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In Reply to: RE: "they are very capable of building cars to handle as well or similar to some of those" posted by E-Stat on May 15, 2017 at 16:12:55
The GT40 is almost a half a Mil.The plastic Chevy you can take to Hennessey and turn it into a machine. Now as far as handing,the Vette I posted yesterday beat the Porsche at the track by 3/4 of a second and that's a lifetime at those speeds.Handling and grip is why..They are going to carbon fiber in the Vette along with mid engine.That will pretty much complete its transformation. They will still build the current series along side it for the faithful but I think once people drive the mid engine,the old will phase out even tho its far less money.
"For every complex problem there is an answer that is clear, simple, and wrong" H. L. Mencken
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Now as far as handing,the Vette I posted yesterday beat the Porsche at the track by 3/4 of a second and that's a lifetime at those speeds.Handling and grip is why.
And yet, the car magazines still prefer the refinement you find with Porsche in real world daily driving.
If track days are all that's important, why not buy a Cobra kit car and stuff some blowers on it?
I would love a Cobra kit car.I would put an Ecoboost V6 in it like the GT40.
I will be honest with you.I teach auto-electronics and it covers everything in the car these days.They are making these cars to where the driver input matters less and less and that takes the skill out of driving.
The new automatics shift faster than anyone at a manual gear shift but where is the fun anymore? The most mechanical part of the car I teach is the transmission.The gas pedal is electronic even.
"For every complex problem there is an answer that is clear, simple, and wrong" H. L. Mencken
The new automatics shift faster than anyone at a manual gear shift but where is the fun anymore?
With mindless-as-it-is straight line acceleration, that's truly the case. Big whoop.
OTOH, the PDK in my Porsche allows for active paddle shifting (with multiple degrees of aggressiveness) to thoroughly enjoy slicing the corners.
Ever watch an F1 driver in his office? "Sport Plus" enables launch control, too. :)
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"For every complex problem there is an answer that is clear, simple, and wrong" H. L. Mencken
I don't share your love for crate motor swapped vehicles.
Personally I think they are perversions.
for guys like Richard Rawlings at Gas Monkey Garage. Last season, the Bearded Wonder did one of those V-8 motor swaps in a 911.
Guess which one won when it was raced vs. Richard's stock Turbo?
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Which one do you think would win a hill climb? :-)
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