Dissing the YENKO!!

[mhassett]

Gotta read this the--Sport Compact Car July Issue. From the movie (2 Fast 2Furious) page 91. The author is talking about the Clone Yenko that was in the movie. "For those throwbacks still stuck reading CAR CRAFT 2f2f included some classic Muscle Cars." The transmission is a brutish Muncie 4-speed, the steering is as much by blind luck as it is by a recirculating ball and the solid axle on leaf springs rear suspension is about as supple as a cinder block being slammed into an old Norge freezer" Despite its Prehistoric underpinnings, the Camaro is a blast to drive" The rim of the steering wheel is ludicrously thin, the instrumentation Stupidly laid out and the driver sits so low, it's like looking out of a munitions bunker" But it was fun.!! "The Camaro's handling is just as Lousy as anyone would expect. Modern BFGoodich Radial T/As can only do so much to counter the suspension, which was state of the art in 1897, and that iron lump of an engine puts all the weight in the wrong place" I can't type anymore get the magazine and you must read the article in full. What should we Yenko owners do??--Maybe I'll SELL my (2) Prehsitoric Yenko's!!! [img]/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/rolleyes.gif[/img] Mark

[Chevy454]

Well, I don't know what we CAN do, but I can tell you what I WON'T do, and that is buy a magazine called "Sport Compact Car"!!!!

Pull one of those "prehistoric Yenkos" and the riceburner of your choice into a parking lot and see which one gets more looks...then for grins, race the 2 cars, and see what "state of the art" gets you.

[mhassett]

Hey WAIT it's my son's Magazine (HONDA LOVER). Forgot the Best line - " 427 cubic inch iron block, cam-in-block, overhead valveV8 making 425HP Despite relying on a Giant Fuel-Leak called a "four barrel carburetor" for induction. Oh my GOD this is magazine is going in Sunday's Trash Pick-Up!! [img]/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/mad.gif[/img] Mark

[Belair62]

No wonder Supercars is liquidating his collection and getting into Japanese high performance.

[68l30]

"Giant fuel leak....." Now that is funny! [img]/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/haha.gif[/img] The rest is just plain sad......It takes how much money and 30 + years of tech to run close to these "Old Big Dogs".I haven't found a one ready to step up to my 327 let alone a 427.....Once the revs come up (4000) they slink back in the seat, lower the stereo,and drive away slower than Granny.I can't hear their fart pipe then.... [img]/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/[/img]


Steve

[JoeG]

I'll bet he kicked his dog out of the house because it was to OLD!!! [img]/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/mad.gif[/img]

[PxTx]

Sounds like this was written after a test drive of several 2f2f movie cars. I didn't read the article, but I would suspect that every car fell short of the driver's expectations. They are only movie cars built more for looks than for actual performance. I bet even the japanese movie cars performance were sub-par for what the visual expectations were.

[DjD]

Just some general comments... First Camaro supercars were designed for straight line. It's kinda hard to bitch about a car's cornering and braking when it wasn't designed to compete in the corners. Maybe Charlie needs to take that writer for a ride in the Mule or we need to find a vintage trans-am camaro for a test drive...

As for little engines doing more, in some respects they do but then compared to a 427 LS6 SBC do they really? My next point is weight to HP ratio. I've no math to back this but let's use Charlie a bit more since he's out having fun!! Drop the mill from a hi performance streetable import between the fenders of the Mule and see how it does...

I do think the artical was written for a target audiance and the writer was saying "the old cars are ok guys" but like so many in todays world the writer had to pick apart the Camaro to help afirm himself with the readers... [img]/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/[/img]

[JoeG]

MOMS -- APPLE PIE --- AND ---CHEVROLET [img]/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/flag.gif[/img]

[whitetop]

Everyone needs to read the letters in the July Hot Rod mag about the future of the hobby and what is going to be popular in the future. The basic gist of the letters was the animosity the traditional guys have toward tuner cars the import guys also have toward the "old stuff". Tuners look upon carbs as ancient technology and have no interest. What I noticed at Carlisle Ford show this past weekend: Sitting behind 65-73 Mustangs, Ford Fairlanes and Galaxies was grey haired old men. Sitting behind the new Mustangs, Ford Focus, lowered trucks were young men. Not always the case but pretty much drawn across age lines.
I have never believed the argument that the younger generation cannot afford to buy older muscle cars so they buy sport compacts. Most of the "tuner" cars at the show probably had as much or more money in them than most of the traditional muscle cars present.