Originally posted by chrisilversvt:
....and the so called awesome cars you list are 14 second cars...



I am by no means a honda lover but I can't say that I am a hater. I like the low displacement engines running 8's-11's. It just shows how far technology has come. But anyways enough babbling, I just wanted to post that the S2000 mentioned is a 13.8 stock car (magazine) and the 2002 nsx-r went 12.8. Also it is impressive how they can get the factory hp/liter so high but again just the opposite when it comes to torque . However at this point in time it would be highly uneconomical for a company to be able to produce a vehicle w/ a motor such as a 5.7 liter or for you fox body fans a 5.0 liter w/ 570 or 500 from the factory. Also I am not a huge mustang fan, BUT, I will give credit where credit is due and say that yeah the 1/4 mile times are kind of slow in SOME case but alot of that is in part of the 100 cats that are on the exhaust. About 500 bucks on a Mustang is like 3000 on a contour. It can go from mid to high 14's to low 13's and if tires possibly 12's. Once again I don't see that possible w/ a low displacement N/A motor. Like I said, I may not be a lover of the two aformentioned companies/cars but they each have their perks, and they each have the capabiliy to go REAL fast.

Just my $.02, for what it's worth.

-Ken

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