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Title: Photoshop dreamin
Post by: Grayeagle on August 24, 2008, 05:03:13 PM
(http://i138.photobucket.com/albums/q260/1grayeagle/my%20vette/dreamblower.jpg)

Ya ..that'll work.

-Frank aka GE (on my 'to do' list :)
Title: Re: Photoshop dreamin
Post by: john9001 on August 24, 2008, 06:44:39 PM
hey, there is some big thing stickin out of your hood. What kind of MPG you getten?
Title: Re: Photoshop dreamin
Post by: 321BAR on August 24, 2008, 06:46:45 PM
$50 says it worse than a Mercedes SLR, 21 gallons gond in 19minutes at top speed  :O
Title: Re: Photoshop dreamin
Post by: RedTop on August 24, 2008, 06:51:23 PM
(http://i138.photobucket.com/albums/q260/1grayeagle/my%20vette/dreamblower.jpg)

Ya ..that'll work.

-Frank aka GE (on my 'to do' list :)

To take a C5..and make it look like that?  BLASPHEMYYYYYYY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Title: Re: Photoshop dreamin
Post by: eagl on August 24, 2008, 10:11:44 PM
My Dad just put a supercharger in his miata...  It just about keeps up with his Z06 now :)
Title: Re: Photoshop dreamin
Post by: DieAz on August 25, 2008, 01:00:13 AM
Gray Eagle

just do it. I double dog in a snare dare ya.   :devil
Title: Re: Photoshop dreamin
Post by: sluggish on August 25, 2008, 01:02:06 AM
It's my opinion that a Vette come pretty much perfect right from the factory...
Title: Re: Photoshop dreamin
Post by: DiabloTX on August 25, 2008, 01:07:51 AM
Agreed, the C5 is pretty enough as it is, don't need a mullet 6-71...leave that for the Camaro drivers.
Title: Re: Photoshop dreamin
Post by: SFRT - Frenchy on August 25, 2008, 03:35:03 AM
My friend has a stock 2002 Z06 with a Vortech with alchool cooling giving 614RWHP. Only mod necessary is tubing the rear wheels to provide the traction. http://www.aacorvette.com did a great clean job installing it, but they r pretty pricy  :t

... but sure is a lot of fun to drive.
Title: Re: Photoshop dreamin
Post by: DiabloTX on August 25, 2008, 03:44:23 AM
I bet they had to change out the IRS for that kind of torque as well.  You should post some pics, Frenchy.
Title: Re: Photoshop dreamin
Post by: Furball on August 25, 2008, 05:32:54 AM
No wonder yanks are always crashing, can't see anything over the freaking engine :)
Title: Re: Photoshop dreamin
Post by: DiabloTX on August 25, 2008, 05:50:21 AM
No wonder yanks are always crashing, can't see anything over the freaking engine :)

Goes back to our lust for too much horsepower as displayed in the F4U.  Was a beotch looking over the nose of that one, too.
Title: Re: Photoshop dreamin
Post by: Grayeagle on August 25, 2008, 08:45:50 AM
-grin- .. when I make enough I'll do the deed.

I know there are some real nice underhood blower and turbo setups available that will push 600+ to the rear wheels.

And still look pretty much 'stock' .. we have a few runnin around in our club that just embarrass the *crap* outta various people that like to think Vette's are 'slow' or just don't realize what they have gotten into.
-evil grin-

For me tho .. if I am gonna spend 8-9k on a blower ..I want it polished and stickin in to the breeze ala 6-71 from BDS.
(their setup uses injection, not carbs, so it sits a bit lower overall compared to the photoshop chop I did above ..ie: no carbs, just an injector plate, then the Enderle butterfly type scoop).

And once you reach 600hp territory .. them lil o-rings they like to refer to as tires out back just don't do it for hook'em ups.
Ima need a Dana 60, 4:88's, and big stickies.

I want it all.

But .. that's just me :)

-Frank (I mean, sleeper image is fun, dont get me wrong .. but I like the idea of just plain ol lookin bad to the bone even before ya fire that beast up :)
Title: Re: Photoshop dreamin
Post by: SFRT - Frenchy on August 25, 2008, 10:31:26 AM
That's the only ones I have Diablo. We don't like stuff that sticks out, no offense GreyE, but are opposite of you. The stock appearance is perfect, except the guages on the pilar. Even the Vortech whine is barely audible. We don't have a need to onkey with the IRS/trany/brakes/engine not even the driveshaft we did put Borla exausts. That's why newer vettes are so great I think, ready to handle anything.
The boost can be set from the cockpit, I thing we are runing 12 currently. The traction is the issue on 1/4 miles type of thing. We are thinking of tubbing the car to still keep the "stock look" but gain in traction for redlight blastoffs.

(http://photos-307.ll.facebook.com/photos-ll-sf2p/v331/150/40/790661307/n790661307_724348_4837.jpg)

(http://photos-307.ll.facebook.com/photos-ll-sf2p/v331/150/40/790661307/n790661307_724347_4493.jpg)

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Title: Re: Photoshop dreamin
Post by: Airscrew on August 25, 2008, 11:40:45 AM
I want the Gran Torino, in red please... thanks much... :D
Title: Re: Photoshop dreamin
Post by: CAP1 on August 25, 2008, 11:50:58 AM
That's the only ones I have Diablo. We don't like stuff that sticks out, no offense GreyE, but are opposite of you. The stock appearance is perfect, except the guages on the pilar. Even the Vortech whine is barely audible. We don't have a need to onkey with the IRS/trany/brakes/engine not even the driveshaft we did put Borla exausts. That's why newer vettes are so great I think, ready to handle anything.
The boost can be set from the cockpit, I thing we are runing 12 currently. The traction is the issue on 1/4 miles type of thing. We are thinking of tubbing the car to still keep the "stock look" but gain in traction for redlight blastoffs.

(http://photos-307.ll.facebook.com/photos-ll-sf2p/v331/150/40/790661307/n790661307_724348_4837.jpg)

(http://photos-307.ll.facebook.com/photos-ll-sf2p/v331/150/40/790661307/n790661307_724347_4493.jpg)

(http://photos-307.ll.facebook.com/photos-ll-sf2p/v331/150/40/790661307/n790661307_724349_5152.jpg)

hell with the vette...what year's that ford? she looks like a rare beast in that good of a shape.
Title: Re: Photoshop dreamin
Post by: Airscrew on August 25, 2008, 11:54:54 AM
hell with the vette...what year's that ford? she looks like a rare beast in that good of a shape.

Gran Torino,  1972 I think, 73 and up smurfy, 72 last year they looked any good. 
Title: Re: Photoshop dreamin
Post by: Denholm on August 25, 2008, 12:30:33 PM
No wonder yanks are always crashing, can't see anything over the freaking engine :)
I always thought drivers were watching the cars ahead, not the planes overhead. ;)
Title: Re: Photoshop dreamin
Post by: REP0MAN on August 25, 2008, 05:01:56 PM
Worked the IHRA races this past weekend in Tulsa. Saw lots of horsepower and money go down the track. My new favorite are the Nitro cars. Well, except the Nitro-Methane is like pepper spray when the exhaust hits your eyes and lungs.....

(http://i272.photobucket.com/albums/jj196/bustergrn/IMG_0319.jpg)
Title: Re: Photoshop dreamin
Post by: SFRT - Frenchy on August 25, 2008, 06:29:35 PM
The Tomato came back from the dead. It was Boby's dad and was abandoned in the desert in SoCal for almost 20 years. To our surprise, nobody took her when we decided to resto her up. :pray We stroked the 302 to a 347, got 400 something HP out of her, and we installed a 200 shot of nitrus for kicks and giggles. We installed a detroit locker, and replaced all bushings with polurhetane. Fun driver, launches like a sailor on a hooker for such a Heavy/Low HP car.

(http://photos-b.ak.facebook.com/photos-ak-sf2p/v195/150/40/790661307/n790661307_376313_6964.jpg)
(http://photos-g.ak.facebook.com/photos-ak-sf2p/v195/150/40/790661307/n790661307_376310_5567.jpg)
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Title: Re: Photoshop dreamin
Post by: DiabloTX on August 25, 2008, 06:38:14 PM
All it needs is a Starsky & Hutch!

Booo-yah!
Title: Re: Photoshop dreamin
Post by: Airscrew on August 25, 2008, 07:32:01 PM
All it needs is a Starsky & Hutch!

Booo-yah!
wrong year, but I can see a camaro guy for not remembering... Starsky and Hutch was probably responsible for selling more Gran Torinos than polyester pants...
Title: Re: Photoshop dreamin
Post by: DiabloTX on August 25, 2008, 07:36:13 PM
<----is by no means a Ford expert.  And never will be, by choice.
Title: Re: Photoshop dreamin
Post by: sluggish on August 25, 2008, 09:14:05 PM
Non-photoshoped dreamin-
(http://corvetteactioncenter.com/gallery/data/6039/67l88g.jpg)
(http://www.motorbase.com/pictures/contributions/20000524/std_1969Corvette-Stingray-L88-427-a.jpg)
(http://www.tuningnews.net/news/050111a/chevrolet-corvette-z06-08.jpg)