Slick 60's

the sorry exscuses for hot rods today are a joke. 4 cylinders with nitrous and fart sounding exsaust do not impress me at all. a few minutes ago some one that thought they wer bad got infrount of here and couldnt spin the goofy looking tires and went down the road trying to appear bad ass, but you cant do that here and i just heard this man light up up the tires on his commarro. i gess that kid with that 4 cylinder got shut up because i dont hear him any more. its getting real bad when us adults have to show kids what real power is.

There is also another type of young "hot rodders"
My son and his buddies are all into diesel trucks
BIG 3/4 and one ton 4x4s crew cabs
They put in oversixed turbos / big injectors / chip the computers...
7000 pound vehicles that will throw you back in the seat

And add to that the giant boom boxes, but to each his own.

Maybe they just need to be taken for a ride in an old big block?

The just don't understand that there is no replacement for displacement. But think about this... Do you really think they could handle more power? Makes me want to cringe to think about it.

Don't underestimate the 4 cyl. I'm not a fan of the sound either but they can produce some power and will embarrass you. It's just that most of them are only an aftermarket muffler and graphics that they were told add 1000hp.

i met a young guy a few months ago that built his own turbo ranger. im not a 4 cylinder fan either but i was impressed. he was also looking for a big block ford to put in a 62 slick.

also the 18 y.o. who bought my uni - the son of the guy i bought it from - he was so happy to get it and very upset his dad sold it to begin with.

they are out there , might not be a lot of them but they do exist.

I used to have a Dodge commercial Caravan, it had 2.5 4cyl. and a 5 speed manual in it. Now mine was nothing special, but I guess Dodge offered this same combo with a TURBO, and it was in fact the same motor they used in the Shelby Charger.

The guy with the front wheel drive minivan drag records had one, and he also used to embarrass people in much sportier cars, I guess the bottom end of the 2.5 is bulletproof..

One funny story the guy told was he could do wicked burnouts at street events, the cops would walk right passed him checking the hoods of cars to see who had just parked !

I am not a fan of Fart cans by any means but honestly guys " Hot Rodding " hasnt changed at all . The original " Hot Rods " were Model T's and Model A's and were powered by 4 bangers until the flathead 8's became cheap enough for young guys to play with . Kids today are " Hot Rodding " cheap cars just like we all did back in the day . The only differance is the " cheap cars " we started with aint cheap anymore so they are using what is cheap . My first car was a 1971 Cutlass I picked up for $150.00 with a lot of smoke comming from the exhaust . My Dad who new more than me at the time told me to go for it as it was an easy fix . Well he was right turns out the vacuum modulator valve was bad so $5.00 later no more smoke . That same car today in the condition that one was in would bring an easy $3000.00 or more and kids today just like back then dont have that kind of scratch to spend on a car right from the start so they start with cheap imports .

I know a guy " our age " that has a Honda Civic he had to have custom axles made for as even the Heavy duty aftermarket ones he was getting he could snap in half easily . He doesnt have a fartcan on it by the way .


Rick

I have a friend that has dumped ridiculous amounts of money into a 4 cyl Suzuki aero...custom everything in that motor...it's also turbo and nitrous...ran a 10.5 1/4 at the drags in July...

foodstick-
i read an article on the web once, where a guy intentially built a dodge caravan turbo, it had vids to go with it and time slips scanned in...I enjoyed the article even though I dont especially like 4 banger cars.
I am more into small blocks with nitrous...302 Roller Mustangs with manual transmissions...however those grand national regals build some serious hp too.

the whole thing is, once you get to a certain horsepower level, you have to spend big bucks to keep the power train in tact, there fore the old saying how fast do you want to go, or how much do you have to spend! ha

Someone once said, and I paraphrase.."Nothing beats CUBIC dollars"

i found out were the dude livs that hAs the stupid car im talking about. would you beleave next door behind my trailer. he has not brought his crap out since he got showed what real horse power is. nobody likes his car around here.

There was one of those 4 cyl Civics at the Atlanta Dragway test and tune on Friday, running high 12s, with a turbo, but 12s are 12s. Not my first choice but I'd sure enjoy a ride in it.

Don't For get the Flipping RatRods! WHAT A JOKE THEY ARE! Im so sick and tired of people coming up to me say OH nice Rat Rod! What makes it a rat rod? Well its rusty or flat black! There is a VW Bug that a guy lowered and choped so much he has to get on his hands and knes to get in the flippin thing. They chop them up soo much you really can't use them at all, Like the Gas tank in the truck bed! Then ya have the 22 spinners on a 2001 Cown Viv. Hot Rods was 90% Fords back in the day A's n T's then the 30s some chevys 40s same way. Mid 50s to the late 50s was More KUSTOMs. When the SBC same out in the 56 57 Most of the HotRodders was putting the SBC in there Rods. If you really wanna know what they did back in the day go out and buy the old Mags My Fav is KUSTOM CARs from the late 50s to 63, That Mag did not last long at all but some really kool tricks and tips. I see people saying i have a 1956 Dodge HotRod, Dodge was never a hotrod same thing with IH Trucks I guess I was born in the wrong year. Im just 23 in can't stand this new junk its no wonder I don't have any friends my age! Every thing I own is Pre 1971! Two 71 fords Even at that there not all that old. Old to me is PRE 1949.

cheap cars just like we all did back in the day . The only differance is the " cheap cars " we started with aint cheap anymore' How are they not Cheep? Do the work yourself Build the engine trans, Don't go out and buy all new dang parts go to a junk yard or swapmeets, The stuff now day is more $$$ 200 500$ for a fuel pump my 1971 ford 30$.


srry for the Rant!

In 77 I bought a 69 383 Dart for $1600, it was a one owner 20,000 miles, I couldnt afford that car today. In 83 I bought a 75 350 Monza for $2000 The 350 was 75 only, California only, I pulled about 300 lbs of smog crap off that car and put dual exhaust and a 600 Holly, that car hauled ass, tiny 13 in wheels and all. In 92 I bought a 67 440 GTX, one owner, mint condition for $900.

Deals like those just dont seem to be around anymore.

In 2003 I bought a SVT Focus. Nice car, handled well, low 15s bone stock. What I liked about that car was that it hauled alot, was easy to get in and out of, had a pretty good 6 speed, 170hp, 28-ish mpg, and was fairly inexpensive to buy and own.

Kids were spending about $3000 and getting 300+ hp out of those 2.0 engines. Thats about 2.5hp per cubic inch and about $17 hp. Try that with a Ford or Chevy.