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Originally Posted by Neil B
Congrats on the new project. The 2nd Gen is the right choice and better platform when you consider resale.
However, after putting preferences for looks and potential resale value aside (admittedly important factors), how can you guys say the 2nd gen is a better starting platform? The 3rd Gen has a strut type front suspension that is still used on modern 911's and BMWs and a torque arm/panhard bar rear suspension that is vastly superior to the 2nd Gen's leaf springs. As another point of reference, a showroom stock-prepped 3rd Gen with a stock TPI 305 will wax the floor with a full-on vintage T/A car with a 450hp 302.
Now it might be a different story once you start replacing front clips and re-fabbing the rear suspension, but throw the same basic parts (springs, shocks, bars, bushings, and brakes) at a 3rd Gen and 2nd Gen and it's hard to argue the merits of a more modern suspension design.
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I agree with you entirely.
I based my response on looks and "feeling" about the car. But my reply was geared more to the early second gens only because I really like how they look. Also knowing he was going to replace the suspension and modify the drivetrain it made the choice(for me at least) an easy one. A second gen prepared correctly VS a third gen prepared the same way will be a close call. It would come down to driver talent.
But for resale, style, or any reason EXCEPT the original suspension design a second gen wins every time in my book.
Either way it is all just a matter of what you like. To each his own.
