According to Chrysler engineers, the LX floorpan was not designed to accommodate the T-56/TR6060 and among the modifications to arrive at the LC version used for the Challenger, the trans tunnel/firewall area was specifically redesigned to facilitate use of the TR6060. Sorry, no link, but this was info was put out to…

Wow, amazingly informative post, thanks! I did not know that Ferrari even addressed the snap oversteer during its lifetime. I just remember that the motoring press really knocked it, especially in comparison tests where track lapping was involved.

Great swap-looks sweet! How's she move with the 500cc less displacement? Or were you normally aspirated before?

Vortec 5700 would be a huge improvement. It's a 1995 with the 190hp L05

New Hope?

Heim joints as opposed to bushings

That's not a rotary, that there is a turbocharger!

That's one area that should improve noticeably. The discrepancy in high load fuel economy is the result of super rich fuel mixtures designed as a safeguard against extreme detonation and monetary losses from warranty claims. Tighter controls of individual cylinder mixtures and exhaust gas temps (with increased cost of…

When I was looking at 240's new, multiple salesman (they WERE all men back then) repeatedly asked why I would want the sports package (ABS, HICAS, LSD, etc), as if I had asked for cyanide in my coffee. I thought they were just idiots, since the option didn't seem that rare. Fucking salespeople.

Nissan was a big adopter of active rear steer under its name HICAS. First used in 1986 on Skylines, it was also available on early 90's Q45, 240sx/Silvia, 300zx, and J30/Leopard. It's still used on many Infinitis. I can't think of a manufacturer that utilized 4ws in so many models. Oddly, I don't remember them…

wow, I thought you were being pretty liberal with the Corvette/Impreza simile, but then I looked it up. I thought 180hp was the low,but for one year, Corvette had a 165hp 350CI base engine!?

I'm pretty sure this didn't qualify. I don't think any Honda car qualified.

were they all 3 pedal versions? I've always beaten EPA numbers-even the old pre-revised ones.

Nissan embarked on its own super car program around the same time as Honda, and debuted the original MID4 concept in 1985. When the NSX was introduced, Honda was ahead of its competitors in offering performance to the masses. The EC Civic/CRX and platform mate Integra offered control arm suspension and VTEC in world…

So, the company that's renown for rigging and playing loose with the specs on its press test cars is behaving similarly with its stock offering? Who would have thunk?

sooo... one bank has a Blackjack header, and the other has a Hooker header?

A "mid-level early 90s Porsche 911".... firing on 6 spark plugs?!?!?(they have 12). Every hardtop 911 made since 1981 has been able to beat 6 seconds to 60. The first Carrera 2 usually posted 5-5.5 to 60 with trap speeds well over 100mph. The Fiesta's performance is as close to a 90's CRX Si/Sentra SE-R/etc. as it is…

That's ingrained with their ideology. Winning to them isn't achieving economic or humanitarian successes through politics, it's gauged by how well their PR/propaganda campaign works. Conservatism can't succeed without obfuscation.

it's the same

extra valve per cylinder?