I guess as a cop you don't want anything "Hot" lel well I can understand someone in a 90s commodore or falcon getting arested for burnouts but a 72 falcon gt dam that's rough. http://www.stuff.co.nz/motoring/new...-falcon-gt-gutted-after-losing-burnout-appeal
Holy freaking crap...... Random thing about Mustangs: Did you know that the GT350 and GT350R aren't sold here? Also, they changed a lot of cool visuals and aerodynamics (see CarThrottle) because you can't put anything that you get in America on the road here. I think if I was to buy a Mustang, I'd probably import myself a US-spec 350R and accept all the drama with the authorisation (hopefully the right word). I mean, someone who loves Mustangs enough and has the will and money should be going for something more special and more appealing.
My one point of disagreement is that I wouldn't necessarily be opposed to harder suspension. But then I'm 1. obsessed with speed and 2. lacking a significant experience base to argue from. I'm not really sure I'd mind a revvy engine, as long as it actually goes when you wind it up and doesn't just shout VEEEEEEEE VEEEEEEEE VEEEEEEEEEEEEEE while you struggle to break 50 MPH (the memetic reputation of the Honda Civic back when the ricer fad was going on). Is this some arbitrary thumb-in-the-eye rule or are your car regulations somehow even more BS than ours? Please explain.
Simple, its not true. EU model mustangs arent any different from US ones. Changes made to comply with EU law were global, same goes for tweaks required for US law. Both EU and US cars are identical. Only cars with any difference at all are those destined for the UK, South Africa, Japan, Australia and New Zealand which have a different steering rack assembly, replacement light clusters front and rear with an altered beam split pattern and a mirrored interior.
Both. On one side, U.S. regulations barely deserve to be called that way. On the other, welcome to Germany, baby.
the only other real difference between the ones that are sold in NZ and the US,is that we don't get a base model and that both the Ecoboost and the GT have everything.
The U.K. and U.S. Cars differ slightly (goes for Aussie cars as well). The mirrored interior required different headers to be fitted to the V8 engine. Because of this, power drops by something like 3 or 4 HP. Our cars are more powerful. (It was a joke, really, 0-60 times are basically the same please don't mame me, I'm just having fun because I'm in a good mood)
I think the V6 may be a U.S. only thing. And I don't know why, it makes more power than the old 4.6L Modular V8 did.
because the 4.6l modular v8 was undertuned garbage whereas there is at least some modern engineering in the v6? Then the i4 beats it across the entire power band, but then thats forced induction.
Intake, exhaust, cams, and a tune really wake up those old Modular V8s. They weren't really build for power, but longevity. That was when America was still "low stress pig iron," not so much anymore.
Yeah well see if my Honda b16 lasts as long as one of those 4.6 v8s. Many do and will, but not ones that see 9500+Rpm daily. But like most people who would gladly dump money into a car, the prospet of blowing it only makes me wonder what kind of nasty shortblock I could build for boost. Forged rods and pistons that are not 11.4 to 1 compression ratio. Sorry that went way off track.
Engines are still the last thing that gets wrecked on a daily driver though. The whole rest.... Yeah, imagine you have an '01 Fiesta.... It's a pain in the ass.
