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Originally Posted by PhlypSide
"Status"? LOL! I "poo poo" on that idea. Status is not a measurable physical phenomenom, so what impact does "status" have on physics?
The point is given enough money you can make a woman into a man (physically) and vice versa. And I'm not trying to judge anyone on that, but think what was their original "intent" and design though? IMO, this is the equivalent of turning an econobox into a faster, re-done econobox.
So for all the add-ons and changes and other nonsensical (IMO) bullsh*t you could do to a Neon to make it perform like a Viper, it's still not a sportscar.
Another example? This is akin to using a wrench as a hammer, will it work? Sure, but it's a waste of a wrench and not really the right job for the tool.
In the case of a Neon, when properly MacGyver'd it's the hammer in the situation above ( straight line acceleration) and the Viper is the wrench ( both straight line acceleration and lateral acceleration  ).
I'm all for underdogs, afterall I drive a 4-cylinder but I'm not soo far deluded as to equate a hopped up econo-box with a sportscar. |
Well, since the Viper's engine was from a truck (it's heavily tuned, but apparently, you say tuning can't change the car's roots, so . . .) and the suspension was from a Dodge Dakota . . . by your logic, holy crap, the Viper was a pickup truck this whole time! Sure they used em to make a different car, but it surely can't be a sports car . . . just a 'hopped up pickup' with a massive amount of fabricated parts designed to make it sporty/fast/etc, just like that uber-modified Neon.
So if you turn a hammer into a wrench, it doesn't count, but that wrench you've been holding this whole time was cast from old, melted down hammers.
