5 Cars Detroit Must Build?

FYI - These choices are from Hot Rod magazine. Info is paraphrased, except where noted.

1) Pontiac Tempest - Use the all-independent Pontiac Solstice suspension under a decent unibody (GM has a whole fraternity of platforms to choose from) = instant rear-drive compact.

$15K two-door with the Ecotech four-banger/5-speed. $18K mainstream 4-door with Ecotech/6-speed auto $23K luxury sedan with DOHC 3.6L $29K pint-sized GTO with turbocharged 3.6 making about 400HP

Add exuberant styling and an interior with oversized switches/lots of cupholders.

Funny note: "...'G6', the front-drive successor to the Grand Am. That's not a name. That's a space on a Bingo card."

NoOp Comment: LOL... Whatever happened to giving cars REAL names?

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Whew, I thought I was alone in the belief that V-10 motors sound like ass.

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John C.

They sound like ass after 4 consecutive meals at Taco Bell.

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CobraJet

"John C." wrote in news:2WnFc.2604$ snipped-for-privacy@nwrdny01.gnilink.net:

They do sound funky, but nobody argues with them. There's no substitute for cubic inches.

Joe Calypso Green '934 5.0 LX AOD hatch with a few goodies Black '03 Dakota 5.9 R/T CC

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Joe

Yesterday, 30 grand could get you four new Panteras and a couple weeks in the Bahamas.

A real Old Fart would have a coronary every time he stepped on the gas in this car. Maybe you need an exercise program so you don't throw your back out reaching for the passenger window crank.

It's dead weight. Buy a minivan.

100 proof for me!

Hey, when it comes to new things for old hardware, I'm hip.

It was in a mag article just a couple months back. Lemme see if I can dig it up.

In the old days, underhood chrome was the sign of a car that was "all show no go". I guess I know now which crowd you hung out with. :(

I'd love to know how much it cost to legalize that car for production. There must have been big money behind it, considering the racing program. Maybe some backdoor bux from Ford?

CobraJet

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CobraJet wrote in news:050720041359187142% snipped-for-privacy@streetracer.sfv:

The Bahamas is overrated. The nice places are the big hotels or the islands owned by the cruise ships. The Pantera was one helluva car. There are a few that show up at the local cruise night.

Can't argue with you there. But I still like my creature comforts, and I'm going to have them in any vehicle I own.

Not when it's keeping the inside at a comfy 77 while it's 96 outside. You oughta know about that.

Already got one. It's a shoebox, but it's comfy.

The 80 proof rum we polished off last night wasn't bad..

Can't fault you there. So the new Trak-Lok will fit all the old 9" units?

That would be good. Thx..

We had an interesting crowd back in the day. Bunch of greasers and hippies all hung together, there was also the rah crowd (preppies) and the jocks. A small group of rahs were into racing and music, so being a guitar player I floated between the greasers/hippies and the racing/music rahs.

Nobody I hung with was into the 'show no go' thing; everybody pretty much had cars that ran. One of the rahs had a stripper AMX. The guy used to run it around with no interior except for the dash and driver's seat. On the greaser, a guy had a black '59 Merc with red wheels. He was an artist too, so he hand-painted flames across the whole front and down the doors. Motor had some mild stuff, but the performer was the AMX. Then we got into hot-rodding Corvairs. The poor man's Porsche. The guy with the AMX built a Crown V-8 conversion with a 350 sitting in the back seat. Awesome.

As for the chrome stuff, I just like it. Nice and neat. Of course the performance has to be there, but I just like chrome. So shoot me.

No clue. All I know is that it's basically a Ford underneath. I didn't like the inside at all, either. The gauges were in the middle (it was a converible so I could see pretty well) so you had to sort of look to the right to see what was going on. Not good to have to take your eyes off the road to see the tach.

Joe Calypso Green '93 5.0 LX AOD hatch with a few goodies Black '03 Dakota 5.9 R/T CC

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Joe

CobraJet wrote

You must be talking about "torque sensing," aka "torsen" diffs. Currie and others have been selling them for years. Tractech, Inc. -- the maker of the Detroit Locker -- has been advertising torsen diff they call the "Detroit Truetrac" in the hot rod mags the past few months . Here's a link:

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180 Out TS 28
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180 Out

Yep, Tractech is the company I was talking about. Their ad is on page 262 of this month's MM&FF. However, I had a miserable time trying to get any of their pages to work with Nutscrape.

CobraJet

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CobraJet

Anything with an ocean beach sounds good to me right now.

Still my dream car. They do show up in the local Trader with regularity.

In that case, I'll take you off the list for the all-new 2006 Cyclone CJ.

Well, today I was driving around in 110º heat with the windows down. Not because I'm a tough guy (which I am) or because I have 90-weight for blood (which I do), but because the damn driver's POWER WINDOW MOTOR broke its gear yesterday and dropped to the bottom of the track. Get the drift? More shit; more shit to break.

Meow.

80 proof? Hell, I use that for toothpaste.

Yes, see the reply to 180 Out.

The SFV race crowd in the day had no greasers or hippies. Just Average White Boys for the most part, including some stoner Chevy guys. The Mopar dudes could usually be found wearing raincoats outside elementary schools on cloudless days. The AMC owners, well, they showed up on FBI watch lists for making bombs and nitro at home. Very unstable. The Ford guys were the babe-snagging studs. Some things never change.

We had so much trick stuff I couldn't possibly get into it here. The Valley was hip.

Lean out your window just a little further...that's it...hold still....

Does that include inspecting thongs under plaid skirts? Hey, speaking of which! My little, uh, buddy Kelli Jo is in the current Playboy Special issue of Nude College Girls, on the stands now. Page

  1. Check her out. She has a twin named Kristina.

CobraJet

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CobraJet wrote in news:050720042307537719% snipped-for-privacy@streetracer.sfv:

And it's only June - just wait a month. It's been a pretty hot June even here though. Been around 90 every day for a month already, and the ocean's around 85.

I've seen up to four at the Friday night gig (Tower Shops for you locals). Conditions range from fair-to-midland to almost showroom.

Even though it sounds nice, no problem. I wouldn't buy a Cobra R either. Not my cuppa.

So get a bicycle. If the chain breaks you can still coast.

Yer cat's hungry? Mine are all fed and spoiled. IAMS hairball + weight control.

Reminds me of something I saw when I was a kid - whiskey flavored toothpaste. My dad got it as a gag gift one year.

Will do.

We were poor. Boneyard was the main supply house, and back then the pickin's were slim compared to now.

Ya missed.

Nice bud.

Joe Calypso Green '93 5.0 LX AOD hatch with a few goodies Black '03 Dakota 5.9 R/T CC

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CobraJet wrote in news:050720042243259376% snipped-for-privacy@streetracer.sfv:

Those things look indestructible. I didn't download any of the pdf's, but how much do these things run? From the descriptions they don't look inexpensive.

Joe Calypso Green '93 5.0 LX AOD hatch with a few goodies Black '03 Dakota 5.9 R/T CC

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Joe

I dunno how much they are. Can't get their site to work. I suppose I'll just order one over the phone so I can play touchy-feely with it.

CobraJet

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CobraJet

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