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Old Sep 9, 2006 | 09:03 PM
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for all you people that dont think you can drive aggresive cams comfortably. i went from mississippi to baton rouge yesterday, about 300miles round trip with running around in town. car never had 1 problem. have ice cold a/c, power steering, 4.56 gears stage 4 clutch, full drag suspension, 28" nittos. cruised about 78mph both ways, did friday night stop and go traffic and drove it around all night and home today all on 1 tank of gas, its so freakin fun to have a street toy again that i can just throw some slicks on and still run mid 10's, ill check mpg when i get the speedo recalibrated, its about 8mph off right now, but i had to average over 20mpg, even with city playing, im happy
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Old Sep 9, 2006 | 09:29 PM
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very very cool to have a fast street car isnt it?
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Old Sep 9, 2006 | 09:45 PM
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T-Rex cams rule!
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Old Sep 9, 2006 | 10:48 PM
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very very cool to have a fast street car isnt it?
yep, but i forgot how many dumb butts rev at you and try to race you in there 20 second vehicles just to try and get you to do crap on the road
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Awesome.. I know I drove my f15 back and forth from atlanta to futral 3-4 times chasing down a minor issue I was having.. didn't have any problems cruising it.. True duals, 4.30's, etc. Pinion nut was lose one trip and had to have a quick rearend rebuild at Futral.. sucked badly. But it was after at least 4 trips that I finally had a prob.. and had that nut been tightened properly never woulda had the prob (previous owner installed the rear.. *grumble*)

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Old Sep 9, 2006 | 11:15 PM
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Originally Posted by SMOKIN01TA
yep, but i forgot how many dumb butts rev at you and try to race you in there 20 second vehicles just to try and get you to do crap on the road

only dodge hemi (with glass packs) 4wd crew cab trucks rev at me.
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Old Sep 9, 2006 | 11:18 PM
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only dodge hemi (with glass packs) 4wd crew cab trucks rev at me.
i had a ex cab dodge hemi 1/2 ton and a izusu furniture truck, i was like WTF?
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Originally Posted by SMOKIN01TA
i had a ex cab dodge hemi 1/2 ton and a izusu furniture truck, i was like WTF?
Probably guys that either have something back home in the garage themselves, or are just into the hobby.
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did you go to the southern members hang out friday night?
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Originally Posted by AINT SKEERED
did you go to the southern members hang out friday night?
nope, didnt know about it
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Old Sep 10, 2006 | 03:44 PM
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Nice to hear! I get the same BS in the Nova, but it's fun to prove the idiots wrong that think it's just a track beater...

Derek
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Old Sep 10, 2006 | 04:18 PM
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I DD my Trex and I love it. Gives me no trouble at all.
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nice to drive it on the street right? having a track only car isnt fun imo.

have you ran it back on the track with the ac and accessories all hooked back up? what's your raceweight now?
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Old Sep 10, 2006 | 10:21 PM
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Originally Posted by Got Me SOM
nice to drive it on the street right? having a track only car isnt fun imo.

have you ran it back on the track with the ac and accessories all hooked back up? what's your raceweight now?
prob lost 3tenths or so but in this weather its prob a 10.80 car @3350lbs
heads comming soon
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Old Sep 11, 2006 | 12:58 AM
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glad to see you got it going good..... may have to come up here to meridian for some racing
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How are you liking your pro shifted tranny on the street?

I am possibly looking into turning my car back into a street/strip car (I work way too many weekends to hit the tracks anymore) and will be sending a T56 off to liberty soon.
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i didnt care, for the proshifted tranny on the street, i wanted to relax and it was to much thinking involved in driving with it. i could tolleate it but id prefer a regular built t-56 like i have now
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Originally Posted by SMOKIN01TA
heads comming soon
What heads you gonna go with?

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I have been driving mine for a year now. I drive it 3 hrs each way to the track and back. I also went home for Christmas last year from here in TN to Hattiesburg, MS which was 10 hrs there and back. Now granted my car isn't as track sepecific as yours, but I drove those trips on Prostars and do so everyday.
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M6's are the shiznit! I just recently did a 300mile round trip too, but instead of 28" nittos I had to deal with 26" street tires with my 4.56s and still managed 21mpg
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