why do car makers put big engines in luxury cars or engines with so much power? my friend bought a 98 cadillac deville with 300 hp. thats more than my frikin 01 gt. im scared to race him and i cant seem to offer him a valid reason as to why muscle/sports cars are the only ones that should be for performance. why does the new cadillac cts have 500..i repeat {500} frikin horsepower? i feel so lame knowing my grandpas beater from the 70's has a engine that could destroy me. why god why
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2001 Mustang GT.Tropic Green ( SU ftw ), AM Cold Air Intake. Pypes Off road X pipe. NGK platinum Spark Plugs. Steeda Tri-ax Shifter. Sniper Dyno tune. 4.10 FD ratio
I dont think the Cadillac CTS has 500hp. You might be thinking of the 550hp CTS-V with the supercharged corvette engine, which is only offered in the top of the line cadillac. Also, those old luxury cars are heavier than your stang. I mean dont get me wrong, in a race you should actually win but honestly not by that much. However, watch out for those damn G37's or BMW335i's with their 300+hp V6.
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-04 Mustang GT-Intercooled Kenne bell 2.1L supercharged @10psi, C&L cold air intake, mass air flow, Sumitt racing 75mm throttle body, Magnaflow catback with Bassani X-pipe, chip and dyno tuned, 3:73 gears, B&M short shifter, FMS lowering springs and UPR caster camber plates, UPR upper/lower control arms, UPR subframe connectors. Kumho 275 up front/Kumho XS 315 in rear. Currently 420RWHP/435lbtq
-Daily Driver 04 Toyota Tacoma PreRunner, Blacked out, TRD suspension, K&N filter.
yeah cts-v or w/e and thats so lame too. these 6 bangers have more HP than a v8. it is SO GAY...i digress
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2001 Mustang GT.Tropic Green ( SU ftw ), AM Cold Air Intake. Pypes Off road X pipe. NGK platinum Spark Plugs. Steeda Tri-ax Shifter. Sniper Dyno tune. 4.10 FD ratio
thats a good reason to by a muscle/sports car over the luxurys .cuz of potential . i could use that
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2001 Mustang GT.Tropic Green ( SU ftw ), AM Cold Air Intake. Pypes Off road X pipe. NGK platinum Spark Plugs. Steeda Tri-ax Shifter. Sniper Dyno tune. 4.10 FD ratio
Yeah the puny 4.6L makes only some 260HP. Thats why I say start modding away. You have the advantage of weight and almost unlimited after market at your "finger tips" You don't even need to use power adders like superchargers either.
Having a ton of power in a land yacht isn't gonna make it fast. They get a lot of power because a luxury car is heavy and still need to perform at least decently. The old caddy's came with a 502ci motor, but they were still slow. Its rare for a motorcycle to be over 200hp, but they'll smoke most cars. Hell, the prostock bikes make a little over 300, but they have no weight to carry so they fly. I did race a cts-v a few months ago, got whipped, but not as much as I expected. You ought to race that 98 deville, you should beat him pretty easily less power and all.
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That hunk of junk? Yeah, well I've made a few special modifications to that yellow 99 Gt, it makes the Kessel run in 12 parsecs and eats turbo japs and poops chevy's
oh its on...the race is gonna hppen his car is 569 pounds heavier and he himself weights 30 more than me. not to mention i havea steeper gear ratio too. im confident.
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2001 Mustang GT.Tropic Green ( SU ftw ), AM Cold Air Intake. Pypes Off road X pipe. NGK platinum Spark Plugs. Steeda Tri-ax Shifter. Sniper Dyno tune. 4.10 FD ratio
oh its on...the race is gonna hppen his car is 569 pounds heavier and he himself weights 30 more than me. not to mention i havea steeper gear ratio too. im confident.
Oh I know you can win for sure man. Just play it safe and dont miss a shift.
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-04 Mustang GT-Intercooled Kenne bell 2.1L supercharged @10psi, C&L cold air intake, mass air flow, Sumitt racing 75mm throttle body, Magnaflow catback with Bassani X-pipe, chip and dyno tuned, 3:73 gears, B&M short shifter, FMS lowering springs and UPR caster camber plates, UPR upper/lower control arms, UPR subframe connectors. Kumho 275 up front/Kumho XS 315 in rear. Currently 420RWHP/435lbtq
-Daily Driver 04 Toyota Tacoma PreRunner, Blacked out, TRD suspension, K&N filter.
I'm not certain, but I think the deville is a LOT more than 569lbs heavier than a mustang, caddy's are not noting for being lightweight, even the piece of garbage cimarron was a tank. At that may have been one of the worst cars ever made by anyone. And I hereby apologize to garbage the world over for using garbage in the same sentence as that collossal turd.
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That hunk of junk? Yeah, well I've made a few special modifications to that yellow 99 Gt, it makes the Kessel run in 12 parsecs and eats turbo japs and poops chevy's
the cadi is 3946 puonds vs my 3200~. i the chargers arent scarey at all actually. i was playing around my friends gt, same year. he has a CAi . underdrive pulley ,o/r exhaust and a tune with 91 octane and i beat a dik head in a red charger at a light from 0 to 60 mph by almost a car length. and thats w/o gears. it gave me confidence
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2001 Mustang GT.Tropic Green ( SU ftw ), AM Cold Air Intake. Pypes Off road X pipe. NGK platinum Spark Plugs. Steeda Tri-ax Shifter. Sniper Dyno tune. 4.10 FD ratio
Weight or not... most luxury car engines aren't geared optimally and generally their intakes are detuned. They're designed to carry a heavy chasis - not to propel you into the back seat with heavy torque on a spirited launch.
Just be careful on your run... do it at a track if you can.
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