BRIAN67SHELBY

There is a federal law regarding hp/weight ratios somewhere. I heard from someone talking about it that is was illegal to make a car that had a greater amount of HP to weight ratio. This can possibly explain why the mustang beat the chevy's on the track even though the chevy's had more hp. Does anyone have any info on this law?

Orion_240

^ sounds like an internet myth!

Care to back up that claim?

Never heard of a hp to weight rule

cavediver

Nope, there is no such law, federal or otherwise.

clentonz

Not to get off topic or anything, but I have always wondered about this...What limits are there on auto manufactures and producing powerful engines/power plants? I mean, no one wants to buy a slow car for the reason of being slow...Why can't they put twin-turbo V8's in any car they want? It wouldn't be any more expensive if the TT V8's were being mass produced....I am using really vague/stupid examples, but y'all get at what I'm talking about.

If it is not the power to weight ratio, than what is it?....Can't be EPA...I wouldn't think. I'm sure if they put all their lil' brains together they could produce high HP engines that run cleaner than most of these "green" engines they are using now..I dunno, I was just always curious about this....Back on topic.....

But that is great to hear about Car and Driver. The Camaro does look good(subjective)....but that is about it. I was shocked when I saw the whole interior....It is just sooo....spaced out. That space between the gauges and the "all-in-one" radio/climate console...What is that...I mean for real? It really looks like they stopped early and just said, "screw it, stretch it out, build it, and sale it" . imo

Xeno

i doubt there would be any power/weight laws or restrictions in the us of a... the bugatti veyron, for example (which can be bought in the us), weighs about 4100 lbs and has 1001 hp

imo, there are two reasons why they don't do things like put a tt-v8/v6 in your typical car: 1) cost (it's more labor intensive therefore more expensive), and 2) emissions standards (there are so many rules and regulations the gov't puts on cars nowadays, it's cheaper for the manufacturers to do things the dull way)

BRIAN67SHELBY

Here is a graph that I found that shows some of the HP/weight ratios of some high end sports cars. Like now, my car has approximately 11.38lbs per HP. According to the graph, I would imagine that my car would perform the same going 0-60 if not better than that of the 2000 Porsche Boxster S. Now, technically if I can reduce my car's total vehicle wt by 100lbs to a total of 3508 and be able to produce 475HP to the wheels that would rank the mustang well above all that is listed below in HP/weight by having 7.385 lbs per 1 HP. Pretty cool huh Sorry about getting off the subject. Just thought you guys might like the info.


www.dpcars.net

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Horsepower to Weight Ratios

Model weight HP lbs/hp price
1999 Dodge Viper 3,380 450 7.51 $80,000
2001 Corvette Z06 3,115 385 8.09 $48,055
2000 Porsche Turbo 3,400 415 8.19 $118,000
2000 Ferrari 360 Modena 3,241 395 8.21 $179,000
1999 Porsche GT3 2,975 360 8.26 N/A
1995 Corvette ZR-1 3,535 405 8.73 $65,000
1999 Corvette C5 Coupe 3,250 345 9.42 $37,171
2000 Porsche Boxster S 2,855 250 11.4 $54,303
2000 Audi TT 2,655 225 11.8 $36,000
2000 BMW M Roadster 2,899 240 12.1 $43,743

UMich97

Definitely a good article. Here's the link for those interested....

http://www.caranddriver.com/reviews/..._test/(page)/1

Matt's 95 Stang

It is a good artical for anyone thinking of picking up the mag.

Matthew

Matt's 95 Stang

It is a good artical for anyone thinking of picking up the mag.

Matthew

mygt500

Glad the stang is on top....was it ever really not on top? I mean the others are in bankruptcy after we gave them bailout money and Ford did not take any....I will always buy from Ford and Ford only....even if I won a new Camaro and as much as I like it I would sell it in a heartbeat (no pun intended) and cont to mod the stang and pay off bills with the leftovers...JMO