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ThreeLitre
11/20/09

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That Corvair is quite mental.
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Turboner
11/20/09

@ThreeLitre: I saw an LS powered RX7 at an autocross last year, and it scared the semen right out of me :)
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turbo1168
11/20/09

@Turboner: Well, both of my "projects are going to be scary then! We (my brother and I) bought an '87 Rx-7 FC. The rotary is going into his Bug and the shell will be receiving a LS engine. The bug weighs maybe 1800lbs and getting the engine from a 26-2700 lb car and the rx is getting the engine from a 32-3800 lb car! Nothing better than a good.. I mean great power to weight ratio.
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Turboner
11/21/09

@turbo1168: Better than great. I was kidding about being scared, but not about the semen!
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turbo1168
11/21/09

@Turboner: My favorite saying is still "Too much horsepower is just enough!"
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Kaiser-Machead
11/20/09

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I'm caught between the uber lovely Porsche Turbo and the Caparo T1. Oh wells, gotta go with my old love from Stuttgart.
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ThreeLitre
11/20/09

@Kaiser-Machead: I love that car too much to be scared of it. It's so pretty.

That Speed 12 on the other hand...

What padded-cell delinquent did they let out for a day to think up that concept?
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Clown Shoe Pilot
11/20/09

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I'll cop to being scared of the 930. A co-worker/LeMons team mate of mine has one that she let me drive.

The turbo lag is terrifying - when you finally get into the boost, it comes on like a crazed serial killer in your bed that you've somehow overlooked until you're just about to fall asleep.

I'd still not mind having one though!
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bmoreDLJ
11/20/09

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Carful with sayin' "Shelby" so much...you tryin' to get sued?

Nice Caliber photo, though.
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Mobius
11/20/09

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Anything on the LeMons track is enough to scare the **** out of everyone.
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tonyola
11/20/09

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My '75 Duster 360 had a good punch off the line - quite entertaining for a malaise-mobile and the handling was fairly respectable at moderate speeds. Try to cruise it above 85 or 90 though, and it felt like it was going to dart off in unpredictable directions or even go airborne - that mid-'60s-vintage cart suspension gave only a tenuous grip of the road. A couple of sudden 540-degree spins on wet pavement was enough to shake my faith in the car. I wasn't all that sorry to see it go.
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GreenN_Gold
11/20/09

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Can't decide between the Miata rat-rod or this.
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Van Sarockin, rogue trebuchet
11/20/09

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An old Rabbit diesel trying to merge into Houston highway traffic is the scariest thing I can imagine.
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Potatosw✭tter
11/20/09

@Van Sarockin, rogue trebuchet: I blew out my horn once with some joker in Kansas City who just didn't see the need to accelerate past 35 on I-70 at rush hour in heavy rain.

I guess some cars just make people accept their mortality better.
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DrLemming
11/20/09

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It would have been interesting to be a fly on the wall during the development of the Chrysler Sebring. Clearly, cost cutting was the order of the day. Can you hear the guys with the german accents trying to convince their American "assistants" that no one will notice if they cut a few more corners.
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Alfisted
11/20/09

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Lookin down a couple of posts, perhaps we ought to fear this...
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evoCS-Hench-Minion to the stars
11/20/09

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I completely understand the 930's inclusion here, but you could almost make it any pre-993 911. We have my late father-in-law's '69 911 in our stead, and I swear that car really does mean to harm you if you aren't on top of your game. Albeit, his car is still mostly set up for the Street Prepared class autocrossing he did, so there is that. I know dad wouldn't want anything bad to happen to us, but that car has other ideas...

You want to get more kids interested in physics? Take 'em to a track day chock full of 911's and give ride alongs. You really can feel the physics of that raucous flat 6 threatening to pass the rest of the car in any given corner.
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Bret
03/19/09

In reply to Caparo T1 Race Extreme: A Track Day Street Car For The Track
Thank God they came out with the "Race Extreme" model. I found the run of the mill "Race" model to be bit too pedestrian.

Perhaps next they can add some lightness and have the "Agile Race Extreme" model.

To be followed shortly by the slightly more powerful "Agile Race Super Extreme" model.

What would the average buyer look like as he was lapped (again) by the talented guy in the Z06? See the last acronym.
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leavethegun-takethecannoli
03/19/09

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I would use this as a daily driver.

Don't worry Prius, you'd come out of the garage the first weekend after I bought this, and be set on fire.
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John Krewson
03/19/09

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Interesting car, I guess, but it brings up a more interesting question: Why do companies still insist on using EXTEEEEEEME all the goddamn time? It's been fifteen years since Taco Bell's Extreme Summer. Fifteen years! Taco Bell! Think it might be just maybe a little played out? I mean, I have a 1999 copy of the Extreme Bible on my bookshelf.
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engineerd
03/19/09

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Lock eyes from across the garage

down my drink while the exhausts boom

take your wheel and shift the gears

no need here for the silly games

make our way through the pits and crowd

the track is the sky and I'm on your cloud

push the pedal as the flags fly

our engines rev and the angels cry

finish this race go in as victors

our fan holler cheers outside your doors

a whole season what we've got in store

whisper in my ear that you want some more

and I

JIZZ IN MY PANTS

This really never happens you can take my word

I won't apologize, that's just absurd

Mainly your fault from the way that you drive

and now I

JIZZ IN MY PANTS

don't tell your friends or I'll say your a slug

plus its your fault, you were revving so free

I'm very sensitive, some would say that's a plus

Now I'll go home and change
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