muscle era car.
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Steven St.Laurent
C4i System Engineer
C4i Engineering Branch, PSD, MCTSSA
MARCORSYSCOM, U.S. Marine Corps
Office (760) 725-2506 (DSN Prefix: 365)
"Never be content with somebody else definition
of you. Instead, define yourself by your own beliefs,
your own truths, your own understanding of who
you are. Never be content until you are happy with
the unique person GOD has created you to be."
-----Original Message-----
From: Gabriel A. Couriel [mailto:BigGabe@FIUFIJI.com]
Sent: Tuesday, September 17, 2002 2:17 PM
To: dakota-truck@dakota-truck.net
Subject: RE: DML: RE: Fastest Street Car in America
even if it isn't streetable... i'd love to see that sucker run down here in
Miami... destroy some of these ricers (like my neighbor).
then again, my other neighbor is working on a project Roadrunner... so ya
never know.
Gabe
http://frontpage.tripod.com/fijigabe0
-----Original Message-----
From: owner-dakota-truck@dakota-truck.net
[mailto:owner-dakota-truck@dakota-truck.net]On Behalf Of scsilverdak
Sent: Tuesday, September 17, 2002 4:33 PM
To: dakota-truck@dakota-truck.net
Subject: Re: DML: RE: Fastest Street Car in America
I've been to a couple of these races including races at NORWALK RACEWAY, and
from my experience
these cars are really full-on race cars with license plates,working
lights,horn,and regular compliment of required street equipment, and VERY
loosely fit the description of a street car.................BUT I would not
say it's car I'd drive to a corner store or to work!
The amount of power and driveline modifications, along with the suspension
set-up that's needed to run a pass in the range of 10 seconds or faster is
not up to the pounding of drive down a regular street or avenue.
I know at least 2 guy's that drag race on a regular basis, both have cars
running faster than 10 seconds
and they'll be the first to agree. any car that run's faster than 10's is
not a street driveable for more than a mile or 2 before things like aluminum
rods,and cooling systems begin to stage a revolt!
Now there have been a number of car's capable of running these times and
driving on the street, but the set-up requires a lot money and time.
Ron- '01 Dakota Sport 3.9 Supercharged
website: www.scsilverdak.com
e-mail: scsilverdak@hotmail.com
----- Original Message -----
From: <jon@dakota-truck.net>
To: <dakota-truck-moderator@bent.twistedbits.net>
Sent: Tuesday, September 17, 2002 1:09 PM
Subject: Re: DML: RE: Fastest Street Car in America
>
> Stlaurent Mr Steven <STLAURENTS@mctssa.usmc.mil> wrote:
>
>
> : The fastest streetcar that broke the new USFSCS record was Ed Parker's
1967
> : Chevy Camaro SS/RS doing a 8 second run in the quarter mile at 170 MPH.
> : This was accomplished at the Norwalk Raceway (past April 2002).
>
> : Where was the so-called Jap cars? LOL
>
>
> Pshaw. ;-) If you want to go fast, you need a Mopar! What
> is currently claimed to be the world's fastest street car is a
> Duster based out of London, Ontario (Canada). Its all steel
> except for the hood, bumpers and deck lid, and has all the factory
> glass (no lexan) - 3,160lbs. Its just got a mini-tub in the rear
> and runs on a 10.5" tire. Best time so far is a 7.53, and that
> time was run lifting at the 1,000' mark. (NHRA requires extensive
> safety measures below 7.50 which would require hacking up the car -
> they don't want to do it, so they have to lift or the NHRA will ban
> the car from running at any NHRA strip.) It is estimated that if
> they were allowed to stay in it for the entire quarter mile, it
> would be in the 6's. (i.e. a street car in pro stock territory)
> The motor is a supercharged HEMI running on alcohol. It is currently
> registered and licensed in Ontario and is driven on the street from
> time to time.
>
> This car was just featured in Mopar Collector's Guide (October 2002
> issue).
>
>
> --
>
> -Jon-
>
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