classic argument

trevolutionist · #1 08-02-2003, 01:32 PM

Hey I'm startin this thread to be an open discussion about import vs domestic... lots of other forums i post in start this thread and it dies out really quickly but hopefully that won't happen here. personally i'm an import enthusiast but many of my friends believe that anything with a V8 is absolutely unbeatable

while other friends of mine believe that "if it spools it rules"

so enjoy your posting

venom800R · #2 08-02-2003, 01:44 PM

domestic obviously. I don't think theres really going to be too much of an argument in this forum. supposedly if your here you love musclecars right?

Blue02R6 · #3 08-02-2003, 07:31 PM

Personally, I think they all have thier own place. There isn't much that can be the sound of a lopey V-8, but to me it depends on weather you want a new car or an older one. One thing to remember though that the worlds current top cars come from Europe, which make them imports.

swedish · #4 08-02-2003, 08:21 PM

i didn't vote, because i own a domestic musclecar, and love it, but there are imports i would trade it for in a heartbeat (the amg e55 is imported from germany, right

) and i know there are imports that are faster than me, and if i had a good job, i'd be faster than them.

trevolutionist · #5 08-02-2003, 10:30 PM

though domestics hold the base power advantages don't forget that there are other factors to what makes a car better than the other.. a minor concern would be gas mileage as well as basic stock features for luxury as well as power... lots of imported cars come with the ability to be quick cars but the question is.. what's better? a quick car or a fast car.. i know that we all know there is a clear difference between what is quick and what is fast.... generally speaking domestic cars tend to be heavier making them less "quick" but in the american mind (trust me i'm an american) power is everything... thus the reason for the 350 Big Block and other such engines that are HUGE but put out a shit load of power... alot of the more popular imports are inline 4s with light body weight... so what does everyone want?? quick... or fast?

carguyinok · #6 08-02-2003, 11:02 PM

I am hung here. I own a classic import thats getting a 93 ford thunderbird SC drive line. The SC has the 3.8 supercharged V-6

I have had MANY cars I wish I had kept

most of them being American muscle. I have had Imports aswell and know that bolth have there up's & down's

I LOVE the old school thunder from cars like my old 73 vette. The kind of deal where you set off car alarms @ idle

@ the same time the 8 MPG was about to kill me with the cost of gas.

Now I was going with the same motor set up as the vette for my Z. Then I started thinking and looking around.

and saw that there was almost NO ONE going with new fuel injected motor & trans combos.
Sure theres the streetrod guys doing the vette motor set-ups. But thats the about it. Dont hurt your self there boys. I rember when it was about doing something OTHER then what the other guy had

Now I have a supercharged intercooled V-6 motor with trans and rearend thats putting down around 300hp @ 22 MPG

And all for under a grand.

What I am getting at here is I feel people need to start opening there eyes and look at what is sitting out there for power. DO SOME THING NEW. Why all this import

domestic BS anyway? WE ALL LOVE HP.

Musclecarclub · #7 08-03-2003, 06:00 AM

Not really an arguement in this forum. Having owned both, both have their place in an enthusiast's world. However, the simple fact is this: if you go to a drag strip, it is the domestics that dominate. If you race a road course, the imports dominate. Really, it is all about whether you prefer going really fast in a straight line, or through the curves.

-The Stig- · #8 08-03-2003, 12:58 PM

Quote:

Originally posted by trevolutionist
350 Big Block

350's are still considered Small Blocks.

Unless you're speaking of a Pontiac 350 from back in the day. It had the size of a big block but not the cubic inches. Pontiac was weird back then.

trevolutionist · #9 08-03-2003, 03:39 PM

the 350's a small???

that's news to me.... thanks

ugly kid jon · #10 08-04-2003, 07:54 PM

Yeah, a 350 is a puny small block compared to a 454 or a 632. In America, size matters.

Blue02R6 · #11 08-05-2003, 12:35 AM

Quote:

Originally posted by RedNeck383

Unless you're speaking of a Pontiac 350 from back in the day. It had the size of a big block but not the cubic inches.

The Pontiac blocks were in between the size of a SB and BB.

Quote:

Originally posted by RedNeck383

Pontiac was weird back then.

Not weird, innovative .

-The Stig- · #12 08-05-2003, 01:39 AM

It's still odd to see a 350 Pontiac have the appearance of a big block... you'd think by looking at it that it'd be a bigger motor.

I dont know about innovative...what was with the styling on the '69 Firebird?

Although the Fiero was a bitchin car. I appreciate the hell out of those.

Blue02R6 · #13 08-05-2003, 02:50 AM

Here's why they were innovative: Pontiac 400 and SBC 400 share the same internal dimentions yet the SBC 400 came out many years after (I think it was 75-76) If you look through the GMPP catalog you'll see intakes for SBC that are raised and require a valley pan, edlebrock recently relased that "air gap" manifold. Pontiac had these on their factory motors. Anyway, I agree with you on the 69 firebirds styling. It is kind of ugly at first, it grows on you.

ugly kid jon · #14 08-06-2003, 10:47 AM

Quote:

Originally posted by RedNeck383

I dont know about innovative...what was with the styling on the '69 Firebird?

That was a great looking car!

Blue02R6 · #15 08-07-2003, 03:13 AM

Quote:

Originally posted by ugly kid jon

That was a great looking car!

Compared to the 67-68 its so-so IMO.

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