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Tirefryr

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  1. Hell, I could fit those in the rear deck of my Mustangs.
  2. NW Indiana weather: Christmas, Dec. 25 2006. 52 degrees and no snow. Easter, Apr. 8 2007. 28 degrees, 1" snow. Past three Christmas Days, avereage of 48 degrees, ZERO precipitation. Exactly one week ago today we had a high of 75 degrees and sunshine all day.
  3. YOu should be fine.
  4. Like always? I'll have to strongly disagree here. In the Muscle days, it was really a tossup. I don't think anyone really won that war. There were so many available options, you could literally order a car anyway you wanted it. Early 80s to mid 90s, the Mustang was THE pinnacle of performance. It spawned an entirely new genre in the aftermarket industry. It's aftermarket is rivaled by NO other. It wasn't until Ford switched to the SN-95 platform and kept the 215HP 302 in an overweight aging chassis. Hell, it didn't get a redesign until 05. You can literally take parts from any Fox chassis from 77-04 and they will all bolt right in. The new F-body finally had the performance package with a larger engine, more HP and torque, less weight, and better handling in 93. But they did not sell. I don't know why. They were slightly more than the Mustang, but had a huge performance advantage over them. As f Call it whatever you want, but the Mustang has always set the bar, and has continued on and will continue to as an American Icon. It is THE original pony car and all others will simply follow in it's hoofsteps. Sorry dude... The Camaro has whooped the Mustangs ass consitantly the entire time it was in production save a select FEW years in the 70's. The 3rd gen RS Camaro with the 305 could run neck and neck with the GT... the Z28 creamed it. Also, the engines going in the new Camaro are far more potent than anything Ford has... and that is WITHOUT a SC. Poor Ford can't build an engine to save their lives (or company really, lol). They need a SC just to stay close enough to the N/A Vette just to SEE the tail lights. Even the heavy ass pig the GTO is stomps the crap out of the Rustang GT... With a few minor mods, it'll cream the SC'd GT500. With a SC, it'll cream the Ford GT (and any fool that will pay $150k+ for a FORD has serious issues. The Z06 WITHOUT a SC, and HALF the price destroys it on the track). Hell, with bolt-ons and ethanol, a member of ls1gto.com dynoed 766hp to the tires! The Challenger won't fail because they are smart enough to offer different trims and power trains... as long as they price the lower models low enough. However, the SRT-8 will be a rare bread. If it weighs what the Charger weighs, it'll be no faster than a GTO, at 15k more. That is over priced. The Camaro won't fail for the same reasons. However, the top line Camaro will be a GT500 killer, and will run just a tick behind the Z06. That is completely incorrect. The 3rd gen F-bodies could NOT hang with the 5.0L fox bodies. That's been proven over and over again. Matter of fact, at that time, the only GM product that could hang with them were the GNs. Hence the Mustang/Grand National wars of the 90s. The 3rd Gen Camaro was back then what the Mustang has become recently. Underpowered and overweight. The fox-body Mustangs were light and had more than enough power in stock form to hand the Camaro it's ass. AND it was cheaper, and spawned a HUGE aftermarket following. It wasn't until GMs 4th gen F-body that they gained the performance advantage. Lighter weight and more power, not to mention a great suspension. The aging fox-body just couldn't compete. Mustangs couldn't compete with anything in the 70s. That's the Mustang IIs generation and was a huge flop. With all the smog wars going on, that was a decade that was lost in the power arena and pretty much continued into the mid to late 80s. As for the Supercharger debate, there really isn't one. If Ford really wanted to design a NA engine to put out enough power to hang with the LS series engines they easily could. Any manufacturer could for that matter. However, it's more cost-efficient to simply add some boost. They have done it quite effectively and cheaply while adding massive power and reliablilty all the while maintaining efficiency, and that reliability and efficiency is the key. Chevy does what works for them best, Ford does the same. Your comparisons are really off here too. What is the point in comparing a Ford GT to a GTO with a blower? There is none. Yeah, a GTO with a Blower and SERIOUS mods and money MAY be able to hang with the GT in straightline performance, but that's it. It won't get anywhere near the car in a corner, it will never look as cool, it will never have any value. That's like comparing a Vette to a Ferrari. The Z06 has European Exotic performance in a considerably cheaper package, but it's still just a Vette. It won't get the attention a Ferrari will, it will never have the status, it's still made with cheap plastic parts, it still has the creaks and squeaks that Chevy is known for, etc. . . You can get Bentley-LIKE luxury in a Lincoln or Cadillac for a fraction of the price as well, but it's still not a Bentley. The apples to oranges comparions just don't work.
  5. $65.45
  6. Matt, Solen has a price list at the end of every page for the specific manufacturer, but since I know you're lazy, I'll help ya. http://www.solen.ca/pdf/seausd.pdf
  7. I don't see the point in flaring a slot vent anyways. Unless it is necessary to make the vent so small for tuning purposes that you don't get the necessary vent area, the turbulence will be well within range for vent mach. Even in an SPL setup you are gaining minimal amount, if any. It will only help in that instance. It does look different, that's for sure.
  8. It's only flared on one side. I don't see the point.
  9. Vehicle? Don't be too certain it's the alt right off the bat.
  10. You are correct. I don't know what I was thinking, but thanks!
  11. Solen and Meniscus have them. Timbre might, but the site is down?
  12. Why on earth did it need two more cylinders? They were very adept to modification and still be balanced very well. No need to throw more weight on the longer nose. I like the short front, V6.
  13. It was 75 here Tuesday night and Wednesday morning when i awoke, there was accumulation on my car. That happens all the time around here and I am close to the lake, so lake-effect always finds me.
  14. My 5303 is getting picky too. One minute it works, then I switch tracks and I have to wait a while before it decides to play again. Nothing I do fixes it. I might have a lock on another 55430 in MINT condition if you are interested. My buddy I got the 5303 from had one last year, and I doubt he's sold it.
  15. But that is not their theory.
  16. The factory HU and climate controls are integrated into that damn oval panel as one. You are limited to buying the kit, or fabbing one up out of the original.
  17. Knuconceptz FTW! Just got 100' of 1/0 and 100' of 4 guage for $283 shipped. That's cheaper than anywhere I've found for good looking (car audio) cable.
  18. Sweetness Tom!!!!
  19. The Brabus is pimp! I have enjoyed the new-edge styling on the Bimmers as well, but this years models are not sitting too well with me. Last year's M3 was so damn hot, why change it? It's had subtle upgrades for however long, but now it's just overdone IMO.
  20. Don't know him, and as for the food, well, I don't know. Everyone I have been around for the past few days has felt like shit. No hazmat gear needed. I did however suck it up with a shop-vac! That was awesome! It threw the smell throughout the restaurant and the front of the store.
  21. Today was fun. Go get my pizza for lunch, halfway through my first piece I start vomiting voilently right in the middle of Little Caesars. Run to the bathroom, vomit for about 15 more minutes, get ready to leave, and the manager comes up to me and tells me I have to clean up some vomit from a customer in the restaurant (our Sears store has a LC restaurant in it incase you guys didn't get that). So yeah, not only did it make me puke, I had to clean it up. Was funny though, seeing people come in to get pizza, then turn right back around and walk out. I think Little Caesars lost some business today. Thank god my large 2 topping pizza was only $4.
  22. Don't let the SPL guys hear you say that.
  23. Tirefryr replied to Impious's topic in General Audio
    I talked to a guy dealing Fusion a while ago. They are located down under and it's a pain to get product over here is what I was told.
  24. You smart people and your college. In HS I scored a 172 on an IQ test, but I've killed a lot of brain cells since then, and the only thing in school that ever held my attention was tits and ass. Hence the reason I did not attend college.
  25. Tirefryr replied to Impious's topic in General Audio
    They've been catering to the 12V crowd for a few years now. Got involved when mobile video started to take off. From an asthetic point of view, I want to puke. IIRC, RCA is/was a division of Phillips Sylvania. Pioneer used to make a lot of their stuff back in the 90s as well.

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