I would say it's real. I had some fuck nut try to steal a back tire of mine, but only loosened the bolts. I make a slow left turn and I noticed a rim/tire that looks familiar goes past my car. It went down hill 3/4 of a mile down the street before being stopped by the side of a car stopped at an intersection.
Keep the T/A. The new auto Mustang is a great platform, but you would be starting over from scratch. If you spent a few g's and turbo'ed your T/A, you would be happy for years down the road.
If someone was at the dealership, they could have gotten away with fucking the driver up. The story would have been the driver was drunk and was hurt in the crash.
A 2jz with simple parts can put down 500-800 with the right tuning. Hell, even a built Toyota auto with a stock block 2jz. The 2jz is one of the few engines that you do not need an aftermarket block or sleeving order to sustain abuse.
Matt Lennen has been 8.89 with a factory Toyota auto:
http://www.boostlogic.com/blog/2011/10/matt-lennon-resets-supra-stock-auto-record-with-his-boost-logic-transmission/
If I were to spend 20-25k on a fun car, I would consider a 2jz swapped 240. 40 psi in a lightweight car would bonkers.
I'll go for him. At some point a person has to figure it the fuck out on there own without having generations of there family tree living off the government.
I swear, this thread is way more useful than the shit on tv. Apparently we are suppose to have light flurries tonight, but when I went outside the shit has hit the fan.
Jeffro, any suggestion for radar forecasting of weather movement?