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OT Dodge's New Super Bee
"Jeff Mayner" > wrote in message ... > WindsorFox wrote: >> dwight wrote: >>> "My Name Is Nobody" > wrote in message >>> news:tJjHi.2919$Ap2.40@trndny05... >>>> "dwight" > wrote in message >>>> . .. >>>>> "My Name Is Nobody" > wrote in message >>>>> news:QXAGi.583$ec2.223@trnddc03... >>>>>> ... was the 5.0 mustang eating 1988 SHO... >>>>> >>>>> ...wait... >>>>> >>>>> Say what? >>>>> >>>>> dwight >>>>> www.tfrog.com >>>>> >>>>> >>>> Out on the highway, I NEVER met a 5.0 that could hang with any of >>>> my 3 SHO's EVER, and there were many 5.0 drivers trying to pick >>>> their chins out of their laps and figure out what the hell that was >>>> that just ate their lunch... >>>> >>>> The first generation 220 horse 3.0 SHO's flat out ran their >>>> generation 5.0 Mustangs period. The only people who argue that are >>>> the ones who never tried it. >>> >>> Ah. >>> >>> I guess the one that I played with many years ago was either an >>> aberration or the driver didn't know how to push the skinny pedal >>> down. dwight >>> >>> >> >> Nah, he's blowing smoke. Been there done it many times. The little >> Hybrid V8 would keep up pretty good but that's about it. The SHO would >> spin the front tires on take off and never catch up again until the >> 5.0 let up. > > The Yamaha V6 car was better in almost every way, from an enthusiast's > standpoint anyway. > > I'm not saying it was faster than the 5.0, especially with the 5-speed (I > owned an '88 LX) but it was most deffinately a better all around car. > Handled better, rode better, etc. > > The above assuming both cars were stock of course. > Screw the charger bring on the hemi Challenger with a 6 speed stick. |
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Jeff Mayner wrote:
> WindsorFox wrote: >> dwight wrote: >>> "My Name Is Nobody" > wrote in message >>> news:tJjHi.2919$Ap2.40@trndny05... >>>> "dwight" > wrote in message >>>> . .. >>>>> "My Name Is Nobody" > wrote in message >>>>> news:QXAGi.583$ec2.223@trnddc03... >>>>>> ... was the 5.0 mustang eating 1988 SHO... >>>>> ...wait... >>>>> >>>>> Say what? >>>>> >>>>> dwight >>>>> www.tfrog.com >>>>> >>>>> >>>> Out on the highway, I NEVER met a 5.0 that could hang with any of >>>> my 3 SHO's EVER, and there were many 5.0 drivers trying to pick >>>> their chins out of their laps and figure out what the hell that was >>>> that just ate their lunch... >>>> >>>> The first generation 220 horse 3.0 SHO's flat out ran their >>>> generation 5.0 Mustangs period. The only people who argue that are >>>> the ones who never tried it. >>> Ah. >>> >>> I guess the one that I played with many years ago was either an >>> aberration or the driver didn't know how to push the skinny pedal >>> down. dwight >>> >>> >> Nah, he's blowing smoke. Been there done it many times. The little >> Hybrid V8 would keep up pretty good but that's about it. The SHO would >> spin the front tires on take off and never catch up again until the >> 5.0 let up. > > The Yamaha V6 car was better in almost every way, from an enthusiast's > standpoint anyway. > > I'm not saying it was faster than the 5.0, especially with the 5-speed (I > owned an '88 LX) but it was most deffinately a better all around car. > Handled better, rode better, etc. > > The above assuming both cars were stock of course. > > I definitely saw (felt) a better ride, but IMHO the 5.0 still out handled the SHO, by very little. -- "....a couple of belts of .50 BMG individually engraved "Unsubscribe" - Cadbury Moose |
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Les Benn wrote:
>> The above assuming both cars were stock of course. >> > Screw the charger bring on the hemi Challenger with a 6 speed stick. > > See, I want a 'Cuda. Sublime with a black strobe stripe. Since they would probably never be able to out perform (or comparably perform) the 727 Torque-Flite, I'll say with a pistol grip 6 speed. -- "....a couple of belts of .50 BMG individually engraved "Unsubscribe" - Cadbury Moose |
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OT Dodge's New Super Bee inferior
My Name Is Nobody wrote:
>> Blah blah blah, and your reading retention is sorely lacking. I only >> mentioned it because it was faster and still didn't do what you claim the >> V6 to do. That was the days when I went to the track EVERY weekend. You're >> wrong. >> > > You really do need to take a remedial reading course, one that concentrates > on reading comprehension! Your are the one off base here, you are talking > about 1/4 mile drag racing, something I haven't addressed, or eluded to, > please try and follow along. No I am NOT dumbass. I am talking about on the highway, on the way to the track. I'm not even goign to wade through all that other same old blah, blah, blah.... > Like I have already said, untill you have actually driven a stock 3.0 liter > SHO against a stock 5.0 liter Mustang of the same generation, you really > don't have a dog in this fight... For the 2nd or 3rd time, I have. -- "....a couple of belts of .50 BMG individually engraved "Unsubscribe" - Cadbury Moose |
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