900WHP Monte Carlo
Joined: Feb 2008
Posts: 6,460
Overall I like it. Definitely seems to be a good working combo.
My few criticisms:
-The black bumpers look awful. Not that I'm a big chrome fan, but it just looks strange with some chrome trim and some black. Looks unfinished/ cheap to me.
-Im over fender exit exhaust. I get it makes it look more 'race car' and no doubt helps spool time. Its just WAY overdone nowadays and feels a bit lazy to me. Kinda feels like a demo derby car - let's not bother routing it correctly, let's just punch a hole in the closest sheet metal and run it out there.
-The 'patina' peeling paint looks terrible. Don't get me wrong, I totally get the sleeper thing. This clearly isn't a sleeper. You're not going to fool anybody with 15" drag radials and fender dump exhaust making v8 turbo noises. I also get people used to make good money pulling up to local drag races with a nasty beater looking car, but again 15" drag radials and v8 turbo exhaust dump isn't going to fool anyone that racing for money today. So in the end it looks/ feels lazy to me.
-4" front wheels on a street car. I get this thing probably doesn't see that much street time, but he did mention street driving it. I don't think he mentioned tire width, but traction is going to be miserable on a big car like that on whatever you can fit on a 4" - 145s, 155s? IMO that stuff should be left at the drag strip and at least run a normal ~200 mm front tire on it. Not like you'd be losing that much performance on the street with an extra 100mm of tire up front and it would be far safer for everyone on the road if you have to make an emergency maneuver.
My few criticisms:
-The black bumpers look awful. Not that I'm a big chrome fan, but it just looks strange with some chrome trim and some black. Looks unfinished/ cheap to me.
-Im over fender exit exhaust. I get it makes it look more 'race car' and no doubt helps spool time. Its just WAY overdone nowadays and feels a bit lazy to me. Kinda feels like a demo derby car - let's not bother routing it correctly, let's just punch a hole in the closest sheet metal and run it out there.
-The 'patina' peeling paint looks terrible. Don't get me wrong, I totally get the sleeper thing. This clearly isn't a sleeper. You're not going to fool anybody with 15" drag radials and fender dump exhaust making v8 turbo noises. I also get people used to make good money pulling up to local drag races with a nasty beater looking car, but again 15" drag radials and v8 turbo exhaust dump isn't going to fool anyone that racing for money today. So in the end it looks/ feels lazy to me.
-4" front wheels on a street car. I get this thing probably doesn't see that much street time, but he did mention street driving it. I don't think he mentioned tire width, but traction is going to be miserable on a big car like that on whatever you can fit on a 4" - 145s, 155s? IMO that stuff should be left at the drag strip and at least run a normal ~200 mm front tire on it. Not like you'd be losing that much performance on the street with an extra 100mm of tire up front and it would be far safer for everyone on the road if you have to make an emergency maneuver.
Last edited by bumpin96monte; Feb 4, 2021 at 08:43 PM.
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