blackbetty

went to get a new oil filter for my change and spotted my dealer's shelby, harley, and foose's in front...so i go over...and the sales guys like hey whats up and we get to talking, hes trying to sell me on it...and i go so its basically a 35k fx2 right? hes like ya with the foose package....bumpers, exhaust and stripes and the accents...i was like yea its a cool truck but im all set for 10K more on bumpers and a paint scheme

socaliallstar82

hah, thats nothing, theres a s/c version out that goes for 55k. all the price, none of the performance. 1/4 mile in 14.7 seconds, and it puts out 500hp/500tq. or...you can buy a used lightning for 20-25k way faster. just doesnt make sense. Id hate to be a dealer and have to justify those prices.

Heavywrecker

I drove by one of the dealers in town today. I saw what looked a little like a square Toyota, I looked at my wife and said "what the heck is that". She answers "A mistake" the salesman called it a Flex. I think we are going back to the 70's, with the Pinto. Soon they will neuter the Mustang just like they did in the 70's all to save gas.

socaliallstar82

i was reading somewhere, i think motor trend a couple months ago about how ford and others are gonna try to phase out V8's and goto direct injected turbo V6's to replace them, and direct injected 4 cyl turbos to replace V6's. They say that they get the same hp out of these motors as there higher displacement extra cylinder counter parts and they get way better gas milealge. But doesnt Tq come from displacement?

I know that those subaru and Evos get crazy hp and tq out of turbo 4cyl, equivalent to a mustang GT, but nothing sounds as mean as a V8 with a nice exhaust system.

lucky13

torque is what most v8s are good at the subarus are kinda slow on take off i here

blackbetty

ford dropped the v6...they are going to a 4.6,5.4, 4.0 deisel...

and they did have a 4 cyl turbo, it was the svo...


and mitsu is about 20-30 years into r&d on the 4g63/64 and 4b11 that for ford to catch them they would invest more money then they do for any other idea or project...to much and not enough return..

grimmdta

no subarus are not slow to take off if u kno how to drive a awd. all u got to do is lonch it off at 4000. its not going to last forever but if ur trying to race any thing its not going to last forever

socaliallstar82

yeah my pops was sayin his 08 gt can smoke an sti from a roll, but has to play catch up everytime they go at it from a dig. AWD is awesome for laucnching.

grimmdta

yea i got a 95 eclipse gtx and it is really fun to launch at 4k even tho not smart but 0-60 is fun, the top end is not all that good only got it up to 125 on a 2 mile strate cuz it is just stock right now. but looking to get 300hp by end of year. what ur dad got done to the gt? cuz all the tests i have seen on the 2 the sti is faster all the way. stock to stock

NCSHP311

May I ask why you always post pictures 3 wide instead of one atop the other? It makes it so much easier to read when they are stacked.