Post #2994333

2026-05-29 20:11 UTC

@dfx4509b@mas.to @ahltorp@mastodon.nu @rrustema020@mastodon.nl yeah I remember the F-150 Lightning, and Saleen and roush packages.. damn no wonder.. hey at least I can brainjerk that these mods might include some adapted suspensions

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@dfx4509b@mas.to 2026-05-29 20:25

@albertojavier@universeodon.com @ahltorp@mastodon.nu @rrustema020@mastodon.nl Meanwhile as for wagons, Audi had the RS2 Avant in '94, which was as fast as the Porsche 911 of its day, which makes sense as Porsche tuned the thing, and it still had room to take the kids to school and pick up the groceries, while being capable of tearing up the track on a weekend. Too bad sport wagons never really took off outside of high-end automakers like Audi, though, imagine if Ford made a Taurus SHO wagon, for example. Although, Subaru had the WRX Sportwagon for a bit.

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@dfx4509b@mas.to 2026-05-29 20:34

@albertojavier@universeodon.com @ahltorp@mastodon.nu @rrustema020@mastodon.nl The Syclone had a turbo 4.3 V6 which had been built internally to handle boost and also used a custom intake, and it had a modified torque converter, and it used the AWD transfer case from the Astro/Safari vans. The suspension was also lowered vs. the stock S15 IIRC. The 454SS meanwhile, took the 454 big block out of Chevy's 2500 and 3500 pick-up range at the time, and stuck it in a regular-cab 1500 chassis, and turned it into something that was fast in a straight line, as sticking a big engine with a lot of power in a relatively small, light chassis, is going to lead to something like that. Dodge did basically the same thing for the Ram 1500 in the Ram SRT-10, but with the Viper engine and drivetrain.

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