Originally Posted by
lateapex911
It's kinda funny. When this was first brought up, in my mind, i thought "Uh oh...those things are going to KILL down the straights..."
I kept my mouth shut, and looked at the numbers.
It's funny because I am often one of the first guys to poke fun at the crap that comes from Detroit, and my biggest pet peeve is their lazy engineering philosophy that relies on the "bigger is better" theory.....yet my first reacton was one of fear. Fear born of years of reading about how fast these big old muricun V8s are....
We've all been browbeaten by the automotive press from the muscle car days into thinking that Detroit builds ground pounding fast cars. But a critical look at the numbers shows thats often not the case. Lots of those muscle cars of legend struggled to break 6 or 7 second 0 -6- times.....times that tons of cars do today. Like BMW 3 series. I'm a little chagrined that my just purchased 2003 M3 barely outruns a garden variety 3 series of today. Ack, the cars are quick!
I think this preconception is clouding our judgements. This proposal is about specific cars, and is well researched. The limitations of the motors are well documented, and IT prep won't result in releasing fire breathing dragons.
That said, the ITAC is, of course, doing it's due diligence.