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20. December 2004 @ 14:15 |
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I dare any one of you pansies to beat me and my ride.
Stats:
- 0 to smoker-out-of-breath in 45 seconds.
- Built-in "beanie weenies" NOS with 15 dry shots and one or two wet shots depending on how hard I push.
- Low center of gravity.
- Definite chick magnet.
- Adjustable seat.
- Great downhill performance especially if you're fat.
- Specially formulated L-rated tires provide superior traction on linoleum
- Custom billet aluminum pedals and orange saftey flag optional.
My killer sig came courtesy of bb "El Jefe" mayo.
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"And there we saw the giants, and we were in our own sight as grasshoppers, and so we were in their sight" - Numbers 13:33 This message has been edited since posting. Last time this message was edited on 20. December 2004 @ 14:32
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20. December 2004 @ 14:29 |
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20. December 2004 @ 14:33 |
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ddp, what has who won the war got to do with it? I thought we were talking out & out performance. A colloquialism I would use would be "what has the price of cheese got to do with it?"
Neph, was that you who took me on the Peages north of Lyon a few years back on that pocket rocket you have?
I was doing 165mph+, I'm sure it was you, you were just a blur. That colour scheme looks very familiar!
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20. December 2004 @ 14:35 |
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If I recall you were pedalling furiously.
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20. December 2004 @ 14:35 |
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Oh, that was me - extra beanie weenies that day. No one could touch me!
My killer sig came courtesy of bb "El Jefe" mayo.
The Forum Rules You Agreed To! http://forums.afterdawn.com/thread_view.cfm/2487
"And there we saw the giants, and we were in our own sight as grasshoppers, and so we were in their sight" - Numbers 13:33
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20. December 2004 @ 14:37 |
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ddp
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20. December 2004 @ 14:37 |
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the pt boats were still around after the war but the e boats weren't besides didn't the german s boats go faster
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20. December 2004 @ 14:43 |
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Neph, you must have had Weetabix that morning! As well as 2gs of c up each nostril!
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20. December 2004 @ 14:46 |
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my stepfather told me of seeing a car with a very long engine in it. the car had to be modified to handle the engine out of a hurricane or early mark spitfighter
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20. December 2004 @ 14:46 |
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pulsar mentioned that 7.5 liter chevy engine earlier...sounds like a sweet 454 cid for those (like me) in the States....o0o...how i love the 454's...
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20. December 2004 @ 14:53 |
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Oh, baby, you are so right Auslander, epecially as you have little in the way of silencing. She does sound well with the echoeing off the hills in the lake district!
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20. December 2004 @ 15:01 |
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The car you are referring to has a merlin in it, it is owned by an eccentric brit (aren't we all).
I can't remember the name of it though.
The Merlins were a stunning engine. A work colleague of mine partly restored one. It was lovely. The pistons were about 4- 5" in diameter, & very shallow (to save on weight). The engine was oversquare if i recall
I have a piston out of a Paxman Ricardo V12 in my living room. She is 6&1/2" across. You can sit a coffee mug in the valve recesses. It really hurts if you stub a toe on it in the dark.
One of my faves is the V16 Detroit. We had them in compressors I used to work on.
Boy, did they sound nice!
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20. December 2004 @ 15:04 |
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This is what I found after a quick look on Google:
In the 1960s John Dodd of Kent, England put a Merlin engine (some say it actually was a Rover Meteor tank engine, but then this is a Merlin minus superchargers) in a car called "The Beast". Originally it had a grille from a Rolls Royce, but after complaints from them he had to change it. According to himself he once drove by a Porsche driver on the autobahn and this person then called Rolls Royce asking about their "new model". The Beast was once listed in the Guinness Book of Records as the world's most powerful road car. The engine came from a Boulton Paul Balliol training aircraft and gave 1262 bhp (941 kW) at 8500 feet (2,600 m). In the car the supercharger was removed so it "only" gave about 850 bhp (630 kW). The chassis was custom made with a fibreglass body and used a gearbox from a GM 400. The car was later restored by John Dodd's son Paul Dodd and he also has a 2050 bhp (1530 kW) twin-supercharged Rolls-Royce Griffon 37 litre engine from a late-model Spitfire he is willing to put in a car if somebody would be interested in buying it.
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20. December 2004 @ 15:04 |
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Nephilim ... Please. Mine has true horsepower :)
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20. December 2004 @ 15:04 |
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20. December 2004 @ 15:06 |
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Neph, Flip does have a point.
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20. December 2004 @ 15:14 |
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Flip, does it whinney if you squeeze its' ear?
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20. December 2004 @ 15:17 |
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actually it starts haulin if I pinch it's ass.
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20. December 2004 @ 15:23 |
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What do you feed it on? carrots & oats, or ethanol?
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20. December 2004 @ 15:26 |
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Wow, 580 posts. Hint, hint!!
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20. December 2004 @ 15:26 |
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Oh God, how sad am I!
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20. December 2004 @ 15:34 |
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Auslander, If I am not mistaken my mates Chevvy is a big bore mouse block (!?!). Does that sound right?
It has been bored out that much, the liners are perilously thin (They are measured using the Dernier scale!) The holly carbs are like niagara falls with full throttle applied. Flashback on overrun is spectacular, watch your eyebrows though!
Rather like the film Backdraft.
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20. December 2004 @ 15:35 |
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one of these days, i'm gonna build a charger entirely outta repo parts and put a 500+ cid crate hemi in that thing. with the right suspension/tires/goodies, it'll do the slalom just as well as the straighways. :)
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ddp
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20. December 2004 @ 17:58 |
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that car my stepfather saw was in the states between 1950s & 60s
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20. December 2004 @ 22:39 |
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