Cars from the 80's that are cooler than a MeerkuR

[GreebeanZ28]

Quad 4 Cutlass
Probe Gt, the ones with the turbo motor
Taurus SHO
Spirit R/T
Lumina Z34 '91ish model, close enough.
Omni GLHS
Daytona
Eclipse/Laser/Talon <-sold as '90 model, but close enough fro my list damnit.
Beretta GTZ/GTU
Thunderbird Turbo Coupe
VW GTI
Ford Aerostar Van. You can get them with a 4.0/5 speed combo.
Mclaren Pontiac Grand Prix

Feel free to add you own lesser known but still more cool than a MeErKuR cars to the list. LOL.

[dkbmxer002]

Go to Kelly blue book, choose any year in the 80's then go to any vehicle. That's the list.... Lol







:D

[RoadconeTuning]

Winner
http://www.westcoastfieros.com/forum/uploads/Patrick/2011-06-23_001554_formula.jpg

[GreebeanZ28]

Since its my list I'm going to give it a cut off time of Vanilla Ice. Early 90's is still period correct. Therefor I add the '92ish Nissan Maxima. Pretty much as quick as a SHO.

Also '91 sentra se-r.

[ForceFed4g63]

My personal favorite from the 80's:

http://www.hotmanuals.com/images/p/nissan_240z_1970-1973_l.jpg

[dkbmxer002]

91 318is lol

[GreebeanZ28]

CRX si
Olds Acheiva SCX

[BIRDMAN]

Any fat girl born in the '80s would still be a better ride.

[ShawnBoyMoody]

Starion/Conquest

Daytona Z

Grand National

SVO Mustang

[ShawnBoyMoody]

My personal favorite from the 80's:

http://www.hotmanuals.com/images/p/nissan_240z_1970-1973_l.jpg

Nigga dats like a 1970 model lol.

[slowgreen99]

Conquest ftw.

[usmcgunner]

You guys sure waste alot of time on Merkur this, Merkur that, I really think you are all closet Merkur lovers, HAHAHA! If you werent, you would ignore everything Merkur. It looks like I have a following, LOL This is great!

[ShawnBoyMoody]

The Dodge Colt turbo's were pretty badass too.

[MonteC]

Winner
http://www.westcoastfieros.com/forum/uploads/Patrick/2011-06-23_001554_formula.jpg

No fast back no care. GTFO!

[MonteC]

I wish I still had my 87 GT Fiero.

[ShawnBoyMoody]

You guys sure waste alot of time on Merkur this, Merkur that, I really think you are all closet Merkur lovers, HAHAHA! If you werent, you would ignore everything Merkur. It looks like I have a following, LOL This is great!

I aint even gonna lie I like the front end on that thur Merkur. Lol

[ShawnBoyMoody]

I wish I still had my 87 GT Fiero.

I had one too. Caught fire lol.

[dkbmxer002]

I like merkurs but it isn't super crazy or ultra rare.

[BIRDMAN]

AmerkerA!- Home of the IDGAF

[ForceFed4g63]

Nigga dats like a 1970 model lol.

Awwww sheeet, was hoping no one would notice it's actually a 240 lol. Regardless, the 280's looked very similar. I think we can agree that it looks better than the Meerkat though.

[dkbmxer002]

Merkur, the European 80's ford pinto.

[blkscls1z]

I had to settle for a base model vette cause no Merkurs were for sale.

[Matts94Z28]

I'm going with Fiero...

http://i28.photobucket.com/albums/c219/Matthew103/Fiero/Picture004-1.jpg

[usmcgunner]

Starion/Conquest

Daytona Z

Grand National

SVO Mustang

I Like the Conquest/Starion, the interesting thing is, the engines were forklift engines, believe it or not. Its cool how they converted it to a turbo gas engine though.

I used to have a 79 Buick Regal turbo, with a GN engine in it. (engine swap) Kept frying ECUs. I drove it a few times, and rebuilt the engine in high school, in auto tech class. Nothing ever came about on that.

And the SVO has the exact same engine as the Merkur, just a different, more aggressive PE ECU, which I would like to have. I am running an upgraded LA3 in mine now, out of a Turbo Coupe.

[PapaBear]

Was in Orlando last January at a dyno in a muffler shop while blacksnow's 8th gen civic was bein tuned. The owner of the shop had a starion with a viper motor in it. It was being finished up while we were there. Wonder if he ever got it going. Crazy sight swing all that motor in that little car.

[ForceFed4g63]

Was in Orlando last January at a dyno in a muffler shop while blacksnow's 8th gen civic was bein tuned. The owner of the shop had a starion with a viper motor in it. It was being finished up while we were there. Wonder if he ever got it going. Crazy sight swing all that motor in that little car.

Whatever happened to that dingleberry? Challenged everybody and then rolled out.

[dkbmxer002]

Was in Orlando last January at a dyno in a muffler shop while blacksnow's 8th gen civic was bein tuned. The owner of the shop had a starion with a viper motor in it. It was being finished up while we were there. Wonder if he ever got it going. Crazy sight swing all that motor in that little car.

What shop?

[dkbmxer002]

http://i44.photobucket.com/albums/f45/dkbmxer002/IMG_0891edited.jpg

[snakeplissken]

I had a few RX-7s. Still wouldn't mind having an IMSA wide body 1st gen with a turbo'd 13B for a track car.

[Shane361]

The 97 Probe GT wasn't a slouch and consumed large amounts of gas! My RX7 was a fun little car as well.

[usmcgunner]

The 97 Probe GT wasn't a slouch and consumed large amounts of gas! My RX7 was a fun little car as well.

The great thing about 80's turbo cars is that with most of them, you could put a boost controller on them, and bump the boost another 10 lbs, and still be good on stock ECU. The First upgrade for CHEAP HP. One of my old friend had an older Probe GT Turbo that blew the doors off of a Mustang GT with just boosting a little more.

[BIRDMAN]

The great thing about 80's turbo cars is that with most of them, you could put a boost controller on them, and bump the boost another 10 lbs, and still be good on stock ECU. The First upgrade for CHEAP HP. One of my old friend had an older Probe GT Turbo that blew the doors off of a Mustang GT with just boosting a little more.

I bet that mustang gt owner went and traded it in for a Probe GT after that.

[Matts94Z28]

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[Matts94Z28]

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[white99ta]

Grand National
T-type
Starion/ Conquest

[Matts94Z28]

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[PapaBear]

What shop?

Roadrunner muffler in Kissimmee.

[PapaBear]

Whatever happened to that dingleberry? Challenged everybody and then rolled out.

Got car done and published in Honda tuning and then parted it all out.

[bwelch]

foxbody
any g body exc. regular grand prix...2+2 are cool
toyota supra

[MonteC]

Got car done and published in Honda tuning and then parted it all out.

What the gay? Why?

[PapaBear]

What the gay? Why?

Couldn't tell ya man. Lost his ass on it too. He said he fulfilled his goal of building one of the fastest NA 8th gens and made feature in HT magazine so he wanted another project. But he never raced it..... Then he got sick and got laid off from work.....

[Matts94Z28]

This one is for Shawnboy

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[Matts94Z28]

Couldn't tell ya man. Lost his ass on it too. He said he fulfilled his goal of building one of the fastest NA 8th gens and made feature in HT magazine so he wanted another project. But he never raced it..... Then he got sick and got laid off from work.....

That sucks.

[DolSVT00]

Had one of these, turbo, RWD

http://www.examiner.com/images/blog/wysiwyg/image/1980sisuzuimpulse_top.jpg

Had one of these TT AWD
http://www.cars-on-line.com/photo/50600/91dodge50695-1.jpg

[PapaBear]

That sucks.

Indeed. I wanted to run that car. It was pretty fast for a fwd car.

[white99ta]

The Merkur should've have been in at least one of the Fast and Furious movies.

[MonteC]

Couldn't tell ya man. Lost his ass on it too. He said he fulfilled his goal of building one of the fastest NA 8th gens and made feature in HT magazine so he wanted another project. But he never raced it..... Then he got sick and got laid off from work.....

If he never raced it how is it the fastest NA 8th gen civic? I would figure having it featured in a magazine would be great advertisement to get it sold.

[PapaBear]

If he never raced it how is it the fastest NA 8th gen civic? I would figure having it featured in a magazine would be great advertisement to get it sold.

My point exactly. But per the numbers, and the others the shop built (they had the fastest FI and NA), it would have been right up there.



On another note, here's my all original 1st gen with only 80k miles on it....

http://i612.photobucket.com/albums/tt205/buddy_dane/DSC00988Medium.jpg

[usmcgunner]

The Ford RS 200 was in Fast and Furious. The Sierra RS 500 and the Ford RS200 share the same engine:
http://startinggrid.org/2011/03/28/lunchtime-chat-ford-rs200-a-forgotten-great/
https://www.google.com/search?hl=en&gs_rn=7&gs_ri=psy-ab&tok=fO_MKlGJRnrKpxWkvUFICw&pq=ford+rs200&cp=15&gs_id=1e&xhr=t&q=ford+sierra+rs500&biw=1536&bih=719&bav=on.2,or.r_cp.r_qf.&wrapid=tljp1363886794755027&um=1&ie=UTF-8&tbm=isch&source=og&sa=N&tab=wi&ei=2UJLUd6kHa3I4APOioGACw

[DIGGLER]

torrota MR2
civic hatchback lol

[DIGGLER]

http://www.firebirdfever.com/images/pontiac_firebird_trans_am_20th_white_1989.jpg

[Matts94Z28]

http://www.firebirdfever.com/images/pontiac_firebird_trans_am_20th_white_1989.jpg

We saw a white convertible outside of gainesville (Stark?) that had your name all over it.

[Matts94Z28]

http://www.wokke.de/GALLERY-Dateien/E24_11/01.JPG

[ForceFed4g63]

Dirty!! ^^

[snakeplissken]

Greenbean, how could you forget this one ?

[usmcgunner]

This was my 1990 SHO with the police package grill:
http://i136.photobucket.com/albums/q184/usmcgunner27/MySHO_zps909c6ece.jpg

[Matts94Z28]

Greenbean, how could you forget this one ?

Done bumped his head.

[Matts94Z28]

Love the LT1 tags! lmfao

[snakeplissken]

Done bumped his head.

Good thing his head is in close proximity to the ground.

So he's got that going for him. :hide:

[AverageJoe]

http://i47.photobucket.com/albums/f172/codeblue1/A-second-generation-RX-7-Turbo-II-pic_zps7d63ac30.jpg

Really miss this car, hope to have another one day

[GreebeanZ28]

Greenbean, how could you forget this one ?

I was looking for the more obscure cars that are cooler than a Mirkerr rather than the blatantly obvious lol.

[GreebeanZ28]

This was my 1990 SHO with the police package grill:
http://i136.photobucket.com/albums/q184/usmcgunner27/MySHO_zps909c6ece.jpg

Fuckin' RoboCop

[Matts94Z28]

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