The Fast And The Furious

[pooycow]

has any one got any pics of that wicked mitsubishi eclipse? or any of the other wicked cars in the movie?

i was thinking of getting a HPI eclipse body, and doin it likt the one in the movie!!!!!!!!!!

please either post them here, or send the pics to rabbit@shed.fsbusiness.co.uk

[roughneck4ever]

go to tower and do a search for eclipse. i think protoform but not sure, makes a body thats already painted, it looks awesome, i maybe its team orion, youll have to look

[novass468]

the only ,and mean ONLY car that was wicked in that movie was the Dodge ,the rest was just stickered up, Foldgers coffee can exhaust, big winged jap trash, now if you put a Charger body with Hemi stripes on your HPI that would be sooooooo cool ,something like Sublime or plum crazy purple would sweeeeet.

[BobR]

Never saw the movie.

Reason #1:
I don't want to see a movie about sport compact cars. (I do like modern cars, just not the loud, obnoxious streetrods.)

Reason #2:
I didn't want to see the Charger be damaged.

As long as we're talking about bodies, I hope someone comes out with a 1970 Dodge Challenger one. And it would be even better if it could be modified to be a convertible, like HPI's Mini VW Bus. I'd paint it HEMI Orange with white stripes/white top. Then, HobbyTech's Magnum 500-style wheels. Ah, the joy of Lexan!

[RocketFuel]

man have u guys ever been to a real street race? there are some pretty bad supras and celicas around. i really like S2000s. well n e way the real thing isnt like the movie at all. as for u muscle car guys, it pretty sad when a 4 banger is pullin times just as fast as your 427's

dont make a shell of the eclipse. eclipse are slow. the shell would mis-reprisent the speed of your car. make a supra of somthing

[roughneck4ever]

yeah, some imports are sweet, i agree it is stupid for people to try to give the look that they have something when they dont, when they have something its awesome, celicas are cool i was thinking about getting one or a probe, eclipse or talon. theyre pretty sweet. i was thinking maybe camaro or firebird but i need the capabilities of a truck so im kinda out

[Platinum33]

go to the www.thefastandthefurious.com. they got some pix.

[novass468]

mmmmm, lets see , a 4banger pulling the same times as a 427, yeah maybe if the 427 is weakling ,if you were to take away the nitrous,turbos,superchargers from them 4 bangers and leave them with just bolt on parts such as headers, cams,porting etc. they all of a sudden wouldn't be so fast ,or if you want to compare them maybe that 427 should be given the same amount of nitrous, and a supercharger and see what happends,"but thats not fair,(add shniveling wine here) cause they got 4 more cyl " oh but i suppose that extra 1500lbs that they carry doesn't count. most imports are nice cars , great mpg and cheap to own , but they are not drag cars or street machines, when was the last time you seen John Force or Kenny Bernstein rip down the the 1320 in 4.7 sec. at 320mph in his front wheel drive 4cyl powered drag machine,it will never happen....................well maybe ,but not in this lifetime . as for the street racing ,yeah those imports are real impressive ,i saw one get it's butt kicked by a '01 dodge cummins 24 valve 3/4 ton 4x4 , he left and never came back i have done more of that in one summer than most will in their whole lives ,and have the tickets to prove it .

[MAXXED]

After seeing the movie, I got real curious about these new imports, so we checked out the local drags on an "import car weekend."
I've got to admit, I'm a V8 man myself and have built some pretty fast import cars in the old days, but these new high tech toys are pretty impressive.
All of them were running street class, except for one car shipped in by McGuire racing in California.
It was a Ford Focus that ran a 9.80!
Civics, Integras, and a handful of Toyotas were all running in the 10's and 11's.
The fastest two cars running in street class were a late 90's Mustang that clocked a 10.90, and check this out, a 1972 Toyota Carina that ran a 11.02!
After talking to some of the guys at the shops I heard the Toyota had a stroked out 3 liter 4 cylinder motor with turbo and nitrous.
Pretty impressive stuff. Most of these cars were basically stock with the addition of turbos and nitrous.
I guess I'm just old school. I miss the sound of an uncapped big block ripping through the quarter mile.

[Colin]

Front wheel drive = awesome. You don't need a wheelie bar! :D

Colin

[pooycow]

i live in the UK so i don't see many U.S cars, and i don't see that many import cars, the only import cars i see are the Imprezas, old Supras, Celicas, and thats about it! our 'normal' cars are like ford mondao's, fiestas, focus/escorts, vauxhall vectras, astras and novas (vauxhall), and civics
many of the modded cars are Vauxhall novas, escorts, and ford fiestas, and the occasional civic!

most people have never seen a charger, so if i got a body shell of a charger everyone would say, 'what the **** is that brick?', and take the pi$$ out of me!

[Colin]

Uhh...all the brands you named are either "import" or "domestic" to us... except Vauxhall. What the **** is a Vauxhall? :p

Colin

[xtekcore]

EVERY SINGLE PERSON HERE knows this. For all you import junkies, face the facts. Who would win if a 454 chevelle with a supercharger, and 320 port NOS, against a souped to the max import? Ummmm....... That chevelle would run the 1/4 mile in 5-6 secs. See what I mean? The reason they dont is cause there way to fast. And that much power is useless. Money is a waste too. I dont see any import REAL drag cars do you? Thats cause there fake. Stop talking about these rice burners, and if you really want to talk about drag's, use real pony cars, not imports. Is it just me or is there not any v8-10-12 import cars? Thought so.

[roughneck4ever]

i like both, i perfer muscle cars better like camaro but the imports are still cool, its all personal preference, yeah they do better in the 1/4 mile but that doesnt mean everyone likes them or has to have one

[RocketFuel]

well d amn, its started all over again. Imports vs. Domestic Muscle.

BTW Xtekore, a 454 chevelle doesnt run 5's and 6's. more like high 7's, just like a supra, there is a kid at my school who has one(there are a lot of rich kids at my school), that thing is butt ugly but maybee its just the fact that it is olive green with black stipes

[RocketFuel]

Originally posted by novass468
i saw one get it's butt kicked by a '01 dodge cummins 24 valve 3/4 ton 4x4 , he left and never came back i have done more of that in one summer than most will in their whole lives ,and have the tickets to prove it .

tickets? where the **** is this street race?

[Truxter]

Originally posted by Colin
Front wheel drive = awesome. You don't need a wheelie bar! :D

Colin
You are dumb and Im not taking it back this time. I think its great that you are into cars and I really dont have a problem with Celecas and Integras... THeyre probably a blast to drive. But "feeling" fast doesnt matter when U give the nod or give the rev. I have a problem with the people who **** up and rice out these cars and think theryre fast. NO! Japanease economy, American power. True its a sterotype, but guess what! V8s rule. There are *some* fast 4 bangers, but the drivers of these acrs have opured like 6k into their cars. Like a said before, give me 25k, and Ill give it back to you in the form of a 10second Mustang GT(99 or >). If U start with like a 17k Accord, and dump 6-7k into it, it will be slower(most will, unless U spend your money wisely and not get under chasis lights and rear spoilers taller than the arch, and chrome wheels...). THat leaves a 2k window for the GT pwner to ahve. Hmmm, that could pay the car and insurance payments! "Front wheel drive = awsome" TELL ME YOURE JOKING!!! TEll me youve been joking the entire time... I hope youare cuz If not you trulley are dumb. If U dont know what to think/do, look at NASCARS and INDY racers and 7 second drag cars. THEYRE NOT FRONT WHEEL DRIVE ARE HTEY!!!??? NOO!!!!!
Im not mad right now, Im simply telling the truth, on the scale of speed/power, V8s will win over 4bangers 80% of the time.
Dont flame me cuz U know its true....

[roughneck4ever]

im saying if its just the look but doesnt have anything, its stupid, but if its got the balls, i think its pretty cool. al personal preference i guess, i still perfer a camaro or firebird. i wouldnt be caught dead spending that kind of money on a cheap car, id rather buy a camaro and soup it up

[RocketFuel]

Originally posted by Truxter

Like a said before, give me 25k, and Ill give it back to you in the form of a 10second Mustang GT(99 or >). If U start with like a 17k Accord, and dump 6-7k into it, it will be slower(most will, unless U spend your money wisely and not get under chasis lights and rear spoilers taller than the arch, and chrome wheels...). THat leaves a 2k window for the GT pwner to ahve.

first off, only show cars have under chassis lighting. second, chrome rims are not part of the street racin. if u look at the actually fast imports(celicas, supras, Rx7s, and 300zx's) u will see that they are lightwieght alluminum rims. third, if u want something fast i wouldn't pick a accord.

[roughneck4ever]

i have to disagree about the lighting, its not only for show cars, i seen a cuple on the street and in parking lots with underchassis lighting, it wasnt a rice car either, it was a ford torus and i forget the other ones

[novass468]

well this street drag racing takes place where ever there is a long strait flat stretch of road, ,sometimes it's as close as 1/2 mile from my house ,i've even gotton a call from the local highway patrol wanting to know who was making all the posi marks on the road by my house,i thought it looks more like the starting line at a drag strip to me but whatever,i also have a number of home videos i would like to put on a web site of our cars doing bad things on public roads including everything from donuts to breaking the rear axle to 700 feet long burnouts ,i think you guys would enjoy it .

[pooycow]

colin, a vauxhall is an opel, for example, a vauxhall calibra is an opel calibra, in the UK opel is represented by vauxhall.

[roughneck4ever]

novass, give me the address when you do, that would be sweet

[RocketFuel]

one more thing bout the under lightning - some old people have white or red under there cadilacs or whatever old people drive to help them get outta the car at night without breakin a hip.

[SmokeDogg]

Some of the newer front driver dragsters have started using wheelie bars. They have them so low that the weight transfer can't unload the fronts too much, it puts weight on the bars, and keeps the front end down. Oh, and true, a similarly equipped rear driver will be faster in the quarter than a fronter, but everybody has more fun doing one or the other. Personally, I like both equally for different reasons. If I could have my choice, I'd have both the NOS Integra, and the blown 454 Chevelle. It would all depend on what I felt like for the day. Black is my favorite color for a car, but it shows dirt and heats the interior. In theory, it is an inferior color, but I like it. Tough *******.

[rcboy110]

Originally posted by xtekcore
EVERY SINGLE PERSON HERE knows this. For all you import junkies, face the facts. Who would win if a 454 chevelle with a supercharger, and 320 port NOS, against a souped to the max import? Ummmm....... That chevelle would run the 1/4 mile in 5-6 secs. See what I mean? The reason they dont is cause there way to fast. And that much power is useless. Money is a waste too. I dont see any import REAL drag cars do you? Thats cause there fake. Stop talking about these rice burners, and if you really want to talk about drag's, use real pony cars, not imports. Is it just me or is there not any v8-10-12 import cars? Thought so.
Dude stop acting like imports suck, they dont suck their cool american muscle cars rule too. put it this way ones for dag and ones for racing its just impiorts are also good for both imprts dont pack as much punch than american cars but that why they call them muscle cars. ide like to see a chevell take on a supra rz or a nova against a lancer on a race TRACK then well see whitch is better.

[RocketFuel]

SmokeDogg,

i agree black looks good, if u can keep it clean a dent free. dents, ripples, dirt, bugs and other blemishes are alot easier to notice on a black car than a lighter color.

[roughneck4ever]

how come everytime we talk about imports or anything like that we get into whats better in a 1/2 or 1/4 mile or in a drag race, i only said i thought some looked cool, that doesnt mean i said i didnt like muscle cars cause id perfer to get those, but theyre not for everyone and some people like them and like me wouldnt race in a 1/4mile so those facts wouldnt matter to me

[Colin]

Originally posted by Truxter

You are dumb and Im not taking it back this time.

You're quite to dumbass, yourself. I was just saying that some imports can be hopped up to the point where they would have enough power to ride a wheelie, had they been RWD. Don't throw a PMS-fit because you're too dumb to understand the reply...

Colin

[Colin]

Originally posted by pooycow
colin, a vauxhall is an opel, for example, a vauxhall calibra is an opel calibra, in the UK opel is represented by vauxhall.

Opel? Uhh....what's that? :p

Colin

[pooycow]

colin, if you look at the electric 4-tec bodyshell it is an opel/vauxhall Calibra!
take a look on an opel/vauxhall web site and you will see what they are like. in the UK they are the second best selling cars (best selling being Ford).

[pooycow]

any way, no one has ansewred my question!!!!! has any one got pics of the eclipse or any of the other wicked cars from the film???????

[Colin]

There are pics of the Supra TT on sdstreetracing.com because the site is helping to owner to sell it. Click here (http://sdstreetracing.com/craigl/) for a direct link. Oh man, I love this car!

Colin

[sqwirl]

Id like to see any american muscle car race a lancer evolution 5 on a rally course and see who would come out on top. The lancer could be bone stock and still win. Different cars have different apps. Your not going to make a hummer into a drag car. And you sure as **** arent going to make a Chevelle a rally car. Just like imports will never be in nascar type ****.

[roughneck4ever]

colin, who were u talking to up there, me?

[pooycow]

nice one colin, that supra is totally MINTED!!!!!!

i gotta get some pics of the other cars too, please help me!!!!!!!


hey, if you like import cars (like me) then you gotta see my Nismo Skyline GTR, it is lowered (drastically) it has, gold 5 spoke chunky 'K's' alloys (with nut caps), carbon fibre front skirt, 2 'big momma' exhausts, 'fogged' tinted windows, oversize bi-wing, roll cage, and other small extras, and i am wondering if i should get a carbon fribre bonnet (hood to all you americans) for it, but i am still deciding! it also has a custom 'camelian' type paint scheme (dark metal-flake blue fades into light metal-flake blue).

i will try and post pics as soon as possiable,
(by the way this is a 200mm HPI bodyshell for my Traxxas (electric) 200mmwide 4-tec!!!!

[MADMARK14]

dont make a shell of the eclipse. eclipse are slow. the shell would mis-reprisent the speed of your car. make a supra of somthing

WHOEVER PUT THAT ON IS NOT VERY SMART!
MY FRIEND HAS A ECLIPSE AND HE WON SO
MUCH $$$ HE CAN BUY A USED ECLIPSE!!!
I THINK ITS A COOL CAR!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[roughneck4ever]

yeah, like i said its all personal preference, yeah it probably wont keep up to muscle car thats souped up but they have classes( i think) which teams it up with same type of vehicle and they are good cars

[Colin]

Originally posted by roughneck4ever
colin, who were u talking to up there, me?

No way--you're da man! I was talking to truxter, who was being quite prolific in his assholicity on the first page of this thread.

Colin

[BobR]

Originally posted by Colin


Opel? Uhh....what's that? :p

Colin

BTW, the soon-dead Cadillac Catera was an Opel (part of GM's "worldcar" program).

[Truxter]

Originally posted by Colin


You're quite to dumbass, yourself. I was just saying that some imports can be hopped up to the point where they would have enough power to ride a wheelie, had they been RWD. Don't throw a PMS-fit because you're too dumb to understand the reply...

Colin
HA!
"had they been rear wheel drive" Well, if U wanna talk what mighta or had been, two can play at that game...
"some imports can be hopped up..." yeah CAN!!!!!!!! Hoyaa I CAN run the a mile in 3 minutes and 50 seconds. It'll cost me though...
I think its hillarious how U have an american flag (you're sttripes are off, smart stuff) and hate american muscle cars......
:confused:

[BobR]

Originally posted by Truxter

(you're sttripes are off, smart stuff)

I made that flag, and I'm not stupid! It was too tall-looking with 13 stripes. If you want to use the flag in a post, click "quote" and copy the vB from my last post here (http://monster.traxxas.com/showthread.php?s=&threadid=31910).

This turned into a flame war. Is anything worthwhile happening? No. Are people whining and insulting each other just for the sake of whining and insulting each other? Yes.
It's time to put this thread out of it's misery...

[roughneck4ever]

truxter, you insult people, yeah thats great, no one said they hate american muscle cars he was just defending imports, yeah ok so the flag was a little off, do you even have any spirit or compassion for what happened last tuesday, yeah its a little off, oh no go cry to your mom. that was just a lame post to say the least. imports can be hopped up, so can domestic, its what an individual perfers personally, i dont have the money so im going to get an import if i dont get a truck. just cause you dont like the whole import idea, why do we have to change how we think? accept the fact that other people have different interests. again about the flag, you took no thought what so ever on insulting colin that what you didnt know is that someone else made it, so know your probably hurt his feelings because you got desperate on insults. i dont see you having an original idea for your signature. yeah i normally would back you on whatever arguements your in but the posts here were just stupid

[Colin]

Originally posted by Truxter

HA!
"had they been rear wheel drive" Well, if U wanna talk what mighta or had been, two can play at that game...
"some imports can be hopped up..." yeah CAN!!!!!!!! Hoyaa I CAN run the a mile in 3 minutes and 50 seconds. It'll cost me though...
I think its hillarious how U have an american flag (you're sttripes are off, smart stuff) and hate american muscle cars......
:confused:

The American flag is in my signature to display my patriotism and respect for the families of the dead. And just because I'm American, it doesn't mean I have to enjoy everything about this country. I don't particularily enjoy the cars here--some are cool, but most don't have the reliability, styling, and fuel economy I crave. And you say "two can play that game..." Well, guess what? Not all domestic cars can be ****** out to run 8 seconds in the 1320. I'd like to see you make a PT Cruiser run it in under 10...or should I say that I'd like to see you try. ;)

Colin

[thesandmaster]

Lets hear it for American Muscle Cars.

[roughneck4ever]

just all calm down, people like different things, not everythings or everybody. each person looks for different things when they buys cars, fuel economy, price, speed, after market parts available etc, just accept it and let it drop. its not that big of deal if someone like something you dont

[NitroAddict]

How bout this a import with a 350chev for an engine? My cousin austin has a friend with a 280z that he put a built 350 chev eith like 400hp intop that lil import. He drags at red rock industrial park in Saint Paul MN. I love the clutchless manual tranny in it 2.







BTW read the imports thread

[Colin]

What kind of car did he put the Chevy 350 in? I caught 280z but that's all...who makes a 280z?

And from the sounds of it, the racing at the industrial park is street racing. Right? Heheh.. I'll be sure to go there when I get a nice, quick car.

Colin

[must1988]

:D Good thing you are making your R/C car look like an import, Because with that little engine the sound will go with it.

[novass468]

LOL,must1988,good one ,you have an '88 'stang? if so what does she run?

[pooycow]

by the way, it is an electric 4-tec, so it has no sound (mmm smooth), and by the way, it had a 12x3 BRM in it, and it goes like ***** off a shovel!

mmm americam muscle cars, against................. british TVR ha ha ha! TVR rule!

[SmokeDogg]

Originally posted by Colin
What kind of car did he put the Chevy 350 in? I caught 280z but that's all...who makes a 280z?

And from the sounds of it, the racing at the industrial park is street racing. Right? Heheh.. I'll be sure to go there when I get a nice, quick car.

Colin
The 280Z is one of the legendary Datsun/Nissan Z cars, starting with the 240Z. It had a 2.4L. Later on we had 280Z's (with a 2.8L), and finally the 300ZX (yep, 3.0L). Somebody correct me if I'm high or something, but didn't we have a 260Z as well? I want to say so, but I can't be sure. And yeah, a small block 280Z would haul some major buttocks. They're quick enough as it is, rear drive, nice handling, and a nice long nose to invoke some evil in.

[trinity]

ok this is probably a dumb question dut what kind of car did the huge wheelie towords the end

[Colin]

That would be the Mustang Cobra or whatever, correct?

Colin

[roughneck4ever]

fast and the furious the movie? it was the charger

[FORD_DragRacer141]

No man... there was no cobra in the fast and the furious. It was a 69 Dodge Charger

[pooycow]

i've not seen the movie yet, but i will try and see it soon, lol, i just like the cars on the advertisements!

[NitroAddict]

Thnaks for clearing up the maker of the 280z I just figured people would know who made it

[Colin]

Whoops...Charger it was. I was thinking that it was a Cobra for some reason.....lol

Colin

[Colin]

There wasn't a Ford in the whole movie, except for the guy's daily driver pickup, it was a company car anyway. :p

Colin

[thesandmaster]

240Z= 1970-1972 MY FAVORITE :D
260Z= 1973 had carburator problems and was cancelled
280Z= 1974- im not sure what! first Z to be fuel injected.
then came ZX's and then 300s

[must1988]

Originally posted by novass468
LOL,must1988,good one ,you have an '88 'stang? if so what does she run?

HAHA its a 4 BANGER saving for V8 get it soon! www.homestead.com/JGilbert1/PICS.html
:D

[sledgehammerU812]

youre probably thinking of seing the cobra in gone in 60 seconds. yup it was a charger (yeeeeeee-hah!)wonder what it had in it? i didnt see the movie (mainly b/c it had a sh*t load of rice burners in it and i would take some good ol' detroit muscle over wop chop **** anyday) did they show what it had in it in the movie? im guessing it would take a 440 six pack or a 426 hemi to make that boat do a wheelstand.

[pooycow]

wasn't it a shelby mustang in gone in 60 seconds? cos a cobra is a 2 door spotrs car!

[Colin]

Yeah, it was a shelby cobra in Gone in 60 Seconds. Eleanor. God, I love that car.

Colin

[pooycow]

no it was a shelby mustang! (a ford mustang with a shelby engine), i just put the movie on and it was the shelby mustang GT

[Colin]

I'm going to shut up now...

Colin

[pooycow]

sorry, colin i didn't meen to upset you, lol

its an easy mistake (if you are blind) lol.


(only jokin man!)

[NitroAddict]

In the charger it looked like some kind of blown HEMI but it looked more like a 528, I mean that engine was huge In the movie vin diesel said it was 900HP. But that wouldnt be hard since a 528 hemi crate engine cranks out 528 hp stock

[NitroAddict]

almost forgot pooy im impressed :) but i have no idea how you could confuse that with a cobra

[rcboy110]

Originally posted by sledgehammerU812
youre probably thinking of seing the cobra in gone in 60 seconds. yup it was a charger (yeeeeeee-hah!)wonder what it had in it? i didnt see the movie (mainly b/c it had a sh*t load of rice burners in it and i would take some good ol' detroit muscle over wop chop **** anyday) did they show what it had in it in the movie? im guessing it would take a 440 six pack or a 426 hemi to make that boat do a wheelstand.

I dont know what it had in it but they guy said it had at least 930 horses. and im hoping you guys know that it really didnt do a wheel stand they used some sort of thingy at the bottom of the car to make it do that.

[sledgehammerU812]

well, you can make a 440 have 900 horses. my dads is going to have 2 4's on it and it will be making about 700-730 hp.

[pooycow]

Originally posted by NitroAddict
almost forgot pooy im impressed :) but i have no idea how you could confuse that with a cobra

i didn't confuse it with a cobra! (or are you talkin to colin?)

[BobR]

On "Dream Car Garage", they mentioned that a HEMI equipped with a slightly wilder cam will pump out 730+ HP. That's a 200HP+ actual difference, and 305+ more than the underrated advertised (read: less insurance cost) number of 425.

With just that cam and dished pistons, and maybe Mopar headers, it'd be easy to make a 900HP HEMI.