Outdoor Power Equipment (Lawn Mowers, Snow Blowers, Chain Saws and more) Discussions

I forget the guys name here I mailed the GM buying cert last year that saved him K's, BUT anywho, Just picked up a new Avalanche today taking advantage of Chevys "Employee" discount, available to everyone until July 5th.  Have ats Gents.  I spent the night pullin the exhaust off y 02, to put on my 05.  Ahhh that new car smell, and new Corsa exhaust is yummy!!!

Bill_D wrote:
I have an 05 Accord V6. On a round trip NH - CT, I averaged 30.3 mpg . On one tank I averaged 31.3. This for a car with 240hp  from a V6 that burns regular. It does 0-60 in  less than 7 seconds according to most magazines, and  the quarter mile in less than 16 seconds with trap speeds  of 92-95 mph. That's with the five speed automatic - the manual is faster. It's been named Best Family Sedan and one of the 10 Best by Car & Driver in 19 of the last 23 years. And the best thing - the second exhaust pipe is pretty much hidden behind the rear bumper so if you remove the V6 sticker on the back it looks just like a 4 cyl Accord .  

By surfing the www I was able to find one Oldsmobile that is faster. According to albeedigital.com, a 1969 Olds 442 will do 0-60 in 5.9 and a 13.9 sec quarter mile.

I know what you mean by spinning those old Detroit V8's. I drove my brother's 1965 GTO a lot (when gas was 33.9 and it's a good thing as it got 11-12 mpg) and it would leave rubber if you let your foot off the clutch at idle. It also had drum brakes, bias ply tires, recirculating ball manual steering, and a clutch that  would make a man out of you.  Starting it below freezing usually involved a can of ether and some sprinting back and forth. After driving through a puddle I'd leave my foot on the brake peal for a while to dry out the brakes so I could stop someday.  0-60 5.8, 1/4 in 14.5 @ 100, top speed 114. Putting 3.90 gears in anything sure helps 0-60. At 75mph the GTO was spinning at around 3,500  rpms as I recall. The Honda is turning 2,200.....guess which lasts longer....

1995 Merc Cougar 0-60 in 5.5 sec. Top speed 146........so far.
115,000 miles + ........like new condition.

I'll get you a better picture someday

Nice ride!!!!!!

Hey Marshall........Looks like there are 2 guys tarred (hold the feathers) hanging from your tree!

We do that here in Oklahoma now and then Emmo.

Actually it's the Ex and one of her friends, don't really want to stare at her here on the forum.

It had 2 chamber Flowmasters then, now they're 1 chambers. Top speed raised almost 10mph and 55-100 has a marked improvement. Obviously that's not all that's done to it.

Just saw a commercial that GM is doin all cars at employee cost now to.  Great time to pick up a new car as well if anyones in the market.

How in the world did you get a 1995 Merc Cougar  to do 0-60 in 5.5 sec. ????? (Super Charger with a shot of NOS and some slicks should do the trick :-) Even the Thunderbird SC's and Turbo coupes were pigs by todays standards...

My next truck will be the Nissan Titan 5.6L V8, 32 valve, 305@4900!

Try this little comparison...Put in any Titan and then put in a comparable Chevy

http://autos.yahoo.com/newcars/comparison/select.html;_ylt=AnglEc_actXsiaBDgxoguM9xC8UF?carid0=16621

Cougar 4.6 OHV V-8. Electronics will makes a huge difference in todays cars and trucks. I'm getting a lot out this engine via an Electronic Control Model from Superchips, opening up the breathing with a Filtercharger system from K&N attached to a Trueflow intake plenum, 75mm throttle body and oversize mass airflow meter. Opening up the exhaust with duals, no catalytic converter and single stage Flows has helped tremendously. A 3.55 Ring and Pinion for the rear end, polished aluminum lightweight 3 SCP piece pulley set and a auxiliary transmission oil cooler. Coil packs from Screamin Demon and billet plug wires. I haven't done anything with the stock injectors though I might oversize them someday, at the same time I'll put on a high flow fuel pump. If I decide to do anything with the transmission at some point, I'll go to a 2300-3400 torque converter and do something with a shift kit. The Superchips ECM  really makes strong precise shifts and does away with all rev limiters and speed limiters, it raps out to 6100 RPM now and to 98MPH in second gear. I get second gear scratch so who knows, may not do a shift kit? Anyway, it's amazing what you can do with bolt on today. These engines have so much capability just waiting to be let go,  they are so detuned it's  funny, well, maybe sad is a better word.

For handling I've added an 1 1/8" rear sway bar and Koni shocks. I left the wheels alone, I like the stock look, I run 245-60-15 tread, quite a bit wider than stock. The factory traction control and independent rear end helps keep spinning to a minimum.

Timing is by hand held stopwatch so it varies by tenths every time I do it. I'm in the ballpark though.

Most impressive Marshall! That ECU must be doing the trick for sure! I am using a Jim Wolf ECU in my Sentra and does make for more fun! (Limiters = YUCK!)

Brian, I don't see the Silverado on there. 

It is not...you have to add it. It allows you to compare a couple of trucks at the same time...

Below is a section that you use to select different models. Look for something that says

Choose the secound car

You can choose up to 4 vehicles....