Since the 60's! Awesome cars!
Since the 60's! Awesome cars!
Lend me your blue LET and we'll see which comes out best KeithOriginally Posted by krobinson
Oh the Nova is quicker for sure, but it tops out at 160mph, 911 will do 175 and go round a corner without killing me!
You didn't say no, when you next in England
911s are fast cars. ok..
but when the limit is reached, they had a reputation of changing ends rather quickly, as i previously said, cos most drivers of the age weren't used to a rearward weight bias.
i'm sure when the fwd revolution came along, there were lots of people understeering off, just like there are today...
but then, as we all know, what makes a car great on the track doesn't necessarily make it good on the road & vice versa
The 911 Turbo isnt nick named the widow maker for nothing.
yeah, well, they did have more lag than an immersion heater, then when the turbo came on it was rather brutal.. thats why the engineers stuck those crazy massive rear tyres on, in an effort to keep them on the road. the 996 onwards cars are radically different to the original ones though
The 911 Turbo is 4WD and actually not too bad. It's the GT2 is the "widow maker", as its 450bhp and RWD (996 form) and 500bhp+ rwd in 997 form. EPIC!!
i think moike was on about the old 70's whaletail 930 type
Well anywho I can't vouch for those who don't understand the layout of such a car & don't have the willingness to learn how to drive it.
The AC Cobra was known as a widow maker too and the engine was in the front. Why was it so dangerous? Because it's lightweight, RWD, but moreover the torque would be the root cause imo; the generic rich guy that bought one hasn't got a clue about how such loadings build up.
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