|
At my school, we have nine (count them) car guys. Period. The cars in question are: A '91 Geo Storm, two turbo 1st gen Eclipses, a SN-95 Mustang GT with SVT Suspension, three fox body Mustangs, a 1969 Chevelle SS396, and my 1970 Royale Blue MGB GT with factory orginal knock-off 52 spoke wire wheels (and rusted out passenger side door, BHM parts needed). We all hang out in the shop together and work on each other's cars because each one of us has something to offer. That Chevelle, guy rebuilt it on his own, but enlisted the Storm guy's help in putting in polyurethane bushings. In return, the Chevelle guy helped the Storm guy weld up his own strut tower braces. The Mustang guys all hang together very closely, but when one of the Eclipse guys said he was going to go to a drift gathering, the Mustang guys went with him to try it out. And all of the guys think I'm weird but cool for having an old British car and running it with them. In our group, as long as you're working on it yourself to make it accelerate harder, top out further, or hold the road better, you're one of us.
As for the pushrod V-8 versus DOHC inline four debate, how does both sound? Pontiac had a OHC Straight Six that was a great engine, or for that matter, how about the Offenhauser? And let us not forget that the BMW 507 was a dual four-barrel carbed OHV V-8, or that the Rover V-8, stand-by of English motoring for how long, was derived from a Buick engine. Cars are cars, and different engines do different things well. There's no way a SR20DET is going to make the torque of a Hemi, but show me a Hemi that redlines at 8000+ Two different engines that do two different things.
By the way, as far as front engine handling goes, can we dispute the handling of the original Mini Cooper or the Saab 99 Turbo?
|
08-18-2002, 10:48 PM
