ok i know pretty much nothing about cars can someone help me out with the basics on what makes a cars performance good and all the basics you need to know

 

It all depends on what kind of performance you are looking for. For me, it is straight line acceleration as in drag racing. Other people are after road racing/auto cross performance which is more oriented towards better handling in corners etc. Either one requires a powerful engine, but from there it is all different. For drag racing, you want wide slick tires for traction and an an engine set up for brute power to run a 1/4 mile in the least amount of time. For the other kinds of racing, you also want a powerful engine, but perhaps one that can take more RPM, and a different suspention that is more suitable for curves and cornering.

If you are really new, I would suggest going to youtube.com and searching for drag racing, indy racing, autocross, etc so you can see how they are different.

 

Ratchet, You do know this is a MOPAR forum, right?

 

so your first step on this quest for knowledge is on a mopar forum with a ford name. nothing hinky going on with this feller

 

We'll just have to keep an eye on him for now, hopefully he doesn't do anything to upset the good folks here, so with that, WELCOME!

 

hmm somthing smells fishy I think somthings up

 

welcome to the forum
in what sense are you referring to?
racing, gas mileage?

 

Welcome!

 

I am new to the site also,I have a 68 GT....Dart.

 

Welcome to you both...... Mopar or Nocar

 

welcome to the forum
you should post pics of your car in the members ride's section

 

Yeah, let's see some pics of the Dart! Welcome!!!

 

Do not want hijack thread,I just figured out photo gallery.

 

car looks good

 

x2, car looks real good!

 

First thing you need to do is learn how to spell "ratshit".

 

340RT - Welcome and nice car!

Be nice guys, we have converted people before and we can do the same with RatchetShelbyGT500 .

 

I'll try...... but it's reeeaaally, reeeaaally hard.

 

the guy still hasint been back on, I think it was some ford guy trying to get us mopar guys fuming

 

maybe

 

oh come on - going on to a mopar site with that name asking such an asinine question, he has to be legit...

 

he hasn't been back yet