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little hwy tuning yesterday,, can't do Drag Week
but Ls fest is a go,,,, unless I blow it up before then
more videos next week,,hopefully burnouts,, this thing will smoke those little tires

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A2N3WdeTIYY



Tinker

oh wait,, look what just came in the mail,,,,,,,maybe those burnouts will be shorter now

nice video of you driving down the highway it will be interesting to see what kind of mileage you get out of this car. In heavier cars they are always reporting pretty good miles per gallon numbers so in the Vega should be even better.

I am tempted to go to LS fest but my buddy doesnt have his Nova done so I think that will have to wait another year.

Have fun out there take lots of video!

Will do the on the videos. If you have never been to the lsfest it's a good time!
Tinker

Nice those shocks for the front or rear??

Tinker at least! You should save yourself the trouble those are going to cause you during installation and send them to me! I will get rid of them for you! Harry

6D6... rear!!

Monza Harry,, sorry,, I installed them so fast I forgot to adjust them..they work fantastic
I highly recommend them,, for the price,, you can't beat them,, costumer service is second to none!!

funny story!!

we get no respect at car shows
because most of the younger guys' that judge don't even know what it is,, I was at a car show this weekend and one of the
kids judging, ask if it was a maverick.. I just said yes ,, he said it was cool that I put a ls motor in a ford and that everyone was doing it!! lol
it even says Vega on the wheel centers


Tink

Apparently reading is no longer a core subject? The "Vega by Chevrolet" is a Ford Maverick I must have failed "English class" as well! F Me That is TOO funny Tinker Harry

waybad wrote:funny story!!

we get no respect at car shows
because most of the younger guys' that judge don't even know what it is,, I was at a car show this weekend and one of the
kids judging, ask if it was a maverick.. I just said yes ,, he said it was cool that I put a ls motor in a ford and that everyone was doing it!! lol
it even says Vega on the wheel centers


Tink

I can see that emblem in your avatar!

Funny I had a guy yesterday ask me if my car was a Maverick or a Comet I laughed and said neither its a Vega. He was like oh its a chevrolet!


He was driving a ford truck so theres that.

Twice now I have had someone insist they had a four door Vega

Ken

waybad wrote:funny story!!

we get no respect at car shows
because most of the younger guys' that judge don't even know what it is,, I was at a car show this weekend and one of the
kids judging, ask if it was a maverick.. I just said yes ,, he said it was cool that I put a ls motor in a ford and that everyone was doing it!! lol
it even says Vega on the wheel centers


Tink

I was at Cruisin' the Coast last week and had almost the same reaction by a couple of people. They asked if it was a Pinto or Maverick! Totally clueless.

But the overwhelming reaction was just seeing a Vega out there, let alone a Cosworth. I had many people telling me of their Vega stories and it was interesting seeing people look at the car.

Mine is not a show car by any means, just a true survivor and it looks it. But it was great seeing people's reaction to the car.

Kenova wrote:Twice now I have had someone insist they had a four door Vega

Ken

Yep. I've gotten to the point of just nodding and saying, "wow, really?"

well the last day of drag racing this year, took the vega with the 235 drag radials mounted on some welds,, it ran real well at first,,then the trans started slipping on the first to second shift,, didn't need 3rd (1/8) ran 7.37 right out of the gate at 94 mph slowed to 7.43@93mph.. cooled off for one more pass.. must have been good because it blew the tire off all the way through 3rd drag radials don't recover like slicks
all in all it was a great day,, with tuning in the upper rpm ve tables, I picked up .3 in the eighth and 3mph
the rear posi housing is wore out,, once I get a new one of those and change the gears to either 3.55 or 3.73 gears, times should drop a little more, but for now just drive and enjoy!! sorry no vids. Thanks everyone for all the overly kind words on my build

That's cool. Aint this weather at this time of the year great? Cool Air sure helps the motor, but you will prob have to re-tune in the summer. lol
Have you driven it enough "casually" to get an Idea on MPG?
I drove mine back and forth to work a few days. Trying to be good on the skinny pedal. Got about 23MPG.