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[J0E]

You drive a Volvo. One of the dumbest things you can do is strip it of the few luxuries and amenities the car came with since that is pretty much all the car has going for it.

If you want to gut a car, buy one that was built for performance in the first place where amenities were already sacrificed to a certain extent, not the other way around. With this car, you don't have performance, but you have the luxury. Strip it of the luxury and you end up with nothing.

Use the car as it was intended for. Gutting a Volvo makes about as much sense as taking a dually pick-up truck and installing suspension to autocross. If you want a good reduction in weight, remove the spare-tire/jack. That alone will make the car much faster according to your butt-dyno.

Edited by jesse850GLT, 24 September 2004 - 02:30 AM.

[Noahkk19]

It makes absolutely no sense, hence why Charles and Volflo did it.

I will not be as negative as HPTJoe, but I would not even think this up unless your car is getting SERIOUS performance modifications to it. When your money is big big big big, then let's talk this up and we can discuss it over some tea.

[Che'_Moderator]

It makes absolutely no sense, hence why Charles and Volflo did it.

I will not be as negative as HPTJoe, but I would not even think this up unless your car is getting SERIOUS performance modifications to it. When your money is big big big big, then let's talk this up and we can discuss it over some tea.

Charles drives his volvo maybe 200 miles a month. Last thing I drove ended in W and had AC and nice 90 pound bucket seats

[J0E]

[potroast]

yep.... you can get there faster --- or you can get there in comfort.

If I had to pick what I loved most about my volvo (besides the safety) is all the little comforts that it has.

[TorqueSteer]

I dont want to be the first one to say it but theres no way that you beat a c5 with headers, intake, and exhaust, especially 2 car lengths.

[NaturalMystic79]

-victorys
1. 1994 acura integra ls cold air intake exhaust 5 spd            ...7 car lengths
2. 1997 honda prelude h22 fully built motor no turbo              ...5 car lengths
3. 2001 mazda 6 injen cold air intake 5 spd                            ...5 car lengths
4. 2000 subaru 2.5 rs UR pullys AEM intake exhaust headers    ...6 car lengths
5. 1999 chevy corvette c5 headers intake exhaust                    ...2 car lengths
6. 2004 srt-4 ----------stock--------------                                    ...2 car lengths
7. 1996 m5 -------unknown--------                                             ...2 car lengths

You beat a C5 Vette and a SRT-4 with a basically stock C70? Was this on a race track? If not, then it doesn't really count. For all we know the C5 and SRT-4 owner weren't even trying to race some white-knuckled driving kid in a C70.

Edited by NaturalMystic79, 24 September 2004 - 02:37 AM.

[NaturalMystic79]

n/t

Edited by NaturalMystic79, 24 September 2004 - 02:37 AM.

[J0E]

this is what you should do joe sell ur volvo since u are a disgrace to volvo owners and buy a 2 thousand dollar civic dump 6 frand under the hood and make it sound like a lawnmower and then you can go fast for about 10 thousand miles then you will blow something up ex: turbo if u get one, head, burn out clutch and i will be laughing at you driving by at 15 mph at 6 grand hondas are supposed to be built to perfomo go buy a honda like everyone else you will be the coolest guy around trust me and perhaps u can get a 5 spd so it will be easier to start off a race in 1st so you dont make a big fool out of yourself you must have no life...you hate volvos yet you spend half your day on this forum talking about pointless stuff when you could be out attempting to get some pu$$y

Ouch!!

[JESSEXC]

Can we post without the personal attacks? If not I wll take care

[TorqueSteer]

What did u run on the track when you beat the srt-4, and again the c5 was defintaly not driving, I cant even come close to pulling even a stock c5.

[J0E]

i would bet money that your car could take a stock c5 the c5's arent that fast its the z06's you got to watch out for

Agreed. The C5 is the low-performance version of the Z06. They are slow.

Edited by HPTJoe, 24 September 2004 - 02:52 AM.

[Deltablade]

this is what you should do joe sell ur volvo and buy a 2 thousand dollar civic dump 6 frand under the hood and make it sound like a lawnmower and then you can go fast for about 10 thousand miles then you will blow something up ex: turbo if u get one, head, burn out clutch and i will be laughing at you driving by at 15 mph at 6 grand hondas are supposed to be built to perfomo go buy a honda like everyone else you will be the coolest guy around trust me and perhaps u can get a 5 spd so it will be easier to start off a race in 1st

I think you're missing Joe's point. Buying a Honda in really any form would be completely against what he advised you to do. He say get a car that was built for performance...