MKIII vs a bunch of different cars comparison

[steven89]

the upside is the manual steering gives great feedback, so it's not too bad from what I understand...

The snap oversteering is pretty bad.. its worse than most people would expect. But still a great car. Was fun! It was like driving a BIG go kart

 

[themadhatter]

i finally figured it out KIT was a 20th an tta thats why he was always using turbo boost on the show lol


i could be wrong but don't gt foxbodys have bigger brakes and brake ducts?

 

[Sawbladz]

Heres a link to a 92 test

http://www.sportmachines.com/magrack/car_craft_12-92.html

Can anyone identify the wheels on the Supra. I think they are Stern 6 spokes but I am not sure. Anyone know for sure?

 

[swaq]

What seems odd tho, is how the article was set up for the Mustang to win. I guess if they had used the price of the Mustang GT, something else would have been the best bang for the buck.

Yeah. I think it wasn't set up very fairly, with every category counting the same. Then just dividing the price in to figure out price for performance? If you look at the final chart there is only one exception to cheaper cars scoring higher... :3d_frown:

[edit] Oh yeah, a linear progression of points makes absolutely no sense. If you have one car that does the quarter mile in 20 seconds, another that does it in 15, and a third that does a 10, you wouldn't say that the 15 second car is directly between the two. It gets exponentially harder to improve performance the faster you go. The 5 seconds from 20 to 15 are not nearly as impressive as from 15 to 10. Therefore I wouldn't score those three cars 50, 75, and 100 respectively. Instead I'd at least go with a quadratic formula, something like 25, 56.25, 100 respectively.

You wouldn't expect that by doubling your money you will double points with the linear model. Therefore going with linear points will always help the cheap cars in price/performance. I wonder what would have happened to the final results if they stuck a crappy $7k car in there? [/edit]

 

[gixxer750]

Quarter mile times were off for almost every import on it and exaggerated for the american cars... and I wonder why they didn't use the TT 300zx?

 

[Poodles]

couldn't find one in time

The snap oversteering is pretty bad.. its worse than most people would expect. But still a great car. Was fun! It was like driving a BIG go kart

I could only imagine :aigo: the supra was pretty tough with the snap oversteer until I put the swaybars in, now I can get 4 wheel slides with full control :evil2:

 

[MK3.0dudeman]

nice find

 

[steven89]

I could only imagine :aigo: the supra was pretty tough with the snap oversteer until I put the swaybars in, now I can get 4 wheel slides with full control :evil2:

Oh man, means i gots to get my swaybars and suspension setup ASAP.

 

[Poodles]

stock springs, KYB's and whiteline adjustable swaybars

 

[steven89]

stock springs, KYB's and whiteline adjustable swaybars

I was gonna go with Tanabe Sways, RSR Race Springs, Tokico Illumina IIs. oh.. and Sportmax 17x9s all the way around for the ability to rotate tires.

 

[Poodles]

whiteline adjustable swaybars > all

I dunno about the springs, if I do upgrade my suspension it will be eibachs with bilsteins, stock springs with bilsteins, or coilovers

 

[RazoE]

I love how 11 of the cars have pop-up headlights..

 

[Nick M]

Since it matters so much to many...

Sports Car International, February 1990
0-60 mph………..6.73 sec
0-100 mph………17.13 sec
¼ mile…………..15.25 @ 93.9
Top Speed………146 mph
Skidpad………… .85g
Braking 60-0.……126 ft
Braking 100-0.…..227 ft
5 speed manual

United States Auto Club certified performance
0-60 mph………..6.7 sec

Car and Driver, April 1989
0-60 mph……….6.2 sec
0-100 mph……..16.3 sec
0-130 mph……..35.5 sec
¼ mile………….14.7 @ 95
Top Speed …….146 mph
Braking 70-0.…..176 ft
Skidpad……… .85g
4 speed automatic

Road and Track, February 1990
0-30 mph………..2.5 sec
0-60 mph………..6.6 sec
0-100 mph………17.9 sec
¼ mile…………..15.5 @ 93.5 mph
Braking 60-0.…..146 ft
Braking 80-0.…..279 ft
Skidpad……….. .83g
Noise idle……….42db
Noise 70mph……67db

Motor Trend, April 1987
0-30 mph……..2.45 sec
0-60 mph……..6.88 sec
¼ mile………..15.4 @ 91.8 mph
Braking 60-0.….126 ft
Skidpad……….. .85g
Slalom…………63.92 mph

15.1 @91 in an LX with a 5.0 makes it hard to accept the contest as being "straight" in any way.