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I live in the Dallas area and we have no shortage of long, straight, flat,smooth roads around here so how much handling do I really need I guess. I rip stop light to stop light then down the tollway to work. Your 60ft times in your sig are nuts!!! That is some serious mass to get going that fast that quick. I am really impressed.

I think the AWD is the way to go for me. I am not really looking at an SS at all but a 2000 - later 4x4 rcsb instead to lower and put in the transfer case out of you guy's truck. I am a mechanic and prefer a truck with high miles so I can dump the engine, trans, brakes and suspension etc for the parts I want. Labor tools and shop equipment are the easy part. I am looking at 20,000 to 25,000 to spend tops. From everything I have looked up you can buy a truck with some higher mileage, maybe 100,000 miles, and build it pretty nasty for that amount of money. If anyone knows of a place that sells progressive torsion bars, if there even was such a thing, I would be interested in reading about it.

Wow guys lots of good real world info to chew on. You see I currently drive a front wheel drive rice box that is on rails around corners and I drive like a real ass on the street and it is a ball. I work on BMW's for a living so I am very used to RWD also. Both front wheel and rear wheel drives have there own fun things about them. I was in the market for a C5 Vette to mod the crap out of but I just bought a house and am having a baby soon. I still have money to mod just have to have something that is a least slightly more practical. I am giving up my slot car handling rice box for a truck so it might as well be one fast ass super special truck. Thanks for your comments and I welcome more!

Hey guys. I am sure some of you have owned a 2wd slammed truck before and I would like your opinion. I know the front suspension is different from a awd/4x4 vs a rear wheel drive. Specifically the torsion bars as opposed to coils springs and also the steering gear box opposed to a steering rack. I don't know where I heard this or why I think this but I have always thought of a vehicle with torsion bars as not handling as well as a vehicle with coils springs. Please don't take that as a knock on the SS because I have heard great things about the way these trucks drive. That is why I am here! -Is this all BS and I am wrong or does a 2wd truck have an advantage with coils springs and steering rack. -Or does the awd make up for any compromises in the front susupension that had to be made to accomodate the front drive train. Thanks! Newb from DFW.

It looks like a Lemans Prototype that they put a passener seat in and said hey public here you go. I like it. The only thing I have to say about cars like this or the Enzo, Porsche Carrera GT and others is why not race them??? Big deal it is fast and looks cool. Prove it! I understand the budget it would cost a team to run this kind of car vs. a "cheap" car like a 430 or 911 is huge though. Not to mention you don't want to wreak a car that is one of however many hundred or few thousand.

SSS and an 850i??? Wow man that is what I call eclectic taste in cars. I am a BMW mechanic and recently drove a '94 850CSI (the one with the manual and about 375 hp i think) Car had 24,xxx original miles and has only been driven 500 or so since I worked on it over 2 years ago. Nicest 850 I have ever driven! You have to have a soft place in your heart for an 8 and a REALLY fat wallet in your pocket to keep one of those on the road.

Wow I actually read this before this date had passed. I never do that on forums. I will go for sure to check you guys out.

I am a FNG too.