GENERAL CHAT

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Grabber07' wrote:Wow I was sitting in my brothers house in BA...battle creek Golf course when I saw this streak of lightning roll accross the sky.

I was like is it supposed to storm.... they said umm its supposed to storm pretty good with a possibility of hail.... Not a drop of rain yet so I booked it doing 80 on 169 and the BA...made it in my garage not 2 min before drop drop drop...POUR!! very lucky... I just washed the damn car this afternoon!

Just thought I would share

Again, Genius planning/insite from a Genius!!! Just thouight I would share!

Thanks for sharing that.

Ill be here all week...thank you very much

I want a refund.

What drag radials and size is everyone using and where did you buy them ?

And what type and size wheels do you recommend ?

Anyone using slicks ?

Thanks for your suggestions

i have slicks on the way, right now i use the mickey thompson et streets, they are a bias ply, they work pretty well.

david and jarrod are twinkies and use BFG drag radials, all of them are 275 \40\17's i believe. we all use 17 inch stocker rims to mount them on.

when i get my slicks i could sell you my ET streets and rims, i won't be needing them anymore

Bob...you having an automatic might run better on the Bias Ply Drag tires.

Doc what size are your tires and do you have a link for bob to look at them?


If a bias ply isnt what you want bob... the BFG 275\40\17'' drag radial is your best bet. Just buy 2 stock bullet wheels from someone...( I believe Paul still has his) and mount them on those rims.

As for slicks... Doc is waiting on his racing rims to come in...but yes he has Slicks in the garage waiting.

Paul dosent have anymore. I got his last two for the kiddos car. Bob I think I bought mine from Tirerack.com

If you had to buy one of the cars below which one would you desire more if the price was exactly the same?

Redfire 427R Roush:


Or a Torch Red GT500:

Wow thats a loaded question. But I would have to go with the GT500. For me the roush is nice but is just about tapped as far as power goes. The GT500 however has lots of room for improvement. For me the Shelby would get the nod. I am a power junkie so the thought of having an honest 600 hp with not much money in aftermarket parts get me a bit stiff! LOL

Hey all. Made it back from Santa Rosa NM. Very cool trip.

As most of you know I44 and I40 runs right beside Route 66. So before we left on Friday, I printed out a bunch of 66 history and places to stop along the way. Since we were'nt going to dive until (Sat) yesterday we could take out time and makes some stops along the way.

You history buff would have loved it. We stopped at several of the well know Route 66 sites and a few ghost towns. The ghost towns were the amazing. Old abobe built structures melting and decaying with time. Old cars including a Ford Edsel that someone turned into a flat bed truck abandoned left to rust away.

Some towns we spent up to 30 mins just walking around looking and wondering what the people that use to live and thrive there must have thought as they built the interstate just 1/4 away. The whole time we were there walking around not one car drove past on old route 66. Sad. It really gave you sense of what it was like the day the interstate opened and bypassed these towns.

I got some great pics that I'll upload later.

DBLDARE wrote:Wow thats a loaded question. But I would have to go with the GT500. For me the roush is nice but is just about tapped as far as power goes. The GT500 however has lots of room for improvement. For me the Shelby would get the nod. I am a power junkie so the thought of having an honest 600 hp with not much money in aftermarket parts get me a bit stiff! LOL

I went and looked at a Torch Red GT500 today. Boy was it nice and I agree, for the same price its a no brainer especially if you are more into straight line then road coarse and upgradeability. It sure got my attention!!!

2006GT wrote:Hey all. Made it back from Santa Rosa NM. Very cool trip.

Very Cool!!!!

I stayed in Santa Rosa once way back in 1982 when I was on my way to Vegas. Parked my 1969 Road Runner in front of a tiny motel on there main 'business district' road in town.

Yep. I do like the Roush but for the my money the shelby would be my choice. From what I understand the prices on the shelby should be coming down soon to just at sticker. They are planning to make the GT500 until at least 2010 so the inflated pricing should come to an end. Making them more reasonable to purchase. I'm waiting for the 2010 model to see what is in store. Rumors of a GT with 4-500 RWHP might get me to buy a new one at that time.

2006GT wrote:Hey all. Made it back from Santa Rosa NM. Very cool trip.

As most of you know I44 and I40 runs right beside Route 66. So before we left on Friday, I printed out a bunch of 66 history and places to stop along the way. Since we were'nt going to dive until (Sat) yesterday we could take out time and makes some stops along the way.

You history buff would have loved it. We stopped at several of the well know Route 66 sites and a few ghost towns. The ghost towns were the amazing. Old abobe built structures melting and decaying with time. Old cars including a Ford Edsel that someone turned into a flat bed truck abandoned left to rust away.

Some towns we spent up to 30 mins just walking around looking and wondering what the people that use to live and thrive there must have thought as they built the interstate just 1/4 away. The whole time we were there walking around not one car drove past on old route 66. Sad. It really gave you sense of what it was like the day the interstate opened and bypassed these towns.

I got some great pics that I'll upload later.

Good to hear you made it ok Paul. How was the filming of Willow II attack of the Jerbear? Word got out that you weren't actually diving in the desert but actually filming the sequel to "Willow" .LOL

DBLDARE wrote:Yep. I do like the Roush but for the my money the shelby would be my choice. From what I understand the prices on the shelby should be coming down soon to just at sticker. They are planning to make the GT500 until at least 2010 so the inflated pricing should come to an end. Making them more reasonable to purchase. I'm waiting for the 2010 model to see what is in store. Rumors of a GT with 4-500 RWHP might get me to buy a new one at that time.

Last year the mark-up on the GT500's put the prices at about $60,000 so that was one reason I bought my 427R but when I was looking today at the sticker and it was $47,000 and I've heard that these cars just aren't moving like last year so getting it close to sticker would be a good deal. I'm not sure if Cooper or Hurley is marking up these cars over sticker or not but prices seem to be on the way down. I bet by the end of the year you could get one for under sticker to move them off the lot like they did last year. I'm not sure I'd buy one now since my 427R is only 11 payments away from paid off so the stars would have to line up pretty well for me to want to start that process all over again.

I hope the dealers enjoyed gouging the general buying public while they could.

DBLDARE wrote:I hope the dealers enjoyed gouging the general buying public while they could.

I'm sure they did!!!

Of coarse there is only one way the dealer can enjoy such mark-ups........Buyers go along with it!!!

I'd go for the GT 500 as well. I'm going to have to have one of them soon.

I agree with the rest of the crowd...The GT500 gets the nod....although if the 427R had a whipple on top of it...Id have to reconsider

Got my latest monthly MM&FF magazine. Had a cool article on a 2008 Candy Apple Red 427R (Automatic) Roush. Here's the times they reported @ E-Town: Those are very good times!! I've seen those MPH numbers before but those et's are, well amazing, especially with the street tires. I can't imagine? Thoughts?


Factory Trim(street tires)
Best:12.44@108

Drag Radials:
12.32@109.36 (1.76 60')

Colder Day::::
12.20@109

I'd say thats about right. Consider that my mph is 108.75 and I have gone 12.61 A blown car should run at least 3 tenths faster I would however have thought that the mph should have been a bit higher on the street tire run. You usually see a higher mph when you suffer a lot of traction loss. The mph actually seems a bit low to me all over the board. I guess this could be contributed to the hp loss with an auto car.

DBLDARE wrote:The mph actually seems a bit low to me all over the board. I guess this could be contributed to the hp loss with an auto car.

Just off the top of my head all the video's/posts/time slips I've viewed , I can't recall seeing a 'stock tuned' S/C Roush run 110 MPH. Thats not to say it can be done but I just can't recall seeing any.

Gallery is updated with R 66 pics...

Bob we need more pic space.... Can we buy more? It pretty small...

2006GT wrote:Gallery is updated with R 66 pics...

Got to view a few of the pics. I'm amazed anybody lives out there. Sort of reminds me of Taos/Questa/RedRiver area. I like the B&Wpics!!! Where did they get the water from? Whats the story?

2006GT wrote:Gallery is updated with R 66 pics...

Bob we need more pic space.... Can we buy more? It pretty small...

Those pictures are incredible!

Add 50 Mb until 16 Mar 2009 : 600 points
Add 100 Mb until 16 Mar 2009 : 1200 points
Add 200 Mb until 16 Mar 2009 : 2400 points
Add 300 Mb until 16 Mar 2009 : 3600 points
Add 500 Mb until 16 Mar 2009 : 6000 points

500pts cost $7.86
1000pts cost $13.10
2000pts cost $23.58
3000pts cost $34.06
4000pts cost $44.54
5000pts cost $55.02

Let me know how much we want to buy\\\



Let's buy $100 worth for the club. Sound? Good? Bob, i'll run a check over this week. You rock.

BTW The club needs to do an over night run like this sometime, it's really cool.

we might need a terabyte

How is all this paid for? The Sponsers? Club members? What? I saw the donate here link and was wondering whats the deal with this forum& expenses. You can email me if you want instead of talking about it openly!!! Just want to help if its needed!!
Chris

07_427R wrote:How is all this paid for? The Sponsers? Club members? What? I saw the donate here link and was wondering whats the deal with this forum& expenses. You can email me if you want instead of talking about it openly!!! Just want to help if its needed!!
Chris

The easy answer is... both! Members can donate via the "Donate Here" link and the club can pay via sponsors fees. The more members donate here, the more the club can pay for other things.