Avoidable Contact: the watery Big Bang, the 32-step power steering fluid check, disposable faux-ury.
In a former life as an occasional participant on the fringes of the ol’ illegal street racing, I was a member of an “underground message board” where matches were set up, smack was talked, grammar was tortured, you know the deal, right? The board was well-known for being completely cop/narc-free, largely because the cops didn’t care about two community-college dropouts racing 15-second Hondas behind a grocery store in the sticks at two in the morning and then creating twenty-eight-page forum threads detailing their particular excuses for losing. In fact, until some GTO-driving halfwit managed to kill himself and cripple an innocent woman traveling the other way on the freeway, it was pretty much open season for 40-rolls on the freeways of Columbus, Ohio. (Read More…)

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NoGoYo - I remember seeing like 2 or 3 different Mazda emblems on ’90s Mazdas…dunno what was up with that.
tresmonos - I agree with you, without the corruption, violence and pollution, the DF would be one of the best cities in the world. I spent a year straight...
namesakeone - Sorry, didn’t realize that the car was about to be destroyed anyway.
wumpus - Aren’t both of them DOHC? I’d think that even the 6L pushrod would be smaller. Might want to keep the GM transmission (I...
NMGOM - icemilkcoffee – - – “Transportation” also includes the trucking industry, rail usage, ocean...
Greg Locock - Flipper35- No, each shaft rotates at the same speed. The power transmitted by each axle shaft will depend on the torque...
Ronnie Schreiber - I’m sure that the 3800 II is more common in junkyards, but the Buick/Rover aluminum V8 weighs about 75 lbs less. It...
patman - Well, I meant aluminum GM LS engines – Corvette, Camaro/Firebird, GTO, etc. You can find Lincoln MKVIII 32V Mod motors for...
Lorenzo - RI issued “moral obligation” bonds on behalf of Schilling’s company, though the governor say’s...
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