Engine torque alone says NOTHING about a vehicle’s accelerative performance. Bone stock vs. same, your Trans Am would get its doors blown off by virtually any 2019 passenger car sold in this country.
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Not really.
It’s more stupid than awesome in light of Toyota’s 2020 Supra’s break in procedure per the actual owner’s manual:
It’s now been firmly established that this engine is producing something on the order of 390 HP at the crank (and some 340 at the wheels).
Toyota disagrees, per the 2020 Supra’s owner’s manual:
2020 Supra owners manual page addressing proper vehicle break-in practices:
The vast majority of the muscle cars they (including me) grew up would have been sucking wind trying to keep pace with a typical 2013 V6 Honda Accord - 100% production line stock vs. the same with the exception of comparable tires.
Actually, it wouldn’t.
“All?”
Which is a vastly superior and far more capable vehicle than the joke of a fantasy piece that’s the subject of this rather dubious piece.
Assuming 360s were actually factory installed in these vehicles, no production 360 from 1989 made remotely enough power to push a Cherokee into the mid 13s. The 1989 360 produced just 190 SAE Net HP, realizing that the Lil’ Red Expresses engine wouldn’t have stood a prayer of passing late 1980's emissions standards.
Have you driven a “170 HP” Golf Wagon or All Track?
Then why do I see so many VW Sport Wagons and All Tracks on the road?
I agree with most of what your wrote.
So stiff are F1's sidewalls that they’d still result in bent rims on the street, regardless of their perceived high profiles.
The FIA mandates formula 1 tires. Their sidewalls are so stiff that the cars can drive on them for limited periods in cases where the actual carcasses have been vanquished due to tire failure.
To your point, the 245/50 series tires on my 1999 1LE Z28 Camaro offered more real world performance than any sane driver could use on the street while never once bending a wheel during my 80,000 miles and 6 years of ownership on harsh Northeast roads.
The entire assembly likely costs less than $100 and could be replaced in less than 15 minutes (including finding and putting back the required tool).
That’s the result of road salt, the accumulation of which is amplified by the pressure drop that’s inherent to hatchbacks/SUVs.