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Re: Fastest Production Car

To: Dan Warner <dwarner@electrorent.com>
Subject: Re: Fastest Production Car
From: dahlgren <dahlgren@uconect.net>
Date: Wed, 18 Oct 2000 12:22:07 -0400
Callaway twin turbo corvette.. 193+ late 1980's to early 90's they were
production sold through GM dealers with warrenty and met all emmissions
laws.. I know i worked on them...
Dahlgren

Dan Warner wrote:
> 
> Dick,
> 
> The Corvette Z06 in the test was good for 174. The Superbird/Daytona you
> reffered to was a NASCAR racecar driven by the late Bobby Issacs, far from
> "Production". I don't think we can classify at GT-40 as a production, daily
> driver either.
> 
> Dan
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: Dick J <lsr_man@yahoo.com>
> To: Dan Warner <dwarner@electrorent.com>; <land-speed@autox.team.net>
> Sent: Wednesday, October 18, 2000 8:49 AM
> Subject: Re: Fastest Production Car
> 
> > Didn't good old Detroit engineering already do
> > better than that?  Didn't a production Dodge
> > Daytona (NASCAR winged wonder) go faster than
> > that on the salt back in 1970?  If not, it would
> > seem that a new vette or trans am with good gears
> > might be able to attack that. Seems like an old
> > Ford GT-40 did better than that on the salt a
> > while back too.
> >
> > Dick J
> >
> > --- Dan Warner <dwarner@electrorent.com> wrote:
> > > Some time back there was a question as to the
> > > fastest production car. I get
> > > a couple of magazines from a guy here at work
> > > and looking at the Nov. issue
> > > of Road & Track I see a test of 5 sports cars.
> > > The fastest in the shootout
> > > is a Lamborghini Diablo GT at 202.6 mph on the
> > > VW test track they used.
> > >
> > > Dan (we all need a 200 mph street car so we can
> > > sleep in)Warner
> > >
> >
> >
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