Re: SCREAMING 90 20v

[Tom Leveckis <leveckis@usf.teradyne.com>]

> From Bob.Damato@starfleet.snetel.com Wed Jan 24 11:24:11 1996
> Date: Wed, 24 Jan 1996 11:20:57 -0500 (EST)
> From: "Bob D'Amato" <Bob.Damato@snetel.com>
> To: Tom Leveckis <leveckis@usf.teradyne.com>
> cc: quattro@coimbra.ans.net
> Subject: Re: SCREAMING 90 20v
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> On Wed, 24 Jan 1996, Tom Leveckis wrote:
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> > did the t-bird perform the way you would expect a 
> > 205 hp car of that nature to perform???....then again, even though it's
> > 205 hp, the t-bird is a load......between the weight of the car, and typical
> > power losses going from the engine to the rear wheels, the real, effective 
> > power getting to the road is probably less than that of a Q with 170hp....
> > a Taurus SHO would probably fare better....
> > 
> 
> Yeah.. the SC seemed to be fine.  
> Actually the SHO is the real Load! They arent nearly as impressive as 
> people think. My friend in his stock 4kQ is constantly battling one on 
> his way to work, and tells me stories on how he beats it. After driving 
> one, I started to actually beleive him. The SHO I was in was an auto 
> though, I sure that doesnt help.


I have a hard time believing that one.......maybe the automatic....I have
a buddy with an SHO....a '94 with the 5sp.......absolutely demolished my
80Q when I had it.......I mean he would just toy with me, letting me get
ahead a little, then put the hammer down, and disappear.....another thing
you want to note is that alot of US manufacturers drop about 20-30 ponies
when they go from the manual to the automatic... probably to save tires,
trannies, etc.......probably figure that the people who are buying the
automatics aren't real 'power connosieurs(??)' anyhoo........another thing
to note is that american cars have a tendency to rapidly lose performance
as the car ages...unless you're anal with keeping the thing up......

TVL