Darth Fiero
3800 Series II Turbo
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Something I would love to see is an episode where R. Lee Ermey from mail call comes on and gets in the face of the turbo turds; I mean turbo twins. That would be funny.
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SignUp Now!Does anyone have any comments on the last Full Throttle Episode? I believe it had two 85 gn's which they fixed up and raced.
Originally posted by UNGN
Could they have found two more incompetent "tuners" (the firemen)?
Originally posted by Pablo
I think it would be more effective to offer constructive criticism than just plain criticism.
I havent seen the episode in question but Id have to say that judging from what Ive read we oughta be glad TRs got any airtime at all.
Originally posted by Pablo
I think it would be more effective to offer constructive criticism than just plain criticism.
I havent seen the episode in question but Id have to say that judging from what Ive read we oughta be glad TRs got any airtime at all.
Originally posted by Raven
What's the beef here guys? A TV Show took 2 Buick Hotairs and put on some mods with absolutely no tuning to speak of, they had nothing that told them what the fuel pressure was, they were relying on the factory boost gauges, and then, they had two guys driving them that did not have any drag racing experience and worse yet, did not have a clue on how to properly launch a Turbo Buick.
Ok, they proved a point - that even with horrible tuning and with drivers that did not know what they were doing, they still got a time slip from a 20 year old hot air V6 car that beats most of the entire import world we see on the street.
So they put on some mods and only got low 14's- big deal. It's entertainment, not a show that is supposed to validate how great our TR's are.
Who cares? And why is everyone so pissy about the results? Do you think it reflects on how our cars run or what true motorheads will think? Hey, if every clown that sidles up next to me at a stop light or at the Christmas tree thinks my GN only runs 14's, more power to him!
As far as the sound bytes go, what I heard (at least for the 'burnouts') sounded exactly like a V6. No problem there for me.
I guess I liked the show (yes, really!) but obviously, I'm in the minority here. But at least we got to see some TR's on television and they really did not look that bad.
And again - for having totally clueless drivers, they did ok with those cars. I bet if they had launched with some boost after warming the tires PROPERLY, they would have had mid 13's with the one car. The other car? Well, all it really needed was some TLC, a fuel pressure gauge, and a scanmaster. It would have been there too.
I liked the show.
Originally posted by Raven
It's entertainment, not a show that is supposed to validate how great our TR's are.
I liked the show.
I dont think anyone likes to be viewed the wrong way, and it obviously isnt just TR owners that thought that way......goddamit that show made grand nationals look ****ty.....
Originally posted by Ted A.
Well, we all know here that the TR's are more capable of what was displayed to the world on that show. Yes, I am happy to see our stuff make TV, but not in the mannor it was presented to the rest of the "unknowing" world. These cars are 20 years old and there is a whole new crowd of people who do not know what these cars are capable of and what they were capable of back then. There are a WHOLE lot more cars available today that would smoke those 2 cars on TV with your mom driving them, so I think more emphasis should have been put on the little motor that could, rather than the little motor that had a lot of $$ thrown at it. These guys did not teach the general public about the basics of tuning at all. The cars were not represented in the way we all know they should have been. After all the TV guys know everything don't they??