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shape@my-dejanews.com wrote:
> 
> In article <36C70B19.422@spamthis.com>,
>   bryan <bryan@spamthis.com> wrote:
> > shape@my-dejanews.com wrote:
> > > They most certainly can!  My friend's 12 second Talon is his daily driver.
> > > It has a full interior.  There are a bunch of people with 11 second
> > > daily drivers as well.  Probably a couple of people that use their 10 second
> > > cars as daily drivers.
> >
> >       Is 12 seconds really that great?  My little car does it in about 15
> > seconds with no modifications.  Sorry it just doesn't impress me.  I'm
> > used to seeing John Force and the other guys do it in 2 - 3 seconds.
> 
> It takes over 400hp to do the quarter mile in 12-seconds.  That is
> double what a stock DSM comes with.

400hp?  I thought weight, transmission, etc played a major part...but
400hp?
 
> What is your car?  My car would do the 1/4mi in 15 seconds when it was
> stock.

98' sunfire gt.  nothing fancy.  its just my to/from work car.
 
> Believe me, it isn't very easy to knock 3 seconds off your 1/4mi time.
> And to do it in a full-weight car is even less common.
> 
> And yea, John Force may be fast.  But he is paid to be fast and uses
> a car who's engine is designed to be torn down after every race.  Go
> figure that he is 9 seconds faster than most of us.
> 
> Josh Wingell
> '97 Eclipse GSX
> 

  i guess...but my friends blown 40' ford could do it pretty fast too I
bet...and it didn't cost him too much.

-bryan