The General Car Thread.

[May Mays]

The WRX used to be a hatch. And it is a terrible sports car.

The Megane RS and GTI are both performance cars, having a hatchback changes nothing. I'm not talking about the bland regular models.
And both absolutely are competing in the European market. France is not the only place where Renaults sell. Spain, Italy, the UK etc all exist.

But the HP did go up by 20. I was looking at the NA engine

It can definitely outrun the GTI on a less twisty track.

Well, the GTI and Megane are similar, but not similar enough.
The GTI has sporting pretentions.
The Megane GT (because that is the current range-topper) is more of a well-equipped version of the car, not a sporty one.
The new Megane RS is not out yet and will compere against the Golf R.

Megane vs Golf is like Impala vs Charger. Sure, they both are in the same segment, but they aren't that similar.

Well they're raced fairly often which is enough for me.

[Petrolheadia]

Alright that's pretty much what I thought.

I was just musing on how I would go about making a mid or rear engine car, basically like a Porsche GT3 or Lotus Exige, without the ridiculous brand-name price tag.

Sadly I lack both the money for such a project and the skills to weld an aluminum tube chassis.

Get a used V6 Pontiac Fiero.

And strip the hell outta it. I guess it could lose over 500 pounds that way. Also, give the motor a turbo/supercharger and better pistons, get racing slicks, brakes and suspension.

[May Mays]

Get a used V6 Pontiac Fiero.

And strip the hell outta it. I guess it could lose over 500 pounds that way. Also, give the motor a turbo/supercharger and better pistons, get racing slicks, brakes and suspension.

I think I'd be better off buying a later year gen 2 MR2.

[Auzkhia]

Get a used V6 Pontiac Fiero.

And strip the hell outta it. I guess it could lose over 500 pounds that way. Also, give the motor a turbo/supercharger and better pistons, get racing slicks, brakes and suspension.

No, just LS swap it, because that's the obvious thing to do.

[May Mays]

And strip the hell outta it. I guess it could lose over 500 pounds that way. Also, give the motor a turbo/supercharger and better pistons, get racing slicks, brakes and suspension.

No, just LS swap it, because that's the obvious thing to do.

y don't we all just get supras with a built ls swap and twin turbos while were at it

[Auzkhia]

No, just LS swap it, because that's the obvious thing to do.

y don't we all just get supras with a built ls swap and twin turbos while were at it

Or just get stuff like a C5 or C6 Corvette, which has it built, and an LS swapped Supra or RX-7 is pretty much a slightly smaller 'vette.

Or just enjoy the quirky rotary in the case of the RX-7, or just don't mess with your Supra because Toyota knew what it was doing.

[Petrolheadia]

y don't we all just get supras with a built ls swap and twin turbos while were at it

Or just get stuff like a C5 or C6 Corvette, which has it built, and an LS swapped Supra or RX-7 is pretty much a slightly smaller 'vette.

Or just enjoy the quirky rotary in the case of the RX-7, or just don't mess with your Supra because Toyota knew what it was doing.

Or buy the cheapest C3/C4 Vette on the market, take the body off and mod the hell outta it.

[The Two Jerseys]

Or just get stuff like a C5 or C6 Corvette, which has it built, and an LS swapped Supra or RX-7 is pretty much a slightly smaller 'vette.

Or just enjoy the quirky rotary in the case of the RX-7, or just don't mess with your Supra because Toyota knew what it was doing.

Or buy the cheapest C3/C4 Vette on the market, take the body off and mod the hell outta it.

Why on God's green Earth would anyone want to do that to a Vette?

[May Mays]

y don't we all just get supras with a built ls swap and twin turbos while were at it

Or just get stuff like a C5 or C6 Corvette, which has it built, and an LS swapped Supra or RX-7 is pretty much a slightly smaller 'vette.

Or just enjoy the quirky rotary in the case of the RX-7, or just don't mess with your Supra because Toyota knew what it was doing.

Supra handles better though, and body is probably lighter too.

You can honestly probably get 1000hp out of the Supra's engine. Add double clutch and no stock car can hold a candle to it on a quarter mile.

Besides if you really want a ridiculous engine swap, drop any GM V8 of your choice inside a Lancer and watch it fly away.

Why on God's green Earth would anyone want to do that to a Vette?

Because the C4 is ugly as sin? Not to mention Vettes are basically really marked down touring cars. Anything older than a C5 is begging for a track junkie to totally strip it.

[Petrolheadia]

Or buy the cheapest C3/C4 Vette on the market, take the body off and mod the hell outta it.

Why on God's green Earth would anyone want to do that to a Vette?

I think the C3 is one of the best-looking cars ever, but hey, he wanted to build a fast car, I told him how to build a fast car.

[Auzkhia]

Why on God's green Earth would anyone want to do that to a Vette?

I think the C3 is one of the best-looking cars ever, but hey, he wanted to build a fast car, I told him how to build a fast car.

The C3, in hindsight, looked great, but it couldn't crack 200 hp.

[May Mays]

Why on God's green Earth would anyone want to do that to a Vette?

I think the C3 is one of the best-looking cars ever, but hey, he wanted to build a fast car, I told him how to build a fast car.

Quarter mile and 0-60 isn't everything you know.

[Petrolheadia]

I think the C3 is one of the best-looking cars ever, but hey, he wanted to build a fast car, I told him how to build a fast car.

The C3, in hindsight, looked great, but it couldn't crack 200 hp.

Has the humanity been hit with a ray that evaporates memories of every 1968-1977 Vette? The 1971 ZR-1 had 435 HP.

[Petrolheadia]

I think the C3 is one of the best-looking cars ever, but hey, he wanted to build a fast car, I told him how to build a fast car.

Quarter mile and 0-60 isn't everything you know.

What About modding the suspension?

[Petrolheadia]

Another car story where every person adds the next paragraph:
In 1958, James Moore, a 37-year-old single WWII and Korean War veteran working in a DuPont paint factory in quality assurance, who lived in a nicer part of Bronx, bought himself a brand-new VW Beetle. He did that, because the car had good gas mileage and was reliable, at least compared to American cars. After buying the Beetle, he liked it and realised that he does not need a big car anymore. And after he got married (1961) and had his 1st child (1963), he sold the Beetle, wanting to replace it with a Type 2. The Beetle's 2nd owner was..

[Auzkhia]

The C3, in hindsight, looked great, but it couldn't crack 200 hp.

Has the humanity been hit with a ray that evaporates memories of every 1968-1977 Vette? The 1971 ZR-1 had 435 HP.

Well, the first few years of the C3 were the pre-emissions engines, but later on, it was making 190-200 hp.

[May Mays]

Quarter mile and 0-60 isn't everything you know.

What About modding the suspension?

It still won't change the fact that every Vette ever is a budget touring car, and on a twisty like Laguna Seca or the Nordeschleiffe would have trouble keeping up with a stock S2000.

[Petrolheadia]

What About modding the suspension?

It still won't change the fact that every Vette ever is a budget touring car, and on a twisty like Laguna Seca or the Nordeschleiffe would have trouble keeping up with a stock S2000.

Maybe buy a Miata?

[Auzkhia]

It still won't change the fact that every Vette ever is a budget touring car, and on a twisty like Laguna Seca or the Nordeschleiffe would have trouble keeping up with a stock S2000.

Maybe buy a Miata?

"Miata is always the answer".

[May Mays]

It still won't change the fact that every Vette ever is a budget touring car, and on a twisty like Laguna Seca or the Nordeschleiffe would have trouble keeping up with a stock S2000.

Maybe buy a Miata?

Well the plan is that, or an MR2.

Miata would be much easier to learn and doesn't have oversteer problems at somewhat higher speeds, but I think the MR2 would be a lot more *fun.*

And it would be a good way to prepare for the inevitable day when I will buy a goddamned Elise. It will happen.

[Arkinesia]

So while my Passat is pissing coolant and sitting at my trusty VW specialist, I'm driving one of these bad boys:



I didn't actually plan to drive a truck, but that's what they had when I made my reservation. It's a 2016 with the EcoBoost V6, and holy shit it is a lot faster than I expected.

[May Mays]

So while my Passat is pissing coolant and sitting at my trusty VW specialist, I'm driving one of these bad boys:

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I didn't actually plan to drive a truck, but that's what they had when I made my reservation. It's a 2016 with the EcoBoost V6, and holy shit it is a lot faster than I expected.

For the last decade or so, Ford has been fixing their F-150 V6s to be on par with the V8s, but truck guys just don't like the missing cylinders.

[Licana]

It still won't change the fact that every Vette ever is a budget touring car, and on a twisty like Laguna Seca or the Nordeschleiffe would have trouble keeping up with a stock S2000.

I'd love to see a factory-spec S2k get around Laguna Seca under 1:38. :>

So while my Passat is pissing coolant and sitting at my trusty VW specialist, I'm driving one of these bad boys:

(Image)

I didn't actually plan to drive a truck, but that's what they had when I made my reservation. It's a 2016 with the EcoBoost V6, and holy shit it is a lot faster than I expected.

ecoboost is no joke tbh

[May Mays]

It still won't change the fact that every Vette ever is a budget touring car, and on a twisty like Laguna Seca or the Nordeschleiffe would have trouble keeping up with a stock S2000.

I'd love to see a factory-spec S2k beat get around Laguna Seca under 1:38. :>

That's if a vette can make it past the first turn :>

and if it can not crash on the nurburgring

[Licana]

I'd love to see a factory-spec S2k beat get around Laguna Seca under 1:38. :>

That's if a vette can make it past the first turn :>

and if it can not crash on the nurburgring

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