Funny how there's a bit of truth in every "myth" 
(well 90% of em anyways)
Funny how there's a bit of truth in every "myth"
(well 90% of em anyways)
Wally wrote:Maroon92 wrote: I had a guy once tell me that he paid GM to install a Can Am motor in his 72 Corvette. He also said that he rented Indianapolis Motor Speedway for a day and did a lap in said Corvette that would have "put him on pole for the five-hunderd". :rollseyes:It''s not that hard to believe, my Cavalier could have been on the pole up until about 1922
It actually is REALLY hard to believe. The 1972 pole time was 195.94 miles per hour average. It was set by Bobby Unser.
In reply to Maroon92:
Your assuming he meant the pole that year.
I am always surprised to find out I'm the slowest person I know. Almost all everyone I went to school and worked with has gone over 150 mph in some small crapbox. We have one guy now who cruises at 210MPH on his Goldwing going to bike week every year
81cpcamaro wrote:Trans_Maro wrote: "my brother has a 1983 Corvette"I have heard that from a few people as well. Hard not to bust out laughing. But they did exist, just none were sold to the public and only one remains: http://www.web-cars.com/corvette/1983.php
Well, the first '84's were delivered in March '83 according to that page, so technically... 
Funny thing: some states used to issue titles where the car year was the year it was titled! That's why occasionally you run across stuff like 1982 MGB's (production ended in 1980).
...Wow.
7 pages and no one remembered Blinker Fluid?
Muffler Bearings?
Turbo Encabulators?
Wally wrote: I am always surprised to find out I'm the slowest person I know. Almost all everyone I went to school and worked with has gone over 150 mph in some small crapbox. We have one guy now who cruises at 210MPH on his Goldwing going to bike week every year
hahaha +1
Even in the paddock I hear people say things like "I'm braking from 152 on the straight in my (insert street car of choice)quot; that in the hands of a pro are doing well to see 130 anywhere this side of the salt flats.
BoostedBrandon wrote:B430 wrote: That's not a neon it's a srt-4, different modelI hate this. People come into the parts store and say they need X part for an SRT4. "A neon?" "No, SRT4" "Mmkay, 2004 dodge neon...." I love it.
The SRT4 is a model separate from the Neon. It's not a trim level.
In reply to Knurled:
That might be the way it was marketed by Dodge, but I think you'd be hard pressed to find a system that lists it as a separate model (outside of MoPar systems of course.)
EDIT: Not that it matters,but that is probably where the confusion comes from.
Giant Purple Snorklewacker wrote:Wally wrote: I am always surprised to find out I'm the slowest person I know. Almost all everyone I went to school and worked with has gone over 150 mph in some small crapbox. We have one guy now who cruises at 210MPH on his Goldwing going to bike week every yearhahaha +1 Even in the paddock I hear people say things like "I'm braking from 152 on the straight in my (insert street car of choice)quot; that in the hands of a pro are doing well to see 130 anywhere this side of the salt flats.
Wow, it's one thing when some random D-bag tells you his Chevy Beretta does 200 mph on I-75, it's another when somebody lies to you at a racetrack you've both just driven.
I do want to see that 210 MPH Goldwing though...
ShadowSix wrote: I do want to see that 210 MPH Goldwing though...
Park one in a cargo plane?
There is, of course, the long and oft repeated story of the guy who stuck a JATO motor on top of (insert car here) and lit it off. Mythbusters had a field day with that one.
Curmudgeon wrote: There is, of course, the long and oft repeated story of the guy who stuck a JATO motor on top of (insert car here) and lit it off. Mythbusters had a field day with that one.
The first time I heard that story it was told by a guy who had been in the Korean War - he said it was happened to two guys in a Jeep somewhere outside of Seoul. So, the story has been around for a long time.
Curmudgeon wrote: There is, of course, the long and oft repeated story of the guy who stuck a JATO motor on top of (insert car here) and lit it off. Mythbusters had a field day with that one.
I actually knew the guy who built this beast. He was the rep of a company that I bought a bunch of instrumentation from.
last I saw him, it wasn't done yet. And have no creative stories to pass on excpet that he was building it....
(and, no- not a JATO- but why would anyone put a jet engine in a bug???)
In reply to alfadriver:
SLAGIATT. Seemed Like A Good Idea At The Time.
FWIW, I searched "JATO car" and besides the bug picture (which is NOT JATO) and the Mythbusters car, this is the only actual full size vehicle picture that has some kind of alternate propultion on many pages.
back in the fun 60's apparently.
Curmudgeon wrote: There is, of course, the long and oft repeated story of the guy who stuck a JATO motor on top of (insert car here) and lit it off. Mythbusters had a field day with that one.
A while ago, Hot Rod unearthed some real 1960s era magazine archive photos of a Pontiac equipped with two JATO units. They were mounted inside the trunk area with just the nozzles showing, instead of on the roof. Seems to have been an exhibition match racing car. It appears to have been running at the time the photo had originally been published and they weren't able to find anything about its fate.
alfadriver wrote:Curmudgeon wrote: There is, of course, the long and oft repeated story of the guy who stuck a JATO motor on top of (insert car here) and lit it off. Mythbusters had a field day with that one.I actually knew the guy who built this beast. He was the rep of a company that I bought a bunch of instrumentation from. last I saw him, it wasn't done yet. And have no creative stories to pass on excpet that he was building it.... (and, no- not a JATO- but why would anyone put a jet engine in a bug???)
I remember reading about that car. It had to have the windows and sunroof open to allow enough air to get to the intake of the engine. Pretty neat/crazy.
Something fabled that was actually real: Turbonique. http://www.tunersgroup.com/TunerWire_Live/Turbonique.html
This vid claims to have the real sounds. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z1b37u5JitY&feature=related
alfadriver wrote: why would anyone put a jet engine in a bug???)
Ron Patrick wrote:This is my street-legal jet car on full afterburner. The car has two engines: the production gasoline engine in the front driving the front wheels and the jet engine in the back. The idea is that you drive around legally on the gasoline engine and when you want to have some fun, you spin up the jet and get on the burner (you can start the jet while driving along on the gasoline engine). The car was built because I wanted the wildest street-legal ride possible.
Curmudgeon wrote: Something fabled that was actually real: Turbonique. http://www.tunersgroup.com/TunerWire_Live/Turbonique.html
there was a beetle with one of these.... called the black widow.
http://justacarguy.blogspot.com/2011/05/more-turbonique-info-about-black-widow.html
Curmudgeon wrote: Something fabled that was actually real: Turbonique. http://www.tunersgroup.com/TunerWire_Live/Turbonique.html
Check out the 'Tobacco King' 1964 Ford Galaxie:
http://www.mecumauction.com/auctions/lot_detail.cfm?LOT_ID=SC0508-65922
Crap, the 'regular' engine in that Galaxie would be enough to make your nether regions pucker.
In reply to Curmudgeon:
That's so awesome. Wonder what it sold for?
MadScientistMatt wrote: A while ago, Hot Rod unearthed some real 1960s era magazine archive photos of a Pontiac equipped with two JATO units. They were mounted inside the trunk area with just the nozzles showing, instead of on the roof. Seems to have been an exhibition match racing car. It appears to have been running at the time the photo had originally been published and they weren't able to find anything about its fate.
Found it thanks to Curmudgeon's link.
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