Fried a new T-bird today...
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Burning Brakes
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From: Oakland County MI
Fried a new T-bird today...
My second kill. There is a lot of M-Plate ones running around the neighborhood...The last one got cocky and yelled RICE BURNER...My first reaction was "I'd be jealous too if I was driving a UAW designed and built piece of trash"(that must hurt, there is a lot of Ford Dearborn engineers in the hood out here)...and smoked him again in a 0-70 sprint.
He turned...
He turned...
Intermediate
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From: Chicago, Illinois-USA
I assume you have a stock CL Type-S and you raced a "new" T-Bird. Was it a V8 or the V6?
I owned, prior to my CL-S, a T-Bird Super Coupe, Super-Charged, and believe me you (or I) wouldn't smoke it to 70MPH. The T-Bird had 315 lb.ft. of torque at 2800 RPM.
My CL-S is great, but I wish it had my old T-Bird's off the line speed.
Ernie
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Ernie
I owned, prior to my CL-S, a T-Bird Super Coupe, Super-Charged, and believe me you (or I) wouldn't smoke it to 70MPH. The T-Bird had 315 lb.ft. of torque at 2800 RPM.
My CL-S is great, but I wish it had my old T-Bird's off the line speed.
Ernie
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Ernie
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Burning Brakes
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I also have a 1995 T-bird SC Pearl white with 3.73 gear, custom exhaust headers and a set of prototype SVT heads that never went into production (originally Ford had plans to do a 1997 SVT v-8 tbird.)
It runs a 5.3 sec 0-60 and 13.50's quarter
Yes you are very much correct indeed
It runs a 5.3 sec 0-60 and 13.50's quarter
Yes you are very much correct indeed
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nice kill
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Burning Brakes
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Hey be kind to the new Birds, they are riding on the same model tire that stock CLS's come with. The width I think is a bit more. 
I like the Bird's look both ext. and int. Remember the new Birds AND OURS are simply cruisers not dragsters. Bhp and Torque are very similar to ours and I think all of them come with a very nice sounding 8?
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I like the Bird's look both ext. and int. Remember the new Birds AND OURS are simply cruisers not dragsters. Bhp and Torque are very similar to ours and I think all of them come with a very nice sounding 8?
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<font face="Verdana, Arial" size="2">Originally posted by Al Uminum:
Hey be kind to the new Birds, they are riding on the same model tire that stock CLS's come with. The width I think is a bit more.
I like the Bird's look both ext. and int. Remember the new Birds AND OURS are simply cruisers not dragsters. Bhp and Torque are very similar to ours and I think all of them come with a very nice sounding 8?
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Hey be kind to the new Birds, they are riding on the same model tire that stock CLS's come with. The width I think is a bit more.
I like the Bird's look both ext. and int. Remember the new Birds AND OURS are simply cruisers not dragsters. Bhp and Torque are very similar to ours and I think all of them come with a very nice sounding 8?
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according to Motor Trend July issue.
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<font face="Verdana, Arial" size="2">Originally posted by BBsAcuraRacing:
I also have a 1995 T-bird SC Pearl white with 3.73 gear, custom exhaust headers and a set of prototype SVT heads that never went into production (originally Ford had plans to do a 1997 SVT v-8 tbird.)
It runs a 5.3 sec 0-60 and 13.50's quarter
Yes you are very much correct indeed</font>
I also have a 1995 T-bird SC Pearl white with 3.73 gear, custom exhaust headers and a set of prototype SVT heads that never went into production (originally Ford had plans to do a 1997 SVT v-8 tbird.)
It runs a 5.3 sec 0-60 and 13.50's quarter
Yes you are very much correct indeed</font>
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From: W. Bloomfield, MI
<font face="Verdana, Arial" size="2">Originally posted by BBsAcuraRacing:
My second kill. There is a lot of M-Plate ones running around the neighborhood...The last one got cocky and yelled RICE BURNER...My first reaction was "I'd be jealous too if I was driving a UAW designed and built piece of trash"(that must hurt, there is a lot of Ford Dearborn engineers in the hood out here)...and smoked him again in a 0-70 sprint.
He turned...</font>
My second kill. There is a lot of M-Plate ones running around the neighborhood...The last one got cocky and yelled RICE BURNER...My first reaction was "I'd be jealous too if I was driving a UAW designed and built piece of trash"(that must hurt, there is a lot of Ford Dearborn engineers in the hood out here)...and smoked him again in a 0-70 sprint.
He turned...</font>
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From: Loo-a-vul
<font face="Verdana, Arial" size="2">Originally posted by someguy:
The Cl is made in Ohio. It is probably made by United Auto Workers members as well.
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The Cl is made in Ohio. It is probably made by United Auto Workers members as well.
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<font face="Verdana, Arial" size="2">Originally posted by BBsAcuraRacing:
Regarding the Ohio plant in Marysville, both the honda and Acura plants are non union(by employee choice)</font>
Regarding the Ohio plant in Marysville, both the honda and Acura plants are non union(by employee choice)</font>
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