I agree with your opinion on that DUSTER, I saw it also, very nice, well
done and very stock looking car
that's more than capable of running with the purpose built
cars................My Charger was built in similar fashion, only thing that
was different with it , was a power and drivetrain that was actually street
driven and actually able to be driven to and from the track
without the need for a trailer, it would run a high14 at about 90
mph............and I could drive it with no sweat................this is
what the FASTEST STREET CAR RACES were originally about STEET CARS that
were fast, not pro built, pro driven, trailered in race cars that cost more
than the average working man's house.
Bottom line this got outt'a hand, the average guy was unable to compete with
the sponsored guy's, and then the wealthy guy's showed up and the little guy
got left out..........that's why I stopped and sold the Charger.........and
bought and built the Scsilverdak!!
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 5:17 PM
Subject: Re: DML: RE: Fastest Street Car in America
>
> "scsilverdak" <scsilverdak@hotmail.com> wrote:
>
> : 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!
>
>
>
> I agree - most of these cars are barely disguised race cars. That's
> what was so neat about the Duster I mentioned. Except for a few pieces,
> its all steel, its not a tube chassis or anything like that, it has
> stock frame rails, torsion bars, A arms, etc. Except for the seats and
> roll cage, its a bone stock interior. Very minimal modifications. The
> idea was to keep it as close to stock as possible.
>
> Granted, you won't be taking any road trips in it (when's the last
> time you saw a gas station with an alcohol pump?) ;-) but I thought it
> was quite refreshing how stock they kept it. Especially when you
> consider that its blowing away the purpose built race cars.
>
> --
>
> -Jon-
>
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