How many of you guys would mod a v-6? - Page 2

jj_jonathon · 10-07-2002, 04:46 PM

about the topic:

I honestly would never buy a V6 sports car unless it was a porsche (and I saw an 02 911 on the highway today, just about drooled all over my interior

)...and one of those things needs nothing done to it

...so I would never get the chance to mod a V6....

this is not cbring · 10-07-2002, 05:27 PM

Quote:

Originally posted by jj_jonathon
about the topic:

I honestly would never buy a V6 sports car unless it was a porsche (and I saw an 02 911 on the highway today, just about drooled all over my interior )...and one of those things needs nothing done to it ...so I would never get the chance to mod a V6....

for clarification,

porsche 911 is classified an "horizontally opposed 6" (i think that is the correct phrase) or "boxer 6"

inline 6:
supra tt
bmw

v6:
3000gt vr4
300zx tt
buick grand national
vr6 volkswagen
etc,

jj_jonathon · 10-07-2002, 05:31 PM

...obviously i dont know much about engines...i think 6 spark plags means 6 cylinders, whihc means V6, so thank you for saying that, I do like learning when I'm wrong by a technicality...

but i cant help feel like you just grabbed my balls and asked me to cough...lol

this is not cbring · 10-07-2002, 05:35 PM

didn't mean to be blunt...........just saw an opportunity to share some "other car" knowlegde............maybe save someone some real life embarrassment in the future.....cause lord knows i've said some wrong things about cars to knowledgeable folk and gotten laughed at

jj_jonathon · 10-07-2002, 05:38 PM

well i dont really consider myself to be all that knowledgable when it comes to cars..which is why its great to part of this site, because when i do have an in depth quetsion these guys are always around to answer me

....course having a new car gives me no hands-on opportunites, I have worked a little with a 90GT, but like I said, still dont know a whole lot...reading some of the posts help too...which is why i appreciate people correcting me, and others...

Hammer · 10-07-2002, 06:36 PM

A V-6 Mustang?

I might put some bolt-ons on it but nothing major....

Maybe some eibach springs to lower the stance a bit....

I would basically use it for what it was designed to be, sporty looking transportation....

and since it was brought up.... and that it happens to be somewhat of a tiresome subject that I hear in real life sometimes...

College: To me it means you were able to deal with homework, term papers, tests and rampant liberalism for 4+ years... not much else.

Looking back, I could have easily gone to college (3.85 GPA, great SAT scores). I skipped class half my senior year in high school and never studied.
Hell, I had some top schools including the Citadel knocking down my door.

I went to community college for one semester and found it to ba the same old crap that I had been doing for 12 years already.
I was bored to death and just stopped being interested....

I needed to go out and do something that MEANT something, that was CHALLENGING, something that would change me from being just intelligent to being experienced.

The Navy was the absolute best 4 years of my life, and some of the hardest.... I went from being a spoiled kid who had everything handed to me to someone that put his ***** out on the line every day in the most dangerous workplace on Earth.
(A carrier flight deck)

What I saw and experienced there were more than any book or tenured professor could ever give me: experience, wisdom, and a grasp for what REALLY is important. Not what you drive, how much you make, or what certification you might have.... but what you are capable of when crap hits the fan. Whether in a tense meeting in a board room or working feet from an engine that could not only blow you off the ship, but roast you before you hit the water.....
How about eating MREs for two weeks while living out of tents in the 100 degree Mosquito-ridden heat of Puerto Rico's interior?
Or working 20 hours straight to make sure an air strike is on time and on-target?

Once you have dealt with true challenges, this daily suit and tie crap is cake....

When some people try to come up and impress me by sticking a college degree in my face, I gotta wonder... Who are they trying to impress more? Is it me or themselves?

(Cbring, this is nothing against you, but the subject was brought up and I wanted to comment on it.)

DAN-MAN · 10-07-2002, 06:54 PM

Well, I was thinking about some other things as well. If I got this car, I might wait until ater college and put a 5.0 or a 5.8 in it. That's probably my best solution.

Daniel.

The Deuce · 10-07-2002, 08:29 PM

Quote:

Originally posted by this is not cbring
for clarification,

porsche 911 is classified an "horizontally opposed 6" (i think that is the correct phrase) or "boxer 6"

inline 6:
supra tt
bmw

v6:
3000gt vr4
300zx tt
buick grand national
vr6 volkswagen
etc,

You always got to be a smartass? Porsche 6 is a flat 6, yes, but it is also a 180 degree V. So JJonathon was correct in his statement about not buying a v6 unless its a Porsche.

this is not cbring · 10-07-2002, 09:09 PM

1) the person that the comment was directed to seemed to have no problem with it

2) show me somewhere that classifies a 911 as a V6. there are many an enthusiast out there that is gonna laugh at you if you call it a V6. but hey, if an almighty mustang driver says it is a V6, then a V6 it is

The Sandman · 10-07-2002, 09:29 PM

Maybe I can give you a new perspective.
Your modding and acceptance will vary depending on your attitude.
I have a V6 (Firebird), I don't really care all that much for performance. I am an appearance only guy. Of course I maintain my V6, but I don't really care for performance....all of my performance mods include :
A muffler (no 's

) - Flowmaster 80
Synthetic Oil if you count it for the 2 hp gain I got.

Appearance wise, I have done much more.
The only performance mod I plan to get is a reworked exhaust, but more for the sound and attention it brings, not for the power gain.

jj_jonathon · 10-07-2002, 10:10 PM

Quote:

Originally posted by this is not cbring
1) the person that the comment was directed to seemed to have no problem with it

2) show me somewhere that classifies a 911 as a V6. there are many an enthusiast out there that is gonna laugh at you if you call it a V6. but hey, if an almighty mustang driver says it is a V6, then a V6 it is

slow down there...youre right I had no problem being corrected, but I did say I felt "violated"....and whats to say you arent the "all knowing gti owner"?....we need to try and keep the hostility levels down...deuce is right that you do try to be a smartass (or come off as one) but i'm a huge smartass too, so it didnt bother me...if it bothers him, then it bothers him...and he has that right to be bothered by your tone...i think you wont be attacked as much if the facetiousness is kept a little lower...I honestly like having a non-mustang owner hanging around and trying to be a regular, but I'd appreciate it if you didn't try to put down mustangers on a mustang site...granted some of us will put down some imports, but I wouldn't expect any of us to go to an import site and start to talk bad about their cars/owners....I'm sure you understand what I'm trying to say civilly especiialy since you do come off as a learned individual, so all of us should try to get along a little better, not to say we cant have those awesome debates!!

I honestly can't trust your comment over deuce's and vice-versa because just two people have expressed opposite views since I'm near stupid when it comes to engine classifications...I wanna see this faught out though

Crazy Horse GT · 10-07-2002, 10:16 PM

i agree like inferno is cool he drives an import , but doesnt annoy us, pesonally he is one of the cooler guy's on here. take a lesson from him, & everyone will quit flaming you, including me, well maybe, lol.

10-07-2002, 10:22 PM

lol, sure you'll you'll stop flaming him marty, sure you will.

-murray

Crazy Horse GT · 10-07-2002, 10:30 PM

Quote:

Originally posted by digital3.3
lol, sure you'll you'll stop flaming him marty, sure you will.

-murray

if he will quit putting stang's down & drop his holier than thou attitude, sure i will leave him alone. you know i would rather laugh & joke , than flame.

this is not cbring · 10-07-2002, 10:31 PM

if you want to flame me, thats fine............but if you do, flame me with factual stuff instead of the "180 degree V" BS that someone might believe..........

The boxer engine, also called a "flat engine" or "pancake engine," is an engine whose cylinders are laid down on their sides. So instead of pumping up and down, as on an "in line" engine, or diagonally, as on a "V" engine, the pistons are "horizontally opposed," or on opposite sides of the crankshaft, pumping toward one another.

so lets see, it doesn't function like a "V" and doesn't look like a "V"............hmmm

Crazy Horse GT · 10-07-2002, 10:34 PM

Quote:

Originally posted by this is not cbring
if you want to flame me, thats fine............but if you do, flame me with factual stuff instead of the "180 degree V" BS that someone might believe..........

The boxer engine, also called a "flat engine" or "pancake engine," is an engine whose cylinders are laid down on their sides. So instead of pumping up and down, as on an "in line" engine, or diagonally, as on a "V" engine, the pistons are "horizontally opposed," or on opposite sides of the crankshaft, pumping toward one another.

so lets see, it doesn't function like a "V" and doesn't look like a "V"............hmmm

sorry i wasnt in that one.

jj_jonathon · 10-07-2002, 10:34 PM

Quote:

Originally posted by this is not cbring
if you want to flame me, thats fine............but if you do, flame me with factual stuff instead of the "180 degree V" BS that someone might believe..........

The boxer engine, also called a "flat engine" or "pancake engine," is an engine whose cylinders are laid down on their sides. So instead of pumping up and down, as on an "in line" engine, or diagonally, as on a "V" engine, the pistons are "horizontally opposed," or on opposite sides of the crankshaft, pumping toward one another.

so lets see, it doesn't function like a "V" and doesn't look like a "V"............hmmm

its a V! no wait....doh!....cool...now I understand why they call em that...

...coolness on a stick

thanks...

The Deuce · 10-07-2002, 10:34 PM

Quote:

Originally posted by this is not cbring

2) show me somewhere that classifies a 911 as a V6. there are many an enthusiast out there that is gonna laugh at you if you call it a V6. but hey, if an almighty mustang driver says it is a V6, then a V6 it is

Cbring, I would be a little more careful than you are when you open your mouth. If it wasn't for the fact I was conceived in the back of a '65 k-code, there wouldn't be a make I was more familar with than Der Porsche.

I never said that I would call it a V. I just made the point that a 180degree V is mathematically as much of an interior angle than the standard 60 or 90(even the VR6's 15). That was my only point, to answer your glib with some of my own.

I might also suggest that you tone the attitude down a little bit. It may go over real nice at the flame fest you are used to, but we try and maintain a level of civility here. Before you judge my autotive knowledge, yes I have owned a vehilce both from Stuttgart and Wolfsburg, so I know a thing or two about the German car scene.

Heck, the only people I can't hold an intelligent conversation with at the LA internation auto show are the guys in the DC sports booth who want to talk about neon an NAWSSS.

(BTW your might gti is slower than my car

)

10-07-2002, 10:36 PM

Quote:

Originally posted by Crazy Horse GT
if he will quit putting stang's down & drop his holier than thou attitude, sure i will leave him alone. you know i would rather laugh & joke , than flame.

i know you would, lol, its funnier than hell to get people that take things to seriously and freak out going. its like i always say 'if you can't have a sense of humour you just aren't worth any oxygen.'

jj_jonathon · 10-07-2002, 10:37 PM

Quote:

Originally posted by digital3.3
i know you would, lol, its funnier than hell to get people that take things to seriously and freak out going. its like i always say 'if you can't have a sense of humour you just aren't worth any oxygen.'

any FREE oxygen....should make those people pay for it at the oxygen bars...rofl

10-07-2002, 04:46 PM	#21
jj_jonathon Trisket Join Date: May 2002 Location: University of Florida, FL Posts: ½ Posts: 1,560	about the topic: I honestly would never buy a V6 sports car unless it was a porsche (and I saw an 02 911 on the highway today, just about drooled all over my interior )...and one of those things needs nothing done to it ...so I would never get the chance to mod a V6.... __________________ University of Florida - Physics Major My 02GT vert Media Center Pics BBK Underdrive Pulleys \| K&N FIPK (Gen II) \| Bullet Grille \| Mach 1 Chin Spoiler \| UPR Interior Parts \| XM Radio \| Audiobahn Subs Ricer Hater's Club Member #1/2 (30) http://www.ricehatersclub.com/

10-07-2002, 05:31 PM	#23
jj_jonathon Trisket Join Date: May 2002 Location: University of Florida, FL Posts: ½ Posts: 1,560	...obviously i dont know much about engines...i think 6 spark plags means 6 cylinders, whihc means V6, so thank you for saying that, I do like learning when I'm wrong by a technicality... but i cant help feel like you just grabbed my balls and asked me to cough...lol __________________ University of Florida - Physics Major My 02GT vert Media Center Pics BBK Underdrive Pulleys \| K&N FIPK (Gen II) \| Bullet Grille \| Mach 1 Chin Spoiler \| UPR Interior Parts \| XM Radio \| Audiobahn Subs Ricer Hater's Club Member #1/2 (30) http://www.ricehatersclub.com/

10-07-2002, 05:35 PM	#24
this is not cbring Registered Member Join Date: Sep 2002 Location: Knoxville, TN Posts: 380	didn't mean to be blunt...........just saw an opportunity to share some "other car" knowlegde............maybe save someone some real life embarrassment in the future.....cause lord knows i've said some wrong things about cars to knowledgeable folk and gotten laughed at __________________ 2002 vw gti 1.8T

10-07-2002, 05:38 PM	#25
jj_jonathon Trisket Join Date: May 2002 Location: University of Florida, FL Posts: ½ Posts: 1,560	well i dont really consider myself to be all that knowledgable when it comes to cars..which is why its great to part of this site, because when i do have an in depth quetsion these guys are always around to answer me ....course having a new car gives me no hands-on opportunites, I have worked a little with a 90GT, but like I said, still dont know a whole lot...reading some of the posts help too...which is why i appreciate people correcting me, and others... __________________ University of Florida - Physics Major My 02GT vert Media Center Pics BBK Underdrive Pulleys \| K&N FIPK (Gen II) \| Bullet Grille \| Mach 1 Chin Spoiler \| UPR Interior Parts \| XM Radio \| Audiobahn Subs Ricer Hater's Club Member #1/2 (30) http://www.ricehatersclub.com/

10-07-2002, 06:36 PM	#26
Hammer AKA "Dr. Evil" Join Date: Feb 1999 Location: South Fork Ranch Posts: 1,721	A V-6 Mustang? I might put some bolt-ons on it but nothing major.... Maybe some eibach springs to lower the stance a bit.... I would basically use it for what it was designed to be, sporty looking transportation.... and since it was brought up.... and that it happens to be somewhat of a tiresome subject that I hear in real life sometimes... College: To me it means you were able to deal with homework, term papers, tests and rampant liberalism for 4+ years... not much else. Looking back, I could have easily gone to college (3.85 GPA, great SAT scores). I skipped class half my senior year in high school and never studied. Hell, I had some top schools including the Citadel knocking down my door. I went to community college for one semester and found it to ba the same old crap that I had been doing for 12 years already. I was bored to death and just stopped being interested.... I needed to go out and do something that MEANT something, that was CHALLENGING, something that would change me from being just intelligent to being experienced. The Navy was the absolute best 4 years of my life, and some of the hardest.... I went from being a spoiled kid who had everything handed to me to someone that put his ***** out on the line every day in the most dangerous workplace on Earth. (A carrier flight deck) What I saw and experienced there were more than any book or tenured professor could ever give me: experience, wisdom, and a grasp for what REALLY is important. Not what you drive, how much you make, or what certification you might have.... but what you are capable of when crap hits the fan. Whether in a tense meeting in a board room or working feet from an engine that could not only blow you off the ship, but roast you before you hit the water..... How about eating MREs for two weeks while living out of tents in the 100 degree Mosquito-ridden heat of Puerto Rico's interior? Or working 20 hours straight to make sure an air strike is on time and on-target? Once you have dealt with true challenges, this daily suit and tie crap is cake.... When some people try to come up and impress me by sticking a college degree in my face, I gotta wonder... Who are they trying to impress more? Is it me or themselves? (Cbring, this is nothing against you, but the subject was brought up and I wanted to comment on it.) __________________ Uncle Sam "What the hell is up with all the gauges? Calling Captain Kirk, your ride awaits... Phasers on stun...."

10-07-2002, 06:54 PM	#27
DAN-MAN Confederate Cowboy Join Date: May 2002 Location: Southeast Missouri Posts: 546	Well, I was thinking about some other things as well. If I got this car, I might wait until ater college and put a 5.0 or a 5.8 in it. That's probably my best solution. Daniel. __________________ DAN-MAN RHC MEMBER #25

10-07-2002, 09:09 PM	#29
this is not cbring Registered Member Join Date: Sep 2002 Location: Knoxville, TN Posts: 380	1) the person that the comment was directed to seemed to have no problem with it 2) show me somewhere that classifies a 911 as a V6. there are many an enthusiast out there that is gonna laugh at you if you call it a V6. but hey, if an almighty mustang driver says it is a V6, then a V6 it is __________________ 2002 vw gti 1.8T

10-07-2002, 09:29 PM	#30
The Sandman Registered Member Join Date: Feb 2002 Location: Fay NC Posts: 179	Maybe I can give you a new perspective. Your modding and acceptance will vary depending on your attitude. I have a V6 (Firebird), I don't really care all that much for performance. I am an appearance only guy. Of course I maintain my V6, but I don't really care for performance....all of my performance mods include : A muffler (no 's ) - Flowmaster 80 Synthetic Oil if you count it for the 2 hp gain I got. Appearance wise, I have done much more. The only performance mod I plan to get is a reworked exhaust, but more for the sound and attention it brings, not for the power gain. __________________ « Red Firebird » [ A4 ][ W68 ] [ Interior Painted Red/Black ][ Wings West Spoiler (Black) ][ Firebat Decals ] [ (^ How-to For ^) ][ Zaino'ed x 17 ] [ Mobil 1 ][ Flowmaster 80 ] - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - LS1.com Moderator FirebirdV6.com Moderator North Bay Mustang Moderator

10-07-2002, 10:16 PM	#32
Crazy Horse GT Registered Member Join Date: Aug 2001 Location: Sale Creek, TN. C. S. A. Posts: 4,652	i agree like inferno is cool he drives an import , but doesnt annoy us, pesonally he is one of the cooler guy's on here. take a lesson from him, & everyone will quit flaming you, including me, well maybe, lol. __________________ 95 gt vert, lot's of stuff, it aint slow. 04 sonic blue v - six my beater 89 rs camaro iroc turbo hood, other stuff, my wifes ride 84 lx stang cammed up 289 hi po, etc 65 falcon, maybe by the year 2020. black 00gt, gone but never forgotten. R H C- member # 1 o.b.c. da prez- member # 1 if your under 40 dont ask. goodbye for now odie,r.i.p. 11-27-03

10-07-2002, 10:22 PM	#33
digital3.3 Guest Posts: n/a	lol, sure you'll you'll stop flaming him marty, sure you will. -murray

10-07-2002, 10:31 PM	#35
this is not cbring Registered Member Join Date: Sep 2002 Location: Knoxville, TN Posts: 380	if you want to flame me, thats fine............but if you do, flame me with factual stuff instead of the "180 degree V" BS that someone might believe.......... The boxer engine, also called a "flat engine" or "pancake engine," is an engine whose cylinders are laid down on their sides. So instead of pumping up and down, as on an "in line" engine, or diagonally, as on a "V" engine, the pistons are "horizontally opposed," or on opposite sides of the crankshaft, pumping toward one another. so lets see, it doesn't function like a "V" and doesn't look like a "V"............hmmm __________________ 2002 vw gti 1.8T

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