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

[David Foster]

Another Corvair problem........NO CUP HOLDER
Dave Foster
63 Spyder

-----Original Message-----
From: virtualvairs-bounces at corvair.org
[mailto:virtualvairs-bounces at corvair.org] On Behalf Of shortle
Sent: Thursday, October 27, 2011 11:13 AM
To: rod murray; Sethracer at aol.com
Cc: virtualvairs at corvair.org; corvairgrymm at gmail.com
Subject: Re: <VV> Apples and Oranges - "Dull" cars No Corvair.

As well as "traffic school".
Timothy Shortle in Durango Colorado 81301
(I don't drive a dull modern car. I drive a 1988 Volvo 240 Wagon 4 cylinder,
auto trans, non turbo, no cup holders)


-----Original Message-----
>From: rod murray <rmurray8996 at gmail.com>
>Sent: Oct 27, 2011 6:49 AM
>To: "Sethracer at aol.com" <Sethracer at aol.com>
>Cc: "virtualvairs at corvair.org" <virtualvairs at corvair.org>,
"corvairgrymm at gmail.com" <corvairgrymm at gmail.com>
>Subject: Re: <VV> Apples and Oranges - "Dull" cars No Corvair.
>
>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
>>
>>
>>
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