Porsche shows how easy it is to make a lot of money

[335th_GRAthos]

Originally Posted by ATAG_Bliss

I usually take off the parachute mount for the street though.

Jesus! You mean you are allowed to drive this car on the normal road???



@Sternjaeger II: Well, it depends what you mean with "well balanced". The 911s are not "balanced": Weight distribution is around 62% rear and only 38% front (varies by model)
which means that if you lose the rear grip with stability electronics switched off you need to have the skill of a F1 pilot to put it back on track.


~S~

[BadAim]

Originally Posted by 335th_GRAthos

Jesus! You mean you are allowed to drive this car on the normal road???

~S~

Yes, so far you are, (allowed to) here in the States. It's one of the prices of freedom: You must decide for yourself whether or not a given thing is safe enough for you. Big brother is very quickly removing this hazard, as well as the freedom that creates it.

[335th_GRAthos]

Impressive freedom for a country with such low speed limits!

Just to remind you that in Germany we have no speed limits
(for some parts of the speeedways, at least)

[BadAim]

Originally Posted by 335th_GRAthos

Impressive freedom for a country with such low speed limits!

Just to remind you that in Germany we have no speed limits
(for some parts of the speeedways, at least)

Funny, that.

[ElAurens]

I have a fair amount of seat time in Porsche 356s and early 911s. Good cars, and the 356 is absolutely my favorite German car, period.

However, only the Italians truly understand the art of the passionate automobile...


1967 Ferrrari 330 P4. The most beautiful car, ever.

That said I have a Triumph TR3 as my "collector" car, as only the British understand the verities of the small roadster.

[baronWastelan]

Italian artistry and passion versus German science and stubborness: the greatest rivalry in history. When that rivalry ceases it will herald the end of civilization as we know it.

[Rickusty]

Originally Posted by baronWastelan

Italian artistry and passion versus German science and stubborness: the greatest rivalry in history. When that rivalry ceases it will herald the end of civilization as we know it.

You're right... and when that will happen, the Chinese will take us over!
Let's try to work hard and together fellow europeans.

There it goes my rant of the day...

Cheers
Rick

[Sternjaeger II]

Originally Posted by baronWastelan

Italian artistry and passion versus German science and stubborness: the greatest rivalry in history. When that rivalry ceases it will herald the end of civilization as we know it.

if you had more brass than sense, which car would you buy?

I'd get me one of this: not the best performance, but it looks and sounds like god having an orgasm

http://www.motorauthority.com/review...c-competizione

[BadAim]

All kidding aside, it's fairly easy to obtain a new car with 300 or 400 HP in the States. If that hasn't killed or maimed you, it's pretty easy to gain an extra couple hundred HP with bolt on parts. Quite frankly if the first 600HP hasn't removed you from the road (or this mortal coil) the next six or seven are pretty much academic.

Simple Darwinian selection.

[ATAG_Bliss]

Originally Posted by BadAim

I'm a Chevy guy myself (though I'm presently carless [if you exclude my 300HP service van]) but I'm a lover of all things with wheels that make the ground rumble. I'll see if I can dig up some photos of my cars. My favorite was a '69 350hp SS 396 Chevelle (I'll miss that car 'till the day they chuck me in the dirt).

Edit: You remember the Crane Fireball cam? I had one in that Chevell.....I don't remember the specs specifically, but it was ground on 108 degree centers to give it a nice lope at idle but she made power from 2500 to 6000, with the 650 spread bore double pumper it was as drivable as grannys car but had all the power I could ever use at 18. I really learned how to drive sideways it that car.

I'm a Ford guy for a few reasons: They've never messed up the mustang. In all the years it's been in production, up to the mustang of today, the entire engine is visible under the hood (can touch the bell housing) and there isn't a mustang made that you can't remove the entire engine and transmission in one huge chunk in less than 2 hours. I don't care if it's a 2012 or a 70 fastback, they were designed for ease of tuning. That's probably why no other car in the world has anywhere close to the amount of aftermarket parts for it.

Back in the 60's Henry Ford had a deal worked out with Ferrari to purchase the company. Ferrari backed out. Henry got mad enough, that he called all his engineering support staff together and basically told them to build a car to destroy Ferrari at LeMans. The Ford GT40 won LeMans 4 years straight. Pretty cool for a car company to be as passionate about cars as that. Now you see CEOs for large companies that have nothing to do with the business operations at all. (Potato chip company CEO's taking a job and working for a hand tool company and so forth)

The other reason is quite simply, they've made their tuner car (the mustang) to be easy to make power. There isn't a single mustang made past 1996 (mod motor cars - 2v,3v,4v 4.6's) that won't handle 500RWHP with a completely stock base engine. Depending on the transmission, that's over 600hp at the flywheel. Pretty impressive for an inexpensive car. For a mustang, just buy a blower kit (twin screw whipple, etc.) and have a 10 second car with a simple bolt on and tune. It will get good gas mileage, and drive/idle just like a factory car.

The mod motors (4.6/5.4's) use cracked rod caps (they will not shift EVER), cross bolted main caps, and depending on the block, splayed caps. There isn't a single factory 4.6/5.4 block made, whether it came from a ford truck or ford car (aluminum or steel blocks - types depend on the car/truck) that won't handle at least 800hp from the factory. The steel blocks handle well over 1000hp to give you an idea.

The reason the Ford GT still holds the standing mile record and has for almost 5 years is because there isn't a manufacturer out there that has built their car knowing full well people like me are going to try to get some crazy HP #'s out of it. The Ford GT has roughly 500 flywheel horsepower from the factory. Well here's a stock bottom end (all OEM), stock fuel system (all OEM), with 2 turbo's mounted on it. Well over 1000 rear wheel horsepower (1300-1500 at the flywheel) that's 100% daily driven and reliable. I know they tried to do this to a few vettes (new zr1's) and all of them blew up on the dyno, because the internals are not made to take it. 800hp and kaboom. Those guys at SVT know people like me exist. And for that, I'm very grateful.

But just like you, I like all powerful cars. V8's are definitely my thing though.

Just check this out:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7kgK2DlEhZw

Originally Posted by 335th_GRAthos

Jesus! You mean you are allowed to drive this car on the normal road???

~S~

Well yeah! It's a fuel injected mustang It idles and drives just like a factory car. Heck, it's not really that much louder than one either (until you get on it) I can cruise and get 22mpg without my foot in it. Granted I don't have air conditioning, power brakes, heat/defrost, and much creature comforts anymore. But by all means, it would pass an emissions test and I could drive it across the country without any problems. I still have a check engine light