: Hi all,
:
: Just a quick accolade to Charlie, in case
: anyone is curious: his little tiny 170 with
: a warm cam, headers, a 2 Bbl carb and 3.91
: gears moves pretty darn well! The glasspack
: mufflers are a tad raspy at idle and
: downright loud when the pedal hits the
: floor. Despite a serious cubic inch
: deficiency, it feels at least as strong as
: any 225 I've driven, probably a little more.
: I smiled my approval. Then he reached down
: among all the racing gauges and flicked a
: switch, and a little red light turned on. I
: raised a quizzical eyebrow. "Oh, that's
: just the arming for the nitrous bottle.
: Watch this!"
:
: At probably 2500 rpm or so, he mashed the
: pedal. Lemme tell ya, that puppy breathing
: laughing gas will outrun my stock Mustang
: 5.0 without even thinking twice, even though
: it has about half the displacement. It's a
: good thing he limited his showing off to
: high gear (the pavement was wet, so we
: didn't have much choice). In first gear, I
: suspect most of my internal bodily organs
: would have been rearranged... I suddenly
: realized why that car really needs high-back
: seats or headrests. Charlie, I hope you do
: that before you increase the Nitrous jets,
: OK?
:
: I popped the hood when we got back, to make
: sure it really was only a slant 6 under
: there.
:
: Wow.
:
: - Erik
:
: PS. When anyone says "Watch This!"
: you know you're in trouble.
:
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