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Where did street racing go?

So did someone get sued?
Quote from: jcassity
I honestly dont think you could exceed the cost of a new car buy installing new *stock* parts everywhere in your coug our tbird. Its just plain impossible. You could revamp the entire drivetrain/engine/suspenstion and still come out ahead.
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1987 Ford Thunderbird LX. 5.0. s.o., sn-95 t-5 and an f-150 clutch. Driven daily and going strong.
1986 cougar.
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Reply #1
Just wondering that myself. Seems to have up and vanished like a fart in the wind.
85 Tbird 5.0
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Reply #2
It was about as useful as a fart in the wind, so it has vanished.

Nothing to do with lawsuits, we simply discussed it and decided that section had no place here. The only reason I ever added that section to begin with was that it was in the original, EZBoard-hosted forum. I personally never visited that section, but I guess it caused a whole lot of stupidity (actually, it didn't cause the stupidity, it just gave people a place to showcase it). Really, did we need endless stories of stock Thundercats beating PT Cruisers and Cavaliers?
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Reply #3
Quote from: Thunder Chicken;264409
It was about as useful as a fart in the wind, so it has vanished.

Really, did we need endless stories of stock Thundercats beating PT Cruisers and Cavaliers?

As if a stock ThunderKitten could whup a Z24....Well, a TC could...but... :toilet:
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Reply #4
OK here is what I saw the other night(sorry can't post the vid) but this shiznit was so crazy when I saw it I couldn't believe it. The civic in this pic couldn't do a decent burnout so these geniuses decide to hold the car back with a tow rope. I was waiting for the car to drag all of them down the hiway(it didn't). All of that and the chevy powered mustang beat them bad. The year is still early but this is the craziest thing I've seen in a while.

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Reply #5
I've seen some stupid but THAT takes the cake. Street racing is foolish and dangerous. If I ever saw some kid racing through my neighborhood you'd have to pry me away from him so I wouldn't kill him. We don't need that garbage here.

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Reply #6
Rally racing is it for me, nothing more.
1987 TC

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Reply #7
we'll see how popular this next fast and the furious movie is and then see street racing fluctuate accordingly. ;)
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Reply #8
Wow, that's got Darwin award written all over it. They're just lucky the Honda didn't have enough torque to pull them all. :giggle:
Matt
1984 Thunderbird - 89 302 HO, GT40 heads w/ Trick Flow springs, E303 cam, Edelbrock Performer 289 intake and 600 cfm 4bbl, Mustang headers, Jegs o/r H pipe, Dynomax lers, Mustang AOD and shifter, Mustang 8.8 w/ 3.73s, 3G alternator, Mustang front and rear sway bars, KYB 87-88 Turbo Coupe shocks and struts, and 11" front brakes.

1988 Mustang GT - GT40 heads, Explorer intake, 70mm throttle body, 70mm MAF, Crane 1.7 rrs, E303 cam, Kirban Kwik shifter w/ Pro 5.0 deluxe handle, aluminum clutch quadrant and firewall adjuster, o/r h pipe, Dynomax lers, 3G alternator, aluminum radiator, and 3.27 gears.
 
1986 Cougar 5.0, 1989 Mark VII LSC 5 speed, 1980 Mercury Zephyr 4 door (sold)

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Reply #9
Quote from: jncocowboyx;264550
we'll see how popular this next fast and the furious movie is and then see street racing fluctuate accordingly. ;)


Great, more Vin Diesel and Paul Walker wannabes....:flame:

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Reply #10
The thing I find funny about that new F&F movie is the title. I know the writers of that dreck aren't exactly creative, but they could have at least come up with a new title, instead of reusing the first one. Hell, they didn't even call it #5, or 6, or whatever.

On the plus side, it does look like there's more American iron in this upcoming travesty...
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Reply #11
They did change the title a little - I beleive it's called Fast and Furious, the first was The Fast and The Furious. Still, you're right they are very un-creative. It almost like they are trying to create the same hype as the first (well, I'm SURE they are...) by only deleting two simple words........what douche's!
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Reply #12
Seems to me like they aren't really even trying anymore.

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Reply #13
some of you power makers should troll the movie theaters for rice.  im sure as hell keeping my MX5 away from those douche bags.  i already get "raced" by everything under the sun.  I get the feeling though that this movie is a throw back to the series.  the 2 sequels, 2f2f and tfnf:td, seemed to stretch its legs away from the original film.  this seems to bring the movie back to it's "roots" so to speak making this truly the sequel to the first movie. but this is just my speculation.  we'll just have to wait and see.




what if paul walker encounters a cougarbird and makes our cars value sky rocket like the supra, corrolla, and 240sx. :hick:
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Reply #14
I heard the whole movie is about how much better muscle cars are then asian ones. Basically. If you noticed there is a camaro popping a wheelie, and a buick grand national in the trailiers.

A stock cougarbird can out do a z24. I raced my freinds after he put a brand new engine in it.
Quote from: jcassity
I honestly dont think you could exceed the cost of a new car buy installing new *stock* parts everywhere in your coug our tbird. Its just plain impossible. You could revamp the entire drivetrain/engine/suspenstion and still come out ahead.
Hooligans! 
1988 Crown Vic wagon. 120K California car. Wifes grocery getter. (junked)
1987 Ford Thunderbird LX. 5.0. s.o., sn-95 t-5 and an f-150 clutch. Driven daily and going strong.
1986 cougar.
lilsammywasapunkrocker@yahoo.com