I am stuck driving a Ford Taurus SE as a rental for I don't know how long until I get my car back form the body shop. The thing has no pull anywhere. you have to floor the thing just to get it past 65 mph.... I guess it's not so bad though. When I get my car back, it will probably feel like a rocket copmared to this


Anyways, I met up with BigDogJonx today since he was installing his UDP. I showed up kind of late, so he had most of it done already. After it was done we took it for a spin... we saw a new Altima 3.5 SE on the highway... but we had to turn off at our exit...

 

The Ford "Tortise" will make you wonder how amercia sells cars at all.

 

Neutral drop?

 

not yet, I need to drive the thing until I get my car back... maybe on the last day

but this car doesn't have enough power to do anything fun like that....

 

Talking bout UDP, i had my belts RE-tightened. And the squeling noise went away.. Everything was all good until a minute ago..
Its weird the car wasn't cold. It wasnt a cold start. But it squeled like a girl... but anyway my question is , how likely or is it possible for the belts to loosen so quickly after 2 and a helf weeks already?

Roger
i hate it when my car sounds like a hooptie.

 

strange.... I guess they could have gotten a little loose again When you tightened them, how much deflection was there on the belts? I think tyhe spec is like 3 or 4mm on the small belt and 6 or 7 mm of deflection on the large belt. Also, make sure you got to tightening all three tensioners and the idler pulley....

 

HAHA, they didn't give you the one with 200 hp
Only 22hp separates my car between my dads, but the low range torque on the vq is soooo gooooood compared to my car.

Good luck on getting your max back soon.

 

HEY NOW ... don't pick on those "tortises" too much. I have one sitting in my garage right now.




I just got it as a company car and I love it (sarcasim intended!). I hate driving the damn thing and it feels like I am driving a boat. No real power or handling, but hey its free. Can't complain since I don't have to put anymore miles on my max.

 

Man I had a Ford "Tortise" Wagon!! as a company car when I was working for HP down in N. CALI. I didn't even want to be seen in it! luckily I only worked with them for about six mos. Meanwhile did a lot of walking (j/k)

 

Intrepid are great cars to do neutral drops in.
THey just peel out and go

Ford ****us does't have enough power

 

Yeah I'm still trying to let me tint the windows...gonna get 5% all the way around!!!!!

 

 

I don't think the rental company will like me doing that..... good idea though

 

Does the needle bounce nicely off the rev limiter?

 

what is the top speed in reverse

 

Don't know ...



and ... don't know.


The company I work for had it shipped up from Mississippi but they neglected to get the car regestered in either state. There are no temp tags, real tags, insurance ... nothing. Now it is just sitting in my garage taking up space! I did notice that there is no redline on the tach though ... gotta see how high it will go before meltdown!

 

well you got some work to do then

 

it's wierd.... there is a tach, but no redline the thing seems to stop when it hits 5.5k rpm though.....

 

:evil:

 

Come on now Nauman, you know you love driving rental cars and tearing it up.

As far as that Altima, I would have Ran against it but BW parkway is notorious with cops all over it. BTW, I drove the car 150miles last night and I love the UDP, feel much more response and pull. Now I am thinking about designing that custom CAI we talked about, I think I can do it for $50, it seems like a 2hr job.

Dixit

 

I know about BW parkway.... lots of cops. People race there all the time and get caught. As for the custon CAI, go for it