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Originally Posted by genearch
I stopped caring Henry.. This forum has a great mix of members, unfortunately there is a small percentage that cannot accept any brand other than Lexus or Toyota winning an award.
It's also easy for people to sit on the sidelines and pontificate how they would prefer one car over another when the closest they would get to either is the auto show.
Some things never change...
It's also easy for people to sit on the sidelines and pontificate how they would prefer one car over another when the closest they would get to either is the auto show.
Some things never change...
Originally Posted by Ramon
While the M5/M6 have excellent brakeing power, they are using single piston calipers versus I believe 8 piston calipers up front and 4 in the back for AMG vehicles. Which I assume would lead to excessive brake fade on the bimmers in track conditions. I'm no expert in brake engineering so I could be way off base.
#17
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Originally Posted by LexArazzo
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2-liter to 2.5-liter:
Subaru 2.5-liter Turbo (Subaru Impreza, Subaru Forester, Saab 9-2X)
2-liter to 2.5-liter:
Subaru 2.5-liter Turbo (Subaru Impreza, Subaru Forester, Saab 9-2X)
#18
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Originally Posted by DASHOCKER
That BMW v10 makes some beautiful music, with the performance to go with it.
When revved-up past 4,000 rpm the BMW V10 sounds okay, but at idle it sounds like a heavily-muffled dump truck.
Don't get me wrong, I'm not saying it isn't a performer... it is. (but I still prefer the low-end torque of the supercharged AMG engines over the peaky BMW V10)
The old V8 M5 sounded MUCH better at low speeds and just off of idle.
(The 1UZ with the exhaust uncorked sounds great, too)
Agreed, the new Toyota 3.5 V6 (and its' variants in the Camry, Rav4, and Avalon) should be on the list.
#20
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Originally Posted by Ramon
While the M5/M6 have excellent brakeing power, they are using single piston calipers versus I believe 8 piston calipers up front and 4 in the back for AMG vehicles. Which I assume would lead to excessive brake fade on the bimmers in track conditions. I'm no expert in brake engineering so I could be way off base.
From the StopTech website:
"Won't bigger caliper pistons stop better?
A bigger set of caliper pistons will provide more clamping pressure on that axle, but could have a negative effect on total brake performance. If the pistons are too large for the application there will be excessive pedal travel and an adverse change in front to rear balance resulting in extended stopping distances. Also, clamping forces can easily become so strong that pre-mature lock-up will occur making brake modulation difficult. "
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Originally Posted by rominl
umm yeah i watched that, but the m5 didn't win, he was sliding coz' he knew the car couldn't hang with others and he was playing. he was complaining how heavy the car was and also the braking. on the last straight all other cars pulled on him, and the skyline won eventually i believe
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Originally Posted by DASHOCKER
Your right I guess I was just in aww seeing a 4 door luxury beast powerslide against some exotics. M5 M5 M5
i think on real race, some drifting is good (right at the boundary of losing traction. that means you get max traction possible out of the setup). but once you start to drift more, it's more of a show than a race
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