<VV> Apples and Oranges - "Dull" cars No Corvair.

[rod murray]

Yeah but u sure can get to the grocery store fast!

On Wednesday, October 26, 2011,  <Sethracer at aol.com> wrote:
>
> In a message dated 10/26/2011 2:26:16 P.M. Pacific Daylight Time,
> corvairgrymm at gmail.com writes:
>
> 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.
>
>
>
>
>
> Ray - Those are apples to oranges comparisons. According to most sources
> the EVO and WRX are mid-13s - As tested - stock. That is very fast! But
that
> is  on 2010 tires. (Four wheel drive on both) Put those 60's muscle cars -
> or their  newer versions onto the same types of tires 2010 sticky DOTs,
not
> slicks -  (Only two needed for these cars) and they go fast as well. Newer
> Challenger/Camaro/GTO to low 13s and some into the 12's. Both the 4WD
turbos
> and  the newer muscle cars respond to tweaking as well. Then you are into
> the 12's  and some into the 11s.  My 2005 C6 Corvette is shown as a 12.6
and
> the  newer (non-Z06) are well into the 11s. And they can do it all day.
> Admittedly, I cannot carry the groceries that a Subaru can.
>
>
>
> Seth Emerson
>
> C's the Day! -  Corvair, Camaro, Corvette
> San Jose, CA
>
>
>
>  _______________________________________________
> This message was sent by the VirtualVairs mailing list, all copyrights are
the property
> of the writer, please attribute properly. For help, mailto:
vv-help at corvair.org
> This list sponsored by the Corvair Society of America,
http://www.corvair.org/
> Post messages to: VirtualVairs at corvair.org
> Change your options:
http://www.vv.corvair.org/mailman/options/virtualvairs
>  _______________________________________________
>

-- 
Rod
*"Reloaded in da 'burgh"*
412-719-3449