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  1. What to do...

    in Passing Lane

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    It's a 1000hp 7 year old race car with zero warranty that has had 72k of the hardest miles known to man. A stage 1.5 trans isn't enough for 1000hp. And that's likely 1000hp on kill mode. Probably rolls around town at 800-850hp. I killed my stock trans with simple bolt ons and am going with a stage two trans. I don't plan on having 1000hp, but if I did, I would build the motor and add billet gears to the trans.

     

    Not that it's not impressive. Sure the car will be fast as balls. It's a nine second car all day long and probably mid 9's at that. But when everything rattles like crazy, and the motor/trans pops, you'll wish you would have bought the $65k, 10 second factory car with the new car scent and 5 year warranty. You'll be stuck with a broken car that needs $10k to fix, and will be down for 4-6 months.

     

     

    Car was owned by an old man in Florida up till 45,000 miles. At that point a good buddy of mine (who is also now our head technician) bought it.

     

    He DD'd the car. (when weather was nice)

    Never made a single 1/4 mile pass.

     

    When the car had about 62k miles on it some asshole put sugar in the gas tank that caused a failure. Instead of replacing the motor with stock (insurance paid) he had it built. The next 10k miles he continued to DD the car when the weather was nice. Car hasn't ever made a SINGLE 1/4 mile pass. It has had very few launches at all (verified through ecutek) Aside from the occasional highway pull against me, the car wasn't ever raced.

     

    On to the trans. It's IVEY trans.. not a Shep trans. So the numbers are a little different. An Ivey 1.5+ is equal to a Shep stage 3. For reference, about a dozen cars have went DEEP 8s on an Ivey 1.5+ (same trans as this car)

    [if you are comparing it to a Jacks trans... well they ALL suck]

     

    At this point, the car is very over built. You would be more likely to experience a failure at full bolt on level, than you would with this car. Trans is also smoother than stock.

     

     

    Have you driven any 1000hp (crank) GTRs built at a reputable shop? They are nothing like 1000hp built anything else. The cars lose zero driveability. They usually end up running smoother than stock.

  2. What to do...

    in Passing Lane

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    I <3 you haha that would be sweet but I don't think that rings any practicality bells for me :p

     

    What isn't practical about it?

     

     

    It has a flex fuel tune, so you can run pump gas.

     

    Kiddo can ride in the back easily. ( I take all 3 of my boys to school in mine all the time)

     

    It runs as smooth as stock when driving it normal.

     

     

    In my honest opinion, a 1000hp GT-R is MUCH more "practical" than even a stock-ish Corvette. And I'm not hating on Corvettes. It's just RWD vs AWD, 2 seats vs 4 seats, etc.

     

     

    EDIT: Aaron beat me to it. :lol:

  7. Bumblebee v2 cleaner n meaner

    in Pics and Vids

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    Congrats again Paul!

     

    Car is definitely well cared for, and has some high quality mods.

     

     

     

    Iirc, the owner used to flatbeded it to trail and raced. So yeah, good luck.

     

     

    I don't even know what to take from this statement.

     

    When Paul bought a H/C/I GTO wearing a drag pack, it became pretty fucking obvious to him that the car had seen a drag strip before. But if you are insinuating that the car was drag raced and beat on every weekend, being trailered back and forth in between... Well neither are the case. The car hit the track a few times a year (none in the past 4 years) and always drove to and from when I saw him run it.

  9. 7 second lambo

    in Pics and Vids

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    No one in any "street car" is making 2000hp reliably. I don't care what they say. Underground Racing does a great job at keeping failures hush hush. The running joke when someone's UGR car is back at the shop for repairs is that they sent it for an "oil change" :lol:

     

    The Huracan also benefits greatly by the past 8 years development that Dodson has put into the GTRs GR6 transmission. Even though it's a different trans, Dodson now knows what kind of failures to expect at xxxx torque.

     

    I would argue that the good thing about the guys pushing these cars to 2000hp is that it helps make the "smaller" builds more reliable. It seems like nowadays you can make 1000-1200hp pretty damn reliable if you do it right.

  14. Don't forget to vote....

    in Dumpster

    Posted

    Way to be a dick. You understand my logic. Kasich is a hopeless vote. Less than the other three (regardless of how bad off they may be). Does that make sense?

     

    You make an inaccurate condescending post,

     

    Voting for Kasich at this point is a really dumb move (no offense). He's just killing Rubio and Cruz. He will have no effect on Trump.

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    and I'm being the dick?

     

     

    ANYTHING could happen in this shit show of an election. That's my only point. It's hard to count Kasich out right now IF he wins Ohio. If this thing goes to a brokered convention I don't think that the RNC lets Trump walk out with the nomination. IF Rubio drops out, Kasich could pick up his support and gain delegates. I don't see Cruz doing well in the North. So you can see how Kasich and Cruz can end up with similar delegate counts, Trump could have the most and still not win, and how it COULD certainly have an effect and not be a "really dumb move"

  18. Don't forget to vote....

    in Dumpster

    Posted

    As much as I don't really want it, Trump needs to win the primary. Here's what I foresee happening if he doesn't:

     

     

    -Kasich wins the GOP ticket

    -Trump runs as an Independent

    -The GOP is split during the general election

    -Neither Kasich nor Trump gather enough votes with the split. Another Dem gets in

    -FML

     

    I'll put $20 on Trump not winning the general should he win the Republican nomination.

     

    First taker only.

     

    Who wants it?

  19. Don't forget to vote....

    in Dumpster

    Posted

    I hope so but in the end, I believe .001% of what I see in the media. IMO they have their own agenda vs actually reporting the truth.

     

    I completely agree.

     

     

    Keep in mind though... the media is NOT pushing those polls, lol. To listen to the media, you would think Kasich doesn't stand a chance in the general.

  21. Don't forget to vote....

    in Dumpster

    Posted

    Key really is does he stand a chance to garnering enough votes in a General Election. I don't think so but he is the better choice IMO.

     

    If you believe all the polls, he does better in the general election than any other Republican nominee. A lot of Independents and moderate Democrats will vote for him.

  22. Don't forget to vote....

    in Dumpster

    Posted

    Serious question: If Kasich wins Ohio, that will be the only state he has won. Does that really give him a chance at all with such few delegates?

     

    If Kasich wins Ohio today and Rubio loses Florida, I would have to think Rubio drops out.

     

    Most of Rubios support should start backing Kasich after that point. According to most polls I have seen that assume that situation, it would more than likely force a brokered convention. (Because no one will get the 1,237 delegates required) I have a HARD time seeing anyone except Kasich get the nomination IF it does indeed go to a brokered convention.

     

    I'm definitely going to get out and make my Kasich vote today.

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