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2008 Ford F-250 Super Duty 4x4 Crew Cab Diesel 0-60 mph 8.6 Quarter mile 16.6
Those are stonking numbers for a big truck but nowhere near what a real WRX will do. Now a Impezza wearing unearned WRX badges might work a bit slower.
2008 Ford F-250 Super Duty 4x4 Crew Cab Diesel 0-60 mph 8.6 Quarter mile 16.6
Those are stonking numbers for a big truck but nowhere near what a real WRX will do. Now a Impezza wearing unearned WRX badges might work a bit slower.
They know it. 0 to 40 MPH...run and gun old school style. Stab and steer...whatever you want to call it. While their getting their 5,500 hole shot lined up for peak power on a launch 1,600 RPM and I'm at max power. 2008 wasn't a 7.3L. That's a 445 cu V8 BTW. Zoooooom....it slams you in the seat. If I had the 4:10s it would be even better. No need 3:73s do the job just fine.
Alright, as an offshoot of the vintage vs. modern styling thread, and because that thread keeps deviating to talking about performance... which era do you think had the edge on performance?
Was it the days of massive V8's that made massive torque to get two-and-a-half tons of steel and chrome to 0-60 down the boulevard like a Nike missile? The days of open-top, windshield-less British roadsters that were basically sheet metal over a skeletal frame that weighed 1200lbs whose BMC A-series engines could be floored through the corners?
Or is it the today, the era of variable valve timing and twin turbos that launch aerodynamic sedans and coupes from 0-60 in time that was reserved for supercars just a couple decades ago? Where adaptive independent suspension, 50/50 weight distribution, and limited slip differentials allow you to pull over 1 lateral G in the turns?
Gentlemen, start your engines
Is this really a question? You touched upon the most important fact: what decades ago was reserved for high priced high performance cars now can be achieved in some family sedans. Despite sentiments every reasonable person have to acknowledge that automotive technology is going forward and cars are getting better not worse. Of course you should only compare apple to apples.
It's kind of hard to compare, because you have to imagine cars that should be similar competing against each other. That's easy with some cars, like a new Corvette versus and old one, or new versus old Mustang, but what about average, every day cars? How would a base model Nova compare to a brand new Sonic? Or a 1972 Honda 600 versus a 2013 Honda Fit? I'm guessing the newer cars would trounce the old ones in just about every way, although the old Honda might best its modern counterpart in fuel economy. As far as the cars that were the absolute pinnacles of performance, I think the newer ones would still win but some of the oldies (like the Shelby Cobra, for example) were very impressive considering the technology at the time. And some of the old European roadsters were awfully capable handlers, but I imagine they were also trickier to drive than a modern sports car, and severely limited by the tires regardless of everything else.
Is this really a question? You touched upon the most important fact: what decades ago was reserved for high priced high performance cars now can be achieved in some family sedans. Despite sentiments every reasonable person have to acknowledge that automotive technology is going forward and cars are getting better not worse. Of course you should only compare apple to apples.
Cars with 271...350...and even 400+ could be bought for less than 5k. Most were $2,500 to $4,000.
So, now you're arguing in the defense of modern over vintage...?
I was comparing a 4,000 pound carb, V8 car to a 2,000 pound state of the art with EFI, OHC, NOS, near or above 20 PSI turbo at first. Ok....so I changed it up to a almost 8,000 pound vehicle with a turbo too against a vehicle that weighs 1/4th of it.
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