Originally Posted by BADDASSC6
(Post 120276)
-Your logic is that cars don't perform because they are not driven hard. So why do 80% of the new 5.0s you see at the track run hard and 90% of the SS suck dick? By your logic it's because the 5.0 owners drive harder and are more willing to through caution to the wind and wad their cars up. By your logic Evo drivers are more aggressive and skilled drivers than STI drivers.
I go to the track every week and see slow 5.0's, slow everything. I've also seen a 6 second Ice Cream truck, are ice cream trucks fast?
Here is reality: AN NSX is a slow POS. I have personally seen a COMPTECH SC NSX get smoked by a LS1 SS with the factory cam and longblock. Slap some chamber plates, springs and shocks on the SS and it will go faster than the NSX on the twisties. I know this because I have seen it. NSX is like the the new BRZ, all the value is placed on the driving experience. Lap times and numbers were not a priority. The 2.8L or 3.2 L makes N/A two rotor wankel torque. The FX motorsports NSX has a fully built motor on boost and spray with MASSIVE aero to be competitive. Not to mention the Ringer they use for a driver. I cannot believe some one let you drive their car. J/K. I an happy to hear that you have actually been to the track. I started to believe that all your knowledge was simply internet based.
I'm not arguing, I've stated the same thing many times. And whether you believe my knowledge is "internet" based. I went every thursday for years and dragged either my trucks or my car. That's where I met my ex, many close friends etc. Were they fast? Not particularly, but an 8.8 out a my dually and a 90mph trap speed in my 08 was pretty damn good. Stock motor fox I ran an 8.5. Fast nope, but I have a damn near perfect reaction time. That doesn't happen with internet knowledge. Do I prefer drag racing? Nope, but i'll take what I can get. Did I crash a ClubLexus car meet at irwindale in my truck and end up being the 5th fastest time and reaction time? Yup. I know what I know cause my hands have done it. I've stated many times I enjoy the build probably more than the use, doesn't mean I don't use them
-You just made my point: LP-640 is slow. You may think it's fast because of what you saw on the internet. At a track it's EVO IX fast (stock). Why there are so many 9-10 sec Gallardos, but how many 9 sec LP-640's are there? Because it's a piece. It was developed before Audi took over and it's a one trick pony. LP-640 are not quick and don't handle however they do top out like a champ.
It's fast, I've driven one. Though, I just have internet knowledge.
-Not going to sporting events blah blah blah drivers blah blah you are just stating the obvious. I took the stang to the roval and smoked a Boss, ZL1 and a Superleggera only because of driving.
-In the other thread you thought your stang was going to run 9's and make 700 hp?? What happened.
It should make 600hp but I said there's nothing stopping me from shooting for 9's and in excess of 700hp if I need do. My block was the weak link, no longer.
You just told me when you knew you wanted a fox. You didn't answer the question asked which was why you wanted a fox? The "Basis" of your decision. When you were a kid did you know Fox's were quick? BTW, That was a question for Justin
My step mom never took her car over 2000rpm. I wanted it because I like the car, I liked how it looked and liked the areo even more. I was 4 years old, I had no clue was fast was, or even what the car was for years. Just wanted it.
So since we struggle with reading comprehension I will try to dumb it down. Motorgen is an Automotive enthusiast site. What ever from that takes for an individual. If guys talk about performance then logic leads me to believe that they purchased a vehicle to suite their performance needs. So why is this decision made by so many base on what youtube, magazines, forums tell them and not what they see kicking ass on the track, the streets, or the trail.
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