[Shotimes] (OT) Dr. Phil compensating for ...?

[Jon Heese]

Back when horsepower was determined by the number of stalls in your stable.

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Regards,
Jon Heese

John Stout wrote:
> So you been reading magazines since Lincoln was shot (OOPS wrong Johnson) you aint that old
> 
> Ron Porter <ronporter@prodigy.net> wrote:  Bottom line on Corvettes (and I have been reading car mags since Johnson was
> President!!)
> 
> Initial tests are always great, outlining all of the improvements on the
> prior model.
> 
> Then, the reviews a year down the road are "Well....." and the bubble gets
> burst.
> 
> Bottom line....they are still Chevies. Buy one, then go to a Chevy dealer
> for service....BTDT. I was stupid once, then got more stupid twice. NEVER
> AGAIN.
> 
> Still are 1950's cars perfected...like a 911.....and Porsche has done a FAR
> better job.
> 
> As I tell folks who like Vettes but have never owned one. Go ahead and buy
> one and then decide.
> 
> Ron Porter ($80K in my pocket buys a 911 or a Viper)
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: shotimes-admin@autox.team.net [mailto:shotimes-admin@autox.team.net]
> On Behalf Of Mark Nunnally
> Sent: Monday, March 06, 2006 5:00 PM
> To: Ron Porter; shotimes@autox.team.net
> Subject: RE: [Shotimes] (OT) Dr. Phil compensating for ...?
> 
> 
>>Well, who is to say that H-D isn't using the same manufacturing
> 
> technology??
> 
> it's pretty expensive, I doubt if the blocks are made that same way. That
> being said, I know as much about HD's as I do 14th century poetry.
> 
> 
>>When the technology finally gets to electronic cams and such for
>>mass-produced cars, it won't be on pushrod technology. 
> 
> 
> Then we can stop every gas fill up like the F1 cars and change the air
> charge tank for the pneumatic valves :)
> 
> wasn't BMW playing around with such in the 7 series a couple of years ago?
> 
> the advantage of a cam in block motor physical size and weight, due to
> simplicity. obviously overhead cam provides much more airflow potential
> (torque per cube, basically VE) and higher rpm capabiliy due to direct
> acting geometry, but at the expense of more weight (larger heads) and 3 more
> cams (in the case of a "V" DOHC)
> 
> pick you flavor, nothing wrong with either if done right :)
> 
> you could have the best of both worlds with an electromagnetic or pneumatic
> valve system, shrink the heads and dump the bump sticks.
> 
> mark
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