dunno where you heard that. but the power to weight of the supra is a LOT better than it has ever been. in contrast, 500 HP at under 3000 for the (MK5) vs 320HP (turbocharged) at 3400 for the MK4.

course we wont know till we see powercurves and videos with them head to head.

 

these are all products of the resurgence of "muscle/power" cars

just like ford showed off the new Shelby Cobra GT500 with 450 HP

http://autos.msn.com/as/minishow/art...5&src=minishow

stupid mopar is too busy showing off the COBALT



(the shelby cobra GT500 would be the ONLY Ford branded vehicle i would EVER buy WILLINGLY)

 

Well.. true.. they did say the supra is less than 3K.. i dont know how they did it but they did.. which means its about as light as the 7's... i can only imagine how it would feel to have 500 horses under the hood.. :-P

 

Just an FYI, a 500hp n/a car will whip the **** out of a 500hp Turbo charged car. (provided equal weight).

Remember, turbo chargers make PEAK hp. There's no spool time on the n/a car.

 

true.. that's why i want to keep my car an N/A...

 

since when was MOPAR = GM?

 

theyre both crap. yes i know the cobalt is a chevy.

chevy does have the corvette but they dont push it...the cobalt econocar took over their marketing and mopar had the magnum which is only 350HP and would get whooped by all the others.

they lost the (advertizing) market.

the cadillac line has the new "under 5" models but those arent cars you would normally associate with sporty cars, but they are.



its all getting jumbled up. even looking at the rumored new model of RX-7.



in the end...i wanna see gasmileage on these cars. THATS what people should be showing off. "i can get 70 MPG" "oh yeah...i can get 93MPG" :-p

 

that was 500 N/A vs a 450 turboed (or 400 N/A)

 

Heh, I was using that as an example. and the Charger SRT-8 looks absolutely BAD ***. w00t w00t mopar and their 6.1l beast.

 

the 7.0L in the new Z06 is going to be badder asser

 

charger and GTO look like ***

charger looks like a mutated NEON

 

I like it

 

yeah big block z06 is going to be a beast.

 

its not gonna be a bigblock

its still a smallblock

 

I donno about big block sports cars :p
I like the idea of high-revving sports cars more then something that just churns out enough torque to pull a house.

But on the other hand, a big block would more likely be able to tear the pavement off the highway when you floor it :-p

 

what is the aversion to torque on this site...lmao


anyone doin anything tonight... its too ****** nice to stay inside

 

Who would sacrifice of low end torque to have more HP? Well, a certain crowd of people . . . who went and bought rotary engine powered cars . . . :p


Big blocks are for trucks :P

 

I'm going to see the Pat Metheny Group at G.W.Univ in DC
But I think I'm going to drive my vert around the block with the top down before I leave work just because...

 

it is still a small block... and it has a redline at 7k which is the same as my car

 

I'll be in my garage installing swaybar endlinks for my FC at 8:30pm tonight.

 

whats a swaybar?

did FC's come with them

 

Yes, pretty thick ones on the GXLs... But you can't turn hard enough on skinnies to make use of them. hell they may not even be there to accomidate the swap. Gotta ask joey.



EDIT: I should explain this a little better it ties the lower control arms on both sides of the car together with a thick bar that resists twisting when you go through a turn and one controll arm is compressed (loaded) when the other is unsprung with no weight on it. This prevents the "Roll" effect.

 

Previous post said "Big Block"

I didnt know of any modern cars with a big block in them.

 

mike... i know what a swaybar is ... i took 8 credits of automotive technology and a class on vehicle dynamics

<~~~ mechanical engineer with a concentration in automotive technology


i was kidding cause my FC doesnt have anything like that

 

I need a black s5 front bumper and side skirts, if anyones got'em let me know please.