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i have a 97 ES, and it runs alright, fastest time 0-60 was 7.48 at the track (15.63 @ 94 MPH). pretty quick car when it wants to be...
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i ran those numbers at a local dragstrip one morning. i did a straight drag with a pontiac grand am, and kicked its ass. the only thing ive done to the car was the exhaust. when i got those numbers, though, i took out the spare tire, emptied out the big ol' 4x12 geee'tar cab from the trunk, told the woman to take a hike, pumped the tires to 36 psi, and had about 1/2 a gallon of gas in the tank. took off the passenger side turn signal, removed filter box, ran a hose through the opening in the fender that leads to the airfilter box and connected it directly to the intake hose, (no filter, dont do this regularly or you will be in a world of hurt) ...ghetto ram air
i also came about .141 seconds from red-lighting it at the start. (i cannot do the straight drag lights,...they confuse me. the wait, then the no warning all yellow-to-green...makes my head spin)
---brake stand, about 2,500 rpm, just as soon as the last yellow goes out, release brake and punch it. ride first gear to 6,000, shift to 2nd, all the way to 74 MPH, shift into 3rd, all the way to the finish. ive only done 4 or 5 runs like that with this car, most of em were time slips with modified chevelles and what not. its pretty quick for a 3400 pound piece of v-6 lead.
i also came about .141 seconds from red-lighting it at the start. (i cannot do the straight drag lights,...they confuse me. the wait, then the no warning all yellow-to-green...makes my head spin)
---brake stand, about 2,500 rpm, just as soon as the last yellow goes out, release brake and punch it. ride first gear to 6,000, shift to 2nd, all the way to 74 MPH, shift into 3rd, all the way to the finish. ive only done 4 or 5 runs like that with this car, most of em were time slips with modified chevelles and what not. its pretty quick for a 3400 pound piece of v-6 lead.
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OH YEAH, VERY IMPORTANT>>>>>IF you are going to do that really ghetto ram air thing at all, DO NOT DO IT ON A ROAD CAR...IE normal driving. ALSO...when i did it, i forgot to mention that i put a baffle in the fender to discourage larger pieces of crap to go flying into the intake. just a light, thin sponge between the fender hose and the stock intake hose as a failsafe for pieces of sand or gravel to be clunking around inside the motor. AGAIN, dont go doing this all the time, and only when doing things at a track. i did notice a little bump in acceleration, though......
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everything from the 3rd cat back, replaced with a 2.5" molded exhaust pipe with one flowmaster 40 series at the end. i am thinking about this...riding my brain...do aftermarket headers, built for the 3.5l motor in the prowler, fit the motor of a 3.5l first gen...? because if they could, i definetly would (like, tomorrow) buy those said headers, retrofit, and do the true dual thing on the car. 
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