Yeah thats exactly what i was planning on doing from the start. screw building a drag car... i just wana go out and street race with the rest of these people my age with their rice burners and maybe end up going head on with a car in the other lane and possibly kill myself. <------ being sarcastic.
Thats not what i wana do. a street/ strip car to me is a car that you can take to cruise nights and race on the weekend. im not a street racer. i do NOT support it at all. my uncle is a cop and if he caught me doing it he would have my car send to the crusher. and if i ever hear of my kids (that i dont have but will in about 10 years) street racing i will take their licenses away and dont let them till they're 21! i understand your point but thats not what i plan on doing with this car. its not going to be a street/ strip car. its gonna be an all out drag car for now.
lol im gonna also add too that im not gonna deny ever street racing... i've done it! but im not a fan of it. i street raced somebody about a year and a half ago. i was house sitting a my grandpas place while he and his girlfriend (which i call grandma) were on vacation in florida. he accidentally left his key to his biscayne at the house (must have forgot it) so i decided to take it out for a spin (this thing has an 6-700 horsepower 468 in it btw) lol well yeah sure enough i raced a couple guys and it scared the **** out of me lol so yeah. i've done it. the damn thing!!! lol but god damn. it was FAST. and it WAS fun. but i will never do that again... i'll just race at heartland park on thursday nights
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Originally Posted by Charlie Yannetti
Hi Matt.... first of all, I'm not looking to prolong the beating of this particular dead horse.... BUT, my reference to "young guys" was a very general statement and did not make reference to anyone on this forum.... my statement was made in a reaction to hearing this guy talking about building car and giving information that would lead one to believe that it may become a powerful street car.... a powerful street car, in a lot of cases, leads to a lot of careless driving... ON THE STREET... so I made reference to my experiences...
Where I'm from, I have a lot of these "young guys" asking advise on how to get their cars to run faster... I know they have no intention of participating in any ORGANIZED drag racing.... but they do claim to race... don't even want to know where and when... but because I race, they are looking for answers...
I can appreciate your start in racing as mine was very similar at the age of 16... however, I think we can agree that there are no longer street/strip cars... if you really think about it.... I learned it when I became a cop 33 years ago and got to pull these "young guys" from their wrecked street/strip cars... and I know it's bracket racing, but NOS belongs in the dentists office... but that's just my opinion.... as is everything else I write...
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