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Re: Nitrous Oxide

To: dayton carpenter <djcarpen@hotmail.com>
Subject: Re: Nitrous Oxide
From: Joe Curry <spitlist@gte.net>
Date: Fri, 07 Jan 2000 07:17:17 -0700
Dayton,
The Honda S2000 is front engine, rear drive (classic sports car style)!

JOe

dayton carpenter wrote:
> 
> Ken
> The problem is the HOnda is front wheel drive.  What do you do to convert
> the spit to front wheel drive.  I looked at a lot of options and also using
> a front wheel drive setup but it has alot of set backs.
> 
> There is one guy at the 1/4 street that has a Honda with a little 4 banger
> and he is in the 11-12sec range.  Possible but he has about 20 grand in the
> engine alone.
> 
> Thats above my budget.
> 
> Dayton
> 
> >From: Ken C <kenwc@pacbell.net>
> >Reply-To: Ken C <kenwc@pacbell.net>
> >To: spitfires@autox.team.net
> >Subject: Re: Nitrous Oxide
> >Date: Thu, 06 Jan 2000 13:56:07 -0800
> >
> >How 'bout the new Honda 2000 engine?  Two liter, 245 hp, normally
> >aspirated.
> >Wait till they start showing up in the boneyards !!  Won't that look good
> >in
> >a Spit !!
> >
> >A road test had it beating the Z3, SLK, Boxter, etc. A lot of the hp is
> >only
> >available over 6000 rpm...  Gee, hard to live with that. <VBG>
> >
> >Ken C
> >

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