RE: Muscle Car in a Tuxedo
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RE: Muscle Car in a Tuxedo - 9/5/2007 10:30:28 AM
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Katzmans Caddy
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I think a Northstar under your hood would seal the deal.
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RE: Muscle Car in a Tuxedo - 9/5/2007 10:34:27 AM
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rickyd
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music to my hears...............!!!!quote:
ORIGINAL: Stealth
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ORIGINAL: Katzmans Caddy
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Is there any better sound than 32 valves and 4 cams, dual exhausts at WOT?
you did ask ...
a dual flowmaster set up, on large pipes behind a 5.0 running through a manual 5 gear at WOT,
revving to 5,500 - 6,000 rpm ! ! !
may i suggest you bite down on a towel to protect your teeth from shattering...
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RE: Muscle Car in a Tuxedo - 9/7/2007 3:59:58 PM
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foxpaws
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140mph - across the top of New Mexico - highway 64 - I let the Carrera 4S go first (he had a radar detector)...
and there was more - but I won't push it higher than that on a highway - maybe a track...
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RE: Muscle Car in a Tuxedo - 9/7/2007 4:29:38 PM
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Katzmans Caddy
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You pone...........not sure what that means but my teenagers say it when somebody does something really cool. 
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RE: Muscle Car in a Tuxedo - 9/18/2007 5:20:25 PM
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jasper60103
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Had some more fun with the Deville today.
I was curious about my fuel efficiency on the hwy. I heard numbers of 27-28 MPG on the hwy, but I haven't had an opportunity to take my Deville on a long road trip yet.
So today I thought I would perform a quick test.
On a long open stretch of hwy coming home from work,
I set the cruise control to 70 mph. Then I reset my MPG display.
To my surprise I was averaging over 31 MPG at 70 mph! This remained solid on the display, no jumping around.
Then I increased my speed to about 75mph and it dropped down to about 27 MPG.
But still, this is excellent for a V8!
I know this is probably old news to some, but I'm really impressed!
Would love to hear reports from others on this.
-jasper
< Message edited by jasper60103 -- 9/18/2007 5:24:13 PM >
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RE: Muscle Car in a Tuxedo - 9/18/2007 6:41:13 PM
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Katzmans Caddy
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I've seen 67 mpg on the highway for short stretches........on downhill grades! Generally average 24 mpg at cruising speed though but you can easily see 30+ in good conditions.
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RE: Muscle Car in a Tuxedo - 9/25/2007 6:15:09 AM
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DTS_BOI
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I usually try a top speed run on all of my cars... Out of curiosity I guess. Or maybe its the thrill of speed. Before my DTS, I had a Mercedes ML430 which was a money pit... Anyways, that truck hit 120 easy, and topped out at 130. My DTS is faster. It will run 110 - 120 mph effortlessly and the speed governor kicks in at 130 mph. Its amazing that the car was still pulling at 130 mph. I really need to get that speed limiter raised!!!
Last month, I was coming home from my fiancee's house late one night, and had the cruise set on 75 mph. I saw a crotch rocket motorcycle fly past me going at least 100 mph. Well, I decided to test out all 32 valves under my hood so I stomped the gas pedal all the way to the floor. I caught him quick, at which point he looked over at me and gave me a "thumbs up". We slowed to about 80 mph, and he jumped behind me.
I was watching him in my rear view mirror, waiting for him to hit the gas. While watching him, I saw the front of his bike lift up a few inches, and I knew he had just hit the throttle! I buried my pedal in the carpet and I started inching AWAY from him very slowly. By about 115 mph, I had a good 1 1/2 car lengths on him. I looked at my digital dash and saw 123 mph! By this time, he started to catch up to me very slowly. Suddenly I felt a shudder and a jerk inside my Caddy... It was the damn speed limiter!!! At 130 mph he front tire was right next to my rear tire. He kept pulling past 130 mph, and I had to shut it down. I am ABSOLUTELY CONFIDENT that if I had the speed limiter removed, I would have shocked that biker boy. Imagine the look on his face when a two ton Cadillac ran his rocket bike to its limit!!! What a surprise indeed!!!
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