I'd absolutely love a MachE GT to daily while the GT350 sits in the garage for track days and weekend mountain runs. Every EV mile that's driven is one less thats using fuel for my rowdy sports car. The more people drive EV's the longer the supply of gasoline lingers for the cars that really move my soul. Sitting in stop and go traffic on my way into Atlanta from the suburbs doesn't require 526hp, nor is it very enjoyable.
Same here, drove a friend's tesla last week and enjoyed the experience. I'm very interested in a mach-e GT now while still keeping my car & truck.
Yeah but if you are bench racing here on the forum and want bragging rights so you can post your dyno sheet, that 9 hp makes a difference....Seriously, maybe that 9hp would make a difference in a riding lawn mower race, but not on a 3500lb+ car. I could go on a diet and lose a few pounds and it would have more of an impact!
Yes I have driven them and raced them in my Hellcats as well and yes they are fast. But and a big buttwhy doesnāt the EV manufacturers sticker on the window show how much of a Carbon Footprint it took to make the vehicle. And if you have to charge your vehicle and requires fossil fuels to charge it the Carbon Foot Print as well. Also the manufacturer should have to make the consumer aware before purchasing their EV how it will be charged. Meaning is your local electric company Coal, Natural Gas, wind, solar, nuclear....etc hamster wheel
Years ago I read it was 40k miles on an EV before it actually helped the carbon footprint impact. And the irony to all this EPA crap is most of these vehicles people modify are toys being they are not daily drivers. I would be willing to bet most mods are specialty vehicles that donāt even get driven 5k miles a year for the majority. The miscommunication to the general public is always the problem and the EV movement has a lot of misinformation. Just as an example I have looked at the new Mach E Mustang and should you want a fast charger system for your home and your not a handy man. Then plan on spending 4K plus to have the system installed otherwise your going to spend days charging your car on the 120 outlet. And oh ok get the dryer plug installed in your garage by an electrician and that will be 1k bill possibly as well. And you have to oay for charging your car by the KW at home and or away from home as well.
The Covid pandemic has lessened the Carbon Foot print by huge numbers never seen in the world in modern times. Air plane travel disappeared, cruise ships, public transportation, people commuting to and from work.....etc. Where the hell is that conversation on how much the ozone has been saved? Yeh itās the Blind leading the Blind rhetoric which in the end itās a political and transfer of wealth program to enrich select others and punishing most for the beliefs mankind knows the end result.
The siren call of the collectivist. What other legislation, let's say over the last century or so, has this been claimed?
This is not the concern I'm raising. I _do_ run with a cat, want to protect the environment and have no intention of doing otherwise. I'm still not legal and have no path to a legal vehicle with the exception of returning the car to stock.
I'm actually in agreement with you. I want there to be a legal path but that still retains emissions equipment on a street driven vehicle.
I was more referring to the mentions of car without cats that when cats are installed, will melt through them in just a few laps. If that's even something that can happen I don't know. I posted much earlier in this thread my last car (mini cooper JCW) I modified and was running a catless downpipe. I didn't notice any difference at all and only went that route because it was less expensive. The car was smelling, sounding, and feeling like a race car long before the cat went away. I miss it but love the (99% stock) mustang more than I rationally should. No plans at all to do headers or anything, maybe the performance pack by ford and some touring axle backs. X-pipe sounds amazing as is but hate the look of the stamped factory mufflers. Maybe wait for some Mach 1 mufflers if they become an option. So this for the most part doesn't impact me, I just really hate options taken away.
LOL,except a stock Mustang probably has more power.
The problem is that in the eyes of the EPA your high flow cats still won't suffice as they're too far downstream to light off fast enough so startup emissions will most likely fail. This is why you're seeing cats literally in the manifolds or attached straight to thr turbo outlet on boosted motors from the manufacturers.
I'm all for the ability to install test pipes on race cars while on track. The impact there is so minimal given the amount of cars that would affect its not a big deal. That's the kind of middle ground we need the RPM act to support.