Your first car?
Re: Your first car?
'95 dodge neon sport coupe, 3 speed automatic, 2.0 SOHC ... it ran 16.9 in the quarter but was great at handling since it had the sport springs + front sway bar + rear sway bar + 2,450 lbs on 195 width tires ...
it was the first engine i tore apart when the head gasket blew out (all pre mid '98 neons had the bad single layer head gasket and after that they went to a great multi layer gasket) ... it eventually had a borla exhaust system (great, so quiet but so sporty at high rpm) + iceman intake (awesome, plastic, venturi design) + TSW 16x7.5 wheels wrapped in 215 width kuhmo tires + billet aluminum strut bars ... it was a great handling car that i kept quiet and respectable that sounded so awesome at high rpm ...
today it lives on but with a 2.4 DOHC + turbo + manual 5 speed ... i traded the car to a friend that is younger and hence has more time to enjoy it and make it even better ...
it was the first engine i tore apart when the head gasket blew out (all pre mid '98 neons had the bad single layer head gasket and after that they went to a great multi layer gasket) ... it eventually had a borla exhaust system (great, so quiet but so sporty at high rpm) + iceman intake (awesome, plastic, venturi design) + TSW 16x7.5 wheels wrapped in 215 width kuhmo tires + billet aluminum strut bars ... it was a great handling car that i kept quiet and respectable that sounded so awesome at high rpm ...
today it lives on but with a 2.4 DOHC + turbo + manual 5 speed ... i traded the car to a friend that is younger and hence has more time to enjoy it and make it even better ...
Re: Your first car?
Re: Your first car?
1965 Ford Mustang, 289 cu in V8, 4 barrel carb, 4-speed, way too fast for the chassis, the whole car would shake violently above 90 MPH, but it sure was fun to drive off the line, that car could lay some nice strips of rubber...There isn't anything like the torque of a V8...$500
Last edited by MI1XFIRE; 04-02-2007 at 10:20 PM.
Re: Your first car?
WOW, I think I just had a "FLASHBACK"! Graduated HS in 1972 and got a 1964 Plymouth Baracuda with the glass fastback. It was a 4 speed, with a 273 ci engine. I remember driving up to Monroe Michigan from Toledo with my mother, paying $400 (my money) for it I stalled it 3 times before I figured out how to release the clutch, then drove the 35 miles back to Toledo.
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