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From: shelby@rtech.ARPA (Shelby Thornton)
Newsgroups: net.auto
Subject: Re: big block vs 4-bangers
Message-ID: <230@rtech.ARPA>
Date: Mon, 11-Mar-85 03:23:05 EST
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Posted: Mon Mar 11 03:23:05 1985
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> $100,000 Lambrogini was inferior in the handling department (.86 g's
> vs .89 g's on the skidpad, the best measure of road holding ability,
> re: Road & Track magazine).

Jeff, sometimes I wonder if you're for real.  If you put the 84 vette
on a race track, that .89 means something.  If you put that vette on
a normal street, with the associated terrain differences (pot holes, uneven
pavement), that number becomes VERY misleading.  

If you put the vette on the street (where it belongs), the Porche will out
handle it on 9 out of 10 roads.  The bump steer on the vette is horrible,
whereas the Porche's is excellent.  What that means is that if the vette hits
a bump in a turn, the vette suspension panics.  The 84 vette is a very good
car, but don't be selective and incomplete about your facts.

						Shelby Thornton
						Relational Technology