Old School vs Generation Y

[Franco Cozzo]

Originally Posted by 302 XC

They were made for the purpose of the time
Dont ever remember the prehistoric GTHO being to shabby on power, slow by todays standards, but it didnt have multi cam, injection, turbos, a computer running it
I dont think the new breed of V8s with all this,injection, computers, maybe turbos are to shabby on their emmissions, economy,power either

Considering the old school cars were as simple to make , as simple to maintain(you didnt need a science degree to do an oil change) they seem to have been goin for along time , many been round the clock many times

The new breed dont have as many non servicable parts in them , the part works or it doesnt , non greasable moving parts, thats a step forward ......

Yes it was fast for its time, but you'll find even modern V8s are a lot cleaner with what comes out of the exhaust. Remember when Top Gear Australia put the GTHO around the track and a FG XT beat it? Thats the thing, back in the 70s it was amazing, not by todays standards.

I wasn't around in 1970, hence why I don't really appreciate the cars from back then.

New cars aren't hard to maintain, oil and filter is still easy, most cars these days have HLAs, so no checking/adjusting valve clearances.

Modern engines also have much tighter clearances, use thinner oils and go longer between each oil and filter change.

EFI was invented because of emissions regulations, carby simply wouldn't cut it anymore, there are a lot of benefits in regards to everything when it comes to EFI; power, emissions, cold starts, etc. Being able to time precisely how much fuel and exactly what time it goes in and managing spark has its benefits.

Everyone thinks new cars aren't reliable, but in over 300,000km we haven't had many issues with the old mans 2003 Mazda 323, or in 250,000km my mums 1999 WF Festiva, my 2010 Focus had an issue with a dodgy battery but that wasn't the cars fault.

How many people would go back to driving a car from the 60s/70s as their main car after the last 40 years of improvements?