American Muscle vs Japanese Technology

[BoostedPro]

I am not biased towards any kinda car. I enjoy all kinds (although there are times I wish the protege had a v-8 rumble to go with the bov). For an import, I'd take my protege, a 323 GTR, B6T powered Festiva, or a late 70's to mid/late 80's Toyota Corolla (gotta love the RWD). For a domestic, I'd say either a 68 Dodge Dart GTS with a 440 six pack or a 57 Chevy with a Vette 327 with dual 4 bbl carbs and a tunnel ram intake . Last but not least, German engineering.....Ruf GT3 or a BMW M5.

[zenilder]

I like the idea of a BMW with as LS1 in it now. If I have the time and money after I'm out of school, I just might do that. :evilgrin:

[Kelly]

wil it be priced like the $z8

[midnightblue97]

McLaren F1.
You all lose.
Overpriced Mercedes crap, but beats the hell out of everything else out there, and it is Emissions legal in the US.

But I believe it doesn't meet crash safety standards.
Some guy, I rthink the owner/prez/bigwig at Ameritech imported one. Its in Texas, or was at the time I saw the article in Road and Track

[D323]

But I believe it doesn't meet crash safety standards.
Some guy, I rthink the owner/prez/bigwig at Ameritech imported one. Its in Texas, or was at the time I saw the article in Road and Track

It surpasses all standards. They said it could hit the barrier at 30mph and have minimal structural damage and still be able to drive to a shop.

Show me an american car that can do that!

[D323]

and the McLaren must be the only road-going car that survived a 30-mph barrier crash test without any structural damage--it could have been driven back to the factory after the test!

taken off of http://www.geocities.com/MotorCity/D...55/mclaren.htm
1st paragraph of Tech analysis.

[JesseSays]

umm, structural, no...but that's because the entire front end sheers off to absorb the energy. And want to take a stab on how much some custom laid carbon fiber matrix is?

The other question that goes along with any car that can withstand major impacts is what happens to the occupants? If the car doesn't absorb any energy, passangers will. It HAS to deform in some way to absorb the energy.

[Markley02]

I like the idea of a BMW with as LS1 in it now. If I have the time and money after I'm out of school, I just might do that. :evilgrin:

Check this out!

[McCorkle]

Check this out!

I couldn't make it past the first page.

[Kelly]

ummm yeah i got hung up there too. viper henesee by the way. 0-100 and 100-0 in something like 11 seconds<---could be a ridiculous misquote.

[zenilder]

Yeah. That's where I read about it at.

...and yes I was stuck on the first page for quite a while, too.
so I saved the image and moved on.

[JesseSays]

ummm yeah i got hung up there too. viper henesee by the way. 0-100 and 100-0 in something like 11 seconds<---could be a ridiculous misquote.

http://www.webcon.co.uk/alpha/caterham_jpe.htm

0-100-0 in a tad over 8 seconds. Viper what?

[skr33t_rac3r]

you have driven one right?

[JesseSays]

driven one what?

[skr33t_rac3r]

a caterham