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drakonwick

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Hello everyone! I created this thread because, I have a great interest in automotive.

I've been working on vehicle's most of my life! mainly general maintanance like oil changes, tune up's, Etc.

I have done a bit of mechanical work as well.

My favorite vehicle make is GMC "General Motors Corporation"!

I have a 98 GMC Jimmy SLT 4x4 SUV...

Here are a few pics.!

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Anyway, I put this thread up for anyone who likes to talk about cars, trucks, SUV's, Etc.

And if anyone has any questions about automotive in general, I will be more than glad to help

with the best of my knowledge on this subject...

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Just a couple of my favs:

The ''Lamborghi V2'' ...The ulitimate super car...what a beast!...V2, i'm guessing it flies like a rocket. :devil:

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The ''66 Ford Mustang'' ... An American classic muscle car... one of these babies would look so good sitting in my garage. :devil:

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name='REBEL' post='1728364' date='Jun 16 2007, 06:33 PM']Just a couple of my favs:

The ''Lamborghi V2'' ...The ulitimate super car...what a beast!...V2, i'm guessing it flies like a rocket. :devil:

The ''66 Ford Mustang'' ... An American classic muscle car... one of these babies would look so good sitting in my garage.

:devil:

You must be talking about the Lamborghini Diablo V2! Yes, it's a V12 monster. with a 6.5L 12 cylinder and,

right at 600bhp yes its a rocket.

I'm also a fan of the shelby GT500 very nice car.

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My favorite supercar has to be the Bugatti Veyron!

It's an 8.0 liter Quad-turbocharged W16 with 1000+ horsepower! It can exceed 250mph.

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ah yes the Bugati i beleave it goes around 253-258...uses so mutch stuff and only gets 1000hp

although there is another car that uses almost the same stuff exept only a V12

the Chrysler ME-412 HEMI (seems like the First Chrysler super car lol)

uses a V12 Quad Turbo Hemispheric Combustion Engine(aka HEMI)

has 850 Brake Horse Power(aka BHP)

0-60 2.9 seconds

and goes only 248 mph(Miles Per Hour) not sure what that is in Km/h(kilometer per hour)

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but there is somthing faster its also by Mopar

the Dodge Hennessey Viper 1000TT Venom SRT10 HEMI mopars fastest car

uses only a V10 Twin Turbo HEMI

1000 BHP

0-60 in 2.9 seconds as well

baby tops out at 255mph

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Yea Wolfie, i love the front end & the bonnet scoop set up on the 70 Mustang looks a little like the head of a white pointer shark.

The ''66-69'' are just my numero uno choices in the Stang range.

That Diablo :devil: must be the Italians contribution to anti-gravity propulsion technology. ROFL!!!

Heres the VT Diablo :devil:

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Heres the general specs on the VT:

Record last updated 01 / 01 / 2005

Country of origin ITALY

Produced in 2001

Introduced at 2001 Geneva Motor show

Numbers built N/A

Body design N/A

Weight 1625 kilo / 3582.5 lbs

Drivetrain

Engine 60º V 12

Engine Location Mid , longitudinally mounted

Displacement 5.992 liter / 365.7 cu in

Valvetrain 4 valves / cylinder, DOHC

Fuel feed Fuel injection

Aspiration Naturally Aspirated

Gearbox 5 speed Manual

Drive All wheel drive

Performance figures

Power 550 bhp / 410 KW @ 7100 rpm

Torque 620 Nm / 457 ft lbs @ 5500 rpm

BHP/Liter 92 bhp / liter

Power to weight ratio 0.34 bhp / kg

Top Speed 330 km/h / 205 mph

0-60 mph Acceleration 3.9 s

Official Lamborghini Site

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btw my faverite car is hard to say i like alot of cars...but it would probably be the

1967 Ford Shelby Mustang GT-500 428 E <-(body Style)

exterior

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428 Beatly Engine

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This is the ''Ferrari Enzo''...Not sure but i think it's the fastest production line Ferrari ever built to date.

I would love to test drive one to find out though! :devil:

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General Specs & info:

Price: $643,330

Miles Per Gallon: --- mpg

Curb Weight: 2767 lbs

Layout: Mid-Engine/RWD

Transmission: 6-Speed Semi-Automatic

Engine

Type: V12

Displacement: 5998 cc

Horsepower: 660 bhp @ 7800 rpm

Torque: 472 lb-ft @ 4700 rpm

Redline: 8200 rpm

Performance

0-60 mph: 3.6 sec

0-100 mph: 6.3 sec

Quarter Mile: 11 sec @ 130 mph

Skidpad: ---

Top Speed: 217 mph

Braking, 60-0 mph: --- ft

Slalom Speed: --- mph

Official Ferrari web site: Ferrari World

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NOOOO!! not a ferrari.

not to be rude but i HATE ferraris

LOL!!!

I forgive ya Wolfie, you may have just encountered a moment of madness there. :rofl:

It's been said that the ''Ferrari F 50'' is the closest thing to driving a formula 1...

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Price: $480,000

Miles Per Gallon: 15/23 mpg

Curb Weight: 2710 lbs

Layout: Mid-Engine/RWD

Transmission: 6-Speed Manual

Engine

Type: V12

Displacement: 4700 cc

Horsepower: 513 bhp @ 8500 rpm

Torque: 347 lb-ft @ 6500 rpm

Redline: 8500 rpm

Performance

0-60 mph: 3.7 sec

0-100 mph: 8 sec

Quarter Mile: 12.1 sec @ 122 mph

Skidpad: 1.03g

Top Speed: 207 mph

Braking, 60-0 mph: 119 ft

Slalom Speed: 72 mph

F 50

EDIT: Test drive anyone?

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IMO the ultimate American muscle car...

:tu:
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Don't really know Wolfie, always loved that car since i was a kid.

You got to admit it's a beast though. :tu:

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lol of course my Jezebel. 1970 LeMans conv. and I loved my 1991 dodge ram van. had a full bed in the back. great for traveling

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lol of course my Jezebel. 1970 LeMans conv. and I loved my 1991 dodge ram van. had a full bed in the back. great for traveling

Here ya go Ripley ...

Sweet looking machine :tu:
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Here ya go Ripley ...
Sweet looking machine :tu:

That is a very nice LeMans!

Here is another nice car 1966 Pontiac GTO...

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Heres one of the Aussie version of the Muscle car...

''Shaker''.

At the time and for many years it remained the fastest 4 door ever built. This baby is a GENUINE LEGEND of motor sport racing in Australia.

What it dosn't state in the specs is that they only ever built a few thousand of the GT & GT-HO range...hence the price tag for them now.

Ford Falcon GT-HO ''Shaker''

Falcon GT-HO ''Shaker''

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General Specs:

Record last updated Before 12 / 01 / 2004

Country of origin Australia

Years of production 1970 - 1971

Numbers built 1857

Body design N/Ahttp://www.unexplained-mysteries.com/forum/index.php?showtopic=97437&pid=1729749&st=15

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Weight 1527 kilo / 3366.5 lbs

Drivetrain

Engine 90º V 8

Engine Location Front , longitudinally mounted

Displacement 5.751 liter / 350.9 cu in

Valvetrain 2 valves / cylinder, OHV

Fuel feed Holley 780 CFM Carburetor

Aspiration Naturally Aspirated

Gearbox 4 speed Manual

Drive Rear wheel drive

Performance figures

Power 380 bhp / 283 KW @ 5400 rpm

Torque 513 Nm / 378 ft lbs @ 3400 rpm

BHP/Liter 66 bhp / liter

Power to weight ratio 0.25 bhp / kg

Top Speed 229 km/h / 142 mph

0-60 mph Acceleration 6.4 s

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Well as some of you know I'm a bit of a car enthusiast myself. I own a 1962 Corvette and a 1980 Mercedes Coupe. Both of which I have restored myself.

I have also recentally purchased an old HQ Monaro which I plan to restore to its former glory.

I don't have a camera at the moment but this is pretty close to my Vette.

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Though mines right hand drive of course

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Well as some of you know I'm a bit of a car enthusiast myself. I own a 1962 Corvette and a 1980 Mercedes Coupe. Both of which I have restored myself.

I have also recentally purchased an old HQ Monaro which I plan to restore to its former glory.

I don't have a camera at the moment but this is pretty close to my Vette.

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Though mines right hand drive of course

PICS AR WE WANT PICS AR!!! :devil:

I'm a Ford man AR :devil: but i'l post this one for ya cause i like ya man... :tu:

History of the Holden Manaro

HJ Monaro Coupe...

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wow thats not to bad reminds me of the first classic im going to get the 1968 Cougar or the Regal GNX but im not getting that

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Quote-REBEL Heres one of the Aussie version of the Muscle car...The Ford Falcon GTHO ''Shaker''.

At the time and for many years it remained the fastest 4 door ever built. This baby is a GENUINE LEGEND of motor sport racing in Australia.

What it dosn't state in the specs is that they only ever built a few thousand of the GT & GT-HO range...hence the price tag for them now.

Yeah, I remember the aussie version ford falcon!

The newer GTO's here in the US have 6 liter V8's pushing 400hp

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I'm a big fan of classic cars, I used to own a 1970 AMC Javelin! But, I sold it for $5,500 15 years ago.

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The standard 1970 Javelin engine was the 6 cylinder 232. The major change in the V8 engines was the dogleg head design. During Trans-Am teting and racing, AMC engineers determined that about 50% more volume of air could be forced through the heads under extreme racing conditions, if the exhaust port on the heads were L shaped instead of square shaped. A running production change for the 1970 AMC engines was the inclusion of a new cam, nicknamed the "white stripe". Insurance price hikes were hurting the sales of pony cars and muscle cars at this time, so AMC did not raise the advertised horsepower by much with the new cam, but in reality the performance was greatly increased after this change.

The Donohue Javelin had a redesigned 360 engine. The engine block had thicker webbing to allow four bolt mains, and could be more easily bored out. The engine was designed for street racing and did well, but the bigger diameter two bolt system worked better for drag racing where the RPM's were a lot higher.

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