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I'm just glad the muscle car has survived. People thought they would disappear due to gas prices and emissions. Look at what Chevy, Ford, and especially Dodge have done. You don't bat an eye unless it's over 500hp now lol. Hell look at my truck 600hp+, even the tuned EcoBoost trucks are over 600hp+ now. Even regular cars trucks and SUVs are coming standard 300hp+ which use to be a lot of hp. My old 2001 Camaro SS was 345hp and that was considered a lot went it was new. It's a good time to be a car guy! 

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I agree. You have to work hard to find a slow vehicle.


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3 hours ago, KARNUT said:

I agree. You have to work hard to find a slow vehicle.


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Exatly! My buddy Zak from Klug Performance his daily is a 2012 Chevy Cruise and with just a tune that little 1.4 turbo is 200hp and 250tq. He ran a 14.8 this past weekend in it and gets 38mpg.

Which is old muscle car times. Scroll to the bottom and some of those cars ran low 15s high 14s.

https://www.0-60specs.com/chevrolet-chevelle-0-60-times/

https://www.0-60specs.com/chevrolet-camaro-0-60-times/

https://www.0-60specs.com/pontiac-firebird-0-60-times/

https://www.0-60specs.com/pontiac-gto-0-60-times/

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4 minutes ago, Gorske said:

Exatly! My buddy Zak from Klug Performance his daily is a 2012 Chevy Cruise and with just a tune that little 1.4 turbo is 200hp and 250tq. He ran a 14.8 this past weekend in it and gets 38mpg.

I’d like to see what he could do with a Malibu 2.0 turbo.  Those seem to run pretty decent.

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19 minutes ago, SILVER SLED said:

I’d like to see what he could do with a Malibu 2.0 turbo.  Those seem to run pretty decent.

That is actually what he wants to get next. Honestly my next vehicle after the truck might be the new Regal Sportback AWD with the 2.0 turbo. Tune only with an ethanol blend I could see mid 12s out of that Regal. Hell the new F150 is mean I raced one for my first pass. His F150 is a 2018 10 speed extended cab 4x4 3.5 EcoBoost, tune, downpipes, cat-back, and e50. He ran a 12.26 @ 111.66. I spun my ass off and ran a 12.76 lol. That is just 1,500 dollars in mods and he went 12.2s. It cost me 6500 dollars in mods to run mid 12s in my 5.3. I have a video of the pass but well his truck was never in view so it looks like me making a solo pass and that is why I didn't even upload it. :/

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1 minute ago, SILVER SLED said:

That’s pretty amazing.  And that motor is a $2600 option on a base model truck.  

He got that truck when Ford had their truck month this past summer and paid 32k for that truck with the upgrade interior to have the center console so equal to a 2LT truck.

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1 minute ago, Gorske said:

He got that truck when Ford had their truck month this past summer and paid 32k for that truck with the upgrade interior to have the center console so equal to a 2LT truck.

Kinda makes me wonder about next truck, especially after seeing the new Chevys and how they’re packaged and how they look.  

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5 minutes ago, SILVER SLED said:

Kinda makes me wonder about next truck, especially after seeing the new Chevys and how they’re packaged and how they look.  

I really don't need a truck and always got one as a preference. I feel the same way about the new GM trucks, and that is honestly why I am thinking about a turbo car next. I have the boost bug now.... lol.

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22 minutes ago, Gorske said:

I really don't need a truck and always got one as a preference. I feel the same way about the new GM trucks, and that is honestly why I am thinking about a turbo car next. I have the boost bug now.... lol.

Well I need a truck to pull the boat around.  Have you thought about a Taurus SHO?  I think a few mid size sedans are going from an optional V6 to a turbo 4. And like you said, that new Regal should have potential. 

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6 minutes ago, SILVER SLED said:

Well I need a truck to pull the boat around.  Have you thought about a Taurus SHO?  I think a few mid size sedans are going from an optional V6 to a turbo 4. And like you said, that new Regal should have potential. 

The Fusion Sport is awd and has the 2.7 EcoBoost in it. Seen a guy run a 12.3 in one of those. He use to have a SHO with the 3.5 and traded it in for the Fusion. This is what the race looked like against my truck lol.

 

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1 hour ago, Gorske said:

 

https://www.0-60specs.com/chevrolet-chevelle-0-60-times/

https://www.0-60specs.com/chevrolet-camaro-0-60-times/

https://www.0-60specs.com/pontiac-firebird-0-60-times/

https://www.0-60specs.com/pontiac-gto-0-60-times/

Not many ran that good stock by today’s standards.  However with some distributor work, carb jetting some tires and 12’s were easily obtainable.  Kinda like an old school tune.  

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3 minutes ago, Gorske said:

The Fusion Sport is awd and has the 2.7 EcoBoost in it. Seen a guy run a 12.3 in one of those. He use to have a SHO with the 3.5 and traded it in for the Fusion. This is what the race looked like against my truck lol.

 

Geez, that’s bad ass.  Maybe the Chevy 2.7 will have some potential. 

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3 minutes ago, SILVER SLED said:

Geez, that’s bad ass.  Maybe the Chevy 2.7 will have some potential. 

Another truck to keep an eye out for will be the Ranger. That will have an EcoBoost motor as well. I am sure you'll see those in the 12s as well.

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12 minutes ago, Gorske said:

Another truck to keep an eye out for will be the Ranger. That will have an EcoBoost motor as well. I am sure you'll see those in the 12s as well.

That little truck should have a lot of potential.  

 

Have you you ever heard of pure stock muscle car drags?  There’s some muscle cars with no headers, skinny tires and very little allowed internally running 11’s.  They have the event in mid Michigan somewhere.  

http://psmcdr.com/6.html

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