Beautiful intro and "portrait", Paul. Jack
--- On Mon, 9/21/09, Paul Stenquist <pnstenqu...@comcast.net> wrote: > From: Paul Stenquist <pnstenqu...@comcast.net> > Subject: PESO: Race Snake > To: "Pentax-Discuss Mail List" <pdml@pdml.net> > Date: Monday, September 21, 2009, 12:42 PM > Working on the pics I shot at the > Mopar Nationals last month, and I thought some might find > this car interesting. It's a 1998 Viper. The front > suspension, steering gear and chassis are basically stock, > but the rear of the body has been "tubbed" to allow for > large tires, and the rear end has been replaced with a > magnesium carrier and solid spool. A roll cage ties the rear > suspension mounts to the engine subframe. The engine is the > 98 Viper original with stock crank, rods and pistons. > Non-stock pieces include two huge intercooled turbochargers, > highly modified fuel injection, and long duration, high lift > camshafts. I saw it run the quarter mile in 7.8 seconds at > 187 mph -- on pump gas. Oh, and the guy drives it on the > street now and then. Fun stuff. > > http://photo.net/photodb/photo?photo_id=9799674&size=lg > > -- > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > PDML@pdml.net > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link > directly above and follow the directions. > -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
