yup
Ive seen eBay Civics run 11s and 10s that cost less to build than an engineless rolling rustpile muscleshit
used to like muscle til I realized how awful they are
MUSCLE
Matthew Ramirez
James Howard
love this cherrypicking that uses a racecar too
Thomas Davis
>making a comparison between a 50 year old hobbyist vehicle and a new mass produced economy car
Really comparing apples to oranges here. If you're buying a vehicle to be cost effective and efficient, of course a muscle car isn't the best choice.
And it's really not that expensive. You can build a fully upgraded car to your custom specifications for far less than the cost of a new production line muscle car.
Anthony Rodriguez
Except that those things were low production number homologation models for the explicit purpose of being able to run them in NASCAR, and even then
>On the street, the nose cone and wing were very distinctive, but the aerodynamic improvements hardly made a difference there or on the drag strip. In fact, the 1970 Road Runner was actually quicker in the quarter mile and standard acceleration tests due to the increased weight of the Superbird's nose and wing. Only at speeds in excess of 60 mph (97 km/h) did the modifications begin to show any benefit.
Ethan Gray
It's hardly a racecar by modern standards. Back then the cars were actually based off of production cars. The race version has a roll cage and a tuned engine.
texasmile.net
As you can see it's easy to hit 200mph in a modern american muscle car if you throw enough money at it.
Owen Hughes
I just want to chime in about the handling misconception, ALL TIRES and rubber in general was very different in the 60's than it is today. That's why the cars are conceived as doing poorly, when in reality, on modern rubber, they do pretty fan fucking tastic considering the cave man tech suspension geometries and heavy as fuck chassis
Jace Bailey
>slow
no. You're the kind of fag that looks at the horsepower numbers and thinks he knows.
These engines produced assloads of torque because at best, you had 4 gears on 17 inch wheels.
here's a good example, a stock 1 barrel 225 slant six made 145 hp peak, but 215 ft lbs of torque. This was a low compression economy engine.
> fat
no, they're starting to become lighter than a decked modern car.
>handles like dog shit
I'll grant you that but the huge aftermarket means this is easily fixed.
John Parker
still a lot to spend on a shit platform
muscle is never a good choice
its a racecar
all there is to it
>As you can see it's easy to hit 200mph in a modern american muscle car if you throw enough money at it.
wow
you mean every car ever
not impressed
Leo Cook
>only hushed, revered whispers.
you're the only fag on this board that cares about Hurst and their overpriced shifters.
Xavier Allen
gross hp
and the cars that had them did 0-60 in like 15 seconds
slow
inefficient
garbage