That sound is about Compression .... Lots of compression makes things
Crisp... you oughta hear the Little Bonneville Motor crackle.... with 15:1
pistons and a 680 lift cam shaft.... this thing is amazing..
We went through the lights last weekend at 8000Rpm... and were shifting at
8200.... on a Small block chevrolet that is a bunch.... but it is designed
to turn 10,500.... This is the only Motor I don't need a tunnel for.... Oh
it has a really really light weight flywheel so it revs like nothing I have
ever owned.... one blip of the throttle instantly sends the motor to 6-8000
Rpm... Thank God for rev limiters.....
Keith Turk
Austin Healey 100, Bugeye, Box sprites, Bonneville Camaro ( Land Speed
Racer)
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> From: Andy Webster <trunkie@hotmail.com>
> To: spridgets@autox.team.net
> Subject: Re:Tunnels..was:test drive\road trip review....
> Date: Wednesday, June 09, 1999 10:16 AM
>
> I can't wait....Melbournes new 'city link' roads are nearing completion..
> Stage one : the Henry Bolte bridge is finished...but they're not letting
us
> on it until they get the bugs out of the new 'e-tag' electronic tolling
> system.
> Stage two: the Burnley tunnel and Domain tunnel are due for completion
> around august/september. I have been hangin' to fang my sprite through a
> tunnel, as far as I know these are the first real tunnels for melbourne.
> Even better if I race my brother, then you get that harmonic resonance
> effect that two of the same engine can produce when side by side. We'll
> probably get banned...two 1100's with wide open exhausts howling through
the
> cities newest centrepiece.
> How can I get that crackly "bark" that I love so much?
> Make some holes in the exhaust?
> remove what baffles the muffler has?
> I WANT that sound.
> Andy
>
>
> >From: "Keith Turk" <kturk@ala.net>
> >Reply-To: "Keith Turk" <kturk@ala.net>
> >To: "Hal Faulkner" <faulkner@redshift.com>, "Toby Atwater"
> ><tob@taltec.net>, "Sprite Mailing List"
<spridgets@autox.team.net>
> >Subject: Re: test drive\road trip review....
> >Date: Wed, 9 Jun 1999 07:22:38 -0700
> >
> >When my son was 14 we rebuilt a 69 sprite in Germany and Road tripped it
> >through Europe... on our passage through the alps there was a tunnel
about
> >5 miles long..... MAN you talk about sex.... awesome.. that sprite never
> >has sounded better then that five miles... and Yes I hooked him on
Sprites
> >to... and the second son who has a Midget... hmmm "why Doctor YES I
think
> >I have a Problem"
> >
> >Keith Turk.... 100/4.. Bugeye...Boxes Galore.. and that Damn Camaro..
that
> >goes 180.361 mph (if it could sing... it would sing.... Oh I wish I were
an
> >Austin Healey Race car that is what I'd truly like to beeeee... cuz if I
> >were an Austin Healey Race car... everyone would be in Love with Me....
> >
> >----------
> > > From: Hal Faulkner <faulkner@redshift.com>
> > > To: Keith Turk <kturk@ala.net>; Toby Atwater <tob@taltec.net>; Sprite
> >Mailing List <spridgets@autox.team.net>
> > > Subject: RE: test drive\road trip review....
> > > Date: Tuesday, June 08, 1999 9:48 PM
> > >
> > > Well, he's in Santa Barbara and the tunnel that Dustin Hoffman drove
> >through
> > > (the wrong way) in the Graduate is only about 30 miles North. Could
be
> >big
> > > time trouble.
> > >
> > > Congrats, Toby.
> > >
> > > Hal
> > >
> > > -----Original Message-----
> > > From: owner-spridgets@autox.team.net
> > > [mailto:owner-spridgets@autox.team.net]On Behalf Of Keith Turk
> > > Sent: Tuesday, June 08, 1999 11:17 PM
> > > To: Toby Atwater; Sprite Mailing List
> > > Subject: Re: test drive\road trip review....
> > >
> > >
> > > Yep we got the Boy hook line and sinker.... now if he ever finds a
> >Tunnel
> > > we are in deep trouble.... Not that a guy who smokes the tires of the
> >line
> > > would Throttle tune a sprite in a Tunnel....
> > >
> > > Congrats Toby... great stuff isn't it?
> > >
> > > ----------
> > > > From: Toby Atwater <tob@taltec.net>
> > > > To: Sprite Mailing List <spridgets@autox.team.net>
> > > > Subject: test drive\road trip review....
> > > > Date: Tuesday, June 08, 1999 2:24 PM
> > > >
> > > > ohhh man! what a car...... my little test drive turned into a road
> > > trip... I
> > > > drove about 60 miles and had lunch too... it was awesome! I also
ran
> >some
> > > > errrands while I was at it to test the cooling system in stop and
go
> > > > trafic...
> > > > looks like the temp got upto 105 degrees C (221 F) at traffics
> >worst...
> > > its
> > > > also scorching hot outside today... but most of the time it was
around
> >90
> > > > degrees C (194 F)... I might have to to overhaul the cooling system
in
> > > the
> > > > near future... but for now... it will do....
> > > >
> > > > It ran great... I spent most of my time driving through different
> > > twisties
> > > > looking for good roads... and it Burns rubber off of the line! i
wasnt
> > > > expecting that.... the steering feels great... I just have to get
used
> >to
> > > > it... When I sneezed... I almost crashed, very delicate...
> > > >
> > > > All in all...an awesome car.... all I need now is some idle
> > > adjustments...
> > > > it idles a bit fast in my taste... what should it idle at? 1000
rpm?
> > > >
> > > > I thought the sprite looked small in my garage... on the road...
it
> > > shrinks
> > > > next to SUVS....
> > > >
> > > > Toby.... who cant get enough of that exaust note.....
> > > >
> > > > Toby Atwater, Santa Barbara, CA, tob@taltec.net
> > > > 1969 Austin Healey Sprite, mk 4 "noname" (in restoration!)
> > > > 1971 FJ-40 Toyota Land Cruiser "BEEF" (daily driver.. stock
> >everything)
> > > >
> > >
>
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