HP In Perspective

[EAGLE5]

Old man with a history of wetting himself posts curmudgeonly remark? Best thread ever.

[cdrazic93]

Originally Posted by Tcoat

Ya need little tiny turbos!Can hear it now "yep... 4 ounces of boost. Brought her up from 5 to 7.2 hp. Nothin' can touch me now"

That grass never stood a chance

[Turdinator]

My other car is a '74 Celica with twin weber carbs and a host of other mods. I also upgraded to an electronic dissie as it used to eat points weekly. It weighs about 2200lbs and last time I had it dyno'd it made 130whp. Until I bought the 86 it was the most fun car I had ever driven. When i was younger I loved the challenge of balancing the carbs every month, checking the timing hadn't altered and fixing any number of minor issues that would pop up. It is good for a 14.8 at the 1/4 mile but up to 60mph it feels way faster than that. The sound and response of the twin weber setup is hard to explain to someone who has only driven cars with an ECU. ITBs are close but not quite the same.

These older, less powerful, slower cars have a charm of their own that most people will never experience or understand.

[Tcoat]

Originally Posted by jsimon7777

Old man with a history of wetting himself posts curmudgeonly remark? Best thread ever.

Curmudgeonly?????? Geeez with that vocabulary you must have been born around 1910 or so making me MUCH younger!
Glad you have enjoyed but as soon as you said "best thread ever" I will picture you as the Comic Book Guy for ever more.

[Captain Snooze]

Originally Posted by Turdinator

The sound and response of the twin weber setup is hard to explain to someone who has only driven cars with an ECU.

I had a Galant rally basher for a little while. It had 2 twin throat Dellorto carburetors (cheaper than Webers). When it came on cam the intake roar sounded like a small hurricane! *sigh*

[Tcoat]

Originally Posted by cdrazic93

That grass never stood a chance

Yep got er cut in 12.6! Can probably get it down to 12 with better tires.

[Tcoat]

Originally Posted by Captain Snooze

I had a Galant rally basher for a little while. It had 2 twin throat Dellorto carburetors (cheaper than Webers). When it came on cam the intake roar sounded like a small hurricane! *sigh*

Sweet!

[CruiseZen]

In my high school days...muscle cars were brand new and computers ran programs from punch cards. Fuel mileage of 6 miles per gallon was common. When I went WOT up a steep hill in my '72 Impala I could actually see the gas needle drop.

[Calum]

Originally Posted by Tcoat

Sweet!

Dude, how old are you? You originally made it sound like you were in your 70's or something.

[Tcoat]

Originally Posted by Calum

Dude, how old are you? You originally made it sound like you were in your 70's or something.

Feels like it sometimes but not even close! In my original post I said that all those cars from the 60s and 70s were at least 6 and up to 12 years old when I got them which puts them in my hands in the mid to late 1970s. Given I had to have at least enough cash to by them (anybody got a 1970 Coronet R/T safetyed and drivable they want to sell me for $800?) that would mean late teens (at least) in the late 70s. Soooooo not really THAT old just older then the average on here. I have since found out there are actually MANY of us in this age group that own these cars.
Bet you expected a simple number as an answer didn't you!

[Tcoat]

Originally Posted by CruiseZen

In my high school days...muscle cars were brand new and computers ran programs from punch cards. Fuel mileage of 6 miles per gallon was common. When I went WOT in my '72 Impala up a steep hill I could actually see the gas needle drop.

Yep and EVERYTHING in them was mechanical! Good ole vacuum powered wipers that stopped moving whenever you accelerated and I actually had to carry a spare fuel pump in the glove box for my R/T. It got ripped apart so often I could change that puppy in 6 minutes on the side of the road. And now we whine when we get a "cricket" noise from the fuel system!
SEE U YOUNG WIPPPER SNAPPERS There are a bunch of old guys on here!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[industrial]

lol @ carrying a spare fuel pump and vacuum powered wipers. You guys make me feel young! I was just marveling at all the standard equipment in my base model forester the other day. This car was speaking to me in a robot voice about how to pair my phone to it. Full AC, power everything, keyless entry, bluetooth, tilt and telescope steering wheel, abs, traction control, etc etc. Half that shit was paid options when I was first in the market. A/C, disc brakes and power windows were luxury items! In 5 years people will be complaining that they don't have heated and cooled whale penis leather seats in their base model cars.

[blackhawkdown]

And I thought my 1989 Honda Accord lxi with the pop up head lights were old.

[Tcoat]

Of the cars on my original post only two had seat belts! The rest either were an option (that the original owners didn't get) or were not even available.