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Originally Posted by Aron9000  Nothing against your town car, I'm sure its a nice car, but if you think a 4.6 mod motor is fast in that car, you really need to drive something with some torque and real power, like a LS1 Corvette, an LS1 fbody, a 300c with the hemi or even a stock LT1 powered b-body. |
I never tried to claim my 4.6 was anything spectacluar when it comes to speed, I was simply basing a very loose comparison of the car I just drove to mine.
But, please tell me you are kidding when you are trying to compare a stock '96 Town Car to a LS1 Corvette/F-body or HEMI 300C in terms of speed... I mean... right? cause really....
Actually, stock for stock, I'd like to see what my Town Car would do against a stock '94-'96 Fleetwood, I think it would be interesting.
My Town Car feels quick for what it is though, stock gearing was 3.08 I've got 3.27 as part of the ride control package, that may help a little... other then that it's all stock, maintained very well, but stock. It just feels alot quicker then others make them out to be. My car dosen't float like a co-workers '94 does, in the world of Town Cars, I'd say mine has a firm ride... but then again my car can also take turns quite differently then most Town Cars... besides the various upgrades to the suspension from the ride control package it's got stiffer front shocks then factory and poly bushings which seem to help. Maybe not everyones cup o' tea, but just about perfect for me, I'm very happy with it.
I guess for me I'm not all caught up in the power thing like I once was, and I never really owned a high power car, but my 120hp 4cyl Isuzu is plenty for my day to day driving, and I have no problem with the power it's got... then when I get in the Town Car it feels faster to me... it is perfectly capable of doing any day to day operation with ease, it'll go 0-60 fast enough for me, it'll go 60-100 fast enough for me, it'll cruise at 90 fine, I've got no reason to want more power out of it.
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What'd you think of the seats? That, along with the steering and suspension, was one of the things that I liked least about that '77 I test drove two years ago.
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Seats were ok, didn't have the sink-in feeling I thought they would, or maybe I was just expecting them to be much more softer, I'd say they were about as soft as the '94 TC I've been in. Steering... I dunno, I was on stright roads and made 90* turns, defintly the classic 70's land barge light steering tho... almost became annoying when trying to drive stright tho... worse then driving downt he highway in my '96 with steering effort switch set to lo (which is annoying in itself) suspension... I liked it, it float, pulling out of the driveway where there was bumps and dips it just kinda bobed up and down like the land barge it was, whereas my '96 hit them like a typical bump.... really my '96 felt like a sports car in just about all aspects after driving the '76... yet it was similar is so many ways... quite an odd experience.
Chad, if you ever get the chance, I think you'd have fun driving my Town Car... I dunno, from what you've described that you like a balance of ride/handling/comfort/power etc... it seems, atleast to me, that you may be impressed with my Town Car... maybe not the materials and build quality compared to the benz, but the driving dynamics.... probably one of the things I like most about the car. Not all are like that tho, mine has the ride control package from the factory, then I totally went thru it and replaced nearly all worn out parts, all new steering and suspension with upgraded parts etc it's actually pretty impressive, and a whole lot different then when I first got it... If it wasn't for my tires which have a very soft and flexible sidewall, I think it could handle alot better too... but these tires do nothing for improving handling, thats where all the current body sway comes from. When I had the same tires on my '93 Coupe DeVille, it did the same things that it didn't do with the tires before it. Ah well, always a tradeoff...
Heh, it's been awhile since i made a long post...