I'd love to drive a P71 Crown Vic in the states just to see how people react. It must be quite funny, but also quite annoying at times, having people infront doing way-under the limit. - To celebrate getting my wheels refurbed I gave my car a nice little wash and detail.
To be honest when i drive my vic people really dont seem to give anymore of a shit than they did before. Im going to guess the wheels give it away;that and it is a bit loud.
I don't really notice people acting strange just driving around town. If I'm doing the speed limit in the right lane on the highway I'll get a line of cars in the left lane afraid to pass though. I've been stopped on the shoulder a couple times and people slow down when they see me. They move over too, which is nice. Also occasionally someone won't take their right of way at a stop sign, which is annoying as all hell.
Coming home from work late at night/early in the morning, people do 5 under the speed limit around me. Also, people pull out of the fast lane when I am behind them most of the time. If me and my friend both go out and park somewhere, people REALLY slow down regardless of the time of day.
I just removed one of the vic's headlights. It required a flathead screwdriver and took under a minute. I could do it in 15 seconds if I were racing to do it. That's why I like these cars.
I'm sorry, but I must protest: FR and MR are the true rulers of the racetrack and the mountain pass. FF, no matter what is done to improve it, will always be an intrinsically compromised design. (Yes, I have an FF. Yes, I plan on tuning it up sometime. No, I don't think it is or ever will be better than an equivalent power/weight RWD.)
Actually, I just bought her . And since yesterday was her 'birthday' I filled her up, took her for a wash and bought a set of new windscreen wiper blades and licence plate light bulbs .
Except it's been proven that it simply isn't. Now, in terms of mass manufacturing, FF is better. It's cheaper and faster to produce. But in terms of actually being good, no. There's a reason why you have to look very hard in lap time sheets to actually find a FF car. Think of it this way, when a Corvette, a vehicle that uses leaf-springs, is faster around the Nurburgring than a FWD vehicle, that's telling you something. You can't put that kind of power in a FF vehicle (well, you can, but see point 2). You can't eliminate understeer in an FF vehicle. You can't eliminate torque steer in an FF vehicle. You CAN put that power in an FR vehicle. You CAN eliminate understeer in an FR vehicle. And an FR vehicle can't suffer from torque steer because the power is going where it belongs, the back. If FF was optimal, the Ford Model-T would be FF. The Bugatti Veyron would be FF. The Ford Mustang would be FF.
free image uploader gif upload images upload Took it for a ride for the first time with the 150cc carburetor and the stock jets. Ran lean enough that I could smell the engine cooking after ~10 minutes.. Popped in a 100 MJ and it runs much better now. Got my big valve head, currently waiting on a 52mm piston and cylinder plus a big polished intake manifold. Then I'll start porting and polishing the new head.
Lightweight <300hp class FF is the shit. Easy to drive fast as well. Important on rough roads under a lot of stress. I just enjoy the kart like handling. 2 hour clutch jobs. On topic I'm about to change an inner tie rod and buy new tires once the spring hits. I'm leaning toward Dunlop direzzas. Raise it up an inch or so and get it aligned. Than a nice race header and some hot cams along with a dyno tune to make it all work. With the money I'd spend doing that I'm more than half way to a turbo setup that will reliably put down 350whp instead of the 230whp the all motor setup gets me. Jdm life.
The FF design is flawed no matter what the power level. Its flaws may be less apparent with less power, but they're still there. They still have way too much nose weight, the front wheels are still overloaded and the rears underutillized. Furthermore, they lack the ability to rotate themselves out of a corner ("steer with the throttle"). Additionally, it's still very possible for an FF to torque steer with less than 300 HP. The Dodge Omni GLH-S was well known for trying to rip the wheel out of your hands when the turbo kicked up, and it was rated at only 175 HP. Several factory stock FFs in the low-mid 200 HP range have had torque steer problems as well. This is simply the way most transverse FWDs are; the way I've seen it explained is that the unequal-length half-shafts cause unequal axle wind-up, causing the car to pull to one side.
