[Shotimes] Maruader...was: RE: OT - Autoweek stuff

[Dave Bigelow]

James,  I take it you're not a Nascar fan. The smell of 40+ high performance, un-efficient engines would be (great in my opinion) hard for you to take.   Dave

"James F. Ryan III" <av8r567@optonline.net> wrote:>My poor Crown Vic has to downshift out of O/D when on cruise just
>to climb up a
>couple of gentle but long I-80 hills on my commute.
>
>Wimpy....wimpy....wimpy....!


Yeah, but your '69 Mustang (or whatever had the 429) didn't have a trans
with O/D, wasted a ton fuel because of it, and polluted the environment
worse than a DuPont chemical plant explosion, especially if the carb and
points weren't adjusted - which they never were. EFI, electronic ignition,
O/D trans, and cat converters are all changes for the better. Besides, when
a 4-cyl Honda can be made to go faster than your 429 pig - they're doin
somethin right.

I love going to the local muscle car shows in the summer, but the one part I
hate is the end of the night when they all start their engines and leave the
parking lot. The stench is unbearable - and these are cars that are well
maintained and running unleaded fuel!!!! I was only a toddler in the 60's
so I don't remember much, so I can only imagine that the smell of leaded
fuel burned by large inefficient engines must have been horrible.


>-----Original Message-----
>From: shotimes-admin@autox.team.net
>[mailto:shotimes-admin@autox.team.net]On Behalf Of George Fourchy
>Sent: Tuesday, March 30, 2004 12:24 PM
>To: shotimes@autox.team.net
>Subject: [Shotimes] Maruader...was: RE: OT - Autoweek stuff
>
>
>On Tue, 30 Mar 2004 11:31:53 -0500 (Eastern Standard Time), Carl
>Prochilo wrote:
>
>>The lack of stick is what turns me off, so that's why it doesn't fit
>>my definition.
>
>That, plus a REAL engine, like a 5.4 DOHC (as real as you can get
>nowadays....I'd
>rather have a 429 pushrod V-8) would have made me think about it.
>The 4.6 just
>doesn't have the torque for a big car that I want, and I also
>don't believe in
>supercharging to patch over all the other failings. Just like
>with small audio
>speakers vs. large for bass delivery...there is no substitute for
>cubic inches.
>
>(Technofreaks stand down....I know there are exceptions, but in
>general that rule
>applies.)
>
>My poor Crown Vic has to downshift out of O/D when on cruise just
>to climb up a
>couple of gentle but long I-80 hills on my commute.
>
>Wimpy....wimpy....wimpy....!
>
>George
>
>..V-10 would price it out of the galaxy...
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