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Old Sep 30, 2011 | 01:18 PM
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The only problem I see is that you may loose a couple of valve stem caps in the process
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Old Sep 30, 2011 | 01:19 PM
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I'm thinkin' a Prius.
Have you ever floored a Prius from a stop. It's just not right. They should come with a little engine noise maker in those stupid things.
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Old Sep 30, 2011 | 01:31 PM
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Originally Posted by AlsCobra
Have you ever floored a Prius from a stop. It's just not right. They should come with a little engine noise maker in those stupid things.
Yeah.

They should come with a V8 rumble through the subwoofers piped out the (fake) dual exhausts.
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Old Sep 30, 2011 | 01:32 PM
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Originally Posted by cdynaco

Yeah.

They should come with a V8 rumble through the subwoofers piped out the (fake) dual exhausts.
Maybe a fan on the dash with a playing card stuffed in the fins.
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Old Sep 30, 2011 | 01:34 PM
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I do it everytime I drive it
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Old Sep 30, 2011 | 01:34 PM
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Originally Posted by AlsCobra
Have you ever floored a Prius from a stop. It's just not right. They should come with a little engine noise maker in those stupid things.

You guys are going to love this:
http://jalopnik.com/5843332/new-bmw-...e?popular=true
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Old Sep 30, 2011 | 07:05 PM
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I find that my car loves WOT at least once during each drive. Today's was a bit wild as I eased from a side road in 1st, nailed 2nd hard and forgot I had the nannys turned completely off.....woke me right up but it finished as a fun ride. Even the wife liked it...lol
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Old Sep 30, 2011 | 08:15 PM
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Originally Posted by AlsCobra
Have you ever floored a Prius from a stop. It's just not right. They should come with a little engine noise maker in those stupid things.
Not me, but I did work on the electric car project at Chico St. when I went to school there. This was back in '94-'97. The EV-1 had 16 nickel-metal hydride batt's and our little Saturn had 26 of them. At $10k a pop. Fortunately they were donated by Ovonics. Anyway that thing would SMOKE the front tires from a stop! No fake noise needed.

I'm a firm believer that if you go WOT on a regular basis then it's no surprise to your engine when you, you know, go WOT! It's worked for me on my '64 Falcon convertible with the 289 and my '99 Powerstroke 6-Speed with nearly 300,000 miles. And the Boss? Use your deductive reasoning skills.
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Old Sep 30, 2011 | 08:21 PM
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My car gets WOT every time I drive it. OP take your car up to 150 mph and smell the cats.
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Old Sep 30, 2011 | 08:35 PM
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Originally Posted by TheReaper
My car gets WOT every time I drive it. OP take your car up to 150 mph and smell the cats.
Never had a cat in the car at 150......do they crap themselves or what to cause the stink.....lol
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Old Sep 30, 2011 | 08:37 PM
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Originally Posted by AzPete
Never had a cat in the car at 150......do they crap themselves or what to cause the stink.....lol
OMG that's funny!
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Old Sep 30, 2011 | 08:43 PM
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Old Sep 30, 2011 | 09:31 PM
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My car gets WOT every time I drive it. OP take your car up to 150 mph and smell the cats.
The only cats I own have names
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Old Sep 30, 2011 | 10:47 PM
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After running around town for several months, taking her out on the highway for a few hundred miles makes the car run better for some reason.
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Old Sep 30, 2011 | 11:36 PM
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Originally Posted by Will3212
I have heard mechanics tell me that it's good to drive at wide open throttle once in awhile to clear the drive train from dust or whatnot. I only done this once in my mustang. Is it true that this is good for the engine if done lets say once or twice a day?
You've gone WOT only once?

So you must not have had your car for more than a few minutes, right?

Running a great car like your Mustang at WOT is good for your soul no matter whether it does anything for the car or not.
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Old Sep 30, 2011 | 11:44 PM
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You should WOT it regularly... stretch the rods out so you don't get those mushrooms at the top of the cylinders.

Make sure your oil is up to temp in all cases.
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Old Oct 1, 2011 | 10:45 AM
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Originally Posted by texastboneking
The only cats I own have names
OK you guys win I should have said " smell the converters"
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Old Oct 1, 2011 | 10:55 AM
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Did a nice WOT run making a turn down an empty street. Gotta luv gettin sideways mid turn. Sure gets the adrenalin going.
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Old Oct 1, 2011 | 03:10 PM
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once in a while?? muahaha. I burn about a 1/4 of gas every time I take her out and that's in like 25 miles lol.
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Old Oct 1, 2011 | 03:29 PM
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You have your car for 4months and you only WOT once? Are you my long lost grandma?
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