Day 2 parts discussion

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<div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Originally Posted By: pxtx</div><div class="ubbcode-body">

I may be in the minority on this, but I do expect my Day 2 parts to perform well 1st and look good 2nd. I do like the challenge of making some of this old technology work as well as the modern stuff. I also street drive 4.88's anywhere with dual quads which isn't the norm these days either.

Thanks for the perspective Dave. I guess I've got to open my mind to this (new to me) idea of what is considered a Day 2 car these days. I might have to come up wiht another name for what I was thinking a Day 2 car was.

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Paul, don't let me tell you how you should do your car. Everyone is different on this trend and that's fine.

I'm part of the school who take the old parts as is...that is how they were back in the day, design flaws and all. I was on JJournal one day and a guy with a 50's style rod was telling how his friend is building a hitech style rod and said he wanted it to ride just like a Lexus and of course everyone piped back ..&quot;Then he should just buy a Lexus&quot; in typical H.A.M.B.fashion with more.. let's say...salty language.

To me part of the thrill is experiencing how these cars drove back in the day, bias ply tires, braking, old style suspensions..all their little quirks. I guess I have the same thinking towards the speed equipment.

Funny, I would bet most of the old speed equipment performs as well as the new stuff when dealing with apples versus apples. Carb versus carb etc. Car Craft did an intake comparison several years back and the old 70's $50 swap meet Edelbrock/Torker combo made nearly as much power as the new fangled high $$$ latest intake of the same design. Not as much of course but on the street is anyone really going to notice a 6 hp increase? I'm surprised they printed the results.

Much of the new speed equipment is just rehashed old designs. The Edelbrock Air gap intake is basically the old mid 70's Scorpion air gap style. I would bet most people could not tell the difference on the street between the two.