Hyundai vs Honda

[RngFndr]

my 69 couger had the 351 with that dam fmx slushbox. my 67/68 mustangs all had 289's or 302's with automatics. they all ran well. my ford truck had a 351m in it.....that sucked, although it did have decent torque. my friends camaros all had smallblocks. his 68 ended up getting the 400 out of my chevy truck. that woke that car up.

 you don't make yer grandma ride on a chair up on the back of yer car now, do ya?  

We always had a thing for 4 speed cars..
LOL, the Impala had enough back seat room to have an Orgy at the Drive in..
But it would snap U/joints by looking hard at it.. Ahhh, those were the days!
We ain't that far gone yet, LOL!

Thinkin back, one of FAV cars, was an odd one.. 78 Monza GT Hatchback V8
Built 355 SB chevy with Super T10 close ratio.. Airdam on the front, flares over
fat 60's, Z28 style rear spoiler, and a shaker from a Trans Am.. Black with gold stripes..
That car was a Blast, we called it the head hunter..

[RTHolmes]

I have nothing to compare them to. The smallest vehicle, other than a motorcycle, that I have owned was a '67 mustang.

thats a shame, you've missed out on half the fun of driving

[CAP1]

We always had a thing for 4 speed cars..
LOL, the Impala had enough back seat room to have an Orgy at the Drive in..
But it would snap U/joints by looking hard at it.. Ahhh, those were the days!
We ain't that far gone yet, LOL!

Thinkin back, one of FAV cars, was an odd one.. 78 Monza GT Hatchback V8
Built 355 SB chevy with Super T10 close ratio.. Airdam on the front, flares over
fat 60's, Z28 style rear spoiler, and a shaker from a Trans Am.. Black with gold stripes..
That car was a Blast, we called it the head hunter..

 one of my first jobs in the auto field, i got to do a tune up on one of those heaps. the guys thought i was gonna quit. they thought it'd take me half the day to do the plugs. they were wrong on both counts. 

 to be honest, i thought the monza was a kind of hot lookin' car.

[RngFndr]

one of my first jobs in the auto field, i got to do a tune up on one of those heaps. the guys thought i was gonna quit. they thought it'd take me half the day to do the plugs. they were wrong on both counts.  

 to be honest, i thought the monza was a kind of hot lookin' car.

Ah yes, I see you are familiar with the V8 Monza.. LOL!
Try putting headers in one, and maintaining them.. Grrrrrrrrr!
The fastback looked great with the ground effects goodies..

The FORD equivalent, woulda been the MustangII Cobra351..
Good car too! Both had the weak 4speed problem, RAD was worse than the Sag!

[icepac]

I used a super long extension and went in through the wheelwell to change plugs on the monza.

The problem with the monza was engine mounts that sagged only a few years out and allowed the front pulley to contact the sway bar which caused the belts to rub on the sway bar causing them to go belly up in surrender.

Yes, they actually turned upside down.

The iron case saginaw transmissions were actually pretty good.

[RngFndr]

I used a super long extension and went in through the wheelwell to change plugs on the monza.

The problem with the monza was engine mounts that sagged only a few years out and allowed the front pulley to contact the sway bar which caused the belts to rub on the sway bar causing them to go belly up in surrender.

Yes, they actually turned upside down.

The iron case saginaw transmissions were actually pretty good.

Thru holes on the wheelwell, right! Yeah replaced the mounts with the engine..
This was a 265/saginaw to start with.. The 355 snapped the input shaft..
Replaced with the Vette Trans.. Then snapped the pinion, on the stock 3.43 posi diff..
Changed to Richmond 3.93.. Knew the real cure was a 9inch, but sold the car
before I got that far..   

The New Owner Wrecked it a month later.. Pity!

Yeah the sags were in every GM muscle car made, as the standard 4sp option..
Unless ya sprang extra $$$$ for the Close ratio Muncie or Super T10..

[CAP1]

i've been fortunate. the first monza v8 i worked on was in fact the only one i ever have worked on.

 just to be different, it wuold be cool to get my hands on one, and drop a fuel injected small block, with a 6 speed manual in it though.

[rogwar]

We ended up buying a brand new 2012 Honda Civic Sedan. Managed a great deal as well. It pays to negotiate and shop around.

[CAP1]

We ended up buying a brand new 2012 Honda Civic Sedan. Managed a great deal as well. It pays to negotiate and shop around.

YOU will not be disappointed.

[RngFndr]

We ended up buying a brand new 2012 Honda Civic Sedan. Managed a great deal as well. It pays to negotiate and shop around.

 

[RngFndr]

i've been fortunate. the first monza v8 i worked on was in fact the only one i ever have worked on.

 just to be different, it wuold be cool to get my hands on one, and drop a fuel injected small block, with a 6 speed manual in it though.

Well yes, maintaining it was one of the reasons I sold it..
No matter how fun it is, it became a chore to keep it up to snuff..

Most of the V8 Monza got wrecked, or butchered up for drag racing..
Just don't see them any more.. All crushed shredded and reborn as Toyotas..

[CAP1]

on a seperate note....would you believe i saw a mercury bobcat going past my shop the other day? and that there's a chevy chevette still on the road?

[RngFndr]

Chevette with that odd driving position.. Felt like the steering wheel was cockeyed.. Funny...
Bobcat, lol! 2000 2300 or German V6??? PINTO, the wife was saying that earlier..

Do you remember Bob Glidden running a Pinto with full boogie Cleveland in NHRA ProStock???
When they still had the displacement rule... Cool!

[CAP1]

Chevette with that odd driving position.. Felt like the steering wheel was cockeyed.. Funny...
Bobcat, lol! 2000 2300 or German V6??? PINTO, the wife was saying that earlier..

Do you remember Bob Glidden running a Pinto with full boogie Cleveland in NHRA ProStock???
When they still had the displacement rule... Cool!

 man could that thing leave.....

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L9BglFQAUIU

[Grayeagle]

There was a Pinto useda show up at LACR runnin a turbo on that 2000cc motor.
12" slicks looked *huge* on that car.
It was always primered, would blast out a mid-9 ET.
Had license plates on it.
Amazin to watch.

Was also a nice altered roadster named 'Baby Huey'
..Hemi powered and also a blast to watch.

Good times.

-Frank aka GE