1INSANEGTO

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So is it safe to say I can consider my car a "True" Street car if I drive my 2004 GTO 408 single 91MM turbo car to the LSX shootout and trailer it back?

xBROKEx

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street car is one that has stickers and street tires

SERIALPIMP

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I say a Streetcar is anything you are willing to pull out and race with on the street.

What most of you speak of is "Daily Driver"

I can't stand the cry babies who get all bent because their 800 hp car can't beat a 450 hp car because the 450 hp car is on ET Streets and the 800 hp car has 18" wheels with 35 series tires. One person chose to go for looks, and the other came to race.

I used to get 1200-2000 miles out of a set of ET Streets driving them all over town on Saturday nights and race from a stop, a roll, whatever, no one ever called my car a race car, or not a street car cause it was on the street every Sat night.

I had some kid tell me a truck I was racing in one night was not a fair race against his mustang because the truck did not have AC,
I told him this truck did not come with AC from the factory ( it was a 67 Chevy without AC optioned)
He had a 94/95 Mustang and would not get off the AC crap, when he was the one who asked for a race, he was the one doing all the talking, lost and then felt the need to go from person to person in the lot explaining he lost cause the truck does not have AC its not a fair race, but the truck was there on the street ready to go, so we considered it streetable.

This arguement about what is a street car and what is not is pointless, because its just opinions,

I think you can have a better conversation and draw a more defined line between daily drivers & non daily drivers.

It would be cool if their were some regular True Street stule events at the local tracks that required DOT Tires, mufflers, inspection, insurance, and a drive. All your 8-11 second cars could line em up once a month and get to claim the title.

I always like the way the TRUE Street at Fun Ford in Dallas was run,

Donohue96M6Z28

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haha that is hilarious.

WizeAss

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so to sum it up.... some of you folks dont have a clue how to answer this thread.

daily driver is your "daily driver"


I was looking specifically for a drag radial car that rolls on the street week to week whooping ***! likely going to be a high 8 to low 9 second car... runs 5.70's to 6.20's on the street.

If yall recall.... Josh's red SS was a 347 car with a 200 shot... ran 6.20's at the track... and was capable of beating most of the cars we see at the meets and events. I consider his car a true definition of what I was looking for... not backhalved... stock style suspension......pump gas friendly, and capable of a 100 mile drive.....

In dallas..... you had Tinkrd, Donny in the blue old z28, Stroked, Hollywood, Alex in the C6... and a few others you would see on the street everyweek... this is sort of the definition that I am looking for.

Anyone can get tags and inspection... throw a racecar on the street and say.... hey it is street legal. I am asking for the cars you see all the time on the street that are known and are consistantly whooping some ***.

CamaroTypeLT

yes, those guys have/had quick daily drivers. Dons blue Camaro is pretty close to being back out again but it will be much less of a daily driver than it was. But it will still be a very quick "street car". I personaly have not been to the street races around here in a long time (pretty much a waste of time) the last time i was at any street races was in Fort Worth (very worth while). But I like racing from a dead stop and most every thing around here that is some what quick likes to run on the highway which just isn't for me. So, ya, I guess for highway racing a car has to be set up more like a daily driver with no gear and or overdrive with no converter (if an automatic) and radial tires. This would make it more of a comfy car to cruise around in but to me not nearly as much fun as a nice violent launch

slowredz

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If I run 5.80's I will be dissapointed

WOTFMAN

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Booswted GT's car fits that bill just as much as josh's...Did you not catch the video of him driving to the Plano GTG busting that silver 408 C6 with gas on it's ***???

WizeAss

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so far Chris.... BoostedGT is the king of the mountain in DFW.....Cant wait to see Josh's setup put Boosted on his ***!

SSilverSSurfer

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whats BoostedGT's set up? high 8's driven around all the time would be a sweet car.

slowredz

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That wont happen on the street. Track should be a good race hopefully

Pwebbz28

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Mike, you said solid roller isnt a street car. Donnys car is solid right?

_Zac

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Everyone knows my **** is the fastest.. We put my pump gas setup in Tim lynchs car for his 6 second run

True Story..

Jeenis

lol, you just proved my point. most people dont need to post a video driving their car to the sonic past the po-lice just to prove it's street legal car. so what am i gonna do? feel envy and jealousy every time i get in my car wishing it was some super fast datsun...

CamaroTypeLT

yep, It had a solid roller cam for a long time.

CamaroTypeLT

Here is what you said
Now our point is why "is it in no way a street car?" Because it is a chassis car? Similar to what is Viper is. Or because it has less fiberglass on it than your Vette? It must be because of the lexan windows... That is pretty much the only thing on that car that would even come close to keeping from being a street car. Other than that it has headlights, tail lights, blinkers, DOT tires and runs on pump gas (not that the type of gas has anything to do with it's ability to drive down the road). Just because it is not the most comfortable thing to drive around doesn't mean it is any less of a street car than anything else on the road.

BoostedGT

Set it up and Lock it in. I know Josh and his car is badass. I hope his new setup will run DEEP in the 5's

_Zac

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Is this the same Yellow GT in the video going all over the road then saving it?

If so you're my hero.. Great save.

Mexican

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BoostedGT

Thanks man. The car goes straight as an arrow 100% of the time... Its when that pesky transmission line decides to blow off at 130mph and get fluid on your tires is when **** gets kind of crazy!