spic im not tryin to get into a pissin contest over imports vs domestics.

l must not be goin by last year's experience with a Chevy Truck. damn 3500HD dually broke down almost every other day.

Hmm i was on site one day and i parked right out in some dirt, and it started to rain,

well 5 hours later and constant raining, i went out to the truck to move it, and started

her up and put into gear, and started to move, and WHammo, rear end blew the fuck

up, mind u this was a 2004 3500HD dually, with 120k miles, but still it should not have

blown up jus cuz i tried to drive out of a mud pit.

 

please explain this to all of us. LS1 is an all aluminum 6-bolt main 347 underrated at 300hp. LT1 is a reverse cooled aluminum head sbc making 275hp from the factory. chevy utilized the same transmission used in dodge vipers on the f-body and corvette (a few different parts, same tranny.) c6 z06 uses a dry sump oiling system... from the factory. I know of zero run of the mill imports available to the US that can compare in any way to the amount of r&d and engineering that have been put into the f-body (RIP) and mustang.

na, this thing ford and chevy have going on is pretty intense. it's on a different level than the cars that were being pumped out in 1969 (camaros coming with aftermarket headers in the trunk etc.) but with the new cobras, GTOs, Z06, GT, C6, and a few others, there is a lot of high powered cars being released to the public. how many cars in the sixties rolled off the lot capable of running 11s and 12s?

hahahaha

ive purchased and torn down a s13 as a hopeful drag project and it was not comfortable, the interior was not nice at all, shifter was in a strange location. theyre good cars, but please dont even try to compare a 4th generation f-body to your 240sx when it comes to straight line performance. mod for mod an s13 might take a 4g f-body in a tight autocross, but there would be no ass whipping like if you lined the two up on the strip.

ps the factory seats that came in my Z adjust more ways than 240sx seats do.

haha oh shit i thought Tito bought a Trans Am i busted up laughing for a second

and yea you are on the right track and im sure you meant to say it, but it is the ring gear teeth that usually fail on GM 7.5" rears due to the gear's small diameter. a properly set up 7.5" will survive some abuse though. my rear is a zexel posi / strange 4.10 with a girdle and ive got no slippage, no metal in the fluid, nothin. ive been through one "rear" and it was a problem the car was having when purchased. the spiders were slipping because they were pretty worn down (130,000 miles) so i stuck another rear in and have beaten on it several times with no breakage.

 

I don't like choosing sides but, damn. Without putting 2 seconds of thought into this the Evo and STi come to mind. Is the Mustang or f-body an engineering marvel? Does weight ratio or suspension count? What about truck-like interiors?

edit: you should try S14 seats in your S13. Much better.

 

What setup?

 

are you seriously fucking saying that the interior of a Evo is better than that of a Mustang or F-body. Holy shit, I've heard everything.

 

This should be added to the Bible.

 

Try not to cry too hard Brock, it's okay.

 

I'll do my best, its just soo hard sometimes... *wipe tears*

 

Evo Interior:



SS Interior:



STI Interior:



03 Cobra Interior:



The STI is supposed to be a rally car out of the box, and, as expected, has the best interior. Next comes the 03 Cobra. The EVO and the SS are a toss up. truck interior... lol

And a camaro isnt some auto-cross wonder. But it does hold its own. An 01 SLP SS (very common package) pulls .91 Gs on a skidpad, has 335bhp along with a 0-60 time of 5.2. those skidpad numbers beat out a 350Z and are the same as an RX8. This is all coming from a solid rear axle car that is severely overpowered.

 

I prefer Recaros


For the record, there are several iterations of the mustang and camaro I do like. But don't tell me that either is the result of R&D not found on several capable imports.

This is on the verge of a performance/$ debate.