I'm new to this mailing list but im getting tired of hearing about this
Supra!!!!
I can without a doubt, Garantee that if my 92 CC 4X4 with mods cannot out
run a basically stock (worn out) rice grinder, Then I will pull out my '68
Dart GT BIG BLOCK!!!!!
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> From: Robert Tufts <rbt@frontiernet.net>
> To: dakota@ait.fredonia.edu
> Subject: Re: Blown away by SupraTurbo
> Date: Wednesday, July 02, 1997 8:42 AM
>
> From: Kane V Turner :
>
> >>>>>>>>>
> My friend Terry just bought a 1987 Toyota Supra Turbo To race around in.
> He already Gutted the cat and cut the muf off, and put a turbo tip on it.
> Well we where in town one day and we decided to run my 1997 5.2liter
> Dakota. I thought I would of won, but I didn't. He beat me by 1 car
> lenght!!!! How is this, a 6 vs. a 8. He must have alot of power in that
> car, cause it suprised me. My trucks a 5 speed with no Sure Grip, and I
> was running 87 octane. can anyone tell me why I lost. Is the sup that
> fast. Oh yeah his car is a automatic.
> Thanks
> >>>>>>>>>>>
>
>
> It's called "weight". I don't know how much a reg cab weighs, but the
full
> boat CC Dakota is a 4000 lb vehicle. Even if the Supra is one of the
piggier
> cars, it probably weighs about 500 lbs or more less. Take a car like a
> Lotus Super 7 with about 1100 lbs or a bike of around 600 lbs and you'll
> be amazed at what "only" 150 hp will do! :-)
>
> -Bob T.
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