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Re: Fast and Furious [now Midget HP]

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Subject: Re: Fast and Furious [now Midget HP]
From: Max Heim <mvheim@attbi.com>
Date: Thu, 29 May 2003 13:59:19 -0700
So, what did the Midget rate? Back on topic...

on 5/29/03 1:44 PM, Rick Fisk at refisk@chartermi.net wrote:

> I went to a chassis dyno facility with a fellow lister last month to make a
> few pulls with his MG Midget.  The dyno operator had the numbers from a
> Toyota Supra he had dynoed the previous Saturday - 507 hp and 513 lb/ft of
> torque.  This one was also a street car.  Yowza.
> 
> Rick
> 
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: <WSpohn4@aol.com>
> To: <mgs@autox.team.net>
> Sent: Thursday, May 29, 2003 4:26 PM
> Subject: Re: Fast and Furious
> 
> 
>> While I agree that the IQ of owners of Japanese cars seems to be in
> inverse proportion to the bore of their exhaust pipes, and while the joy of
> engine modification has decreased substantially with increasing emissions
> testing, one should keep in mind that some of the 'ricers' do indeed
> perform.
>> 
>> I was looking at this month's issue of Turbo and saw with interest the 6
> cylinder 3 litre Toyota putting out around 850 bhp on the street......on the
> street.
>> 
>> Bill


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Max Heim
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