In my mind right now if I wanted to go fast I would buy a vette, evo or STI, but in 1995 the cars were very different. Were DSM’s still the go fast car to have? Did anyone know that the legacy GT had a hidden rocket under the hood. School me because I don’t know early 90’s and late 80’s cars that well.
If you were building a street car to win races what were your options at that time. Nothing newer than 95 and assume that you can’t use any tech that came after 95
As much as it pains me to say this…
Probably a LT1 F-body
FD RX7
Supra
not on a budget though…
Just put your sho motor in a fox body, spend a grand on suspension and tires and run 11s.
f-bod … or if the budget permitted an S351 Saleen
5 liter Mustang, hands down…that’s pretty much why I got into them. A few bolt ons and 12’s were the norm. Back then the 4 cyl. turbo scene was nearly non-existant, modding Vette’s was expensive, and the Mustang aftermarket was blowing up.
Wasn’t that the height of the JDM supercars? TT Supra, 3kGT VR4, 300ZX TT?
The cyclone/typhoon nonsense was a couple of years earlier wasn’t it? LOL @ AWD mini truck that could eat a same year vette…
I seem to remember the Talons/Eclipses starting to gain momentum, not so much from the bigger, heavier JDM cars. At that time I was actually working with Brent Rau, the guy who later went on to set a bunch of records with his OSOFAST Eclipse. Back in '95 or so I remember him being somewhere deep into the 12’s…but his car was a bit of an exception and had already had a ton of money into it, and breaking all the time.
Cyclones/Typhoons were definitely making some noise…but mainly as 1/8th mile monsters since their top end wasn’t all that amazing.
Building a street drag car, circa '95? If you are looking post-'73 you were nuts. You could get a Nova or Duster for $2K and cram in a BBC, or 440 out of an RV for an additional $500. Secondhand 9" or a 12-bolt for $300, heads, and some cheaters slicks and away you went.
In '95 330 factory horses was a shit ton and the cars still weighed north of 3200 lbs. Mustang GTs in that year were, what? 225 horse? Cobra Rs were shy of 300 horse with a 351 in them. LT1 Camaros @ 275, even 993 3.6L 911 Turbos were around 275, too. Plus they were new and new equals expensive to hop up, or sometimes untested mods.
My question: Why are you asking this?
:edit: You could probably get into an early Grand National or Regal T-type for cheap by then.
BMW E36 M3. At that time the reviews said it was the best handling car on the road.
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They DOMINATED the street scene back in '95. Lancaster made special classes on amatuer night because so many of them showed up. They had the old “5-speed” class, which would have at least 20-25 5.0’s every tuesday night.
i would say a 95 S6
faster than any of the cars mentioned
it was, but no one knew wtf an audi was to speak of way back when.
'95 Neon NYG ACR with yellow Koni gas struts.
what a terrible post.
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1995 Honda Civic Hatch, or 1995 Subaru Legacy LSi Wagon lol baller!
Actually, the '95s all had Arvin struts. Non-adjustable, but still very good.
Back in 1995 noone that owned one of them S6’s ever headed to the track or raced around in one. LT1 cars were here and there, but they were out of reach of the younger generation because they were practically brand new. The only time you saw an LT1 car at Lancaster was when the Flanigan brothers would take one off of their lot with 25 miles on it, and pound the snot out of it, all with the sticker in the window still. There was no such thing as tuning like we have now. You had hand held power programmers and that was about it. You had Hypertech chips too.
It was 5.0 heaven. Every dealer had 2 or 3 used ones sitting on their lots for $7000-$9000. You’d do the 10-minute tune-up, get an H-pipe ditching the cats and a set of 3.55 gears, and go and beat up on everything. M+H racemaster tires were the tires to get. Eventually people started putting Vortech’s on them and running real fast. A few guys had nitrous systems, but they were not nearly as advanced as what you see today. You had an arming switch and a full throttle switch, and thats it.
Nobody raced a Civic or a Neon either. Fast and the Furious came out way later. A few Talons but they were stuck in mid to high 9’s (1/8th).
I got my drivers license in 95, I remember really likeing (as new):
mustangs, RX7s, BMW M3, eclipse/talon GSX, 300ZX, supra, stealth TT, vipers, 993