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[mr_cassandra]

The only one which might qualify as a collector car was a Triumph TR8, with the buick aluminum V8 they bought from GM. Then going in a more chronological order recent to past I have had a

Celica GTS, which had 180hp, 6 spd and variable valve timing. The power band didn't kick in until 6,000 rpm very wild to try to stay with it more than 3 shifts. Like the 1990 Mustang, this was a car so fast that when you entered a highway, if you chose, the cars that thought they were about to pass you never had a chance. (from an entrance speed of 30-40)

Mustang HO 1990 with factory roller cam, stainless headers, anti-rollup bars on the rear axle. Very smooth, well intergrated fast car, brakes as strong as needed for such performance.

1983 Mustang with 302, I added edelbrock's mildest cam and intake manifold, along with koni shocks, headers, lowered suspension and dual freeflow exhaust.

2000 Mercury Capri 2000 with headers, freeflow exhaust, Konis, and anti-sway bars.

My friends and I lived in Cambridge Mass and were all car nuts, including road racing. Our plates all read CSRONE, CSR2, CSR3 etc
(as in Cambridge Street Racing)

Mine was CSRONE so you can probably guess who the head car nut was. On saturday nights I used to go run a figure 8 course at midnight between Storrow and memorial drive. Had a nice run one night with a BMW and a Honda 750-4 motorcycle. After a fun ride down Storrow and thru the tunnel at the hatch Shell, we all came to a stop down by the Science museum, the Honda guy took off his helmet and gave it a Yehaa, thumbs up were exchanged and we each went our separate ways. When we came thru the curved hatch shell tunnel at 70 ish, the Honda was throwing sparks off his pegs because he was heeled over so far.