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So you think you have a bad street / strip car! #1660157
08/17/14 12:38 PM
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Doubt it compares to this....

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BJ-cc-0DsGY


'70 Cuda,...605 EFI Hemi Street Car (6.20 best pass, 1.33 60ft)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WYw6RA-k5Bk (6.25 at 108.75mph from inside car)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3zQEb9uxFng (6.25 at 108mph from outside car)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JCvfzsC4NgM (9.9)

'66 Barracuda AWB Stretched nose Blown 440 Car in build stage

'71 Duster Drag Car 400 Low Deck 512 best 6.002 at 115.44mph
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Znuo3jMUXTk
Re: So you think you have a bad street / strip car! [Re: Dragula] #1660158
08/17/14 01:10 PM
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30 years to complete the build......eeeggghhh gads..... Not sure I could stand it taking that long but he probably had it going years ago maybe but took this long to get it to where he wanted it and to the level it is today??


"Fat drunk and stupid is no way to go through life son......"

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Re: So you think you have a bad street / strip car! [Re: E-Ticket] #1660159
08/17/14 01:14 PM
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Imagine all the tickets he will get with it....Might take another 30 years to pay for them all.


'70 Cuda,...605 EFI Hemi Street Car (6.20 best pass, 1.33 60ft)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WYw6RA-k5Bk (6.25 at 108.75mph from inside car)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3zQEb9uxFng (6.25 at 108mph from outside car)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JCvfzsC4NgM (9.9)

'66 Barracuda AWB Stretched nose Blown 440 Car in build stage

'71 Duster Drag Car 400 Low Deck 512 best 6.002 at 115.44mph
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Znuo3jMUXTk
Re: So you think you have a bad street / strip car! [Re: Dragula] #1660160
08/17/14 01:22 PM
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I would imagine that if he gets pulled over, the cops would probably be more interested in the car, maybe give him a warning, rather than be a spoil sport about it??


"Fat drunk and stupid is no way to go through life son......"

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bK-Dqj4fHmM
Re: So you think you have a bad street / strip car! [Re: Dragula] #1660161
08/17/14 01:26 PM
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That's a pretty neat ride - and I'm very happy for him to have gotten it completed in time to enjoy it some. Hopefully the local LEOs will have a sense of humor about them when they witness a "little squirt" down the road. I know I would have some "self-control" issues with a toy like that.

Re: So you think you have a bad street / strip car! [Re: Dragula] #1660162
08/17/14 01:40 PM
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That thing couldn`t drive on some of these desert roads and speed bumps are a no go but other than that it`s bad azz..............This is one of those areas where "street car" has many meanings..........CUBIC DOLLARS can build you anything imaginable which would be a blast.


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Re: So you think you have a bad street / strip car! [Re: Duner] #1660163
08/17/14 01:55 PM
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I got to drool on this car about a month ago at the car Craft deal here in town.
It is positively sculpted.....there isn't a square inch of the car that was overlooked.
It is more than a Pro Mod with a license plate.....there are a few street considerations.
As many as you can have on a car with a three speed Lenco anyway.
But it definitely raises the bar.
I don't know just how driveable it is or how much it is driven.
But it has lights and a license plate , so it has to be a street car in it's loosest interpretation.

Re: So you think you have a bad street / strip car! [Re: tubtar] #1660164
08/17/14 02:27 PM
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Anyone know if it has made a pass at the track yet ?

Re: So you think you have a bad street / strip car! [Re: ] #1660165
08/17/14 03:14 PM
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If you need a crew to start the car, it aint a street-car.

Beautiful workmanship and a bad-ass machine, for sure. But using the term street-car here is rediculous.


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Re: So you think you have a bad street / strip car! [Re: ] #1660166
08/17/14 03:14 PM
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Sweet car for sure.

Just asking, but how safe is it to drive around with a cage like that and no helmet?


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Re: So you think you have a bad street / strip car! [Re: ] #1660167
08/17/14 03:16 PM
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Absolutely killer piece.....

Re: So you think you have a bad street / strip car! [Re: jim sciortino] #1660168
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It's not about how practical it is on the street sometimes, it's about CAN you drive it on the street. I know I'm at a point in my life where I'll never own a race only car again, even if no concessions are made for street driving it has to be tagged, legal, lights etc. so I can at least take the grandkid around the block. I like everything about this car except the blown alcohol choice. Well executed car to be sure...absolutely love the wedge in the body!!


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Re: So you think you have a bad street / strip car! [Re: slantzilla] #1660169
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Quote:

Sweet car for sure.

Just asking, but how safe is it to drive around with a cage like that and no helmet?




The drag week guys do it.
Which of course bring my question of, will this car complete on drag week?


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Re: So you think you have a bad street / strip car! [Re: Spaceman Spiff] #1660170
08/17/14 04:35 PM
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Quote:

Quote:

Sweet car for sure.

Just asking, but how safe is it to drive around with a cage like that and no helmet?




The drag week guys do it.
Which of course bring my question of, will this car complete on drag week?


Not on alky it won't...........where you going to haul enough fuel to last a week........because you sure can't stop at a station and buy it.

Now as far as this being a "street car"........sure it is. If it is tagged, insured and you can legally drive it where you live, it IS a street car. Just because it doesn't meet some peoples definition of a street car, makes it no less of one.

Some are such candy azzes these days. Think back to the 60s, when flat tappet, high compression, manual steering manual brake cars WERE everyday cars and these days if it doesn't have air, cruise and a GPS, it is NOT a "real" street car .....This car, with rack and pinion, disc brakes and modern race suspension, will drive and handle better than any of those old 60s cars. Lots of tubing and big tires does not make something NOT a street car

The "definition" of a street car is how much aggravation you are willing to put up with when you drive it.

Monte

Re: So you think you have a bad street / strip car! [Re: Monte_Smith] #1660171
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It`s a neat car but even less of a street car than Andy Frosts car is.

Re: So you think you have a bad street / strip car! [Re: Monte_Smith] #1660172
08/17/14 05:51 PM
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In the early 80's I was willing to put up with lots and lots of aggravation to have some fun. I put a tube-chassis race car on the street for no real reason other than there weren't any other ones around. My choice of tires and small fuel cell really limited the range. It's not like people just had 14x34 tires just laying around - and 2.5 gallons is a pretty short leash. All of that could have been fixed - but my lack of self-control and the local Police Department "representatives" helped convince me that I'd be better off just putting it on a trailer and taking it to the track. LOL

It was great fun while it lasted. Now I'll never have a pure race car again. They don't ALL have to have AC - but it helps! hahaha

Re: So you think you have a bad street / strip car! [Re: MoparBilly] #1660173
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Quote:

It's not about how practical it is on the street sometimes, it's about CAN you drive it on the street.




If this is the definition of a street / strip car; then everything short of a Top Fuel dragster is a street car. Hell, I'm sure you could even run on of those down the blvd for a few minutes..... alright, throw those in too.


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Re: So you think you have a bad street / strip car! [Re: StealthWedge67] #1660174
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Street legal and streetable are not the same, clean car regardless.

I am more interested in what it runs...haha


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Re: So you think you have a bad street / strip car! [Re: Dragula] #1660175
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No cup holder, not a street car!


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Re: So you think you have a bad street / strip car! [Re: E-Ticket] #1660176
08/17/14 09:30 PM
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Taxes & Virus's R-US, NY
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People are funny...On this site, you guys are debating if its a street car or not due to various things like cup holders, and on the other site, they are saying how slow it looks and it was only 1307rwhp on the dyno it buried...And they wont give it any respect without some ET numbers.

I don't know about you guys, but that is a really healthy street legal car that is way faster than anything I will ever drive, I am sure. Looking at the other vids of it, it looks like no detail was too small to ignore.

I would like someone to explain to me the sequence where it looks like he uses a hand brake and lets it build pressure before engaging the Lenco....


'70 Cuda,...605 EFI Hemi Street Car (6.20 best pass, 1.33 60ft)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WYw6RA-k5Bk (6.25 at 108.75mph from inside car)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3zQEb9uxFng (6.25 at 108mph from outside car)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JCvfzsC4NgM (9.9)

'66 Barracuda AWB Stretched nose Blown 440 Car in build stage

'71 Duster Drag Car 400 Low Deck 512 best 6.002 at 115.44mph
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Znuo3jMUXTk
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