# What ever happened to real racing?

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**Category:** Shift518 Automotive\
**Created:** [June 23, 2009, 2:09pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/what-ever-happened-to-real-racing/244977 "2009-06-23T14:09:02Z")\
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**Post date:** [June 24, 2009, 1:49am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/what-ever-happened-to-real-racing/244977/20 "2009-06-24T01:49:55Z")

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> [@325ix flexible coupling](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/325ix-flexible-coupling/19796/3):
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> How about local street stock racing? Taking an old Monte Carlo and making a race car out of it. Or they have 4 cylinder street stock racing too.
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> Nascar hasnt had a car that looked like a production car since 1988 when GM quit making G bodies.
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> Carbs and 4 speeds? Get with the times.

Yeah, that carb’ed 350 only runs at 7-10K rpm’s for 500 miles at a time, making 850 naturally aspirated horsepower. No technology in there at all!

And who cares how many speeds the tranny has? Would it be any more technically advanced if it had a 5/6 speed in it?

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