'03 T-Bird V8 times Vs Stang V6
 

My neighbor down the street has a 2003 red convertible Thunderbird. He had garage built just for the car. Anyway, his car is a V8 which boast 280 hp.....ours are rated 210. The T-bird's 0-60 times is 6.70 ours 6.5.....T-bird 1/4 mile 15.10 ours 15.3. So why is the Thunderbird not any faster? It only has two seats? Could it be the hard top that's on the vert that weighs it down?
I was a little surprised when I saw those numbers. http://soundmachine.org/dci/forum/im...on_jawdrop.gifLink provided below;

http://autos.msn.com/research/vip/Sp...&trimid=-1

RE: '03 T-Bird V8 times Vs Stang V6
 

thats really wierd. youd think with that much more hp and torque, itd go faster... :eek:

RE: '03 T-Bird V8 times Vs Stang V6
 

Could be, gearing, could beweight.. I'd guess that its a combination of both...

RE: '03 T-Bird V8 times Vs Stang V6
 

I just looked....T-Bird weighs 3869 to our 3439.....a 430 lb difference.

RE: '03 T-Bird V8 times Vs Stang V6
 

So If we had a big fat girl in our car with us, then what?

RE: '03 T-Bird V8 times Vs Stang V6
 

We'd go looking for a replacement? ;)

RE: '03 T-Bird V8 times Vs Stang V6
 

You mean like one of these calendar babes?

RE: '03 T-Bird V8 times Vs Stang V6
 

Good lord!

RE: '03 T-Bird V8 times Vs Stang V6
 

I reckon you just found an inexpensive, flexible means of lowering your car. Just gotta feed her.

RE: '03 T-Bird V8 times Vs Stang V6
 

LOL. I guess instead of measuring your mileage in gallons, you'd have to measure it in fast food consumption???:D