[Mule]

Originally Posted by onewhippedpuppy

Pretty closed minded point of view Mule. Ultimately, RWD musclecars still are king in drag racing. On a road course, they are anything but.

Really, you might want to point that out to the folks at Porsche, Mercedes Benz, Ferrari, Lomborghini, Maserati, Bentley and Aston Martin. I may have missed a fer, but the list of FWD offerings from those folks seems to be short. And I think they have a few wins between them. FWD only works with light weight & low HP.

All that power is great, but worthless in a car that is inable to put it down while cornering. The IRS Mustangs do handle well, for a Mustang. There's always that caveat. Ultimately, their suspension is too simple and they are too heavy to totally compete on a road course.

Really, You may want to point that fact out to some folks that have done fairly well with them. Additionally, torque beats buzz hp hands down. Before you get your argument to prepared on that, AUDI TDI. Case closed.

On the other hand, with a few thousand in modifications and typically without even cracking the engine, an STi or Evo can hang with all but the most exotic supercars on earth. You may not like them, or want to drive them, but you should respect them.

So throw a few bucks at an Evo & look out 996TT. Surely you jest.

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