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koolmoecraig:
My Miata doesnt have enough power to lose traction.  It's a perfectly balanced sports car.  :)

shardian:

--- Quote from: AtomSmasher on August 07, 2007, 11:19:18 pm ---I guess you really don't know too much about NASCAR because all of the engines are exactly the same.  In order for Toyota to start winning, they'll need to get some better drivers.  (No I don't watch NASCAR either, so for all I know they could already have a good driver)

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The engines in Nascar are definitely not all the same. Ford uses a Ford engine, Chevy uses a Chevy engine, etc. Then each team has full reign on tweaking for different races and tracks. NASCAR sets guidelines for the engines that must be followed STRICTLY. There is just a small amount of design wiggle room truth be told, but in high performance engines of that caliber, a small amount of difference can add up to alot on the track.

Havok:

--- Quote from: ahofle on August 07, 2007, 06:09:45 pm ---
--- Quote from: Havok on August 07, 2007, 10:29:07 am ---I have a seriously upgraded Trans Am... suspension, brake and engine mods...

  ;)

And yes, it was an Evo, and yes he was trying. Cute sound those little turbos make - but still a lawn mower engine. Don't get me wrong - I didn't leave him in the dust, but I beat him, albeit barely, but did suprise the crap out of him...


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So you're saying you barely beat a lawn mower engine car with your heavily modified V8 Trans Am? 

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Yep - because my car weighs 1,000 lbs more. Slap that weight in an Evo, and see how quick it is. Besides, I'm faster. Period.


--- Quote from: koolmoecraig on August 07, 2007, 09:01:54 pm ---The "no replacement for displacement" mentality is the reason the US auto industry is headed right down the gutter.

There is this red-necked bias against the Japanese by these hicks with dem der big 'ol V8 muscle cars.  I don't watch NASCAR but I cannot wait til Toyota starts handing the domestics their asses.

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There is no replacement for displacement. Anything you do to your lawn mower, if I do the same - I get more power. You lose. And, as far as the hick comment - I'm a white collar worker in the Northeast - I'm about as far from a redneck as they get. I just like American musclecars...


--- Quote from: shardian on August 07, 2007, 04:33:39 pm ---As to Firebirds/trans Am's, I have seen many photos of a Pontiac twisted or torn into two pieces. I personally won't own a Pontiac for that reason.
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Those photos of twisted Firebirds are because you get retarded young kids with a powerful car - that can happen to anything they drive...

And Miatas are little dinky matchbox cars!

 :P

polaris:

--- Quote from: Havok on August 07, 2007, 03:59:45 pm ---$2.93 a gallon here, and yeah the mileage sucks, but I live\work\play within a 13 mile radius, so no big deal...

Haven't met a ricer yet that can take me...

 :P

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---daisies--- im sure its near $20 a gallon over in the uk

AtomSmasher:

--- Quote from: shardian on August 08, 2007, 08:56:34 am ---
--- Quote from: AtomSmasher on August 07, 2007, 11:19:18 pm ---I guess you really don't know too much about NASCAR because all of the engines are exactly the same.  In order for Toyota to start winning, they'll need to get some better drivers.  (No I don't watch NASCAR either, so for all I know they could already have a good driver)

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The engines in Nascar are definitely not all the same. Ford uses a Ford engine, Chevy uses a Chevy engine, etc. Then each team has full reign on tweaking for different races and tracks. NASCAR sets guidelines for the engines that must be followed STRICTLY. There is just a small amount of design wiggle room truth be told, but in high performance engines of that caliber, a small amount of difference can add up to alot on the track.

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The engines are made by different companies, but I'm pretty sure they are all the same type and style of engine and are essentially the same.  My point is that Toyota won't be able to come into NASCAR and blow away the competition because they have a significantly superior designed engine, it will be essentially the same as every other engine.  The design that gets the most power and while following the guidelines has already been found, so every car follows the same design.

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