My hero in the "car world" is a man by the name of Matt, his online user name is denmah. While it is apartent Matt has more than enough money to own what he wants, he spends most of his time building cheap, ugly, and yet incredibly fast cars. He currently owns a gorgeous 2009 Pontiac G8 with alot of performance work done to it. Looks like this:
But Matt does not barely even drive this car, rather he prefers his series of incredibly ratty older cars that either by nitrous or turbo he has made into something incredibly fast, and most times unsafe.
He has had many cars like the ford fiesta, crown victorias, and now his current passion is for a 1982 Ford Fairmont. While it may look like your typical grandmas ride, it is built on the same chassis as that year Mustang.
He uses a GM motor the LSX platform based out of one of the GM pickup trucks. These motors have proven extremely strong and react very well to perfomance parts, even in stock form.
Matts goal was to build a cheaply made setup that would perform like a high dollar animal. His original build was roughly costing him $3000 including the purchase of the car. Thanks to his custom work, used parts, and knowledge he was able to make a car that would run 9.95 1/4 mile times. Thats 2 full seconds faster than the $85,000 C6 z06 Chevy Corvette. The car has proved rather reliable and he has been a test dummy for trying to push this motor series and different combinations to create a cheap budget minded race car that has the street manors of a stock daily driven car.
Here are some pictures and videos:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fvt20-HLZrw&feature=plcp
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X4w0IDUEiG4&feature=plcp
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