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capitlj wrote:
Maybe you could remind me how a car with rear drive and 300 pound feet of torque at 2000 rpm is a winter car?
I drove a Thunderbird for 3 years of winters, other then it getting stuck all the time it was a great winter beater.Your car's a auto (I think) so what's the big deal, easy to drive durning the winter. Just get some good tires, they make all the diffrence.
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I have been working on cars for a little while I did all my own work on my taurus, buick, chevy pickup, and have worked on one 240sx, two turbocoupes both of which are 12 second race cars, a 55 chevy bel air with a 350 and twin gale banks turbos, a 72 ranchero with a 351 Cleveland thats pushing 450 whp, countless forklifts, bobcats, and farm equipment. A few race rockets one honda CBR900RR, and two Gixxer 750's. I know my way around a toolbox. My opinion as far as parts are concerned is not the best deal you can find at advanced or autozone, its the quality of the part in question. For instance a starter for my cougar which will fit nearly every 5.0 made after 86 with the AOD tranny is $96.89 retail and i have right now 4 in stock, one for a 92 supra with the 7MT motor is 136.69 and I would have to wait a day. Starters are only the beginning say I need bushings, motor mounts, throttle cable, gaskets. They all have to be special ordered and cost at least 20% more than the average domsetic parts. Now you know how I earned it.
> Mitch Hedberg wrote:
> I'm sick of following my dreams, I'm just going to find out where they are going and hook up with them later.ASE certified parts specialist.
2004 Impala LS 3.8 -
I would like to add that the; 240sx, two turbocoupes both of which are 12 second race cars, a 55 chevy bel air with a 350 and twin gale banks turbos, a 72 ranchero with a 351 Cleveland thats pushing 450 whp are all his doctor friends cars.
I'm not trying to start a fight, but when you told me about these cars it sounded like you didn't have anything to do with them other then your rich friend let you drive them..
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LankorDie wrote:
I drove a Thunderbird for 3 years of winters, other then it getting stuck all the time it was a great winter beater.Your car's a auto (I think) so what's the big deal, easy to drive durning the winter. Just get some good tires, they make all the diffrence.
All fox cougars were automatics, with the exception of the 2.3 turbo XR7's, but its a pain in the ass with my 265/50/15 coopers those things suck when they get snow or ice on em. I could get new tires but i don't want this car to rust out. It is my project car.
> Mitch Hedberg wrote:
> I'm sick of following my dreams, I'm just going to find out where they are going and hook up with them later.ASE certified parts specialist.
2004 Impala LS 3.8 -
LankorDie wrote:
I would like to add that the; 240sx, two turbocoupes both of which are 12 second race cars, a 55 chevy bel air with a 350 and twin gale banks turbos, a 72 ranchero with a 351 Cleveland thats pushing 450 whp are all his doctor friends cars.I'm not trying to start a fight, but when you told me about these cars it sounded like you didn't have anything to do with them other then your rich friend let you drive them..
No i never drove any of them but i did fit the turbo kit on the bel air, i did an entire suspension for the 240, head swaps on the TC's and one got a new turbo and rear end, the exhaust on the ranchero 3 inch pipe the whole way out. I never drove them but i did work on all of them.
> Mitch Hedberg wrote:
> I'm sick of following my dreams, I'm just going to find out where they are going and hook up with them later.ASE certified parts specialist.
2004 Impala LS 3.8 -
capitlj wrote:
No i never drove any of them but i did fit the turbo kit on the bel air, i did an entire suspension for the 240, head swaps on the TC's and one got a new turbo and rear end, the exhaust on the ranchero 3 inch pipe the whole way out. I never drove them but i did work on all of them.Yeah, well for the sake of argument, I've worked on at least the following:
1975 Trans Am
1973 F-250
1992 Escort
1992 Explorer
1994 Mustang
1995 Mustang
1996 Mustang
1996 Mustang
1997 Explorer
2000 Expedition
2007 Mustang
1998 Accord
1997 Accord
2003 Lancer
1993 3000GT VR4
1999 Camaro
1997 Camaro
1998 Dakota
1994 Ram B350
1991 Dakota
1998 Neon
2003 Civic
1999 Integra
2003 LeSabre
1992 Prism
2000 Eclipse
1988 Caravelle
1994 E-350 passenger van
1949 Chevy street rod
1990 Mustang
1992 Chevy 1500 truck -
I'd hate to put up a list of what I've worked on as well... Chuck too. I've installed remote starters in MOST vehicles on the road.
God I don't even have time to type out all of the vehicles I've worked on.
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Its not the rear drive part its the tires and the fact i dont want it on the street in the winter. If i total my cougar it'd be like losing an eye i love that car. There just inst that many around anymore and the ones that are around are in terrible shape. Last winter i had like 150 - 200 pounds in the trunk, that hooker should have kept her mouth shut, and i almost got stuck in my parking lot in like 2 inches of snow. The tires are just too wide and i can't afford new ones plus if i have to put my old rims back on for the winter it would make me sad, they are really ugly. Winter is depressing enough.
> Mitch Hedberg wrote:
> I'm sick of following my dreams, I'm just going to find out where they are going and hook up with them later.ASE certified parts specialist.
2004 Impala LS 3.8 -
Exactly. Its stupid to brag about how many vehicles you've worked on. Hell, I can't even remember a lot of the ones I've worked on.
Just because you've been there and tightened a few bolts doesn't mean that you are a mechanic. I'm not saying that it doesn't either, but the point still stands.
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Your cougar not being totaled makes me want to lose an eye.
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The question was concerning my automotive aptitude. Those are just some examples proving the fact that i'm not just some moron with a big mouth. I have a big mouth indeed but there is a brain behind it.
> Mitch Hedberg wrote:
> I'm sick of following my dreams, I'm just going to find out where they are going and hook up with them later.ASE certified parts specialist.
2004 Impala LS 3.8 -
Well technically everyone has a brain. It's what you do with it that makes the difference. I haven't seen the difference you make though.
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integra_gsr98 wrote:
Your cougar not being totaled makes me want to lose an eye.
Don't be an ass. For fucks sake guys you call me out, basically call me a retard, I try to disprove it and this is what i get.
> Mitch Hedberg wrote:
> I'm sick of following my dreams, I'm just going to find out where they are going and hook up with them later.ASE certified parts specialist.
2004 Impala LS 3.8 -
Anyway, you should get an 86.
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integra_gsr98 wrote:
I'd hate to put up a list of what I've worked on as well... Chuck too. I've installed remote starters in MOST vehicles on the road.God I don't even have time to type out all of the vehicles I've worked on.
Heh, yeah, nearly every common make/model has a couple drops of my blood on the sharp edges under the dash from autostarts....
Basically what the OP has proven is that he has bolted on simple parts to cars (suspension, bolt on turbokits, etc....) I think GSR and I can both say that there is more brain activity installing a deck w/o a wiring harness than there is in bolting on a pair of struts or some headers.
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