Originally Posted by enkeivette
(Post 34062)
That's what I was responding to.
Joe, of course I'm making excuses. Stripped, slicks, race gas. Not the same league. Period.
Remember I offered to race him, on the bottle, as long as he didn't run slicks before I had any idea that Ron ran race gas. I just threw that disclaimer in there because it's the defining line for me. I honestly had no idea, ask Ron, he's never mentioned it to me before. Search the forum if you wish. I didn't even know his name till recently and I've never seen his Chevelle.
Do I think Ben's car is no longer a street car... If he can get by on 91 only which I think he can, then yeah. I have an effectively higher CR than Ben but I refuse to run race gas, Torco or any sort of octane booster. Ben's tried to talk me into it. Won't happen.
I had this conversation with Plunker years ago. He's against nitrous, because you have to refill it, I draw the line at 91 octane. Don't care what's under your hood, boost cooler, alcohol injection, blower, etc. as long as you can fill up at 76 and mount street legal tires... it's a street car.
If it's not, might as well be top fuel. Don't compare it to my car. :judge:
Sorry guys, I know I just offended half of you but that's how I feel.
And I'm not trying to say my car is the baddest thing out there. It's not. If I had the funds you can bet your sweet hairy ass I'd buy offset trailing arms and have my rims widened. It's a huge handicap and I'm not proud of it. That and my old crappy interior is the reason I'd rather have a Z06 with only 405hp over my car. My car ain't all that, yeah it's cool for what it is and I'm proud of it. But I would trade most of the guys at the motorgen meets for their cars straight up.
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