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Old 04-02-2007, 09:06 PM
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How many of you 60 plus have had a H/C swap or a supercharger install like I am thinking about doing. I have a 03 6 spd and want to keep the engine intact and it seems the SC is the way to go. Am I the only crazy 60yr old out here?
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Yes and no, I think Don 'BIG DADDY' Garlits raced well into his sixties.
Me I've had my big block's back in the day so I don' need to go real fast. Been there done that, but if thats what you want mod away and have a ball.

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Enjoy yourself, I'm 55 and still car crazy!!!!!
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My Grandfather was 79 when he exceeded 200mph, did a vertical Skydive....he went Skydiving because I've done it for years and years and he said he wanted to know "what it was like" before he died, we shared that jump and it taught me that a Life worth living, is a Life worth LIVING, not just existing thru...
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Originally Posted by C4>Maverick
My Grandfather was 79 when he exceeded 200mph, did a vertical Skydive....he went Skydiving because I've done it for years and years and he said he wanted to know "what it was like" before he died, we shared that jump and it taught me that a Life worth living, is a Life worth LIVING, not just existing thru...
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Probably yes. But that just means you cooler than most.

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Originally Posted by hotrod03
How many of you 60 plus have had a H/C swap or a supercharger install like I am thinking about doing. I have a 03 6 spd and want to keep the engine intact and it seems the SC is the way to go. Am I the only crazy 60yr old out here?
Maybe just the only one that will admit it!
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I'm 60 and can't get enough of my ZO6!
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I'm 60 and can't get enough of my ZO6!
Let me hear everybody say, "AMEN"
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Originally Posted by C4>Maverick
My Grandfather was 79 when he exceeded 200mph, did a vertical Skydive....he went Skydiving because I've done it for years and years and he said he wanted to know "what it was like" before he died, we shared that jump and it taught me that a Life worth living, is a Life worth LIVING, not just existing thru...
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Her name is Jennifer, my Brothers wife to be come this September...Fly the Skies with Southwest Airlines and you might meet her. She is a SWA Flight Attendant...but be careful,...my brother might be flying, and he wants to keep her!!

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Originally Posted by C4>Maverick
Her name is Jennifer, my Brothers wife to be come this September...Fly the Skies with Southwest Airlines and you might meet her. She is a SWA Flight Attendant...but be careful,...my brother might be flying, and he wants to keep her!!

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I'd want to keep her too!
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I'm 60 and have a stock '04 C5. I also have a '00 Z28 6 speed and am having a 408 iron short block built. I'm looking for 500rwhp and low 11's.
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I just turned 60 and also did heads/cam over the winter on my Z06. still love the sound of the cam, the Borlas and shifting @ 6800.

Go for it.

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I turned 60 in January, and bought an '04 'Vette a month ago. I also have an '02 Z/28 that is primarily a race car. I saw Dyno Don Nicholson racing a door slammer at the Super Chevy show 2 or 3 years ago,,,I think he was around 80. Once you have the need for speed you never get rid of it! I drag raced in the 1960's and went to my first drag race when I was 12, in 1959. Hell no! You'll have to pry my cold dead fingers off my hot rod...................
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I am a little past 60 and I have a Z06 (2004), a 1923 Ford street rod with a almost 500 Hp Chevy motor, a Dodge dually diesel heavily modified and am getting ready to start on a 1932 Ford highboy. You could say I will never be too old for too much horsepower.

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I am a little past 60 and I have a Z06 (2004), a 1923 Ford street rod with an almost 500 Hp Chevy motor, a Dodge dually diesel heavily modified and am getting ready to start on a 1932 Ford highboy. You could say I will never be too old for too much horsepower.
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Originally Posted by hotrod03
How many of you 60 plus have had a H/C swap or a supercharger install like I am thinking about doing. I have a 03 6 spd and want to keep the engine intact and it seems the SC is the way to go. Am I the only crazy 60yr old out here?
HP = A disease that knows no limits, is transparent to age, and is in no way proportional to the end users dollar income.
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