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Re: "ZX2 S/R"...trunk kits anyone?

To: "autox" <autox@autox.team.net>, "Jeff Blankenship" <jblanken@itds.com>
Subject: Re: "ZX2 S/R"...trunk kits anyone?
From: "Justin Hughes" <ka1ult@channel1.com>
Date: Tue, 8 Jun 1999 12:53:22 -0400
>Sorry if this sounds irate, but the resemblance isn't even close.  I'm not
>attacking you personally when I say this, Stan, because you wrote what a
lot
>of other people are thinking, too.  But if the collective "you" were up on
>the ACR, "you'd" know the only thing you can't get on any other neon are
the
>slotted struts for camber adjustability, and the thicker front hub flange
>(useless weight in AX, but necessary for road racing), and the 130 mph
speed
>limiter (up from 118 mph, a big advantage in Solo, I'm sure).  You'd still
>need to do 90% of what the ZX2 S/R gets to the ACR before you'd have
>something other than a stock parts on an ACR.  The myth of the ACR being a
>SP car must die!  <- (there, I promised I would sound irate.)


You did a good job of it. :)  Owning a Tracer (Mercury Escort), I'm somewhat
partial toward the Fords, but I'm no dummy about the performance.  A Neon
R/T will smoke a ZX-2 any day for sure in acceleration and handling, and
probably braking as well.  The S/R could probably give it a good fight, but
that's a major hop-up for the Escort, whereas most stock Neons have most of
that capability already.

>I am with you 110%.  I love the fact that Ford is stepping up to the plate
>with something fresh and sassy.  (I don't believe I just used those words,
>and a sports allusion too!  It must be a coffee day.)


LOL!  Like I said, having a little competition there will force both cars to
improve, and the true winners will be us with better cars to choose from.

    - Justin


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