Ecm role expanding?

[Jeremy Gonyou]

I believe that this is why we see the rise in import racing and "FWD 
Performance".  Most kids can't afford the camaros and mustangs that use to 
symbolize affordable performance.  So the answer for a lot of people is a 
turbocharged civic.  The way I see it, hotrodding has always been about 
having the biggest motor possible in the smallest (cheapest) car possible.  
Why drop $30K on a Trans Am when you can get VTEC power under the hood for a 
fraction of the cost?  The pony cars seem to have outgrown their roots and 
are being replaced by a new generation of hotrodding fodder.

Jeremy

>It's a shame to see some of these platforms go, but as you stated they've
>been priced out of the hands of their target market. Back in the 60's there
>where Muscle cars and family cars, in the 70's and early 80's even though
>180hp 5.7's wasn't much, it was a " performance car". Unfortunately(well
>fortunately I guess), in the late 80s and thru the 90's technology has 
>given
>us 14 second economy cars, 13 second luxury cars and 12 second sports cars,
>so there's no longer a large enough market to support these cars. They used
>to be mid priced cars for people who couldn't afford Corvettes etc but 
>where
>interested in performance. Unfortunately for them they are no longer mid
>priced and don't offer the substantial difference in performance over most
>4dr sedans that they used to. I hate to see them go, but it's my own fault,
>I haven't been able to justify the price of a Mustang, F-body etc in years
>and thus buy new cars for everyday use (Maxima, Cherokee) and lust over
>older cars rather than new. Would love to build a 4-speed auto, fuel
>injected hemi 'cuda or 6 speed 420 small block with SPI.

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