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Re: re : New Toyota Celica GTS - sighting

To: Scott Meyers <solo2@uswest.net>, AnalogMike@aol.com
Subject: Re: re : New Toyota Celica GTS - sighting
From: Whitney <whitneys@mindspring.com>
Date: Wed, 06 Oct 1999 20:09:42 -0500
Or replacing 1st and 2nd gear synchro's  :(   The talon/eclipse twins at
least have decent midrange, if you keep the boost up - 214 ft/lbs @3000rpm.
 Too bad they weigh 5-600 lbs more :(

Stan Whitney - traded my knife set in on a pair of derringers
BS 99 miata
DP 90 miata

At 03:02 PM 10/6/99 -0700, Scott Meyers wrote:
>AnalogMike@aol.com wrote:
>> 
>> Is it just me, or are these new rice rockets coming out with
>> fairly useless engines? For the street I like a car with
>> some mid range torque so I can pass people and accelerate
>> without attracting attention from a mile around with 7000+RPM
>> buzzing rushes. And for autox mid range torque is more valuable
>> than high end HP.
>
>Its not just you - I will not buy a motorcycle engine hidden in a cars body.
> 
>I do wonder if the MX-6 or Probe are indeed dead on some courses - I
>suggest not. After watching some Type R's run, the old song "Row, row,
>row, your boat" comes merrily to mind, although it might be better as
>"shift, shift, shift......"  ;-)
>
>Wonder what a Type R clutch costs?
>
>Scott Meyers
>

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