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1. Re: Pistons? (score: 1)
Author: Dick Jurkowski <lsr_man@yahoo.com>
Date: Thu, 2 Dec 1999 10:41:03 -0800 (PST)
Oh, I agree fully. Sound means a lot. I'd rather hear a DC-3 crank up and fire any day over an F-16! Remember what I said about the end of the Allisons. To me, America is predicated on flatheads, har
/html/land-speed/1999-12/msg00048.html (8,240 bytes)

2. Re: Pistons? (score: 1)
Author: "Keith Turk" <kturk@ala.net>
Date: Thu, 2 Dec 1999 13:37:32 -0600
Years ago Gene Romero lived down the street and I picked up the Love of Road Racing from him.... As for Reverse....yeah I know the feeling as some young punk kid Blasted past named Kenny Roberts....
/html/land-speed/1999-12/msg00049.html (9,694 bytes)

3. RE: Pistons? (score: 1)
Author: "Ferguson, Darrell" <dfergus@bactc.com>
Date: Thu, 2 Dec 1999 11:18:08 -0800
Ever hear a pair of Pratt and Whitney J-58's fire up on a shot of Tri Ethyl Borane ? I can't say that I've ever heard a DC-3, but I think it would be tough to beat (You've already got two Buick 455's
/html/land-speed/1999-12/msg00050.html (9,121 bytes)

4. RE: Pistons? (score: 1)
Author: dferguso@ebmail.gdeb.com
Date: Thu, 2 Dec 1999 14:34:11 -0500
sorry group, but in my opinion NOTHING beats cars like the noble / green thrust ssc at 110 thousand horsepower w/ full afterburner - punching a shockwave through the atmosphere. my pistons would be a
/html/land-speed/1999-12/msg00051.html (7,482 bytes)

5. RE: Pistons? (score: 1)
Author: "Parks, David" <David.Parks@lfr.com>
Date: Thu, 2 Dec 1999 11:58:13 -0800
The Thrust "car" and its accomplishments were very impressive! Breaking the sound barrier is certainly an amazing feat. I personally prefer not to compare real cars with low-flying airplanes, though.
/html/land-speed/1999-12/msg00052.html (8,088 bytes)

6. RE: Pistons? (score: 1)
Author: dferguso@ebmail.gdeb.com
Date: Thu, 2 Dec 1999 15:05:46 -0500
try comparing the sound alone
/html/land-speed/1999-12/msg00053.html (7,530 bytes)

7. RE: Pistons? (score: 1)
Author: Dick Jurkowski <lsr_man@yahoo.com>
Date: Thu, 2 Dec 1999 12:17:11 -0800 (PST)
In that case I've got to go with the pistons. I guess that proves that I'm old. ha ha ha That ol' DC-3 sounds just like a big flathead on a full shot of nitro through zoomies. Finer music has never b
/html/land-speed/1999-12/msg00054.html (8,115 bytes)

8. RE: Pistons? (score: 1)
Author: "Ferguson, Darrell" <dfergus@bactc.com>
Date: Thu, 2 Dec 1999 12:33:41 -0800
Guess it depends on what type of music you like, everyone's taste is different. My musical tastes are Nitro, Blowers, Afterburners and Shockwaves. Darrell BRE In that case I've got to go with the pis
/html/land-speed/1999-12/msg00055.html (8,732 bytes)

9. RE: Pistons? (score: 1)
Author: Higginbotham Land Speed Racing <saltrat@pro-blend.com>
Date: Thu, 02 Dec 1999 15:43:31 -0600
Well maybe a RR Merlin or Griffin......... The finest sounding engine I have ever heard is Markley's 300. No electronic stuff there! It sounded the same in the tank as it did in Hoffman's liner. Sta
/html/land-speed/1999-12/msg00057.html (9,201 bytes)

10. Re: Pistons? (score: 1)
Author: ARDUNDOUG@aol.com
Date: Thu, 2 Dec 1999 16:42:29 EST
<< sorry group, but in my opinion NOTHING beats cars like the noble / green thrust ssc at 110 thousand horsepower w/ full afterburner - punching a shockwave through the atmosphere. my pistons would b
/html/land-speed/1999-12/msg00058.html (8,738 bytes)

11. Re: Pistons? (score: 1)
Author: ARDUNDOUG@aol.com
Date: Thu, 2 Dec 1999 16:47:56 EST
<< try comparing the sound alone NOTHING compares to a blown hemi on steroids at about the Mile-4 marker making an early-morning record run with the sound echoing off the hills. I know that the inlin
/html/land-speed/1999-12/msg00060.html (8,589 bytes)

12. Re: Pistons? (score: 1)
Author: ARDUNDOUG@aol.com
Date: Thu, 2 Dec 1999 16:50:04 EST
<< n that case I've got to go with the pistons. I guess that proves that I'm old. ha ha ha That ol' DC-3 sounds just like a big flathead on a full shot of nitro through zoomies. Finer music has never
/html/land-speed/1999-12/msg00061.html (8,485 bytes)

13. RE: Pistons? (score: 1)
Author: "Ferguson, Darrell" <dfergus@bactc.com>
Date: Thu, 2 Dec 1999 13:53:05 -0800
How about an Injected Hemi on 96% Fuel punching through the back of mile 5 at over 300 ? << try comparing the sound alone NOTHING compares to a blown hemi on steroids at about the Mile-4 marker makin
/html/land-speed/1999-12/msg00062.html (9,117 bytes)

14. Re: Pistons? (score: 1)
Author: "Thomas E. Bryant" <saltracer@awwwsome.com>
Date: Thu, 02 Dec 1999 15:39:56 -0800
While watching the Thrust II make its run, the shear speed impresses me, but the megi-HP that is needed to move the megi-ton vehicle, and megi-dollars are required to make it happen, detracts from t
/html/land-speed/1999-12/msg00066.html (9,237 bytes)

15. RE: Pistons? (score: 1)
Author: "Steve Pitt" <steve@seattleconstructioninc.com>
Date: Thu, 2 Dec 1999 16:38:35 -0800
As a kid I had a 78 rpm record that was recorded at Bonneville titled "Sounds of Bonneville". (pretty basic) As I remember it was from 1959 or 60. It had sounds of everything from small bore 2-stroke
/html/land-speed/1999-12/msg00068.html (10,143 bytes)

16. Re: Pistons? (score: 1)
Author: "Thomas E. Bryant" <saltracer@awwwsome.com>
Date: Thu, 02 Dec 1999 16:45:36 -0800
As I was reading this, I was thinking, "I ask him if he knows where I can find that record", but alas, I see you don't have it either. The "Sounds of Bonneville" was a Hy-Fy record, I agree, great so
/html/land-speed/1999-12/msg00069.html (10,719 bytes)

17. Re: Pistons? (score: 1)
Author: "Jim Dincau" <jdincau@qnet.com>
Date: Thu, 2 Dec 1999 18:14:59 -0800
Was that the one with the Summers / Brissette roadster and Joe Paisano's No I don't have mine anymore either. Jim in Palmdale or in thing!! mile 5 Mile-4 the longer to
/html/land-speed/1999-12/msg00073.html (11,226 bytes)

18. Re: Pistons? (score: 1)
Author: Wester S Potter <wspotter@jps.net>
Date: Thu, 02 Dec 1999 18:29:50 -0700
This discussion brings to mind the violent comments heard when they ran the gas turbine cars at Indy in the 60's. With the change from front engined roadsters to rear engined, F1 influenced, green,
/html/land-speed/1999-12/msg00079.html (9,563 bytes)

19. Re: Pistons? (score: 1)
Author: Wester S Potter <wspotter@jps.net>
Date: Fri, 03 Dec 1999 09:23:02 -0700
Steve, Tom, Jim, all. I taped a copy of mine ... Griff Borgeson Presents BONNEVILLE 1960 ... for Dennis Manning. He traded me a copy of his Bonneville crash in the motorcycle streamliner in the '80 s
/html/land-speed/1999-12/msg00081.html (10,544 bytes)

20. Re: Pistons? (score: 1)
Author: "joe boogie" <boogiewoogie12@hotmail.com>
Date: Fri, 03 Dec 1999 10:59:20 PST
Ardun Doug: I'm on your team! (if you'll have me....) -Doug in NY
/html/land-speed/1999-12/msg00087.html (8,860 bytes)


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