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Originally Posted by Revved (Post 462986)

A few quick thoughts....

Pro-Touring:

A style of modifying vehicles mechanically, structurally, and visually for increased performance, comfort, durability, and style with the intention of driving in a wide range of environments.

Kind of generic, but all encompassing.

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Originally Posted by Revved (Post 462986)

A style of modifying vehicles with modern electronics, high performance suspensions, engines, and styling with the intention of driving them in environments ranging from street use to high performance competition.

A style of integrating modern electronics, structural modifications, high performance engines, suspensions, wheels, brakes, and styling to create well rounded vehicles with the intention of driving them in conditions ranging from daily street use to high performance competition.

This infers that it is applicable to older vehicles since you are putting "modern" touches on things. This also means that eveantually things become outdated and require regular updates to maintain its modern status. In most of our cases, these definiations are probably very accurate since we are predominatly starting with pre 1975 vehicles.

However, if you take a 1990s vehicle which already has strut type suspension with decent geometry and you update it, is it still pro-touring?

Does converting newer 4 banger or 6 cylinder cars to V8 power constitute pro-touring if they already have all the amenities but not the power?

Is there a difference between a "Touring" build vs a "G-machine" build?

:bang: :bang:

:beathorse :beathorse

:soapbox: :soapbox:

There, I feel better now! BTW, just checked ebay and obviously their definition by the cars listed as pt is as follows
1. cut springs
2. TT2 wheels

anything above that is just fluff, a waste of money and really necessary.

:peepwall:

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Originally Posted by hp2 (Post 464169)

Kind of generic, but all encompassing.

This infers that it is applicable to older vehicles since you are putting "modern" touches on things. This also means that eveantually things become outdated and require regular updates to maintain its modern status. In most of our cases, these definiations are probably very accurate since we are predominatly starting with pre 1975 vehicles.

However, if you take a 1990s vehicle which already has strut type suspension with decent geometry and you update it, is it still pro-touring?

Does converting newer 4 banger or 6 cylinder cars to V8 power constitute pro-touring if they already have all the amenities but not the power?

Is there a difference between a "Touring" build vs a "G-machine" build?

True it is "generic but all encompasing." There is a build thread on Lateral-G that is a Volvo... Built for handling, with full custom sheet metal, and an LS transplant if I remember correctly. Can someone who says Pro-Touring is just muscle cars honestly not call that Volvo Pro-Touring?

But you do bring up a good point... if you take a Fox Body or a 90's F-Body and put in a aftermarket suspension, mod the engine and back it with a t56, throw some custom sheetmetal under the hood, and do some subtle body mods why wouldn't that be Pro-Touring... But again there will always be some car built somewhere that someone can argue some point about it being or not being...

The purpose of the exercise was to put together a decent definition, not for the inner circle to aruge about, but for those not quite so educated to get interested and want to learn more.

Thanks for the input guys.