Pontiac Fiero versus Toyota MR2 (1 Viewer)

[FLEA]

1968 Oldsmobile Cutlass Supreme....Loved that car.

 

[DaveXA]

1968 Oldsmobile Cutlass Supreme....Loved that car.

I had one that exact color that I started trying to restore when I was 15 or so. I had no idea what I was doing and didn't really have anyone to tell me that I was going about it all wrong. It was fun to dream though.

 

[GW93]

Wasn't that a le Baron?

Was there that much difference between the two?

 

[superchuck500]

Was there that much difference between the two?

Touché

 

[Bishop]

Interesting topic. I recall having a torn-out mag pic of a Fiero tacked to my wall as a kid. The MR2 simply didn't have the same impact.

 

[saintmdterps]

1968 Oldsmobile Cutlass Supreme....Loved that car.

If she's got one of those Olds Rocket 350s go on and git sum.

GitUSum was the tag on my 1982 S-10 with the 383 stroker. Nothing like stompin' 'er at 3500 and feeling her pull to the 6500 redline

 

[superchuck500]

GitUSum was the tag on my 1982 S-10 with the 383 stroker.

Holy ****. That pretty much puts you in the dude Hall of Fame with that.

I had no idea we were in the midst of such greatness.

 

[saintmdterps]

Holy ****. That pretty much puts you in the dude Hall of Fame with that.

I had no idea we were in the midst of such greatness.

Sigh...sold her last year. The truckt had actually gotten to the point where it was not streetable due to it's propensity to overheat, which was a result of the engine being bored .060 over and the resultant thin cylinder walls. The guy who bought her is racing her in Pro Stock up in New Jersey. He put on a set of Weld wheels and drag slicks, and turned an 11.9 quarter.

There will be another....

 

[amused]

Sigh...sold her last year. The truckt had actually gotten to the point where it was not streetable due to it's propensity to overheat, which was a result of the engine being bored .060 over and the resultant thin cylinder walls. The guy who bought her is racing her in Pro Stock up in New Jersey. He put on a set of Weld wheels and drag slicks, and turned an 11.9 quarter.

There will be another....

He may race it , but Pro Stocks run in the 6s ...

 

[saintmdterps]

He may race it , but Pro Stocks run in the 6s ...

Yeah, he ran it just to see what it would do in the quarter, but he had other plans to modify it. I'm also not sure under what sanctioning body he's running. Pro-stock under PDRA is 1/8 mile. From what I know of NHRA pro-stock, those engines are heavily modified all-motor under 500 cubic-inch. A 383 stroker at 425HP would not be competitive in that bracket. That said, the shop that built the motor said it would run sub-12's with racing slicks, and it did.

 

[guidomerkinsrules]

Sigh...sold her last year. The truckt had actually gotten to the point where it was not streetable due to it's propensity to overheat, which was a result of the engine being bored .060 over and the resultant thin cylinder walls. .

also maybe the stomping and redlining?

 

[amused]

Yeah, he ran it just to see what it would do in the quarter, but he had other plans to modify it. I'm also not sure under what sanctioning body he's running. Pro-stock under PDRA is 1/8 mile. From what I know of NHRA pro-stock, those engines are heavily modified all-motor under 500 cubic-inch. A 383 stroker at 425HP would not be competitive in that bracket. That said, the shop that built the motor said it would run sub-12's with racing slicks, and it did.

PDRA doesn't have a Pro Stock , they have Extreme Pro Stock , which , given the body rules , that truck would never be in , but even so is competitive in the low fours 1/8 mile , which , again equates to 6.xx 1/4 times...

11.xx is nice in anything you can get a tag on , slicks or no , but lets not get carried away , it barely qualifies as relevant for FS/K (which I don't think it would pass tech on ...)