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Re: What classifies a "fast" street car??
[Re: jyrki]
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07/30/09 09:19 AM
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My street car definition is:
-Fuel can be bought from any gas station
-Working lights, wipers, DOT tires etc
-all the stuff needed in a race fit in to the trunk 
And for a fast one, 7's sure would be nice. At least for now.
Got to love the C bodys! Mine was 100% street
and was so close to running 10's. I guess I
should of tossed some juice at it.
Now jyrki's big C body is pushing 7's WOW!
Bring it over here to Cedar Falls Raceway
in October, and you'll be in the mid 7's! 
Snap your neck, mega G-force launch, is all I want!
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Re: What classifies a "fast" street car??
[Re: BDS871Cuda]
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07/30/09 09:47 AM
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I consider mine a street car, regularly driven on the street, on pump gas, still has a back seat, stock dash and door panels, all lights and horn work, stock styled hood, DOT tires, and quiet exhaust... all good for 6.20 in the 1/8th  I dont consider my car "fast" although I get alot of compliments, and put alot of big tired "race" cars on the trailer...
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Re: What classifies a "fast" street car??
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07/30/09 02:34 PM
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To me, what is more impressive every time is......"being fast for what it is".
And that goes for race car, street car or whatever.
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Re: What classifies a "fast" street car??
[Re: Ron Silva]
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07/30/09 02:45 PM
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The "Silver Bullet " was / is a FAST street car . So anything matching it`s performance would certainly qualify .
Chryco
Gas is fer washin' parts ....Alky`s fer drinkin' ...Nitro`s fer Racin'!
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Re: What classifies a "fast" street car??
[Re: chryco]
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07/30/09 10:13 PM
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The "Silver Bullet " was / is a FAST street car . So anything matching it`s performance would certainly qualify .
Chryco
Back in the Silver Bullet days .... MANY a faster "street" car challenged Jimy Addison .... but they were not STREET cars.
He would accept that challenge and then DRIVE 'EM ...in rush-hour-type traffic. through neighborhoods, near police stations and on the freeway ....ONCE for nearly 50 miles ....
MANY of those fast race cars(labeled as STREET cars) .... failed at that test.
I never saw him get beat.
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Re: What classifies a "fast" street car??
[Re: Moparnut426]
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07/30/09 11:31 PM
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I havw taken this to sthe store with a friend to buy BEER before, lol.
8.30's @3400 lbs
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Re: What classifies a "fast" street car??
[Re: Blakcharger440]
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07/31/09 12:11 AM
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No problem. Our C-body run 8.55 on 91 octane without pushing it. After melting a couple of pistons at 8.2 we switched to race gas even if the true reason for that was propably wrong spark advance; still had 34 degrees at 13 psi of boost. It's way less frustrating to use good gas when under power than test the limits of the pistons.
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Re: What classifies a "fast" street car??
[Re: jyrki]
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07/31/09 12:28 AM
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No problem. Our C-body run 8.55 on 91 octane without pushing it. After melting a couple of pistons at 8.2 we switched to race gas even if the true reason for that was propably wrong spark advance; still had 34 degrees at 13 psi of boost. It's way less frustrating to use good gas when under power than test the limits of the pistons.
Thats what we like to hear.
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Re: What classifies a "fast" street car??
[Re: Ron Silva]
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07/31/09 03:08 AM
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To me, what is more impressive every time is......"being fast for what it is".
And that goes for race car, street car or whatever.
I wouldn't consider a tube-framed, tiny, lightweight little car like a Daytona/Probe/etc very impressive running eleven-anythings with an aftermarket block, 500+ inches, roller cam...
As far as what is or is not a 'street car'... I guess tags, insurance, lights pretty much covers it - for me. If I cared to debate what is/isn't a 'street car', I'd probably give a **** about 'chopper vs bobber' posts on bike forums, too.
Let the benchracing continue...
-Bill
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Re: What classifies a "fast" street car??
[Re: Blakcharger440]
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07/31/09 09:17 AM
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I havent seen any gas stations within several states of where I live sell anything better than 91 premium.
All our stations sell 93. The Shell stations have 94. One station in my small hometown (pop. 5,000) sells 110 octane. E85 is readily available too.
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Re: What classifies a "fast" street car??
[Re: dustergirl340]
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07/31/09 09:40 AM
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Ok here is my  The guys who own new Corvettes, mustangs, Camaro crowd think they have fast cars...so IMO a fast car would be able to eat these cars up on the street. So what would that take...Low 12's, high 11's would be plenty to handle about most any Production car. I built this car 4-5 years ago...It went 11.20's in the 1/4 and was a real true driver. Only thing was it had a 3.91 gear which really limited long trips IMO, but perfect for my neck of the woods, which are curvy 2 lane route roads in the country with curves and hills every were except your occasional 1/4 mile straight stretch if your lucky. Car had a 493 with Box stock Indy heads, 11:1 compression, which ran on pump fuel, full interior bench seat, back seat, it wasnt tubed, had stock suspension and caltracks. I had 28x10 Hoosiers Radials. It didnt hook very good on the street but at a 30 MPH kick down it would hook and book. Quick kill story here.. Me and my dad decided to go to town one day and as I was pulling out of my drive way a Yellow Mustang with what looked like a 10 inch Cowl hood was coming. I didnt exactly pull out in front of him, maybe 75+yards back..I quickly mashed the pedal down..I knew in my heart what was going to happen, he swung out to pass me, I let him get about to my rear 1/4 or door, then I floored it. Pulled him about 8-10 car lengths...I ran it up to speeds were one knows to let off of a 69 Stock power steering B body car. I let out of it, the guy I guess never did, he came around me flying. Never did talk to the guy personally, but heard from my younger Brother-in-law, who knows him..He was telling everyone how he almost beat a Hemi car, and that I couldn't hang with him on top end. LOL He told him who I was and if he wanted to arrange a grudge race at the local 8th mile it would be no problem...he quickly made a few excuses and changed the subject in front of all his buddies LOL.  The car was a mostly stock 302 with a paxton supercharger. I want to add that I really dont condone street racing but this road is a Interstate like very flat etc, and I just couldn't resist a kill. 
[color:"red"]65 Hemi Belvedere coming soon [/color]
[color:"#00FF00"]557" Indy engine 1.07 60ft 144mph in the 8th 2100 lbs package [/color]
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Re: What classifies a "fast" street car??
[Re: Bob_Coomer]
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07/31/09 09:28 PM
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I drive my 69 Dart any and everywhere I can. It has a full interior with radio,heater w/defrost all stock looking. Column shifted forward pattern manual valve body.No trim or panels missing. All steel body panels,stock glass with wipers,and stock suspension with disc brakes on front and 11" drums out back with front sway bar and 3.73 gears. It has a full exhaust out to the chrome tips with TTI headers never uncorked and has run the best of 12.59 and clicked off a 12.69 2 weeks ago at Martin. I believe it weighed about 3200 on the Martin scale with me in it.
416 stroker from Nick at Compu-flow. 11.14 in full street trim. Seems like a new best every time out.
11.06 open headers----so far!!
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Re: What classifies a "fast" street car??
[Re: G-Money1320]
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07/31/09 10:27 PM
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I drive my 69 Dart any and everywhere I can. It has a full interior with radio,heater w/defrost all stock looking. Column shifted forward pattern manual valve body.No trim or panels missing. All steel body panels,stock glass with wipers,and stock suspension with disc brakes on front and 11" drums out back with front sway bar and 3.73 gears. It has a full exhaust out to the chrome tips with TTI headers never uncorked and has run the best of 12.59 and clicked off a 12.69 2 weeks ago at Martin. I believe it weighed about 3200 on the Martin scale with me in it.
SWEET!!!!!!!!!!
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Re: What classifies a "fast" street car??
[Re: Blakcharger440]
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07/31/09 10:59 PM
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I think you would definitely have to be running pump gas. Are there any "street" cars out there who are HONESTLY running 91 pump gas and clicking off 9 or 10 second ET's?
I havent seen any gas stations within several states of where I live sell anything better than 91 premium.
These days, 9 or 10 sec pump gas cars are easy. Just a mediocre motor with a turbo, a little nitrous, or a pro-charger, will easily get it done.
The same things that work on race gas to make power, work with pump gas as well. You just can't run as much timing. The year we won the Pump Gas Drags with Hogans Chevy II, it had the same nitrous tune we ran on race gas, just a lot less timing. Went a best of 8.15 on pump gas and radials.
Monte
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