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this vid is one of many that show the tuners can run with the muscle. Some win, some lose. Being in my upper 40's, i'd much prefer owning that '65 ( memories alone are worth the price of admission ). But in many regions classic cars just aren't available at a reasonable price. So blown 4's are the way to go.
this vid is one of many that show the tuners can run with the muscle. Some win, some lose. Being in my upper 40's, i'd much prefer owning that '65 ( memories alone are worth the price of admission ). But in many regions classic cars just aren't available at a reasonable price. So blown 4's are the way to go.
That '65 was beautiful though
I shall consider myself lucky, then, that where I live, classic cars are all over the place and readily available.
I actually saw more classics on the roads and at shows back in WI, where the driving season is a few months, then I have down here in SC where ( like CA ) one can drive a toy year round. I grew up in muscle, so tough to get those feelings out of the blood stream. But on the flip side, i'm looking forward to a ride in my daughter's bf's car ( Honda s2000 pushing upwards of 450hp after turbo finished ). Guess any way you slice it, fast is fast. Just the older rides ( an opinion here ) had more personality traits with them....
it's also not the same running off the line an older car compared to many new ones. Whether it's launch or traction control, AWD, etc on many of the newer performance cars--compared to what, "posi"? For most street cars back in the day, unless you ran one of the street/strip soft compound tires, you had to learn to feather the throttle off the line to get going, then mash the gas. Or you had that momentary hesitation ( slight as it was ) when the secondaries kicked in, the convertor locked, or the motor came up on cam; when all hell would finally break loose.
These newer cars can be fast, but at times almost too smooth to feel the speed.
I dunno, guess I always enjoyed hitting second and kicking the arse end out.....
"Same here, the old school stuff has the lines and looks, just not the modern day performance. (usually)"
Yep, when a new v6 Camaro can run with most of the original 69's, you have to give it credit. Doesn't mean i'd take that 2010 over a '69. Not by a long shot.
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