Muscle cars are better than sports care because of their high powered engine, bodies, and their overall potential. The muscle car was introduced in 1949 because of a demand for faster car. The sports car was introduced in 1928 made for precision driving and nimble handling. Engine: The biggest difference between a muscle car and a sports car is their engines. The muscle cars v8 engine is a very powerful muscle engine producing an average of 707 horsepower. Sports cars less powerful v10 engines have an average horsepower of 645. The muscle car engine is made for competitive racing down a long straight, therefor not having the advantage on the turns or corners which sports cars acel at. The muscle car engine also creates more torque or power …show more content…
The muscle car bodies had bold curves that scream power. The sports cars body has sleek smooth curves which make them look nice. The muscle car's body consists of a long nose sloping steeply up into the cab of the car, then finally gradually sloping down to the trunk. The sports car's body typically consist of a shorter nose with a long cab and a short trunk. This shows that muscle cars look how their part. Potential: One of the more subtle differences between a muscle car and a sports car is their overall potential or the amount of modifications that can be made. The muscle car, because of its bigger engine, gives them a better overall potential. One for the more commonly known modifications for a muscle car is a twincharger or a supercharger. With the sports car there aren’t as many modifications because of their smaller engines. Therefore, once again, proving that muscle cars are better. I do see that sports cars are in some ways better than muscle car. For instance, a sports car could crush a muscle car in a road race. A road race is a race that can really happen anywhere. For instance a sports car can accelerate of a corner at a decent speed where it would take a muscle car some time to accelerate back to speed. In the case of a drag race, which is a race down a long stretch of road, the muscle car would easily
Muscle Car," two distinctive cars come to mind, the Camaro and the Mustang. Throughout the era of the early 1950's and 1960's, there was a revolutionary movement that took place and paved the ground work for today's "Muscle Cars" known as the "Ponycar Era." Ask any avid Camaro or Mustang fan about the ponycar era, and watch their pain. They will describe cars that would light the tires on fire, floor it, and hang onto the wheel excitement. Back in the 1960's a new idea was soon to hit the American market, the Ford Mustang. When the Mustang was introduced, General Motors soon to had to follow with their own type of sports car. The car they generated was know as the Chevrolet Camaro. The cars themselves were introduced within the matter of a few years of one another. From the day that General Motors and Ford realized that these cars were very similar in horsepower, torque, standards, and etc... they soon started to pit them against each other in an all out battle that has still last to present day. However, the Chevrolet Camaro has always had the slight advantage over the Ford's Mustang.
The sport of NASCAR is extremely fast paced. The average speed of a NASCAR is 210.364 MPH.This can make it exciting for many people. Anything can happen in a split second too. One race Kyle Busch started 39/43 and finished in 3/43. That is a change of 36 places. This can also make it exciting because you will never know what’s going to happen.
In 1960, the American car landscape itself had expanded as Detroit began offering “compacts” alongside their full-size models. Many drivers, however, were looking for something in between these full size and compact model; this interest gave way to a new class, the intermediate. With many innovations between 1960 and 1964, like the 406 cubic inch V8 from Ford, the 389 from General Motors, and the wedge V8s from Chrysler, the golden age of muscle cars began in 1964. The Pontiac Tempest G...
Typically, the arguement is that a turbo makes more power than a supercharger, which is not entirely true. For instance, the Lysolm (aka "screw-type" Supercharger, known as the PSI in Top Fuel) was the choice of forced induction for Top Fuel cars for years until they were banned for giving an unfair advantage to the cars using it. If it's good enough for Top Fuel, it's good enough to make some pretty good power on a street car. Now, don't get me wrong. I'm not telling anyone to run out and buy themselves a supercharger right now. In fact, I'm not even implying that it's better than a turbo. I'm just making a case for it. Just as I'll make a case against the idea that turbos are all about lag and disproporational power curves. That's not entirely true. A turbo compressor that is well matched to the motor and tuned properly can result in a car that makes power smoothly over a broad powerband. Per a conversation with Texan, the Audi R8, a LeMans car running in the LMP900 class, is a good example of a turbo car that drives like a very powerful all motor car.
Take a look at your car, it probably can only hit eighty on a good day. Then watch the top fuel and funny car dragsters of the National Hot Rod Association who get three hundred miles per hour on a bad day. You would be blown away at the diffrence in power. The pure power and the amount of noise that these cars produce will blow you away. I'm going to inform you on a lot of the amazing facts about the nitro powered dragsters of the NHRA. First, i'm going to inform you on how drag racing started and on how drag racing works, then how the dragsters work. Following that i'm going to explain how the equipment keeps the drivers and workers safe, finally I will explain how the sport is evolving,
Their unique body styles will catch anyone’s attention on the roads. Their engines are similar in some ways but muscle cars tend to have bigger engines so they can produce more torque. Sports cars, however, still have large engines, but the light weight of the car causes it to be able to cut corners very easily compared to muscle cars. The Ford Mustang is the most known muscle car to this day. It is still being collected by car enthusiasts and will keep being collected until the end of it’s production. The Chevrolet Corvette is known for having the ability to cut corners at high speeds due to its low clearance from the ground. Muscle cars and sports cars have always been rival vehicle classes. Though there are some similarities, the differences are where you can see just how much different they
When looking comparing Turbochargers and Superchargers there are several factors to keep in mind: power curves, efficiency, reliability, upgradeability, and value. The car enthusiast can be very particular about their own personal car and the way it performs. Both units exceed standard engines. They differ in the means by which they achieve those results. The units increase the pressure that goes into the engine. Normal or standard atmospheric pressure is about 15 pounds per square inch (psi) (Atmospheric Pressure). The job of the compressor common to both turbochargers and superchargers is to increase air pressure so that more air is forced into the cylinders. This is what car enthusiasts and racers call having a "blown" or "boosted" car. This increased air volume, or boost, is mixed with a proportionately increased fuel volume which, when burned in the combustion cycle, results in increased horsepower and torque production. However, this is where the similarities between the two types of systems end.
For a Racing car, the design fetures are pretty much different from normal, civilian cars. Civilian cars and family saloons dont have much to prove on the speed factor. But racing cars have a lot to show themselves upto in the speed front. There are a lotta different chunks of the total package that are to be designed with precision engineering and innovation.
The Mustang GT only only offered the 289- cubic inch or an 390- cubic inch V8 in 1967. The Camaro rolled out with 302, 327, 350, and 396 cubic inch V8’s (Camaro 14) The Camaro’s style was much smoother as well. The introduction of the Camaro threw pony car development into a frenzy. Before the Camaro, the Mustang and Barracuda were not quite considered full muscle cars. Most serious performance enthusiasts still opted for intermediate sized GTO’s or the Chevelle Super Sports (SS). The Camaro changed the image of those sport coupes. (Camaros, Eric Ethan)
I believe all sports are good vehicles or tools to market and advertise, but, none is...
One of the major differences between the two is the type of engines they have. Most muscle cars have a V-8 or even a V-10 with a large displacement. These engines produce a large amount of horse power and create a lot of torque at the higher RPM (Revolutions Per Minute) range, but to fit these large engines, they need large cars to put them in. On the other hand, imports have a much smaller, inline 4 engine, and because it has a smaller engine, it can fit into a smaller car.
I think that the target audience for these cars is the same. these cars are family cars. Both of the cars are designed to be comfortable and safe, they are not advertised to be fast sports cars. or stylish city cars; they are advertised as normal cars. In both of the adverts there is no real reference towards the performance of the car apart from in the Chrysler where there is a reference to the fuel.
Tires are the most important part of race or any car for that mater. (Physics of Racing) After all they are the only thing that is contact with the ground! Tires work by having a high coefficient of friction. Some slicks have a friction coefficient grater then 1! (Physics of Racing) Typical normal street tires have coefficient of about .5 to .6 . In physics we learned that friction was equal to mew times the normal force. Since race cars are typical much lighter then normal cars, they use tricks to increase the downward force on the tires. Some drag tires run really low pressure, other drag cars tune the car to lift the front wheels to put all the weight on the rear tires. Indy cars use a wing to generate down force, and ventures to suck the car to the ground. (How to Make Your Car Handle)
A good comparison of this is when one is looking at how long distance runners run compared to short distance runners. Distance runners can maintain their speed longer while short distance runners can achieve their top speed quicker.
In order to have a fast and efficient car all these things I have discussed need to be taken into consideration. A fast car should be designed with aerodynamic surfaces for a balance of maximum production of downforce and minimum drag creating surfaces. It should have as small an engine as possible to reduce mass and reduce the necessary size of the frontal area, but a large enough engine to be able to produce enough horsepower to be able to create more force than the resistance the car faces to accelerate and enough to balance with those forces at high speeds. The tires should be wide enough for fast acceleration and good cornering but not so wide it creates large amounts of rolling resistance. Your overall best example of such a car would be formula one races or Indy cars because they have to have good handling, fast acceleration and reach and maintain high speeds.