kiessig@idi.UUCP (Rick Kiessig) (04/14/84)
There have got to be some decent muscle cars for under $20K
that will do 0 to 60 in 6 seconds or better. Anyone care to
enlighten me on what's available now days? I'd rather not have
to deal with something from the 60's, but I have a feeling that's
about all there is.
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Rick Kiessig
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{akgua, allegra, amd70, cbosgd, harpo, ihnp4, ios, qubix}!idi!kiessigralph@inuxc.UUCP (Ralph Keyser) (04/16/84)
If you want to just run down to your dealer and drop $20K for 0-60 in under 6, I think you'll have a problem. I don't know of anything with that kind of acceleration in that price range. So, assuming you still want to go around corners (drag racers have *real* good 0-60 times), the only way to get this is to buy something and "fix" it. A base model RX-7 for example (about $10K) plus 10K worth of parts from Racing Beat, and you'll have 0-60 in under 6 seconds. No sweat. The Formula-One people pull 600 horses from a 1.5 liter engine (yes, that's right, 1500 cc). The engines don't last a long time, but the cars will do 0-60 in 1.7 seconds, and they stick pretty good in the corners too. I'd love to do this if I didn't have to drive it to work... Ralph Keyser ihnp4!inuxc!ralph
kiessig@idi.UUCP (Rick Kiessig) (04/16/84)
I hadn't thought about "fixing" a car. Interesting idea.
Maybe there's something fairly straight forward I can do to my
1984 Vette (with the standard 5.7L V-8) to shave another second
or two off of its 7.1s 0-60. Any ideas? Vendors? Addresses?
Rick
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{akgua, allegra, amd70, cbosgd, harpo, ihnp4, ios, qubix}!idi!kiessigfish@ihu1g.UUCP (Bob Fishell) (04/18/84)
How to shave time off 0-60 in an '84 Vette: Trade it in on a '67,
preferably with a 427......
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