Nitro Posted February 19, 2003 Share Posted February 19, 2003 http://www.shawnandcolleen.com/shawn/Pages/hwing/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Deft Aklin Posted February 19, 2003 Share Posted February 19, 2003 I fear someone has far too much time on their hands. I'll stick with my jet black '97 Mitsu Eclipse RS. It's kickin' 297 HP and handles like it's on rails. Then add in the license plate 'BLINDING' , added last year, and I'm golden. Though it would be kind of cool to have it painted like a Tie fighter. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Reborn Outcast Posted February 19, 2003 Share Posted February 19, 2003 That car looks pretty goofy lol. But yea its nice. (That guy is a Star Wars FREAK lol) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thrackan Solo Posted February 19, 2003 Share Posted February 19, 2003 Sweet...weird...but sweet. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jan Gaarni Posted February 19, 2003 Share Posted February 19, 2003 I'll stick with my jet black '97 Mitsu Eclipse RS. It's kickin' 297 HP and handles like it's on rails. You're an american, right? Do they still fake the horsepower over there by stripping the engine of all nonessential equipment, including the dynamo, before measuring the horsepower? j/k Yeah, that guy has way too much time on his hands ... pretty cool though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
exizzt Posted March 6, 2003 Share Posted March 6, 2003 I want a Hummer soooooooo bad. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Can-able Posted March 6, 2003 Share Posted March 6, 2003 I think this is Pritty Sweet I don't think i would have te Cannons on the side though Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Deft Aklin Posted March 6, 2003 Share Posted March 6, 2003 Jan, I only measure HP at the wheels. Anything else is just stupidity. I had a buddy tell me how fast his GT Mustang was. He went on and on about how it had 295 HP or some dumb number like that. He was going by the manufacturers specs, which is measured at the crank. I couldn't seem to get it through to him that because his was a rear wheel and mine was front, that he was losing ten to fifteen more HP than I was, to the wheel. Anyway, so the kids in my rearview right........and before he knew what hit him, I was doing 110mph in 3rd. Oh yah, did I mention that the sorry bastard was driving an automatic none the less. Cars I have skied: '88 Vette Every Camaro I have ever seen except one 60's model with a blower, should have known better. Every Mustang except one SVT Every Civic except one, bastard had nitrous, I hope he blew a valve seal. Shocking cars that have beaten me: 92' Crown Victoria I didn't know grandma came to race. You go granny! Had to have been the funniest thing I ever saw. I look over and it's a little old lady, so I think nothing of it and relax. Next thing I know I hear her tires squealing and she's off. If I had only known it was a race, though it was a police edition cruiser. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jan Gaarni Posted March 6, 2003 Share Posted March 6, 2003 He went on and on about how it had 295 HP or some dumb number like that. He was going by the manufacturers specs, which is measured at the crank. Exactly. They strip it for everything except the essential to drive the engine. Sounds better that way I presume. Hope you managed to explain it to him eventually. Shocking cars that have beaten me: 92' Crown Victoria I didn't know grandma came to race. LOL Well, it was an old cruiser, right? Those cars are trimmed and tuned what it can take anyway so. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Deft Aklin Posted March 6, 2003 Share Posted March 6, 2003 Originally posted by Jan Gaarni Exactly. They strip it for everything except the essential to drive the engine. Sounds better that way I presume. Hope you managed to explain it to him eventually. As I said, he was in my rearview. LOL Well, it was an old cruiser, right? Those cars are trimmed and tuned what it can take anyway so. I honestly don't know what year it was, but it was the early 90's body style. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
swphreak Posted March 6, 2003 Share Posted March 6, 2003 Originally posted by Reborn Outcast That guy is a Star Wars FREAK lol No, I'm the real Star Wars Freak! I'll just stick to my blazer.... unless they can turn a bus into a star destroyer... that'd be nice Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Deft Aklin Posted March 6, 2003 Share Posted March 6, 2003 Yah, but your blazer won't do 160. Even if you do install the hyper-drive. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
setsuko Posted March 6, 2003 Share Posted March 6, 2003 Seriously... what is this things with cars? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
swphreak Posted March 6, 2003 Share Posted March 6, 2003 Yea, well, it drives and I didn't have to pay for it It's my grandpa's old '94 Chevy Blazer 4 wheel drive... not that I've ever put it in 4 wheel drive.... god knows if I did, the car may fall apart! It hasn't been used since my grandpa bought it! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Deft Aklin Posted March 6, 2003 Share Posted March 6, 2003 List of cars I've owned: 1) 1969 Mustang Mach I Fast-back. Purchsed from my uncle, who fully rebuilt the car. I totalled it sliding on some pebbles through a rather hard turn at 125mph. Slid off the side of a hill, landed at an angle, breaking both axles. It slid into a rather large tree and cracked the engine block. 2) 1989 Dodge Shadow Turbo. One of only a small few of these ever produced. It had the prototype turbo unit for the upcoming Diamond Star Motors cars (Eclipse, Laser and Talon). Unfortunately I got rid of the car before I realised that the reason I was blowing the head was due to a faulty design. The cars fuel pump needed to be upgraded to a 3.0 liter as it ran too lean on the 2.0 liter. Unfortunate to find this out after I had already purchased the much slower Eclipse. 3) 1997 Mitsubishi Eclipse. See above post. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Genesis16 Posted March 6, 2003 Share Posted March 6, 2003 Hey, Darth...how do you measure a cars horsepower by the wheels? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Deft Aklin Posted March 6, 2003 Share Posted March 6, 2003 It's kind of hard to explain. Let's see how to describe this. You hop your car onto a big set of rollers so that your wheels aren't planted on solid ground, then you slowly rev the engine up to ree line. A computer tracks all of the information from the speed and pressure applied from the wheels and calculates HP and torque. You can normally get it done for about $50-100 at your local tuning shop. Also, this is how you get your speedo tested. Otherwise you actually have to disconnect your engine and attach it to a dyno, which costs a lot more. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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