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buy another escort or take this hyundai elantra? and save up for another escort?
should i?
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Elantra´s are cool ifyou dont mind weird battery terminals and Korean made cars. My friend´s wife was driving one...she was T-Boned while pregnant and only broke her hip because of the way the car was designed.......I was REALLY impressed actually. The accident was bad.
What Gen escort where you looking at ? 91-96 GT´s are a lot of fun with all the stuff you can do. Newer ones are, well newer, so that´s always a bonus.
Well ifyou get the Elantra we aren´t going to disown you here so either way its all good.
What Gen escort where you looking at ? 91-96 GT´s are a lot of fun with all the stuff you can do. Newer ones are, well newer, so that´s always a bonus.
Well ifyou get the Elantra we aren´t going to disown you here so either way its all good.
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im looking for another 93 lx, i have a 1.9 engine in my backyard that i had in my lx, has all the mods, but i dunno about getting another escort, i had a small 35 mph collision and it bent both a frames in the front. guess you could say... it buckled under pressure. but i do love the cars to death, i love the handling, especially taking sharp corners at 50 with no oversteer or sliding.
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93Blu, you´re right about the scort´s handling. Even the LX in its stock form takes curves very well, and has potential to be tightened up even more.
As for crashworthiness, ANY car has a lot more strength and rigidity in the passenger compartment, because that is engineered in for safety. The front of any car forward of the firewall is considered a ´crumple zone´ meaning it´s designed to be deformed during a severe collision saving the vehicle occupants from injury or death.
In terms of its engineering, I would highly doubt that any Hyundai is superior to an Escort. Ford and Mazda, who jointly developed the 2g scort, have way more experience than upstart Hyundai. In my opinion, Hyundai´s are (mostly) nicely-styled, cheap cars. Sure, they have potential to be improved with some mods, but so do all cars. The Escort is just a better platform to begin with I think.
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Given all the time and energy you´ve already put into your 1.9L engine, I´d look for another scort to drop it into. They go for pretty cheap, especially if they need an engine or major mechanical work. Think of all the good times your scort has given you! Why would you want to throw that all away by going to another platform, which you would be completely unfamiliar with? Go with what you know, I say!
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Hope this helps!
As for crashworthiness, ANY car has a lot more strength and rigidity in the passenger compartment, because that is engineered in for safety. The front of any car forward of the firewall is considered a ´crumple zone´ meaning it´s designed to be deformed during a severe collision saving the vehicle occupants from injury or death.
In terms of its engineering, I would highly doubt that any Hyundai is superior to an Escort. Ford and Mazda, who jointly developed the 2g scort, have way more experience than upstart Hyundai. In my opinion, Hyundai´s are (mostly) nicely-styled, cheap cars. Sure, they have potential to be improved with some mods, but so do all cars. The Escort is just a better platform to begin with I think.
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I bet if I stripped my interior of all my junk I could hit 15.9 with 2nd gear hard as hell to get into. I just wish there was a track that was closer than an hour away to go try it on.
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