Boss351Pilot

Former street racing musclecar salesman. Dumbest motherfucker that ever lived. Proud Honda Pilot owner

[Boss351Pilot @Boss351Pilot]

Okay, here we go, thread of threads. Starting with the Toy VIII thread since folks seemed to like it. I'll add more as I have time. Some threads I did as quote tweets because I'm stupid. As I get time I'll redo those and add them. Usual caveats, don't reply here, blah blah blah

[Erik Wong @Erik_The_Red_]

Manual transmissions are dumb. It doesn't improve MPG, marginally improves reliability over the lifetime of the car, and it doesn't give you "more control" over your car.

You only say this shit cuz you made cars your personality and feel personally attacked when people disagree

[Boss351Pilot @Boss351Pilot]

@mustan48923 I agree. Ive used Chinese panels on stuff before just because thats what was available. I just get tired of the techbros tongue-bathing China all over the TL

[Boss351Pilot @Boss351Pilot]

As for run-of-the-mill cars, Im not sure how much of that is still being restored. For top-flight stuff, NOS still rules the roost. You buy a 1500 dollar set of shitty Chinese 1/4 panels for your '69 Camaro, you're 5k deep in em before you're shooting color.

[Boss351Pilot @Boss351Pilot]

@WBarlaam I dunno. At this point the tooling all looks like Aella's bored-out snatch. Actually, it looked like that 25 years ago. Be better off starting over somewhere else with new tools but I dont know if theres enough of a market left to bother with the expense

[Boss351Pilot @Boss351Pilot]

@mustan48923 I think the N/A 32v record is in the 8s now. Thought about chasing it but like I said in that thread, decided to do something else instead

[Boss351Pilot @Boss351Pilot]

1). Here's the saga of the yellow car for anyone who missed my random posts and/or gives a shit. The car ran in the mid-10s with an N/A 4.6 4v. It wasn't legal for any heads up class in NMRA or NMCA or whatever but that didnt matter because it was always primarily...

[Boss351Pilot @Boss351Pilot]

I miss the yellow turd

[Boss351Pilot @Boss351Pilot]

@spikymikie @__el__toro__ Also solid choices

[Boss351Pilot @Boss351Pilot]

Lol. F&F isnt even close

[Jalopnik @Jalopnik]

Is "Fast & Furious" the correct answer, or do you have a better car movie in mind?

[Boss351Pilot @Boss351Pilot]

@mustan48923 Well, that was tubular k frame. Gutted interior. Coilovers. Engine was studded and Id wind it to the moon. Accel DFI. Custom cams. Liberty faceplate t5. That car was scienced out. That plus practice. Couldn't begin to guess how many passes Ive made in that bitch.

[Boss351Pilot @Boss351Pilot]

@mustan48923 There's a lot of variance with driver and weather. But an early 4.6 DOHC Cobra is solidly 13s stock. If not, the driver isnt driving it to its full potential. Ive done a bunch of posts on these things, I'll see if I dig some up

[Boss351Pilot @Boss351Pilot]

@EagleZeroX Lot worse than it used to be. Cars are a lot faster, too, which doesn't interest me

[Boss351Pilot @Boss351Pilot]

21 yo me: buys new SVT Cobra

My mom: A sensible decision. You'll finally have at least one reliable new car.

Me: bring it straight home from the dealer, tear it apart and mod the shit out of it

[Boss351Pilot @Boss351Pilot]

1). Here's the saga of the yellow car for anyone who missed my random posts and/or gives a shit. The car ran in the mid-10s with an N/A 4.6 4v. It wasn't legal for any heads up class in NMRA or NMCA or whatever but that didnt matter because it was always primarily...

[Boss351Pilot @Boss351Pilot]

@__el__toro__ Yep. DVD is in a place of honor next to my 2-L B DVD collection

[Boss351Pilot @Boss351Pilot]

Years ago I bought a dozen complete 3-2 set-ups off a guy down in Oklahoma. There was a lot of unique hardware in a 440+6 that made it a good basis for a street sweeper but the 3-2s were often seen as a drawback so guys would swap them for a big single four.

[Barn Finds @barnfinds]

440 Six Pack: 1970 Dodge Coronet Super Bee: Would you keep this Super Bee as a brutal street machine, or dial it back closer to stock V-code specs? https://t.co/eAKqc7dNjv

[Boss351Pilot @Boss351Pilot]

Neither Wilson nor Taylor were good actors. Still, this is most accurate portrayal of street racing that ever came out of Hollywood. Hellman and Wurlitzer didnt know much about the car scene and deserved credit for their commitment to get it right in spite of this

[Boss351Pilot @Boss351Pilot]

They lived their lives a quarter mile at a time

[Boss351Pilot @Boss351Pilot]

They lived their lives a quarter mile at a time

[Boss351Pilot @Boss351Pilot]

Lol. F&F isnt even close

[Boss351Pilot @Boss351Pilot]

@WBarlaam I dunno. At this point the tooling all looks like Aella's bored-out snatch. Actually, it looked like that 25 years ago. Be better off starting over somewhere else with new tools but I dont know if theres enough of a market left to bother with the expense

[Boss351Pilot @Boss351Pilot]

They've been stamping out replacement sheetmetal for old cars in China for years now. They aren't good.

[Saint @SaintWhiteBled]

Chinese guys are now making brand new classic car bodies. Mind blowing @Hagerty

[pnorm @paleonormie]

Worth noting that the mundane family cars of today (particularly the electrics and hybrids) brutally mog the “performance” cars of the 60s in the quarter mile

Fast became so accessible that it wasn’t particularly exciting anymore

[Car and Driver @CARandDRIVER]

Ferrari's first EV, the 2027 Ferrari Luce, debuts, with 1035 horsepower from four electric motors. The body and interior were shaped by an outside design firm led by product-design superstars Jony Ive and Marc Newson. The four-door Luce is Maranello's first five-seater, and it arrives in the States next spring.

[Boss351Pilot @Boss351Pilot]

I do dress l ike that

[eric63 amg biturbo 4matic @EricMTerrill1]

men what's stopping you from dressing like this

[Boss351Pilot @Boss351Pilot]

When you drove a '71 Barracuda convertible, basically every day was a long day of being fellated

[Dave Duricy @DaveDuricy]

Mr. Brady returns home after a long day of being fellated by his interior wood paneling representative. 1971 Plymouth Barracuda.