The Ford Mustang is not only Autoblog’s meat and potatoes, it’s also America’s most modded machine. Turning the relatively demure ox-cart suspended pony car into a overwrought, overpowered death car is big business. As our Best and Brightest know, the Las Vegas SEMA show is the temple of VTEC—I mean, modded motors. This year, Ford is sponsoring the show and bringing the noise (or whatever the current colloquialism may be). They’ve sent the usual herd of free ‘Stangs to the tuners with the inevitable results. White wall tires are in again? Who knew? “SEMA is important to Ford,” said Brian Wolfe, director of Ford Racing. “It’s not only about making great cars, but for those enthusiasts who want to take their cars beyond what manufacturers build.” So does that mean that people who take their cars beyond what manufacturers build are not making great cars? Perish the thought.
White wall tires were never out. Now I just need to find that case of Wessley’s Bleach White I put away in 87.
the temple of VTEC
Plenty of that at SEMA, as well.
VTEC (and more recently iVTEC) is Honda’s name for variable valve timing/lift via cam lobe rotation. VTC I believe is Ford’s acronym for their similar system. There’s VVTL-i from Toyota, MIVEC from Mitsubishi, VVL from Nissan, and the list goes on and on and on.
Disciples of the “temple of VTEC” may take offense to being lumped together with modded ‘Stangs.
That’s not to say that SEMA ain’t Honda-heaven for some.
Actually, as disturbing and sick as this fact is – the Mustang is the SECOND most modded car in America.
#1 is the Chevy Cavalier.
What does that say about us as a society?
cretinx, you sure about that?
Now I’m sad. I love those boat-anchor 4.6’s too.
Now I know where all the HotWheels(C)(R) (etc..)
designers go when Mattel has a purge.
The front end on the orange ‘stang looks like a smiling cat. Who doesn’t like a happy cat?