Flip This Car: Archive

[kevm14]

http://www.windingroad.com/articles/blo ... r-archive/

Not too many actually. Definitely an affordable way to enjoy driving different cars. I could absolutely see doing this on an E38, except I think I'd want to keep it. Unless it made me completely nervous and eager to flip.

[Bob]

Ooo, they Legacy sport sedan! One of my college roommates had this car and thought it was the greatest thing ever.

[kevm14]

The Mustang series: http://www.windingroad.com/articles/blo ... nvertible/

From part three:

One thing working to my advantage this winter is the Mustang’s lackluster accelerative performance. There’s no problem with missing power, rather it’s just misdirected. The four-speed automatic does a decent job of changing gears without the gooey slushbox slip most people associate with this era, but the cogs could be better placed. There’s enough space between third and overdrive to build and staff a fleet of starships, but it certainly helps fuel economy when the engine can turn a lazy 1400 RPM at 60 miles per hour. Aiding that lack of motivation is a 2.73 rear end, the tallest gear set available for a 1992 Mustang. The result is a car that musters all the immediacy of a DMV visit when nailing the throttle from a dig, but there is hope

It’s not a stretch to call it one of the greatest American engines of all time, and having recently owned one of the other great American engines—namely GM’s 5.7 V-8 during my Buick Roadmaster saga—I find myself liking this one just a bit more. It has a healthy powerband, it’s rock-solid reliable, it’s not overly complex, and it has the potential to be so, so much more. Observing the bottled up exhaust and the tiny mass air meter, I can easily see how people achieve appreciable horsepower gains with just a few basic bolt-ons. And once the winter snow turns to spring storms, I’ll be on a horsepower hunt of my own.

Boo. This car is no faster than the Roadmaster and gets no better fuel economy. And apparently has no low end torque. You know what does big smokey burnouts from a dig with zero brake torquing? Aside from the Roadmaster, a 4th gen F-body with automatic and 2.73s...