OT: A Car/Racing section?

[DeCav]

I have received a few requests from the guys who have to post "Off-Topic" discussions about cars and racing to please try and experiment with a section on the board devoted to that where they can get their gear-head ya-ya's out without disrupting the football section (which is, let's face it, where EVERYONE hangs out...."Football" might as well be renamed, "The Lobby". I kid!)

Thought I'd post a poll and start a discussion about this. It's both the best time and the worst time to bring this up. It's the best time because traffic is high and people can weigh in. It's the worst because there's enough to discuss with the big game on Friday and WOC around the corner.

So I thought I'd start a discussion before we all head back into our holes during the off season. I know who will be the first person to respond...well I know it will either be RC or SLICK. RC because he really wants this....SLICK because he'll always poke one of my posts if for no other reason than he follows me around like a puppy dog nipping at my heels.

SLICK...I've already mixed up a bag of scrabble letters and dumped them on my kitchen table to get a sense of what your response will be. LOVE YOU!

Peace Out,
DeCavirus

[DeCav]

BTW SLICK, good one on you to bring in the word virus. I do declare where DeCavalier sounds French....DeCavirus is as Latin as a screen name can sound. And since of course I studied Latin in High School and Julius Ceasar in Literature I now have a whole new pool of intellectual fodder to pull from.

I'll sit down and conjugate DeCavirus when I have more time!

I have more time!

First conjugation
The first conjugation is characterized by the vowel ā and can be recognized by the -āre ending of the present active infinitive form. The non-perfect tenses conjugate as follows:

Indicative Active tense:
DeCavirusās
DeCavirusat
DeCavirusāmus
DeCavirusātis
DeCavirusābis
DeCavirusābit
DeCavirusimus
DeCavirusābitis
DeCavirusābunt
DeCavirusābam
DeCavirusābās
DeCavirusābat
DeCavirusābāmus
DeCavirusābātis
DeCavirusābant
DeCaviruset
DeCavirusēmus
DeCavirusētis
DeCavirusent
DeCavirusārēs
DeCavirusāret
DeCavirusārēmus
DeCavirusārētis
DeCavirusārent


Passive Suggestive Tense:

DeCavirusāris
DeCavirusātur
DeCavirusāmur
DeCavirusāminī
DeCavirusantur
DeCavirusāberis/e*
DeCavirusābitur
DeCavirusābimur
DeCavirusābāris/e*
DeCavirusābātur
DeCavirusābāmur
DeCavirusābāminī
DeCavirusābantur
DeCavirusēris/e*
DeCavirusētur
DeCavirusēmur
DeCavirusēminī
DeCavirusentur
DeCavirusārēris/e*
DeCavirusārētur
DeCavirusārēmur
DeCavirusārēminī
DeCavirusārentur

Thank you SLICK for keeping me relevant and being my muse. If you ever started ignoring me...I might shrivel up on the vine and die and just go away somewhere else.

[DeCav]

But seriously SLICK....


Do You Love Me?

[1 CAT FAN]

I'm little bias toward the 69 Camaro but I love all the muscle cars of cruising the boulevard era. That was a major social activity during my teenage years. These days kids text while they drive, way more dangerous than what we had. We would already have our cars loaded with hot chicks, one of the benefits of cruising the boulevard. Every town had one, those were the days. Good times!

Why is America Obsessed With the 1969 Camaro?

While the 1969 Camaro isn’t mechanically much different from the 1967 and 1968 editions, new sheetmetal left the car looking more voluptuous and aggressive. It was, and to many remains, the best looking Camaro ever. That’s why both the 2010 fifth-generation—and the new sixth-gen—Camaros have been explicitly styled to resemble it.

The sheer number of different ’69 Camaro variations is staggering. The Z/28, built to dominate SCCA road racing was back in ’69 and still powered by the nervy, 290-horsepower DZ302 5.0-liter V-8. It took the Trans Am manufacturer’s championship for the second straight year. To go drag racing, Chevrolet sold ZL-1 models powered by an incredible, all-aluminum 427-ci (7-liter) big-block V-8, ludicrously underrated at 430 hp. Meanwhile, in Pennsylvania, dealer Don Yenko ordered 201 Camaros powered by iron-block 427s to create his own Yenko Super Cars. There were RS and SS versions, and examples that combined the two. If you loved convertibles, there was an Indy 500 pace car replica Camaros with orange stripes, orange houndstooth upholstery and the totally radical “Cowl Induction” hood, otherwise offered only on the Z/28. For restoration freaks, there are a lot of different ’69 Camaros to keep the anal-retentive brain cells occupied.

But leaving the ’69 Camaro in pristine, factory-sealed condition is boring. Those with a supercharged engine bursting through the hood are as purely American as any Ferrari is Italian, or Porsche is German. Jacked up on a set of crapped-out leaf springs by a demented gas station jockey, or refined into a world-beating supercar by a legendary builder like GM engineer Mark Stielow, the mechanically simple ’69 Camaro remains great looking and relatively reliable. Given the ease with which its mechanical bits can be mutated, the sheer production and its resilient beauty, it’s no wonder the ’69 Camaro has been the car this generation has loved. But no generation lasts. Today ’69 Camaros have become stupidly valuable as their numbers have dwindled, and the Hot Wheels age cohort has hit its peak earning years. Youngsters living on a budget need not apply. But, like the generations who loved the ’32 Ford and ’55-’57 Chevy before it, those of us who loved this Camaro are aging beyond it.

In 20 years, we’re not going to have to the energy to sustain its massive popularity. The ’69 Camaro isn’t going away, but the kids born in the eighties, nineties and beyond won’t have the same balls-out passion for it either. I don’t know what’s next, but there’s always a next.

Right now, however, 50 years after it first appeared. The ’69 Camaro is the most loved car in America.

http://www.thedrive.com/muscle-cars/101 ... 969-camaro

More to come....

[1 CAT FAN]

1969 Chevy Camaro RS Z28: One of the All Time Greats. When the 1969 Chevrolet Camaro RS Z28 first hit the scene, it was immediately touted as one of the hottest muscle cars on the market. The seductive coupe quickly became a popular choice among American drivers.

For the drivers who wanted to be noticed, very few vehicles attracted more attention than the Camaro RS Z28. Not only did the RS package include a dazzling pair of hideaway headlights, but it also featured a special grille. Chevrolet offered an aggressive cowl-induction hood as an option. Because of the hood’s ability to draw in cool air, it was more than just an appearance upgrade.

In contrast to some of the other classic muscle cars, the 1969 Camaro RS Z28 appealed to a wide variety of different drivers. From hardcore racing fans to school teachers, it seemed as if everyone became infatuated with this gorgeous muscle car. Teenagers yearned for the chance to finally get behind the wheel. Upgrades such as the chambered exhaust system made it even harder to resist. As you can see, the 1969 Camaro RS Z28 had a major impact on the muscle car era.

http://www.texascorvette.net/1969-Chevr ... as/6285883

[1 CAT FAN]

The most-popular enthusiast Camaro was again the Super Sport, which added about $300 to a coupe or convertible and included a 300-bhp 350-cid V-8, stiff suspension, and F70x14 tires. Power front disc brakes were now part of the package, as were the nonfunctional hood ports previously exclusive to SS 396s. An extra $79 landed the new cowl-induction hood with its functional rear-facing inlet. The hidden-headlamp Rally Sport option cost $132. The interior was updated, too, and a new $95 gauge pack put a round tach in the instrument pod and auxiliary dials on the center console.

[CITYSLICKER]

WHILE ALL YOU RED NECKS HAD MOON SHINE CARS, I HAD

[1 CAT FAN]

WHILE ALL YOU RED NECKS HAD MOON SHINE CARS, I HAD

My first car at 16.



The fever carried over to this beauty

[CITYSLICKER]

RICH BOY

[1 CAT FAN]

Chevrolet’s Central Office Production Order (COPO) system was designed for fleet sales; it was intended to spec out heavy-duty suspensions for cop cars and stain-proof interiors for taxicabs. But enterprising dealers with the right connections, such as Yenko Chevrolet in Pennsylvania, figured out that Camaros could be ordered this way, too. And given the right order codes, the dealer could spec out a fire-breathing monster of a Camaro that Chevy didn’t really want you to own.

The production order 9561 specified a 427 big-block V-8 rated at 425 hp—just like a Vette. But the even rarer COPO 9560 called for an all-aluminum ZL-1 427 V-8. Though this engine was rated with just 5 more hp, it was widely known that this race-spec engine delivered more like 550 hp. Only 69 ZL-1 Camaros were built, and these cars command prices in the $400,000 range at an auction.

Little-Known Fact: The aluminum ZL-1 427 V-8 in the 9560 COPO Camaro is essentially a race engine. Chevy originally developed this 427 motor for the Chaparral racing team to use in the Can Am series. There are no external emblems on a ZL-1 Camaro that let you know what’s under the hood—only plain-vanilla Camaro badges.

The Incredible Hulk of Muscle Cars. Don’t make it Angry!

http://www.popularmechanics.com/cars/g7 ... scle-cars/