Racing Question

[Daytona]

3? What're we allowing a bunch o' little kids on here now?

When I was 3, 'Nam was still going hot and heavy. Bell Bottoms and Tie Dyes were more than a weekend Greatful Dead Show fan fashion. Nixon was bugging the White House. Gas and cigarettes were still dirt cheap. Video games didn't exist. 8-track tape players were the premium option in car stereos. Broadway Joe and the Jets were the team to watch. Jimi Hendrix and Janis Joplin both died (followed soon by Jim Morrison who's been playing dead for the past 30+ years for tax reasons). The only things the US imported from Japan in any decent number were a few toasters and the occassional Vietnamese wife for the returning GI. Olds really built rocket cars (442's, etc.). And the hottest custom car jobs involved paintings of vikings on the sides of vans (leaving room for the crescent moon bubble windows, of course) and blown big block MOPARS and Chevys with wide rear tires on Mag wheels extended several inches out from the fender walls.

[Redog]

Originally posted by b-spot@Sep 2 2004, 04:25 PM
^ Can I go there at work is the question?

Yeah it's just a mod parts site for Korean cars

[Redog]

Originally posted by Daytona@Sep 2 2004, 05:22 PM
3? What're we allowing a bunch o' little kids on here now?

When I was 3, 'Nam was still going hot and heavy. Bell Bottoms and Tie Dyes were more than a weekend Greatful Dead Show fan fashion. Nixon was bugging the White House. Gas and cigarettes were still dirt cheap. Video games didn't exist. 8-track tape players were the premium option in car stereos. Broadway Joe and the Jets were the team to watch. Jimi Hendrix and Janis Joplin both died (followed soon by Jim Morrison who's been playing dead for the past 30+ years for tax reasons). The only things the US imported from Japan in any decent number were a few toasters and the occassional Vietnamese wife for the returning GI. Olds really built rocket cars (442's, etc.). And the hottest custom car jobs involved paintings of vikings on the sides of vans (leaving room for the crescent moon bubble windows, of course) and blown big block MOPARS and Chevys with wide rear tires on Mag wheels extended several inches out from the fender walls.

Don't feel bad Mitch, in 1986 I was 9

[Daytona]

9?

When I was 9.....

[Youngblood77]

Originally posted by b-spot@Sep 2 2004, 12:41 PM
Yes, that may well blow my penis right off. I think i need to reconsider. h34r:

that's perhaps the funniest line I've heard on here yet.

[FormulaNERD]

i was 4

"the alero.... not your fathers olds.... or in daytona's case, your gramps'"

heh

kinda ot but ill ask anyway. How much would a drag strip set up cost? there arnt any in croatia, well the carting place dosent allow cars on its tracks, might be cool to open up a drag strip. call it Alero. any ideas?

[Daytona]

You can set up a dragstrip in 2 ways - formal and informal.

FORMAL: Installation of starting tree linked to computers in a "control room", and possibly to top-end scoreboards and timeslip booth. This will be very costly on top of the expense of purchasing/building a straight 1-mile strip of ashphalt and areas for cars to line up and pit.

INFORMAL: Rental of an unused airport and have a flagman drop a flag to start the race (the way they used to do it back in the first part of the 1900's). Airports have plenty of parking and are supposedly to be 100% flat for the airplanes to take off and land properly.

[MikeSS]

I was 6 in 1986 and just started drag racing this year......but I know it is something I will do the rest of my life, it is tooo much fun.

[ptrudel]

ya bunch of old farts, in 1986, i was 1! :P


drag racing, i do it for the adrenaline, and knowing that the race actually finishes at the finish line..

[Daytona]

1?!?!

When I was 1...

:P

[MikeSS]

Originally posted by Daytona@Sep 3 2004, 11:46 AM
1?!?!

When I was 1...

:P

Booth had just shot :shoot: Lincoln! ^_^

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/\/\/\/\ lol

[Daytona]

Originally posted by MAlero+Sep 3 2004, 12:53 PM--></div><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td>QUOTE (MAlero @ Sep 3 2004, 12:53 PM)</td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'> <!--QuoteBegin-Daytona@Sep 3 2004, 11:46 AM
1?!?!

When I was 1...

:P

Booth had just shot :shoot: Lincoln! ^_^ [/b][/quote]
No No No... get your math right!

I was THIRTEEN when Booth shot Lincoln. Ruined my damn Bar Mitzvah and everything.





:P

[-Alero-]

lol remember the great depression?

[MikeSS]

Originally posted by Daytona+Sep 4 2004, 07:27 AM--></div><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td>QUOTE (Daytona @ Sep 4 2004, 07:27 AM)</td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'>

Booth had just shot :shoot: Lincoln! ^_^

No No No... get your math right!

I was THIRTEEN when Booth shot Lincoln. Ruined my damn Bar Mitzvah and everything.





:P [/b][/quote]
LOL, then what happened when you were 1? That whole north south conflict thing?

ive been wanting to race my alero, but ive been told my competetior would have no contest.. thanks brent... buddy ol buddy
mobs0: i want to race my car.
smokinamd : lol
smokinamd : you'd win
mobs0: lol y?
smokinamd : cause you'd lay down so much f***in antifreeze the guy next to you wouldn't get traction
mobs0: ROFLMAO
smokinamd : you like that?

[smokinAMD]

Originally posted by mobs241@Sep 6 2004, 11:30 PM
ive been wanting to race my alero, but ive been told my competetior would have no contest.. thanks brent... buddy ol buddy
mobs0: i want to race my car.
smokinamd : lol
smokinamd : you'd win
mobs0: lol y?
smokinamd : cause you'd lay down so much f***in antifreeze the guy next to you wouldn't get traction
mobs0: ROFLMAO
smokinamd : you like that?

Sad thing is, it's probably true. How much antifreeze do you go thru in a day? A gallon? :huh?:

Originally posted by smokinAMD+Sep 7 2004, 12:38 AM--></div><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td>QUOTE (smokinAMD @ Sep 7 2004, 12:38 AM)</td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'> <!--QuoteBegin-mobs241@Sep 6 2004, 11:30 PM
ive been wanting to race my alero, but ive been told my competetior would have no contest.. thanks brent... buddy ol buddy
mobs0: i want to race my car.
smokinamd : lol
smokinamd : you'd win
mobs0: lol y?
smokinamd : cause you'd lay down so much f***in antifreeze the guy next to you wouldn't get traction
mobs0: ROFLMAO
smokinamd : you like that?

Sad thing is, it's probably true. How much antifreeze do you go thru in a day? A gallon? :huh?: [/b][/quote]
well i bought a gallon of antifreeze friday, and lets see here mixing it 50/50 makes 2 gallons, so i had 2 gallons friday, and lets see here i have um 1/2 gallon left. so ya a lot.

edit: somehow posted twice dont know how to delete, a mod maby could help me here?