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i hate my car #311925
05/08/09 03:54 PM
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just wanted everyone to know that. its a never ending cycle of being $2000 away from where i want it.

sometimes i think i should just give the car away


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Re: i hate my car [Re: sixpackgut] #311926
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I understand...........still scraping jing together to go racing sunday but at least all of my bills are paid.


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Re: i hate my car [Re: sixpackgut] #311927
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Ray, Chip and I will be there around 8 PM to pick it up Thanks LOL

Re: i hate my car [Re: sixpackgut] #311928
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just wanted everyone to know that. its a never ending cycle of being $2000 away from where i want it.

sometimes i think i should just give the car away




71 challenger is my dream car. that was my birth year also...


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Re: i hate my car [Re: sixpackgut] #311929
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just wanted everyone to know that. its a never ending cycle of being $2000 away from where i want it.

sometimes i think i should just give the car away



YA!look where it got me.

Re: i hate my car [Re: sixpackgut] #311930
05/08/09 04:07 PM
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just wanted everyone to know that. its a never ending cycle of being $2000 away from where i want it.

sometimes i think i should just give the car away





Welcome to the world of every fast car on the planet

If you are only 2 grand away, you are closer than 99.9% of everybody

Guess i hate my car even more than you hate yours

I could throw 15 grand at mine tomorrow and still not be completely happy


69 Dart GTS A4 Silver All steel, flat factory hood, 3360race weight
418 BPE factory replacement headed stroker, 565 lift solid cam, footbrake street/strip car

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Re: i hate my car [Re: sixpackgut] #311931
05/08/09 04:26 PM
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Count your blessings! Two thousand might get you a trans (parts only, if you're lucky) in a class car...two grand is about where the minimal step-up performance levels (.05-.1 sec) are for Stock/Super Stock racers. If you're having a trial with that...NEVER consider building a class racer!

Re: i hate my car [Re: B3422W5] #311932
05/08/09 04:42 PM
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I felt your pain too.....but I cured mine....see I've come to term with the facts....fact is...someone will be faster.....fact is....someone will throw more money at it.....fact is....it will break....fact is....I've invested all I can justify.

So after facing all those facts I began to enjoy my car.See I'm in a fortunate position...I can afford to run pretty much any car I want....but want and need are way different.When I was just starting at the tender age of 19...I wanted to be the fastest car on the planet...but at 10 bucks an hour...wasnt gonna happen in 1989...lol...then one day in 1991 my 12 second 440 Dart spun a rod bearing.So I got pissed and tore the entire car apart.Now remember...I'm a broke kid still...LOL...I decided I'm gonna build a killer !!!....well...3 years later...killer wasnt done...but I had got to the point in my life where I was making decent money.So one day I decided to finish it...I could have went all out on the motor...but why?....so I chose to finish the chassis the right way...my logic?....any motor will bolt in...but spending money cutting the car several times wasnt gonna cut it...so it got its 14pt...14.5 x 32's outback and tin work done....then I bolted in a junkyard 440 with a 509 cam and had a blast....of course over the years different motors have come and gone....and now my 500" Indy headed motor that will run into the 9's is perfectly happy running 10.70's all day long...why?...because I faced the facts and settled into enjoying my car. Not draining my bank account chasing a number in my head.And since I've done that...it only has let me down once in the last 14 years.....the stock 742 case posi just let go a few weeks ago after 14 years of being in the car....was I mad...nope...I appreciate all of its service.
So...enjoy your investment...have fun...be safe...and save the $$$ for the important things in life....family !!!

Re: i hate my car [Re: Chassisman] #311933
05/08/09 04:48 PM
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I felt your pain too.....but I cured mine....see I've come to term with the facts....fact is...someone will be faster.....fact is....someone will throw more money at it.....fact is....it will break....fact is....I've invested all I can justify.

So after facing all those facts I began to enjoy my car.See I'm in a fortunate position...I can afford to run pretty much any car I want....but want and need are way different.When I was just starting at the tender age of 19...I wanted to be the fastest car on the planet...but at 10 bucks an hour...wasnt gonna happen in 1989...lol...then one day in 1991 my 12 second 440 Dart spun a rod bearing.So I got pissed and tore the entire car apart.Now remember...I'm a broke kid still...LOL...I decided I'm gonna build a killer !!!....well...3 years later...killer wasnt done...but I had got to the point in my life where I was making decent money.So one day I decided to finish it...I could have went all out on the motor...but why?....so I chose to finish the chassis the right way...my logic?....any motor will bolt in...but spending money cutting the car several times wasnt gonna cut it...so it got its 14pt...14.5 x 32's outback and tin work done....then I bolted in a junkyard 440 with a 509 cam and had a blast....of course over the years different motors have come and gone....and now my 500" Indy headed motor that will run into the 9's is perfectly happy running 10.70's all day long...why?...because I faced the facts and settled into enjoying my car. Not draining my bank account chasing a number in my head.And since I've done that...it only has let me down once in the last 14 years.....the stock 742 case posi just let go a few weeks ago after 14 years of being in the car....was I mad...nope...I appreciate all of its service.
So...enjoy your investment...have fun...be safe...and save the $$$ for the important things in life....family !!!


Very well said Chassisman


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Re: i hate my car [Re: sixpackgut] #311934
05/08/09 06:14 PM
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whats the 2 g's for?

Re: i hate my car [Re: sixpackgut] #311935
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just wanted everyone to know that. its a never ending cycle of being $2000 away from where i want it.

sometimes i think i should just give the car away




ok I'll take it. send it down here and let me get the bugs out.

Re: i hate my car [Re: Quicktree] #311936
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just wanted everyone to know that. its a never ending cycle of being $2000 away from where i want it.

sometimes i think i should just give the car away




ok I'll take it. send it down here and let me get the bugs out.


i think he's asking two grand for it.


for what is the good life if not doing things thoughtfully?
Re: i hate my car [Re: sixpackgut] #311937
05/08/09 06:39 PM
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I kind of have a simple thought process for people when these types of things hit.


I bet any one of our American troops fighting for our right to sit on a computer and complain about how bad it is to own a muscle car in America,would be more than happy to trade places with you Ray and take that pile of junk from you.

Yes I am being sarcastic, but I think we often need to be a little more realistic about what we have and also recognize how many people go their whole lifetime and never even get to enjoy working on, racing, or owning a classic Mopar and how many of them dream that someday they could own one, but realizing they never will have that opportunity.

Please be clear I am not dogging you, simply trying to make a point it aint so bad afterall.

Oh yea, what time does the auction start?...


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Re: i hate my car [Re: 70blackfish] #311938
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whats the 2 g's for?




ya know Blackfsh, i use to always say 2 g's but down here in the south they always say 2 k. i like g better

i just took off the 315s for lower 325's and got a set of half monos to lower the car, then i lowered the front to match the back but the steering has been spooky. so i took it for an alignment today(yes today because i am on a 4 day work week now with a 20% pay cut) and found out the header has been laying on the tie rod sleeve, bashing the header in pretty good. so i had to raise the front end up and i hate it. to fix the problem will take drop spindles and new wilwoods for the front. i just put new wilwoods on the front 2 months ago(for sale now shameless plug)

then the 1350 u joints and drivshaft, some upgrades to the trans and that is 2 g but there will be something else after thats done, i dont know what it is yet but there will be, oh ya, forgot about my rear brakes locking up at the track last time i was there, probably have to put in different torsion bars with the drop spindles


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Re: i hate my car [Re: Quicktree] #311939
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just wanted everyone to know that. its a never ending cycle of being $2000 away from where i want it.

sometimes i think i should just give the car away




ok I'll take it. send it down here and let me get the bugs out.





Tony. are you home yet?


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Re: i hate my car [Re: sixpackgut] #311940
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Re: i hate my car [Re: moparniac] #311941
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Heres some good news Ray -

i got your converter today in one piece !



Re: i hate my car [Re: 493_DART] #311942
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Heres some good news Ray -

i got your converter today in one piece !







good deal cant wait to hear the results

need some wilwoods for the front of that car?

wedgie, my car is a 70, same year i was born.


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Re: i hate my car [Re: sixpackgut] #311943
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Ray, just whomp the snot out of it ,,there is many faster ,,and many WHOLE BUNCH slower



have fun !


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Re: i hate my car [Re: 69RR383] #311944
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Ray, Chip and I will be there around 8 PM to pick it up Thanks LOL


naw, naw, i'm bringing my rollback to get it. i'll be there by sun up

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