<VV> Fwd: A Real Blast WAS DULL Cars (no Corvair)

[Ken Pepke]

Had you been around in the day you would know the acceleration of those cars was limited by tire traction ... they were doing that on 'cheater slicks' which without a great deal of driver skill would smoke the whole quarter mile.

Perhaps you would be more impressed with the '62 409 on TV a few years back that could run in the mid 11s with Corvette tires ... and could still smoke 'em for the whole quarter.  Or how about the Pontiac 2+2 racing against the Ferrari for which it was named.  It couldn't pass the Ferrari in the corners but it outdid it in every other category.  Perhaps if they had changed out the street tires and turned off the A/C ... but, after all, it was a very warm day.  Most of the mussel you mentioned could do better than a 409 or the 2+2.

Those light weights with the techie motors just do not have the excitement factor of those old school super torque motors.  

Ken P
Wyandotte, MI
Worry looks around; Sorry looks back, Faith looks up.

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> From: Ramon Rodriguez III <corvairgrymm at gmail.com>
> Date: October 26, 2011 5:25:34 PM EDT
> To: virtualvairs at corvair.org
> Subject: Re: <VV> A Real Blast WAS DULL Cars (no Corvair)
> 
> If you try to run with a modern "fast" jap crap car with a muscle car you
> are in for a surprise!  There are two FOUR DOOR japanese cars that will
> pretty much blow the doors off almost any "muscle car" from the 60's or
> 70's.  The cars I'm referring to are the Mitsubishi Lancer Evolution, and
> the Subaru WRX STi.  The Evo has been shown to run low to mid 13 second
> quarter mile times BONE STOCK, and the Subaru comes in in the mid to high
> 12's bone stock.  These are FOUR door cars that very handily do double duty
> as a grocery getter/family car.
> 
> Compare that to 14.4 seconds for a 69 GTO Judge, 70 Chevelle SS LS6 at 13.7,
> and a 70 Hemi Cuda at 14 seconds.
> They also hold a turn better than a 67 Cobra if I'm not mistaken.
> 
> However let it be known that if somebody gave me one I'd sell it on the spot
> and buy a couple more Corvairs!
> 
> Ray "Grymm" R.
> Lake Ariel, PA
> 
> << Some of the new cars are pretty fast ... even some of the Jap Crap. *At
> least they think so until they come up against an old mussel car* with
> modern sticky tires.
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