In response to Rick's picture and smiley responses to my post...

Huh?

Rick, yeah, your car looks nice (except the auto stick part of the interior but that is my own personal opionion ) but I still don't recall ever seeing you post a timeslip. Admitedly, this thread has gone on forever and all over the place so I may have missed it??

Like Enfynet said, the early S197 autos may have a higher rear gear (lower numerically) than the GTs but the auto transmission itself does some hydraulic magic to multiply the transmission gear ratios so, given that little tidbit, some can say the auto has an unfair advantage over the manual(though it is not realized in real life).

 

Thanks,,,,,I have to do some mods on the brakes first before I take her to the track,,I want to be able /sure I can stop this monsteron the short track we have here,,,which time would you like first1/8 mile or 1/4 mile time

 

I want all the numbers your track gives back to you

 

he y rick gulfport is not a short track, plenty of room to stop , we all would like to see those numbers. i will be home in a week, if the track is u can prove yourself.

 

just me and you,,,," show me the money "

 

O-I'm sorry ,,your car is stock,,, no need for me to prove anything there,come back when you get the engine mods

 

So what this thread is trying to say... in a nutshell, is that Grabber Orange GTs are the fastest because the beautiful color gives others instant jealousy causing miss shifts and inferiority complexes (to include automatics)?

I'm sorry, someone correct me if I'm wrong here.

 

Is one color actually faster than another? I mean think about it. I'm serious. Is black faster than white or vice versa? Would the reflection or lack of reflection of visible light make an actual difference in speed? Even if it were a nano second? I guess we will never know because no two cars are the same on the dyno or on the track. Oh well I guess we'll just have to assume black is the fastest then.

 

Nah, it's a proven fact, that Orange cars are faster. Years and years of hard work by scientist in the 40s and 50s (16th and 17th century) were just as curious as we were... so they decided an experiment was the only way to solve the problem. Oranges could be thrown faster at each other than apples (red) because the color (not the texture) provided more grip for the fingers to put more initial velocity on the fruit. Being that there were no black fruits at the time (at least until the late 90s if my memory serves me right), they are still considered to be the slowest.

 

Uhhmmm...I beg to differ. RED has the best aerodynamic properties.

What color suit does The Flash wear??? Exactly! Theres' a reason for it!

 

This thread started off ghey and has moved to completely :gay: .

 

ha ha...aww come on. We just having a little fun.

 

I still want to see the numbers that "prove" an auto is faster

 

Don't worry, Rick said he'd race to prove it... then he backed out 4 minutes later.

 

Funny thing... He'd probably lose to a stock GT too

 

not yet I have not,stock cars are for girls,who drive 55 mph.

 

I did not back out,just no need to prove anything against a STOCK mustang,its his money,I do not race for free,

 

Maybe I can drive over to B-lox and and race you.

 

hey rick were not talking about racing grandma on the way to the grocery store, come to the track where real men race. if its money want i got it. that little 20 horsepower u got does not put u in the modified class, a real racer would know this. i will put my stock car against yours any day.

 

Absolutely. I was surprised myself, but when my car was stock I was just as fast or faster than a friend w/ an intake and tune, and I think exhaust too (don't remember, it was a while ago). We both had 05 GT 5 spds. Rick's all talk. Someone asked you to race after all the smack you've been talking. Put up or shut up.