stefke

Another old (approx. 35 years) Ferguson article and translation below, don't pay any attention to the grammer. Last time i had Englisch was 10 years ago, in school. It doesn't help with this old written dutch either.



Fourwheeldrift for everybody

Mustang 7-liter in snow

By Hans Veldhuis pictures Ton Thies

Loyal Autovision-readers will remember a previous issue that not so long ago reported of a kind exiting driving experience with a fourwheel driven ford mustang. This conversion, which was done as an experiment by the britisch Harry Fergunson Research, turned out so positive, that Fergusen put a standerd conversionkit on the market for this car, which has a lot of interested parties. Ofcourse does the cheap dollar country America show a lot of intrest, but it is nice to hear that a dutch radiographer has ordered such a fourwheeler. To support all arguments, Ferguson recently bought the biggest standard-mustang (with 7 liter engine) to be used for demo purpeses. And because this car was just on a passthrough in our country, while our roads were on the slipperiest conditions, there was probable cause to testdrive this abundant powered car under circumstances where the Ferguson FWD could abondon all conventional cars.

Driving on snow and ice in such a four wheel driven animel is as staggering as in some less weather conditions at the time of Grand Prix 1969, when the experimental, but not so powerfull and on smaller tires standing 4,7 liter Mustang was tested. During a testdrive through ice and saltpulp, which covered our roads over a month ago, turned out that the limits of the roadability was so late atchieved, that the speed came up so high it was too dangerous to drive it in the slowdriving traffic. Also other drivers scared enough when they for example drove off and spinned hopelessly while they had to sit and see how a big American sped off like a it was on the stiffest concrete.

Luckely was the racetrack Zandvoort free because the state police were done practecing and with a thick layer of white snow covered track was available. Some race and rallye famous dutch drivers, who had no objection to blast around the nearly unridable track with such a remarkeble car, have spent together with the auto-vision guys a few fun hours. The biggest meanest dealer of this educational afternoon was the fourwheel acceleration of the Fergusen-system is on pure snow and ice staggering, the cornering is far above the conventional powered cars, the brakes in combination with the Maxaret-anti-blokking-system above expecttations, but as counterpart a noticeble more diffecult steering responce when it is finaly going way to fast.

It was with this very neutral steering car childsplay for the topdrivers to acquired the technique to four wheeldrift around the corners, but really coming out fast out the corners is unexpeted diffecult. When the 4 wheels all simultaneously spin, the car is terrible understeered and with an automatic transmission and the power of the 7 liter engine not possible to adjust the speed of the wheels on to the slippery road. Notice, this acounts for nearly inresponcible speed on an empty racetrack under circumstances where a normal car with spiked winter tires could handle. Futhermore the car gives a unbelievable confidence safety, even in a perfect fourwheeldrift through the Tarzancorner. Or with a thick 80 miles an hour on the partial salty roads from Zandvoort back to the editorial department.

amfstang

here is a link to an awd gmc syclone launch i have owned one it is a great stop light truck 0to60 in 4.9 sec
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=53lEpORV0HQ

amfstang

the gmc syclone,and typhoon were awd turbo charged but if you want awd at a better price find a olds bravada awd it was olds version of the blaizer/jimmy that had awd but no turbo