Originally posted by Joe 1320
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I have quite a bit of power going to the fronts and I can also attest they are really tough in the rain. I have traction control, but with all that power going up front, it just kicks in way too often. I usually just shut it off and try to be real careful with the gas (not easy with throttle-by-wire).SOLD: 2002 Trans Am WS.6 - Black on Black - 6 Speed
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2005 Acura TL - Silver on Black
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You just can't lay down serious horsepower through the front wheels and expect a vehicle to have such niceties as steering feel and feedback, directional stability, whatever- asking the front tires to steer, accelerate and do the bulk of the stopping just overpowers the available traction-
FWD is great for 100 HP econo-cars, not so much for 300 or more HP performance cars- seen any FWD Mercedes or Porsches lately? Lambo's? Astom Martin? I could go on and on, but you get the point- if you are serious about building excitement, and your definition of excitement includes V-8's and significant HP, then you are either talking RWD or AWD- and AWD comes with lots of weight, complexity, and cost-
I know, preaching to the choir here- I have been griping about this to GM for more than a decade, and I am a big fan, but, bluntly, they don't build cars for me any more- Nice trucks, one heck of a sports car, 2-seater, but if I want a family barge with RWD and a V-8, Ford is my company- If I want a sporty pony car with a V-8 and RWD, Ford has one- Funny how they are doing better financially, and GM is on the ropes.... and yet they keep telling us how much they know-
Another couple decades, and my baby-boomer generation won't be buying cars- and I can't even find the big block Olds or Buicks that I used to love, loaded up with leather, power moon-roofs and effortless torque- If I want to tow a boat or a camping trailer, I have to buy a truck that I don't need otherwise- probably won't happen- GM leaves me, and a good chunk of the market that has jobs and decent income, and then complains that they can't make it in todays business climate- go figure....2001 Z28 A4 - 160 deg t-stat, 3.42 gears, WS6 sway bars, rear springs and shocks, UMI SFC's, Torque Arm and STB, leather Firebird seats, Borla, SLP Y-pipe and lid, ZO6 cam and springs - 332 RWHP and 346 RWTQ, not bad for 'almost stock' - work in progress
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Joe, you left out the massive blind spots the G5 hasRed 95 Trans Am: M6, Moroso CAI, Magnaflow, Spohn sway bars, back to life as of 2/15/10!!!
SOLD- Kinda miss it
94 Del Sol VTEC: 27 city/ 33 highway, knee deep in slowness
SOLD- Good riddance!
2006 Ford Fusion: 2.3, 5 speed, could run 15lbs of boost with a 150 shot and it'd still be slow
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