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Originally posted by JohnBrowning:
Who needs to shift all the time. I can go 60MPH in second with 2200 more RPM to go before I hit my rev limiter. I can also poke along at 25MPH in 4th gear and still accelerate with out lugging the engine! With a power band that is almost totaly flat from 1000-6000 RPMS and an 8200 RPM fuel cut off. With variable valve timing and variable lift you can get some extreme flexability out of 4 bangetrs. Super chargeing or turbo charging can add a wounderful dimension to them. Gone are the days of really bad turbo lag.
If I am going 60 MPH in second and still have 2200 more RPM before Redline and still have 3 more forward gears left that equals fun in my book!!! I enjoy useing my engine to both brake the vechile and set me up perfectly in the power band for the power on apexing!
An automatic effectively nueturs a sports car. A boulavard cruiser with a big V8 offered at a cheap price is not available. THe great muscle cars from days long gone handled like lumber wagons!
I can apreciate cubic inchs but not if refinement or OEM durability is left behind! It also does not do any good if the cars is either priced too high or handles poorly!
What do think the chances are of GM putting their LS1 in a light weight rwd car for under $17,000??? DO you think that DC is going to drop a Hemi in a car the size of the Neon and sellit for cheap?
Back when Steel Dinosuars roomed the earth you could get a nice Mustang, Dart Swinger, Charger, Chalanger, Super B, Cornet, Cuda, Camaro, GTO.....for $3000-$6000 dollars. MInium wage was like $2 an hour and many entry level jobs paid as high as $4 for an unskilled postion. Now you are looking at $28,000-$75,000 to come close to those types of power levels in a new ride. Of course with todays lofty minium wage of ???? $4.75$$$$$ an hour it is easy to buy such cars!
My point is that in todays market the cars that are affordable do not come with Big BLocks! Most are not even RWD as that is a luxury!