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Old April 23rd, 2008, 06:20 AM
six slinger six slinger is online now
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the reason i posted this question is because i was trying to see if there was a person out there that could give me a great or even good example as to why i should keep going the v6 route? I AM A PURIST,BUT I ALSO HAVE A MALIBU WITH A 5O2 AND TURBO WITH ALKY RUNNING 9.70s ON PUMP GAS AND ONLY 14 LBS BOOST! AT 19 LBS SHE WENT 9.12 @155 ALL DAY ON C16 I HAD A TOTAL OF 30GRAND INTO ENTIRE CAR!!THIS MOTOR COST ME SOMEWHERE AROUND 19 FROM INTAKE TO PAN INCLUDING TURBO, WASTEGATES,HEADERS AND INTERCOOLER!!!! IT WAS RUN STRICTLY FOR RACING FOR 2YEARS! BUT SHE HAD SUCH GREAT STREET MANNERS AND PERFORMANCE THAT I RAN HER AND STILL CONTINUE TO DO SO TILL THIS VERY DAY!!!! ive had gns run near those numbers,but they were stressed a hell of a lot more and were not fun on the street at all!! ALL THIS WHILE IT DOES GIVE PEOPLE AS WELL AS MYSELF THE SATISFACTION OF SAYING ITS ONLY A 6! BUT IT DOESNT REALLY MATTER TO ME THAT MUCH WHEN THAT SAME LEVEL OF PERFORMANCE CAN BE HAD FOR 4-6 GRAND LESS WHILE ALSO HAVING A MUCH MORE BROADER TORQUE CURVE! WHICH ULTIMATELY LEEDS TO THE FUN FACTOR!! WHICH IS MUCH MORE IMPORTANT TO ME! BECAUSE WE ALL KNOW THAT HAVING A RACE CAR IS FUN FOR 9 SECONDS OR LESS! BUT REAL SMILES AND ADMIRATION HAPPEN ON THE STREET FOR HOURS ON END! SO IF THERE IS ANYONE OUT THERE THAT CAN CONVINCE ME TO STAY WITH THE SMALLER ROUTE IM ALL EARS!! I APPRECIATE THE TIME YOU TOOK TO LISTEN TO ME!! STAY SAFE BROTHERS!!

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