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- From: hotrod@dixie.com (The Hotrod List)
- Subject: Re: For my next trick...
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- Date: Thu, 19 Nov 92 22:18:48 GMT
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- >
- > Making a rally car out of an old six banger may surprise you.
- > When you compare it to some of the european engins of simular
- > and smaller size of those days you might find yourself way
- > outclassed. Rember they look at cubic inches (litters) and
- > the europeans had 4 liter V-8's, 5 liter V-12's and they were
- > originators of overhead cams and port injection, on stock
- > cars. I think you would be better off sticking to the brute
- > torque V-8's of american origin unless you want to spend 1.000's
- > and not get anywhere. Why don't you think the american manufactures
- > didn't get big on rallies back then?
- >
- A swede was driving a Ford Falcon in the Monte Carlo rally in the '60's.
- I'm not sure but I think he won it, but he probably had a V-8.
-
- Leif
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- Posted by: emory!tde.lth.se!leif (Leif Olsson)
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