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Originally Posted by DansSlk  OK to start sorry if this message sounds kinda snappy thats not intentional but I'm stuck in the back of an S class thats frankly about as comfortable as driving to work in a coffin.
Point taken about the engine and yes 3VPC is in the past now but ultimately the old short mag Lee Enfield is also way in the past (production started in 1895/6 i think) but i bet if i gave it a .303 it would still blow your brains out, so age is not so much of a factor to me performance is all that counts and the M113 can perform.
Frankly when i think piss poor performance Corvette springs to mind so i think if somebody where to suggest one to me they would need a bloody good surgeon.
No agruement from me about fuel and insurance they are totally valid points.
The reason i still prefer the 55 option is your moving into a vehicle that is in its lowest possible state of tune so much can be done to it to increase performance further not only that the 5.5 has a long history of supercharging we know the engine is stable in various forms of tune from 300-700 bhp whereas the engines used in the "lesser" model cars as you put it does not have such a history and personally i would like to wait for the engine to mature a little more before i go slapping anything onto it and even then i would want a list of success stories.
Hope my reasoning is conveyed over as i wanted it to be and the above does not sound like a rant. |
Oh it isn't, and you are well noted. As it has been said, we all have our reasons for what we like and what we don't. Some reasons may not have basis in reality.
However, it's just the comment that sometimes it seems like people are pushing their likes onto others by saying "buy a 55". Maybe someone can't afford it, and it makes them feel bad.
Point is, let's be nice about the people who request info and help on their cars, the ones they could afford, the ones they love, the ones they wanted even though they could afford much more, and not tell them they should have gotten, or should get something else.
I'm not singling you out with that comment Dan, it's just easy to reply to a post and my thoughts wander from there.
I do realize the point of the value is valid, and should be made, however, the person who did this post was not asking if he should consider a 55 instead, he was asking about mods to his 350.