Black Angel of Death..., What do you think of Grand Nationals? Options

[natedogg]

Good reply, Kicks! I couldn't agree more.

[wortdog]

I'm sure the car is streetable, but he said 'street legal' in the original post, my Talon isn't even technically street legal due to having a valve cover breather, and its a pretty darn stock car.

My definition of streetable is that I can jump into any of my cars and drive it across the country if need be, no matter if its winter or summer. If it didn't run race gas, I'd call that Monte streetable.

Having to run race gas 100% of the time is a pretty big drawback to me if you want to do anything else with the car except drag race it at a strip.

Hell, for a few grand more he could have gotten the roller rockers, gone fully fuel injected, and grabbed a 6 spd transmission. Then I'd dig it. But to me, that Monte is just a race car built for a single purpose.

[turbohcar]

I think this discussion has beneficial for everyone. Thank you kicks for your post, good stuff! And wort, I have to agree as well and I guess your point about being able to drive cross country kinda changed it for me. Never knew about the vc breather though, I guess my car's illegal too then. The new Hornet 1G DSM N/A race car I'm helping build is street legal I'm told. The owner's father is a state policeman and we shared some thoughts about the car one night. Here's what he told me

The car doesn't have to have windows or a windshield, just wipers.(wtf???)
The car doesn't have to have headlights as long as youre driving during the day.
It only has to have one brake light and you can signal with your hands.
As long as the exhaust is relatively quiet and you have a horn, it's fair game.

Those are just a few of the things that he said would be legal just by looking at the exterior of the car. When asked what he would if he saw that fully gutted racecar on the highway he replied, "I'd probably do a P.I.T. maneuver (hit it in the rear quarterpanel and spin it out) on his a$$ and just keep on driving."