Originally posted by initzero:
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it won't be long before your 63 model gas guzzling, atmosphere polluting engine is outlawed and you're forced to drive some little ripper rotary or something.
One day, if you want to drive that old iron, you'll have to put a small-displacement, turbo motor in it. Who knows . . . you might be happier.</strong><hr></blockquote>
Right there. On a hotrod site, that is an insult!
I'm not trying to insult you, so don't take it that way. The reason that people here get a little defensive is because it seems we have been coming under attack from trolls in the recent past that seem to have been very import oriented. Now, if you are not a troll, then you need to realize that you are on a hotrod site and here we talk about a lot of things. However, the majority of the stuff we talk about are hotrod related. Big engines, beefy tires, low gas mileage, etc. <img src="graemlins/drool.gif" border="0" alt="[drool]" />
We have a guy here who is an "import enthusiast" and has a MR2 with some serious equipment in it. He isn't a "ricer" but he still catches some flack for driving an import.
All I'm saying is that people here don't really want to here another person spouting off about how modern engines are so much better. If you look, you can build more powerful V8's for less money than you can build an import. That is a straight fact. I still say, why spend more money to get less power?