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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