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plated
01-03-2009, 07:49 AM
the guy that bought my old turbo car called last night to tell me what he had done with the car needless to say i about dropped the phone when he said it made1196 to the tires :eek: john spetter tuned 339 trapped 157mph first pass out 9.20's with a 1.55(foot brake) he and wolfe racecraft are working on the suspension now to get so good sixtys down.he told me he's dropped 30k into it:rofl: he's sending me a bunch of pics and vids i'll get them up as soon as i get them

Evil_Capri
01-03-2009, 07:56 AM
WOW!! Looking forward to seeing some video!

beefcake
01-03-2009, 08:28 AM
thats always cool to hear

DeckerEnt
01-03-2009, 10:44 AM
That was such a cool car!!! Nice to know what it is doing. Invite the guy to the spring cruise in!!
Keith

Mista Bone
01-03-2009, 01:08 PM
I'd rather see it hauling balls then hiding under a cover.

Stangman
01-03-2009, 06:43 PM
Whoa! That is awesome Chris!

When I saw the title of the thread I was hoping he didn't wreck it or something!

Silver Bullet
01-03-2009, 08:39 PM
That is cool to find someone to keep improving it.... :bigthumb

'92Stang
01-03-2009, 09:05 PM
did he keep your basic setup? That's cool that y'all stay in contact. You were running low 10's in the coupe??

plated
01-03-2009, 09:42 PM
did he keep your basic setup? That's cool that y'all stay in contact. You were running low 10's in the coupe??he's running a bennett 339 with a pt88 400 turbo,d.f.i.those passes were on drag radials:cool1:,he says it's gonna go 8.60's on d/r.it has an 8.50's cage,he reworked the back half and rewired the car.the car still looks exactly the same he drives it a couple times a week around tampa.i wish i was into the stuff like i use to.just lost intrest to much $$$$$$$$ and time involved.i guess thats just growing up and wiser;)

Mista Bone
01-04-2009, 12:23 AM
still must feel good to know it's not sitting there doing nothing, but out haulin ass!

Mustard
01-04-2009, 04:16 PM
I always loved the paint job on that car. Caint wait to see the vids

PKFIRE
01-04-2009, 05:36 PM
It's nice to see your old car being taken well care of.

Those numbers are crazy btw!