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Posted: 6/17/2006 2:55:28 PM EDT
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People think what they own is the best. If you give a 16 year old a Camaro, he's going to think he has the coolest car in the world, or the potential for it. If you give a 16 year old a Civic, he's going to think he has the coolest car in the world or the potential for it. I don't see how one could say "I'm going to go buy a FWD to modify", but I could understand wanting to modify what you already have.
However, if you buy a car specifically for economy, I don't see why you'd even think of modifying it. As for what brought this thread up, I see what your point is. If you buy a car for economy and modify it, you're going to dump alot of money into it only to have the economy and performance of another car for the same amount of money. |
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Posted: 6/17/2006 5:53:44 PM EDT
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Man oh man -
Why did I send out that 1911 for all those custom mods, I mean seriously it was just a Dan Wesson? Like I stated before in my thread. Why bother with a full auto M4...semi is just as good right? Here it is - everyone has different taste's. Check out ESPN 2 some time, I've seen lawnmower racing, Truck racing...the 18 wheeler kind!, and everything in between. It's just something I personally find interesting, if it's not cool with you - oh well.
If you have the time check out this vid: www.youtube.com/watch?v=Zv0-m3xv9oU&search=honda%20fit |
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Posted: 6/17/2006 6:12:48 PM EDT
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I said DRAG RACING, Wave.
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Posted: 6/17/2006 7:35:27 PM EDT
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It is partly an issue of availability, if you are looking for a small car that is RWD you pretty much have two choices, and unless you are building a purpose built car where you can get away with using a gutted shell, neither are particularly cheap.
There are tons of small FWD cars available for next to nothing. The concept is the same, add power and torque to a vehicle to make it faster, and whether you like FWD or not there are some wickedly fast FWD cars out there. Of course in the vein of your question, why would somebody bother with drag racing anyway? it is kind of boring, you go in a straight line for a quarter of a mile (or less). When you are dealing with something that is more of a hobby with mega corporate support, it all comes down to personal preferences and whims. I would imagine that there are plenty of guys who go the FWD route just because they want to see just how fast thier econobox can go. Decades ago most people were wondering why would anybody bother to put modern V8 into an old T or A coupe, when there were so much more powerful and fast cars available. Why did the rodders in the sixties build T Buckets when they could have went down to the dealership and bought a new GTO or Mustang for about the same money? |
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Posted: 6/17/2006 7:46:52 PM EDT
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Granted, those rental-type cars are uber-cheap.
BUT, if you actually want to WIN against a similarly-priced drag racing vehicle you will NEED RWD/AWD. Period. FWD is only in existence to address economy of production and fuel consupmtion. |
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Posted: 6/17/2006 8:00:17 PM EDT
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In that case, I seem to remember watching a totally tricked out mini-van(Plymouth Voyager?) doing pretty well on a dragstrip! |
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Posted: 6/17/2006 8:13:27 PM EDT
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...and for less total money a 1987 fox-body 'Stang would've smoked it, brother. FWD is crap for performance. Period. |
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Posted: 6/18/2006 4:26:29 AM EDT
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Yeah but that's expected out of Mustangs! |
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Posted: 6/18/2006 8:57:51 AM EDT
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I think if you have the ability to change a car from FWD to AWD or RWD, you might have the skills to know where the chassis needs to be reinforced.
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Posted: 6/18/2006 9:07:02 AM EDT
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cuz theres a class for it! duh:p :D seriously, people arre gonna raace anything. i have an aquantence that runs a 10 second EG civic(93 hatch) granted its cost him a hell of a lot more than starting with a rwd v8... but damn, he loves it. and thats all that matters... now what i dont understand is the HUGE enfatuation the US has with dragging. sure your car can acceellerate really fast, but wht happens when you need to turn... to each their own i guess. |
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Posted: 6/18/2006 10:21:48 AM EDT
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You turn the steering wheel  . Unless it is a car that is a dedicated race car it will still have decent street manners.
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Posted: 6/18/2006 7:37:01 PM EDT
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I don't see the point with hopping up a FWD vehicle either... Or even putting a wing on a FWD vehicle (isn't the wing defeating the purpose of keeping the front wheels on the ground?)
But... People enjoy it, and it is competitive. Maybe not quite as easy to find the power in the 4 bangers as it is to find the power in a 302... I don't think I will ever understand it though. 
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Posted: 6/18/2006 10:58:07 PM EDT
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