Thread: this car could easily be lethal
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Old Jul 17, 2007 | 08:57 PM
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Default Re: this car could easily be lethal
I'm used to a short wheel-based sports car having had a Triumph TR-8 and a tuner suspensioned '87 Fiero GT (fat sway bars and tires, tubular control arms, coil-over shocks/struts and poly bushings throughout). The TR was all torque and no tire while the Fiero was just the opposite. But the Pontiac had a near 50/50 front to rear weight distribution and was a lot more fun. I could fly up to a turn, pounce on the brakes while downshifting and then power through the curve, drifting sometimes. Fortunately, there wasn't too much power from the engine which kept me out of trouble. This car, the SRT-6, I'm not so sure.

My learning curve is getting a lot shorter though. I put about 65K miles on the Triumph over a 22 year period, over 100K on the Fiero during 7 years (the last 4 having the killer suspension) and now 1,500 miles on the Crossfire in a week and a half. I should be dancing before the end of the summer.
 
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