# In 1995 what was the car to have?

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**Category:** NYSpeed Automotive\
**Created:** [February 26, 2010, 7:44am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/in-1995-what-was-the-car-to-have/79743 "2010-02-26T07:44:09Z")\
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**Author:** ![Nikuk](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/nikuk/32/7254_2.png) [@Nikuk](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Nikuk)\
**Post date:** [February 26, 2010, 10:52am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/in-1995-what-was-the-car-to-have/79743/21 "2010-02-26T10:52:13Z")

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In 90 - 95 LT1s were not as fast as 5.0 Foxes. When you look at parts available for both NOW the same is still very true. 1000s of Fox body recipes are readily available for street hero; 1/4 or 1/8 mile; HPDE; and full out road racing. eg.-

Roller chassis available ALLDAY on craigslist or Corral for \<$2k or even cheaper if you wanna do bodywork.

$1k on tires, control arms, and shocks  
$1k for cam, [GT40 heads & intake](http://www.car-part.com/cgi-bin/search.cgi), and exhaust  
Run high 12s with seat time.

$500 for a 100 shot get into the high 11s if you can drive  
-or-  
[Flipped shorties](http://www.summitracing.com/parts/SUM-G9074), [powermaster T70](http://www.thirdgen.org/techboard/engine-drivetrain-suspension-parts/370178-brand-new-super-t70.html), ebay intercooler & charge pipes, [injectors](http://www.summitracing.com/parts/SDA-555-3039/), [Quarterhorse](http://www.moates.net/product_info.php?cPath=31&products_id=199), misc oil fittings…  
~500whp / 500wtq for ~$1300, high 10s with suspension & driver, and you’re at the generally accepted limit of a stock (forged/roller) 302 block.

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**Author:** ![joelster](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/joelster/32/7258_2.png) [@joelster](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/joelster)\
**Post date:** [February 26, 2010, 11:01am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/in-1995-what-was-the-car-to-have/79743/22 "2010-02-26T11:01:42Z")

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> [@Nikuk](#):
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> In 90 - 95 LT1s were not as fast as 5.0 Foxes. When you look at parts available for both NOW the same is still very true. 1000s of Fox body recipes are readily available for street hero; 1/4 or 1/8 mile; HPDE; and full out road racing. eg.-
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> $1k on tires, control arms, and shocks  
> $1k for cam, [GT40 heads & intake](http://www.car-part.com/cgi-bin/search.cgi), and exhaust  
> Run high 12s with seat time.
> 
> $500 for a 100 shot get into the high 11s if you can drive  
> -or-  
> [Flipped shorties](http://www.summitracing.com/parts/SUM-G9074), [powermaster T70](http://www.thirdgen.org/techboard/engine-drivetrain-suspension-parts/370178-brand-new-super-t70.html), ebay intercooler & charge pipes, [injectors](http://www.summitracing.com/parts/SDA-555-3039/), [Quarterhorse](http://www.moates.net/product_info.php?cPath=31&products_id=199), misc oil fittings…  
> ~500whp / 500wtq for ~$1300, high 10s with suspension & driver, and you’re at the generally accepted limit of a stock (forged/roller) 302 block.

A bone-stock fox would run around a 9.3-9.5 if it was a 5-speed with a good driver. If it was an auto it would run a low 10, period. The Flanigans would run 9.1-9.2 all day long with their showroom LT1 cars auto or T56. All of the parts were different back then. We modded my friends 5.0 with a plastic Hartman intake, Compucar nitrous, 3.55’s and lakewood traction bars. On a 100 shot his best ET was 8.63, and that was flying back then.

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**Author:** ![psychopjv](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/psychopjv/32/7251_2.png) [@psychopjv](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/psychopjv)\
**Post date:** [February 26, 2010, 11:18am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/in-1995-what-was-the-car-to-have/79743/23 "2010-02-26T11:18:39Z")

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> [@joelster](#):
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> A bone-stock fox would run around a 9.3-9.5 if it was a 5-speed with a good driver. If it was an auto it would run a low 10, period. The Flanigans would run 9.1-9.2 all day long with their showroom LT1 cars auto or T56. All of the parts were different back then. We modded my friends 5.0 with a plastic Hartman intake, Compucar nitrous, 3.55’s and lakewood traction bars. On a 100 shot his best ET was 8.63, and that was flying back then.

god we’ve come leaps and bounds. i’d be pissed if i ran an 8.

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**Author:** ![deebo](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/deebo/32/5218_2.png) [@deebo](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/deebo)\
**Post date:** [February 26, 2010, 11:23am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/in-1995-what-was-the-car-to-have/79743/24 "2010-02-26T11:23:25Z")

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no one was really “doing” dsms til like 97-98, i think thats when the first 12 second pass was made in a dsm lol

hondas were nothing until they came out with the editable chipping for obd1 ecu’s which was in the 2000s i think. unless you ran a shitty standalone system

tuning is far more advanced now

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**Author:** ![theblue](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/theblue/32/5074_2.png) [@theblue](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/theblue)\
**Post date:** [February 26, 2010, 11:30am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/in-1995-what-was-the-car-to-have/79743/25 "2010-02-26T11:30:53Z")

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correction, poor people in places like upstate NY were not doing it.

that’s like saying nobody is modding BMW 335 to run 11s in 2009… sure they are, but not around here.

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**Author:** ![deebo](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/deebo/32/5218_2.png) [@deebo](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/deebo)\
**Post date:** [February 26, 2010, 11:37am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/in-1995-what-was-the-car-to-have/79743/26 "2010-02-26T11:37:02Z")

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You’re correcting me?

The first 11second dsm was in 97 i think, fastest civic at the time was 10.90  
first dsm in the 9s was in 98.

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**Author:** ![theblue](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/theblue/32/5074_2.png) [@theblue](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/theblue)\
**Post date:** [February 26, 2010, 11:42am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/in-1995-what-was-the-car-to-have/79743/27 "2010-02-26T11:42:12Z")

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I don’t know the times, but I know that in the philly area people were well into modding DSMs by the mid 90s. lots of street racing stuff happened in the town I went to highschool. i remember this maroon GST on full slicks with a big turbo that used to rape all the mustangs

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**Author:** ![deebo](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/deebo/32/5218_2.png) [@deebo](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/deebo)\
**Post date:** [February 26, 2010, 11:44am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/in-1995-what-was-the-car-to-have/79743/28 "2010-02-26T11:44:36Z")

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Well back then 14s and 15s were quick lol, a lot of the history is on buschur’s website  
i meant as far as people dumping heavy amounts of money into their setup to run 10s/11s

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**Author:** ![brent\_strong](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/brent_strong/32/7203_2.png) [@brent\_strong](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/brent_strong)\
**Post date:** [February 26, 2010, 11:49am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/in-1995-what-was-the-car-to-have/79743/29 "2010-02-26T11:49:48Z")

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> [@theblue](#):
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> I don’t know the times, but I know that in the philly area people **where** …

:smash2::smash2:

Sorry, but this drives me nuts! You’ve done it twice this thread…argh!

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**Author:** ![Boomin99GT](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/boomin99gt/32/7306_2.png) [@Boomin99GT](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Boomin99GT)\
**Post date:** [February 26, 2010, 11:52am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/in-1995-what-was-the-car-to-have/79743/30 "2010-02-26T11:52:14Z")

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In '95 I wasn’t old enough to drive yet but I remember my neighbors and cousins having 5.0’s and LT1 Camaros. I remember my cousin explaining to me about his nitrous kit and be like “wha?”.

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**Author:** ![Blue\_Eyed\_Devil](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/blue_eyed_devil/32/7292_2.png) [@Blue\_Eyed\_Devil](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Blue_Eyed_Devil)\
**Post date:** [February 26, 2010, 11:53am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/in-1995-what-was-the-car-to-have/79743/31 "2010-02-26T11:53:23Z")

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> [@somedude"](#):
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> 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

Street car on the street assuming legal tires and no ghey roll racing?  
\<Puts flame suit on\>  
S6 hands down, to answer your specific question. 😃

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**Author:** ![66impalass](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/66impalass/32/7429_2.png) [@66impalass](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/66impalass)\
**Post date:** [February 26, 2010, 11:56am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/in-1995-what-was-the-car-to-have/79743/32 "2010-02-26T11:56:47Z")

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![http://www.m3addict.com/whats-good/wp-content/gallery/e36-bmw-m3-pictures/e36-m3-best-handling-car.jpg](http://www.m3addict.com/whats-good/wp-content/gallery/e36-bmw-m3-pictures/e36-m3-best-handling-car.jpg)

EDIT: Fuck that poster was from 97

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**Author:** ![Blue\_Eyed\_Devil](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/blue_eyed_devil/32/7292_2.png) [@Blue\_Eyed\_Devil](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Blue_Eyed_Devil)\
**Post date:** [February 26, 2010, 11:59am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/in-1995-what-was-the-car-to-have/79743/33 "2010-02-26T11:59:05Z")

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^What kind of street racing needs the best handling car? lol

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**Author:** ![Nikuk](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/nikuk/32/7254_2.png) [@Nikuk](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Nikuk)\
**Post date:** [February 26, 2010, 11:59am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/in-1995-what-was-the-car-to-have/79743/34 "2010-02-26T11:59:08Z")

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> [@66impalass](#):
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> wellhandlingcar.jpg

Yep, cause we all know that these were street heroes. :eyebrow:

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**Author:** ![Xander](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/xander/32/7597_2.png) [@Xander](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Xander)\
**Post date:** [February 26, 2010, 12:04pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/in-1995-what-was-the-car-to-have/79743/35 "2010-02-26T12:04:25Z")

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> [@theblue](#):
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> co  
> that’s like saying nobody is modding BMW 335 to run 11s in 2009… sure they are, but not around here.

I guess by around here you mean rochester.

X…

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**Author:** ![theblue](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/theblue/32/5074_2.png) [@theblue](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/theblue)\
**Post date:** [February 26, 2010, 12:06pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/in-1995-what-was-the-car-to-have/79743/36 "2010-02-26T12:06:49Z")

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how many 335s with upgraded turbos do you know in WNY? I don’t know of any, but thinking about it there are probably a few chipped + exhaust ones getting 11s.

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**Author:** ![Jam](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/jam/32/7235_2.png) [@Jam](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Jam)\
**Post date:** [February 26, 2010, 12:09pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/in-1995-what-was-the-car-to-have/79743/37 "2010-02-26T12:09:13Z")

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> [@LZ](#):
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> As much as it pains me to say this…
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> Probably a LT1 F-body

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**Author:** ![JayS](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/jays/32/15375_2.png) [@JayS](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/JayS)\
**Post date:** [February 26, 2010, 12:14pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/in-1995-what-was-the-car-to-have/79743/38 "2010-02-26T12:14:08Z")

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Hmmm… in 95 I’d say an early 90’s Mustang GT, or even LX 5.0. Basically the style before the redesign in 94 because street heroes rarely have the funds to heavily mod a brand new car.

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**Author:** ![joelster](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/joelster/32/7258_2.png) [@joelster](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/joelster)\
**Post date:** [February 26, 2010, 12:15pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/in-1995-what-was-the-car-to-have/79743/39 "2010-02-26T12:15:57Z")

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> [@Blue Eyed Devil](#):
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> Street car on the street assuming legal tires and no ghey roll racing?  
> \<Puts flame suit on\>  
> S6 hands down, to answer your specific question. 😃

ZR1 \> S6

1995 S6: Power: 169 kW , 227 HP @ 5,900 rpm; 258 ft lb @ 1,950 rpm  
At the time I had a '91 Z28 that had 245hp and 345 ft/lbs, plus a bunch of goodies. It ran high 8’s.

Audi S6 “the S6 boasted 0-60 in six seconds” "MSRP: $45,270 - $47,940 "

yeah what a smokin deal that was, lol.

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**Author:** ![Shifty](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/shifty/32/4959_2.png) [@Shifty](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Shifty)\
**Post date:** [February 26, 2010, 12:32pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/in-1995-what-was-the-car-to-have/79743/40 "2010-02-26T12:32:46Z")

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This thread makes me wish I had a Mustang

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