Car Thread

[E7]

I remember when Don "Big Daddy" Garlits was hoping to be the first person to take a rail sub 5 seconds. Didn't happen! Now they have Funny cars going in the 3's. Only way it can get to a whole lot lower ET is if they use the "Way Back" machine! I can see the BIG "Mr. Peabody" logo on the side now! He could get there before he left!

[Big Jim]

The "Zippo"

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[healey36]

Been going through a bunch of old photo's lately, figuring on jettisoning a lot of irrelevant stuff. Back in the day a buddy and I used to hit a lot of the military hardware shows around the world, taking pics, some of which we'd sell to various publications.

An example from the IDEX show held in Jordan back in 1995, the Russians put their T-80U through its paces:



Figure I'll digitize the best of them and ditch the rest...taking up too much storage space.

Healey

[webenda]

F-1 cars are hybrids! Engines are 1.6L V6's rated 600 hp in internal combustion (IC) mode and 760 hp in IC plus electric mode.
My F-150 has a 3.7L V6 rated 300 hp. Its power is far more impressive than the 1948 F1 3.9L V8 I once had. It would be even more impressive with 760 hp. I wonder how much it would cost to add an F-1 turbocharger and electric motor to the 3.7?

Reference: https://www.motorsport.com/f1/news/anal ... le-690156/
https://jalopnik.com/how-formula-ones-a ... 1506450399

[robert.]

For the price of a few locomotives you can have 600hp.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ouAPv4W7w9E
company's name is a bit of an oxymoron.

[webenda]

For the price of a few locomotives you can have 600hp.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ouAPv4W7w9E
company's name is a bit of an oxymoron.

Interesting Robert.

Question: how long until u scatter the bottom end...
Answer: MPT Performance
Good question! Our test mule has a junk yard high mileage motor and it is scary how much power it's making. We have a built motor on the way.

[robert.]

Years ago i went to a place called JDM. in New Jersey. http://www.teamjdm.com/. They can put twin turbos into my mustang cobra. Everything i saw from them on the internet looked great. So i headed out with a fist full of $50s. I wanted twin turbos and i wanted them located in the trunk. There are lots on benefits to trunk mounted turbos.
After about an hour talking with the owner of jdm i left with nothing. He was a great guy. You couldn't ask to take your car to a better person. He talked me out of spending money with him.
Here is how it went down. "i can do all that turbo work for you. Then in 2 weeks we can tow your car back with a fried clutch. Will fix that for you. Then your tranny that is rated @400hp will explode. No problem as we can sell you a gear box that will take all the horse power you can give it. After that your rear upper control arms will crack. don't worry we have nice I beam aluminium ones. Top notch they really help get the power to the ground. But then. Your trunk floors will crack. We can fix that too. We add in these things cold battle boxes. They keep the trunk floor's flex down. Next you'll need new u joints. With everything beefed up they are your weakest link. While we are at . You'll need a new driveshaft to handle all this umph. and one last thing with your car being a 1995 it will need a new logic board. We can't interface yours ".
Then he looks at me as says Your car is a convertible and will need a few more things" His final words were "Go buy a junk 1996 mustang and bring it to us. Your car is one of the last 5 made with a 302 ci."
When you screw with factory settings you only end up breaking something else.

[Roy]

I know Carroll Shelby was building 1000 hp Mustangs at the time he died. They probably had few stock components in them.

[John Webster]

Robert, you were lucky to run into a guy who told you the straight story. Back when I was racing Formula Vee in the 70s you could see guys who bought MGs or Triumphs and bolted in rollbars, put on slicks and went racing. First they would bend the wheels. Then they would go for more HP and blow the clutch. Then they would have to replace the brake system. Next it was suspension arms. And on and on and on.

[healey36]

Gravestone of Ray Tse, Rosedale Cemetery, Linden, NJ:



I appreciate his sentiments...

Healey

[up148]

Was he in the limo business?

Actually I jsut found it on the internet and a very sad story. His brother must have loved him dearly.

BH

[healey36]

Interesting...post a link...would like to hear the story on this...

[robert.]

I don’t know how to post a link with my phone. Look up Carl Dufner . You’ll see his headstone

[up148]

Here is the link to one version as there are more than one. One has young Ray dying in an automobile accident before his 16th birthday and the other has him dying from an illness, but either way, the end results and his brothers dedication and love is the same.

http://weirdnj.com/stories/the-mercedes-benz-tombstone


BH

[Rufus T. Firefly]