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Originally posted by fordistrash:

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bracket racing can be done with any car the same with autocross. The racing i am talking about is the more nostalgic raw horsepower man PLUS machine VS. man PLUS machine where mechanic skill (weather it be the factory engineer or the backyard mechanic) is also a factor. To clear up any missconceptions i myself dont own a chevy. I am still interested in this mythical contour which beat a Z28. One more thing, a valid arguement does not include Bar Dar contour good Chevy bad you are stupid i beat chevy therfor it is bad (try coming up with a point, it wont kill you i promise)(that last comment was not directed at everyone, you know if it was directed at you)

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The hotest club in racing is the SCCA, might want to tell them their mechanic skill is lacking. Some of us like to turn corners... even GM owners do it sometimes. I've even seen Camaros and Mustangs (yes, even the Z28's and GT350/500/Boss which all came to be because of Trans Am series ROAD RACING) all misused to turn corners apparently.

There are some things a Contour can't do well as a dedicated drag car, but it is fast enough to be fun at the drag strip. I've been accused of spraying to win against cars I *shouldn't* have beat... still hasn't been anybody that can find NAAAAAAAAAAAWWWWWSSSSSSSSS on my baby... I do well because Duratec parts swap in place of other Duratec parts...

I, for one, will miss the GM pony cars. It's just to bad that more HP couldn't fix what was wrong with it in time to save the GM vs. Ford era.

BTW, what DO you own?

Originally posted by fordistrash:

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i guess i cant really argue you there, but we can just look at the ZL1 of '69 all aluminum 427 12:1 compression just under 600 HP from the factory, ford cant touch that.

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I take it you've never heard of a 427 Cammer? It's a SOHC 427 that Ford produced starting in 1964. They were factory rated at 616 hp through a single 4 barrel carb, or 658hp through two 4 barrels . Much like the ZL1 it was intended as a race only engine, but many of them did find their way onto the street.

Now may I point out the absurdity of arguing which car company is better based on very limited edition engines that were produced more than 30 years ago? Or the flawed logic that an engine family is great simply because you can swap parts from a 327 into a 383? Or the stupidity of the idea of coming onto a Ford enthusiasts site and trying to argue that Ford sucks by citing a concept car from 1999 that IIRC broke down while Car and Driver was trying to do a head to head against a similarly prepared Mustang.

Bob

Why don't you ask that 3.8L camaro I smoke with my little 2.5L stock at the darg the other day. HAHA! and then he accussed me of having N2O which they never found.

But everyone has a F Body car.... there are to many of them. But if you feel the need to fit in then buy a F-body.

Originally posted by fordistrash:

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bracket racing can be done with any car the same with autocross. The racing i am talking about is the more nostalgic raw horsepower man PLUS machine VS. man PLUS machine where mechanic skill (weather it be the factory engineer or the backyard mechanic) is also a factor. To clear up any missconceptions i myself dont own a chevy. I am still interested in this mythical contour which beat a Z28. One more thing, a valid arguement does not include Bar Dar contour good Chevy bad you are stupid i beat chevy therfor it is bad (try coming up with a point, it wont kill you i promise)(that last comment was not directed at everyone, you know if it was directed at you)

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If it wasn't for Henry Ford... Chevy wouldn't been invented... The new Cobra and Lighting will destory most stock F-Bodys. But you are comparing your 8 Cyl. to our 6 Cyl. Compare a Chevy 6 to ours and then let me know what you find. I have raced pleanty of 6 Cyl camaro's. It's not even close. I have race 2 Z28's and i beat them too. But it's your opinion too. But at least we can drive our car everyday, including rain and snow. All a F-Body does in wet weather is spin.......

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There are some things a Contour can't do well as a dedicated drag car, but it is fast enough to be fun at the drag strip. I've been accused of spraying to win against cars I *shouldn't* have beat... still hasn't been anybody that can find NAAAAAAAAAAAWWWWWSSSSSSSSS on my baby... I do well because Duratec parts swap in place of other Duratec parts...

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I get this all the time..... NASSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSS lol

GM guys always say, "We got the Camaro.." But, 99% of the rest of GM is crap. They have the Grand AM and Malibu to match Ford'sedans, what jokes.

Nobody here is looking to beat 350 V8's. Get a life..

You wanna know why I drive a contour? Try to get a late model Malibu to do a sub 15 second 1/4 mile or take a hairpin corner at 40mph+.

i didn't read it all, but this guy is coming in here to tell us fords suck?!?!? that's funny, true world's fastest street legal car is a camaro with something like a 632 and 350hp shot of nitrous, but i can out handle it ... mustangs are some killa cars, the main car you'll see at nearly any track (though some people mess them up by dropping chevy engines into them ) , svt cobra is one of the best,fastest, most affordable new performance cars out there, and it actually handles pretty well. and our cars look better