Lets see your Yank tanks!

[christian burley]

Trans am with original PACE CB166 and PACE SCANNER,you got's to know where them smokies are c'mon

[christian burley]

[HD Adam]

Got some new Chromies for the Lightning today.

[AdeTuono]

HD Adam said:

Got some new Chromies for the Lightning today.

Where are you living now Adam? I'm back in Norfolk. We should meet up; it's been 30-plus years...

[HD Adam]

I split my time between Houston (office) and Hemsby (Home).

More time in the USA than the UK these days and I'm not back till mid October.

Unless the price of oil drops much lower

[shovelheadrob]

HD Adam said:

Got some new Chromies for the Lightning today.

They look good mate, hope your having a great time working out there, how's Sal?

[HD Adam]

It's just work Rob.

I'd rather be home tbh

[shovelheadrob]

I know what you mean, although I must admit I can think of a lot worse places to be working

[matt_knowles]

My current family motor.

[KevF]

Not sure if I have posted this but here is mine. 55 Chevy with a ProCharged LT1 engine.



The stock ECU gave up the ghost after having it reflashed too many times so had an Emerald ECU fitted. Still sorting out some fuelling problems.

[irocfan]

who cares if you've posted that before - it's so nice it needs reposting

[gt500nick]

Hey matt
That charger is beautiful and I bet it goes like a rocket. What's the paddle shifting like? A little sluggish or fast and responsive

[Matt Harper]

gt500nick said:

Hey matt
That charger is beautiful and I bet it goes like a rocket. What's the paddle shifting like? A little sluggish or fast and responsive

I held off responding to this, as it was directed toward someone else, but thought I'd chuck in my experience, as Matt is presumably otherwise engaged right now.

The 5G-Tronic/NAG transmission is the same as the one I had in my 300C SRT8 - though minus the paddle-shift. It is a very stout and reasonably fast reacting transmission that is improved quite dramatically by a Diablo Predator flash-tune, which allows some nifty adaptation to the trans control module. The result is altered (red-line) shift points, faster and more positive up-shift speed and alteration of clutch locking points.

I have a 2015 Challenger 392 with the new ZF/Torqueflite 8 speed transmission with paddle-shift and 'track pak' control from the dash. Compared to the 5G-Tronic it is lightning fast (a couple of hundredth's of a second on up-shifts) and the gearing is such that this 2 ton car accelerates quite spectacularly. Stock, it's less than 4.5 0-60 and around 9 secs to 100. With a Diablo Trinity flash and sticky DR tires 0-60 can be achieved un sub 4 secs, which is kind of outrageous.
This transmission rev-matches down-shifts in sport and track pak modes and in those settings gives very positive, thumping gear changes, however when is default (street) mode it is docile, silky smooth and refined, so a real Jekyll and Hyde.
The auto versions of the 392ci application also allow for MDS (not available on 6 sp manual) so trickling around town on light throttle has you running on 4 cylinders, which means the overall fuel consumption improvement satisfies the manufacturers CAFE mandate (new models have to achieve better mpg than the models they replace).

[harleyriv]

This is my 66 Buick Riviera - I've had it for 20 years during which time its been completely rebuilt mechanically.
Great fun to drive, especially with the switch pitch torque converter....very quick off the line

[harleyriv]

Another view

[harleyriv]

And again

[harleyriv]

Engine Bay

[harleyriv]

Interior

[LittleEnus]

harleyriv- that is the nicest car on this tread! LOVE it.

[Roo]

That Riv is lovely.