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Mad1
04-08-2003, 07:44 PM
I got the MM out on the highway last weekend on a trip to Louisville, Ky. (Drove right past the Corvette museum in Bowling Green laughing both ways.)

The weather was fine and I had the cruise set at 90 mph. :banana2:
(I love driving in Tenn. and Ky., at least compared to Ohio with its troopers ever five miles.)

I'm zipping along in the left lane with everyone politely giving me plenty of room, when a white Eclipse proceeds to hug my rear bumper. :bounce:
I assume the driver thought I had a radar detector or somesuch. (I don't, I just know where the troopers are most likely to patrol.)

After a few miles of this driver mooching off my draft. I decided to see how serious she was ... WOT. In seconds, I'm hitting the stock limiter at 117 mph and the Eclipse is just a dot in the rear view. I can't wait to unlock the full potential when I get the chip done.

This car just loves to run. I practically had to pry the smile off my face after that trip -- the first time I hit the limit in almost 5,500 miles.

I can whole-heartedly recommend the Propellerhead's Spybreak! (Track 12 on the DecksanDrumsandRockandRoll album) as 5-minutes of pulse-racing fun for any drive. :rock:

Mad1

Sidney
04-08-2003, 08:01 PM
Wait till the governor is gone. I hit 130mph, and she still was climbing. Just decided it wasn't safe, so I backed off. Every blue moon, I open her up to she what she has when conditions allow.

Slowpoke
04-08-2003, 08:03 PM
I spent the evening unpacking my new Graco Travel System. Do you think I could get a chip to make it go faster?

Perhaps I could replace those 8-inch wheels with some wider ones; get some decals for the footrest; and maybe even add some Infinity speakers.....

RCSignals
04-08-2003, 09:28 PM
Slowpoke, it needs a Police Interceptor badge

martyo
04-08-2003, 09:43 PM
See you in about 17 years 'Poke. It's almost like a life sentence!!

CRUZTAKER
04-09-2003, 06:13 AM
^^^^Let's hope so :)^^^^


MAD1: The MM is a "free-roamer" uncollared on the interstate.

BlackHole
04-09-2003, 03:20 PM
Originally posted by CRUZTAKER
^^^^Let's hope so :)^^^^


MAD1: The MM is a "free-roamer" uncollared on the interstate.




Up until I meet a Silver truck dang 442 CID vs my little 281
that eaton is wicked. But Kenny Brown should be the equilizer.:D

darebren
04-09-2003, 04:38 PM
just got my chip, plugs, and thermo today in the mail from Dennis. I am waiting to put it in until i find a shop to do the 4.10 gears....I can't find anyone yet here in OH.

martyo
04-09-2003, 05:20 PM
darebren: Look for a Mustang shop. These cares share the 8.8 rear. I found a great Mustang shop here in NY and he has hooked me up. Dennis sends me the parts and the shop does the install. The shop I fouind has now done a few of our cars. I was just there today getting my Torque Converter and exhaust tips installed.

jgc61sr2002
04-09-2003, 06:26 PM
Originally posted by martyo
darebren: Look for a Mustang shop. These cares share the 8.8 rear. I found a great Mustang shop here in NY and he has hooked me up. Dennis sends me the parts and the shop does the install. The shop I fouind has now done a few of our cars. I was just there today getting my Torque Converter and exhaust tips installed. Marty - How does our MM run with the stallion TC and is there a noted difference with the sound of the exhaust. John:D

Murader03
04-09-2003, 09:55 PM
John, There are a few on the board that can attest to the fact that the new tips make a nice sound difference. I got mine back in November and Wolfe just has his installed. I got mine for a fellow board member who had a few sets of the pre-production tips without the baffle and you can now buy them aftermarket without the baffle also. They "DO" make a difference.

CRUZTAKER
04-10-2003, 02:46 AM
Originally posted by darebren
I can't find anyone yet here in OH.

Darebren: I am out here in texas at the the moment, so I haven't enquired. Have you called Mark Rush? at:
G.M.
Ron Rush Lincoln Mercury
Columbus, OH
www.rushlincolnmercury.com

You are actually closer to this dealer than I am. But I would make the trip.