Mine was a '67 firebird 400 cu/ 375 horses stock, but mine had been tricked with oversized cam, holly 4 bbl, positive traction and hurst 4 speed. I could pull the front wheels off the ground! A "friend" totaled it for me, saving me the trouble, I guess. Then again, three girls from my homeroom came up to me at our 10 year class reunion, jumping up and down and exclaiming, "you're still alive"....
John -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Sunday, July 22, 2007 1:03 PM To: [email protected] Subject: [NF] Two kinds of people (this is sort of technical) From: "mrgmhale" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [ Save Address ] Reply-to:ProFox Email List <[email protected]> To:<[email protected]> Subject:RE: [NF] Two kinds of people (this is sort of technical) Date:Sun, 22 Jul 2007 08:44:36 -0400 > I tried that. My kids always said "dad, who cares!" > You should be glad they do not care for one reason, and one only. When I was in my mid-teens and started to drive it was "Critical" that I know a 1/4 mile strip was 1,320 feet long, hence I always knew how many feet in a mile. Why was it critical? Street racing purposes of course! Most guys knew how to bark off that a street strip was 1/4 mile, but could not tell me how many feet it was. If someone could tell me a length of road was measured off at 1,320 feet I knew I had a fairly intelligent opponent and could likely size up my 1969 Mustang Mach I street racer's capability. I would race such a person, but I found the less informed easier pickings <g>... For car fans, I had a simple 1969 Mach I with a 351 engine that I built up significantly. All the goodies from a high rise intake manifold to Hooker headers, and all the cool goodies inside to include .060 bored block, 11:1 forged aluminum pistons, high lift, long duration, massive overlap cam (Isksy cam I think), 780cfm vacuum secondary Holly carburetor with a 50cc Rio accelerator pump & fast action pump cam, and a lightened secondary throttle diaphram spring for quick opening action, Mallory dual-point distributor (pre-electonic ignition system technology), Accel high output ignition coil, silicon secondary ignition wires, B&M high performance auto trans kit, high stall speed torque converter, etc. I did all the work myself (I had been an auto technician in a "former life"). I sold the Mach I to a friend while I was in Germany (US Army), and the other month he confessed to my wife that it was the fastest car he ever owned. Somehow I lived through all that craziness with street/strip and canyon racing (Malibu, Las Virgenes, Box, Topanga). I never should have lived past 19. Gil ================== >From another who never should have made it though my teen years... You are right on target. but I learned a lot drag racing... even that the speed trap at the end of the 1/4 on a real drag strip is 1/10 of the strip lenght at 132 feet with the center being at the end of the official 1/4 mile. The point is that, while we cannot obsess on details, life is full of them and we can't always depend on others to handle them. This leads to dependencies that are not to our benefit. Hey... I would have loved to met you back then with my 1962 409 Chev... not quite stock either. ;-) Larry Miller --- StripMime Report -- processed MIME parts --- multipart/alternative text/plain (text body -- kept) text/html --- [excessive quoting removed by server] _______________________________________________ Post Messages to: [email protected] Subscription Maintenance: http://leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profox OT-free version of this list: http://leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profoxtech Searchable Archive: http://leafe.com/archives/search/profox This message: http://leafe.com/archives/byMID/profox/[EMAIL PROTECTED]@shelbynet.com ** All postings, unless explicitly stated otherwise, are the opinions of the author, and do not constitute legal or medical advice. This statement is added to the messages for those lawyers who are too stupid to see the obvious.
