Re: Fuel Sniffers Anonymous (The Thread For Car Nuts)
Posted: Tue Feb 02, 2021 4:53 pm
by ncstate1201
Dub Rubb wrote:It's been a while. Anyone else watching the Rolex IMSA 24 hours of Daytona?!? The orange glow of brake rotors in the night are offsetting my sadness about the football season being almost over.
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No need to get sad until after Sunday...still trying to figure out the super bowl spread for this yr for the fam
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Re: Fuel Sniffers Anonymous (The Thread For Car Nuts)
Posted: Sat Feb 06, 2021 5:01 pm
by MoT
Since it's butt-kicking cold here at the moment, I went a little virtual drive instead:
Re: Fuel Sniffers Anonymous (The Thread For Car Nuts)
I know it will spend it's life in a garage (unfortunately), but I'm not mad that this car is an automatic. If it was to be used as a drag or grand touring car it makes sense.
That engine combo would make so much torque in a narrow powerband that if it were manual it would be living in 2nd and 3rd gear territory all day anyway.
Re: Fuel Sniffers Anonymous (The Thread For Car Nuts)
Posted: Sat Feb 20, 2021 9:46 pm
by CVP33
I use to 1/4 mile race a lot. 2006 300C SRT8, built motor with a little P1 pro charger. Made 725 at the wheels and we backed it off to 650rwhp due to fuel system limitations. Ran a 10.74 @ 128mph.
Re: Fuel Sniffers Anonymous (The Thread For Car Nuts)
Posted: Sat Feb 20, 2021 9:49 pm
by MoT
CVP33 wrote: ↑Sat Feb 20, 2021 9:46 pm
I use to 1/4 mile race a lot. 2006 300C SRT8, built motor with a little P1 pro charger. Made 725 at the wheels and we backed it off to 650rwhp due to fuel system limitations. Ran a 10.74 @ 128mph.
I remember that car well.
(I was one of the founders/admins at LxForums. )
Re: Fuel Sniffers Anonymous (The Thread For Car Nuts)
Posted: Sat Feb 20, 2021 10:00 pm
by CVP33
Then I got the road racing bug.
2012 CTS-V coupe with diff cooler and ZL1 cooler lid 556hp = 2:13 VIR full
2016 Callaway Z06 757hp = 2:06 VIR full
2019 Z06 650hp = 2:04 VIR full
Re: Fuel Sniffers Anonymous (The Thread For Car Nuts)
Posted: Fri Feb 26, 2021 10:29 am
by MoT
Re: Fuel Sniffers Anonymous (The Thread For Car Nuts)
Google tells me these are (presuming base models rear tires) 295/35R20 and something like 185/70R15 or maybe even 165 width. That's like 5 inches in difference.
Re: Fuel Sniffers Anonymous (The Thread For Car Nuts)
Posted: Sun Mar 14, 2021 7:48 am
by Sussa
Can any car nuts identify the car in this picture? Probably taken around 1940, give or take a few years.
Re: Fuel Sniffers Anonymous (The Thread For Car Nuts)
Posted: Sun Mar 14, 2021 9:08 am
by MoT
Sussa wrote: ↑Sun Mar 14, 2021 7:48 am
Can any car nuts identify the car in this picture? Probably taken around 1940, give or take a few years.
GrandpaCar.jpg
The grill, hood ornament, and hood vents lead me to believe it is a Buick Special from about 1939.
The Special was Buick's most popular, and least expensive model. Something like 85% of Buick's output in 1939 was Specials.
Re: Fuel Sniffers Anonymous (The Thread For Car Nuts)
Posted: Sun Mar 14, 2021 9:47 am
by Stretch44
Sussa wrote: ↑Sun Mar 14, 2021 7:48 am
Can any car nuts identify the car in this picture? Probably taken around 1940, give or take a few years.
GrandpaCar.jpg
I could be way off. I did a search with google lens and it got Chevrolet Master Deluxe Club Coupes.
Re: Fuel Sniffers Anonymous (The Thread For Car Nuts)
Sussa wrote: ↑Sun Mar 14, 2021 7:48 am
Can any car nuts identify the car in this picture? Probably taken around 1940, give or take a few years.
GrandpaCar.jpg
I could be way off. I did a search with google lens and it got Chevrolet Master Deluxe Club Coupes.
This is it.
Buick and Chevrolet (and to a lesser extent Oldsmobile, Pontiac, and Cadillac) shared so many body components at that time. Engines however were a different story. Each division had their own, and they were fiercely protective of them and competitive with each other.
The Chevrolet would have had a straight 6 while the Buick would have had a straight 8.
Re: Fuel Sniffers Anonymous (The Thread For Car Nuts)
Sussa wrote: ↑Sun Mar 14, 2021 7:48 am
Can any car nuts identify the car in this picture? Probably taken around 1940, give or take a few years.
GrandpaCar.jpg
I could be way off. I did a search with google lens and it got Chevrolet Master Deluxe Club Coupes.
That's spot-on. Thank you [mention]Stretch44[/mention] and [mention]ManOnTime[/mention]!
Re: Fuel Sniffers Anonymous (The Thread For Car Nuts)
Posted: Fri Mar 19, 2021 8:29 am
by Conchita Turtle
Last week I had to jump start my car. It was out of battery. Except for going to the supermarket one day, I hadn't used it since January 1st due to the citizen's confinement. Although my car is quite a few years old now, I don't think I'm going to consider changing it for a period of time.
Besides, there is not a single car under 30k euros that seems attractive to me. Car prices have gone up by 5-10k euros in a few years due to emission standards. And it can get worse. Lately almost all of them are those horrible and dangerous SUVs.
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