Meme Thread... no politics

In reply to Floating Doc (Forum Supporter) :

In reply to johndej :

...The guy from Madness' One Step Beyond video?

NickD said:

Yeah, but only because that's how much longer it took you to read directions in Welsh, and now you're running to catch up to your friends.

Beer Baron said:

NickD said:

Yeah, but only because that's how much longer it took you to read directions in Welsh, and now you're running to catch up to your friends.

I just assumed it was some crazy, archaic Welsh time unit fragmentary of a fortnight, which works out to 4/3 of a minute...

Sometimes the memes write themselves 

In reply to Jesse Ransom :

Whitworth time. 

volvoclearinghouse said:

In reply to Jesse Ransom :

Whitworth time. 

Annoyance: Most engines in the 6l range in 1960 had what we would consider to be crazy high compression, at least according to the books.  They tended to machine the blocks a little high to keep the line moving faster, but this is where the power came from getting the block blueprinted.  So the 11:1 compression engine only had 10:1.

The Oldsmobile turbo V8s from 1961 had something crazy like 10:1 compression, and a non intercooled turbo, with a draw through carburetor!

And whoever wrote that had never driven a car with manual drum brakes.  They usually didn't have power assist because they didn't NEED it, drum brakes are self-energizing.  I did have a customer with a Grand Prix with the rare heavy duty brake option (giant drums and 8 lug wheels that were basically like Wide 5s) and to make the car not so touchy he blocked off the brake booster hose.  It drove perfectly normally!

In reply to Pete. (l33t FS) :

My 66 Delta 88 with 11" drum brakes would lock up the tires with nothing more than a big toe.  I never had them fade on me, either.  I'm sure they would have eventually.