For you Speed Nuts: American Muscle on the Autobahn

[GScholz]

Skuzzy is James May... It all makes sense now!

 

[Skuzzy]

Skuzzy is James May... It all makes sense now!

 

While I do have a funny accent,...it is not British.

[Hajo]

Yes, I remember the first black and white season of "I Dream of Jeannie".  What a babe.

I was raised around race cars.  My Dad had a 54 Ford flathead, chopped and channeled, which he raced.  My Uncle had a rail he raced and a Mustang as well.  Best friend of my Dad's had a 65 GTO 421 tri power.  

When Dad was not racing, he was a lap counter in the box.  I hung around the pits and helped get to places in the cars an adult could not reach.

I rebuilt my first Holley carb when I was 10.  I built my first engine, from scratch, when I was 14.  I rebuilt my first automatic transmission at 15.  I rebuilt several standard transmissions and rear ends (pumpkins) by the time I had my first drivers license.

I owned three cars by the time I graduated high school.  All bought and paid for, by me, from money earned racing and building and selling dune buggies.  All hot rods (68 Falcon station wagon, 67 Mustang GT, and a 69 Road Runner).

I was a bit a of a car nut.

Skuzzy I also owned a 69 road runner.  Vitamin C black vinyl top.  bought it new in 69.....as I recall with tax etc. 3400 dollars.

Put a 4.33 rear end in it.  You can prolly guess where it went from that point  

Was a great car to drive.

[CAP1]

I don't think that Jag you mentioned in-game the other day was Larry's F-Type R-550 hp V8, turbocharged.
What does your mustang do in 0-60?
I don't have any desire for a fast or quick car at this point in my life but I'm sure I will have one day. I haven't driven a 'Stang with as much HP as yours but let me tell you, driving this Jag...well...is an erection normal when you mash the throttle down and feel those g-forces?

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 i can tell ya from driving mine that it is indeed normal.

[Hajo]

I do hope jaguars reliability has gotten better.  In past years they've been known as the worst in that department.

Ford bought them at one time and tried to turn them around to no avail.  They are good looking for sure, always have.

But mechanically........at best questionable.

[CAP1]

I do hope jaguars reliability has gotten better.  In past years they've been known as the worst in that department.

Ford bought them at one time and tried to turn them around to no avail.  They are good looking for sure, always have.

But mechanically........at best questionable.

 jags have(in my opinion) almost always sucked. when ford bought them, ford did the impossible. they made a crappy product even worse. tata bought them from ford some time ago. they have brought the quality up. i've got a couple customers withthem, and so far, no complaints.

[CAP1]

http://youtu.be/0oU-_XbXX4U

It was a beautiful day and I have been itching to put my GoPro to some use.  This is a stretch of unrestricted highway between Stuttgart and Pforzheim (Autobahn 8).  It may be hard for viewers to get an idea of how fast I was going from the video.  When I was trailing the White Mercedes C Class (wishing he would get out of the way),  we were doing anywhere from 110-130 MPH.  There was a red Jaguar behind me just taunting me; we both wanted to try each other out.  Eventually, the Mercedes moves over and we accelerate to about 155 MPH before "slower" traffic gets in the left lane.  That brought me down to about 105 MPH.  Once the red car moved over, I downshifted and hit it. When I backed out of the throttle due to the upcoming speed zone, I was doing 278 KPH (Garmin).  The Jag had nothing on me as I pulled him hard during that last sprint.  I think his ego was a bit hurt as he had to pass me even though we hit the speed zone (100 kph).. or maybe his brakes aren't so good.

 i finally got to watch the video. great sounding car. was the lane shift/slow down at the end to let the jag dude pass and feel better about himself?

[icepac]

Edged out with 283.232 mph run....

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=04MqvpEZ8_E

At some point this year, we should be taking it out to 300 in the standing mile.

I took off the splitter years ago and the downforce/lift data suggests that 17 more mph shouldn't require one .......but you never know.

A lot of people doubted our 283mph run but that ended when we brought John Hennessy with us to the shuttle landing facility to run his "hennessey venom".

Best facility ever but expensive.

[Skuzzy]

Skuzzy I also owned a 69 road runner.  Vitamin C black vinyl top.  bought it new in 69.....as I recall with tax etc. 3400 dollars.

Put a 4.33 rear end in it.  You can prolly guess where it went from that point  

Was a great car to drive.

I bought my 69 in 71 for $800.00.  It was immaculate. Road Runner yellow, 383 and 4 speed, no A/C, no power steering.  Before I was done with it, she was laying 650HP+ at the rear wheels and winning in the modified stock class.  She could pull the front tires about 6 inches off the tarmac in the runs.  I loved that car.

Makes me sick to think of what she would be worth today.  Recently saw a 69 auctioned off for $150,000.00.

[-ammo-]

Mine       SRT       Lousy Picture.   From factory 470/470  normally aspirated.  Trophy winner.  Keeps up with traffic 

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Another beautiful car -  even if I have already complimented you on it before I will say it again

[-ammo-]

Barbara was nice but Mary Ann from Gilligans Island drove a 67 Shelby 500 GT.   Mary Ann>Barbara

Concur - Mary Ann was frickin hot.  I rarely missed the Gilligan's Island re-runs when I was a kid

[-ammo-]

I bought my 69 in 71 for $800.00.  It was immaculate. Road Runner yellow, 383 and 4 speed, no A/C, no power steering.  Before I was done with it, she was laying 650HP+ at the rear wheels and winning in the modified stock class.  She could pull the front tires about 6 inches off the tarmac in the runs.  I loved that car.

Makes me sick to think of what she would be worth today.  Recently saw a 69 auctioned off for $150,000.00.

I had a chance to buy a 1970 Z28 in 1987 for $3500.  I kick myself for not doing it.

[-ammo-]

i finally got to watch the video. great sounding car. was the lane shift/slow down at the end to let the jag dude pass and feel better about himself?

Thanks man.

I had to slow down for the 100 KPH speed zone.  He couldn't keep up with me in the unlimited part of the A-Bahn, but he had no problem getting passed me then

I really want an additional GoPro to position facing the rear of the car

[-ammo-]

You could have edited the first 5 minutes out.

When I whip a Z06, I'll post here and let you know

[icepac]

If you see this one coming up behind you, move right.

It tops out over 250.......mph, that is.