<VV> Fwd: Re: In re.CorV8

[Jay Maechtlen]

crud, did it again.

re 'interesting cars'

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On 3/15/2020 10:08 PM, Hugo Miller via VirtualVairs wrote:
> When did I ever say there were "no engineers in Britain with 
> equivalent skills"? What I actually wrote was; "you don't really get 
> anything like this in the UK.". Quite how you make the first statement 
> out of the second I do not know.
> By all means challenge what I say, but at least don't mis-quote me 
> when you do.
> I stand by my comment - I have never seen engineering to this standard 
> at a local common-or-garden car show in the UK. Yet such fantastic 
> creations are a commonplace on US roads.
>
Well, you get some pretty interesting cars competing in the hill climbs 
over there.

On eng-tips there was an interesting discussion of twin charging - a 
Lancer Evo eventually making about 800 hp with instant response!

https://www.eng-tips.com/viewthread.cfm?qid=267889

perhaps fewer novel creations on the highways, due to regulations and such.


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Jay Maechtlen


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Jay Maechtlen
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'61 2-dr modified w/fiberglass skin,
transverse 3.8 Buick V6 TH440T4 trans
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Jay Maechtlen
SoCal
'61 2-dr modified w/fiberglass skin,
transverse 3.8 Buick V6 TH440T4 trans
-- 
Jay Maechtlen
SoCal
'61 2-dr modified w/fiberglass skin,
transverse 3.8 Buick V6 TH440T4 trans
-- 
Jay Maechtlen
SoCal
'61 2-dr modified w/fiberglass skin,
transverse 3.8 Buick V6 TH440T4 trans
-- 
Jay Maechtlen
SoCal
'61 2-dr modified w/fiberglass skin,
transverse 3.8 Buick V6 TH440T4 trans
-- 
Jay Maechtlen
SoCal
'61 2-dr modified w/fiberglass skin,
transverse 3.8 Buick V6 TH440T4 trans
-- 
Jay Maechtlen
SoCal
'61 2-dr modified w/fiberglass skin,
transverse 3.8 Buick V6 TH440T4 trans