Congratulations Jaguar!!!

[ATAG_Bliss]

Originally Posted by Sternjaeger II

LOL well allow me to say that you're not much better than the "midlife crisis dudes" you boy race against
Tweaking a car's engine to make it go fast doesn't make you a good driver nor your car a good car, just something that goes very fast on a straight line, and you will always find someone who has a faster car than you.. we Europeans believe in the combination of a well balanced car and skilled driver, that's why we find your drag racing so puerile

You can have a 1000hp Ford GT which is still going to be a POS car, whilst a Ferrari, Porsche or Lambo a refined engineering marvels that outperform muscle cars easily, all you need is a bit of rain and a couple of bends and you're a spec on the rearview mirror.

Power without control is worthless to me, but then, each to their own really..

The assumption you make is that my cars won't handle. That's a typical stereotype from the European crowd who doesn't know what a real wide road is. We street race here. We do it all the time. It's also as if you assume that we build some sort of high end race motor and the suspension and chassis is what came on a factory build. As I said, I've raced in mini sprints and had an SCCA car. I know well enough about cornering. I wouldn't have the slightest worry about any junk euro supercar on the streets in the US. And me being a speck on the windshield? LOL..

The engineering thing is pretty laughable as well. I'm sure the engineering feats in being able to corner or power/weight ratio etc., surely out weigh being able to take 7500HP, and make it go 330mph in just over 3 seconds. RIIiiight!

As far as the ability to drive, you sound like someone that has never driven a fast or well performing car. It's, as I would call it "BORING AS SHIT" to drive something like an M5, CLK600 etc. I mean seriously, I would rather poke my eye balls out than drive such a travesty of absolute blah. I'm pretty sure unless you've tried to tame a 2000HP street car your silly little 200-400hp car that can only go around corners is like the equivalent to riding a bicycle to a guy like me. Please never say something as stupid as "you learn how to drive" by driving a car that corners better. You learn how to REALLY drive while driving a car that can bite you in the ass with the littlest of mistakes.

As usual on this forum, a guy that probably doesn't even own a car let alone has ever probably had a car worth racing - your 4 cylinder golf gti doesn't count, is trying to tell a gear head, a guy that drives cars with 2500hp on the street, how to drive. Please. Your little shitboxes make me laugh.

[Sternjaeger II]

Originally Posted by ATAG_Bliss

The assumption you make is that my cars won't handle. That's a typical stereotype from the European crowd who doesn't know what a real wide road is. We street race here. We do it all the time. It's also as if you assume that we build some sort of high end race motor and the suspension and chassis is what came on a factory build. As I said, I've raced in mini sprints and had an SCCA car. I know well enough about cornering. I wouldn't have the slightest worry about any junk euro supercar on the streets in the US. And me being a speck on the windshield? LOL..

yeah I'm sure you're the new Andretti
What's your ride anyway?

The engineering thing is pretty laughable as well. I'm sure the engineering feats in being able to corner or power/weight ratio etc., surely out weigh being able to take 7500HP, and make it go 330mph in just over 3 seconds. RIIiiight!

we have jets for that, that's not driving, it's being ballast.

As far as the ability to drive, you sound like someone that has never driven a fast or well performing car.

I have, but obviously we have a different understanding and concept of "well performing car". To me a well performing car is something that has been researched on, tuned and designed to be versatile (and it's not just with euro cars, I find the Nissan GTR the most remarkable car one can buy at the moment); to you a well performing car doesn't even necessarily need a steering wheel..

It's, as I would call it "BORING AS SHIT" to drive something like an M5, CLK600 etc. I mean seriously, I would rather poke my eye balls out than drive such a travesty of absolute blah.

you didn't pick particularly nice cars, but do yourself a favour and try an Audi R8 or a Carrera GT. I would suggest you get a chance to try a Ferrari 599 XX Evo and then come back to this thread, but normally the Fezzas you get in the States are the hairdresser models, not the real deal. Uh or a Ferrari FXX.

I'm pretty sure unless you've tried to tame a 2000HP street car your silly little 200-400hp car that can only go around corners is like the equivalent to riding a bicycle to a guy like me. Please never say something as stupid as "you learn how to drive" by driving a car that corners better. You learn how to REALLY drive while driving a car that can bite you in the ass with the littlest of mistakes.

how would you know? Admittedly you only drive on a straight line with your 2000hp bathtub..
Wrestling a 2000hp car around a bend doesn't mean you're good, it means you're driving a badly balanced car conceived to do something else designed by monkeys who follow the laughable American standards of "quality" and "performance".. and talking of American standards, shall we talk about the quality of materials and finish on American cars? We'd better not..

As usual on this forum, a guy that probably doesn't even own a car let alone has ever probably had a car worth racing - your 4 cylinder golf gti doesn't count, is trying to tell a gear head, a guy that drives cars with 2500hp on the street, how to drive. Please. Your little shitboxes make me laugh.

I don't think I can teach you to drive on a straight line any better than what you already do. You see, the problem boils down to the "performance anxiety" you lot seem to suffer: you're too afraid of competing on equal levels, so you need to shelter yourself behind a "better at something" car.

I have no pretence of being good on drag racing on a 2500hp dragsters (which seems to increase in power every minute according to your descriptions) cos I've never done it, but you said you have racing experience, then I wonder how well you would perform if we raced with the same car, say that little silly Golf GTI you mentioned...








...you know how to use a manual gearbox, right?

[ATAG_Bliss]

I'm not gonna quote train and pick apart all the non sense you just typed. Do you even know what sprint cars are? Do you know what the SCCA is? You think a mustang is bathtub? You are beyond clueless. You probably don't even own a car let alone have the know how to build or fabricate something from the ground up.

You obviously aren't a car guy. We drive performance cars on the street because we like to build what manufacturers don't for some very obvious reasons. I wouldn't even think about selling something I've built to an uneducated or inexperienced driver, someone like yourself for instance. It would make them piss their pants when they pressed go button. Also, as you so adeptly seemed to miss, I could make any one of my mustangs corner well enough to keep up with just about anything ever made let alone when it went straight again. It's amazing what you can fabricate when you know what you're doing. A BSME helps, but not much. Most is learned the hard way. The whole "fun" with guys like us, guys that like to jump out of planes, and the rest of the adrenaline junkies is trying to control something that can never be controlled. Unless you're a car guy, and I mean someone that builds cars, not the douchebags that buy cars and pay some other idiot to install parts and change their oil - real passionate car guys, such as the guys on Top Gear, who know the joy in having a car you correct the steering with the gas pedal, you'll never understand.

And manual gear box? I've used anything from T45's, 3550's, Lenco CS1s 4 and 5 speeds, GF 5rs, Jericos, T5's, T56's, TKO 500s/600s, Top loaders, M22s.

I'm pretty sure I know how to shift: This was a liberty T5 (a reworked stock mustang tranny) all out of a little 302 with .500 lift, 58cc combustion chambers, dual plane intake, and a 650 holley. Basically not that far from a stocker.

http://vimeo.com/5558243


As far as my rides: Roughly 2600rwhp





I have another sn95 with 1038rwhp. Has a 331 and a single turbo. I also have another sn95 with a 342 and a T Trim - has just over 700 at the rear wheels (just bought this one and have the motor out now). My F250 diesel (what I pull the cars with makes 1400ftlbs of torque and right at 700HP at the wheels). My F150 that I just finished fabricated a turbo for (5.4L 3v) should make around 500 at the wheels still needs tuned. I have a 69 chevy C20, a 68 camaro in pieces, a 79 Chevy K20 400/400 combo, and my favorite a 79 Ford Fiesta (not festiva). Oh and I have an old squad car (2003 crown vic interceptor) I bought to do something stupid with at a later date.

[ATAG_Dutch]

I'm loving this. Bliss is getting to know my old friend Sternjaeger. Choice!

[ATAG_Bliss]

Originally Posted by ATAG_Dutch

I'm loving this. Bliss is getting to know my old friend Sternjaeger. Choice!

Yeah - I hate people that have 0 experience with what they are talking about.

I can't wait for him to show me his "builds" LOL

I figure I'll take some pics of shop so he can show me his wonderful car fabrication tools and shop where he does all his own fabrication to gain the superior vast knowledge of how to "drive a car" lmao. I'm figuring he's gonna show me a picture of a magazine. I would think that's about his only experience in any sort of serious car. Reading about it.

Oh and don't forget to show me your rides. Here's around 100k in just hand tools. The stuff required if you actually work on stuff/build stuff. I can get you pictures of the flow bench, tig, have a bridgeport as well.

I can't wait to see your shop or collection of all the amazing things you know how to drive and build.



And when the box you put your tools in is 14k alone, they neatly put your name on it for you



Oh, and here's some various car parts laying around in the shop. I've working on cars for just a touch.



Can't wait to see your shop and all the wonderful knowledge you've learned from building some very cool cars. The excitement is hard to contain!! I love talking to people that think they know something about cars and the only thing they've ever even think they've been taught is from some editor of a magazine. Pure class.