Is it still true that American Muscle and American Pick Ups often have identical engines?
Would that make them virtually equal at towing? I’m sure there’s loads of tuning beyond that, but Horsepower is Horsepower.
Edit: Yeah I see now that Suspension and Mass of the Towing Vehicle make a huge difference to how easy it is to tow something, (or more importantly, stop when towing something)
Esliquiroga on
When midlife crisis meets mid size hauling.
Serianes on
Chevrolet really out here testing the limits of ‘American muscle.’
Serianes on
Chevrolet really out here testing the limits of ‘American muscle.’
VelvetSkies28 on
Somewhere, an F-150 is crying.
Crystal-Shore on
This is the car version of showing up to the gym in a tux.
StarflowerGaze on
Bro spent $80k just to cosplay as a pickup truck.
Prestigious_Beat6310 on
Just don’t hit the brakes too hard.
K24Z3 on
My father used to tow a speedboat in his ‘62. They were both painted orange.
Big engine, big brakes, body-on-frame, it did fine. He had a fun 70s-80s.
thefeedling on
Priorities!
You can tow with a Corvette, but you cannot race (properly) with a truck!
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Is it still true that American Muscle and American Pick Ups often have identical engines?
Would that make them virtually equal at towing? I’m sure there’s loads of tuning beyond that, but Horsepower is Horsepower.
Edit: Yeah I see now that Suspension and Mass of the Towing Vehicle make a huge difference to how easy it is to tow something, (or more importantly, stop when towing something)
When midlife crisis meets mid size hauling.
Chevrolet really out here testing the limits of ‘American muscle.’
Chevrolet really out here testing the limits of ‘American muscle.’
Somewhere, an F-150 is crying.
This is the car version of showing up to the gym in a tux.
Bro spent $80k just to cosplay as a pickup truck.
Just don’t hit the brakes too hard.
My father used to tow a speedboat in his ‘62. They were both painted orange.
Big engine, big brakes, body-on-frame, it did fine. He had a fun 70s-80s.
Priorities!
You can tow with a Corvette, but you cannot race (properly) with a truck!
i just looked it up (and skipped the AI summary because it was [laughably stupid](https://www.reddit.com/r/Corvette/comments/1izy2p7/i_was_looking_up_the_towing_capacity_of_the/)); the base C8 can apparently tow 5000 pounds, which is better numbers than a lot of SUVs on the market.
As long as it’s for repo still on brand
When they tell you all you need is a V8 for towing
A car-hauler of sorts some might say
its ok
Unpractical but if it works it works
Rich dude drove somewhere to buy a trailer and forgot his truck at home lmaoo
I’m just thinking of the scene in Selena when the cholos in the lowrider offer to tow their tour bus out of the ditch. “Anything for Selenas!”
If the hitch is secure, why not?