my girlfriend always says she loves to race other midgets (she drives a
bugeye) up the passes here in Colorado, because they can race full bore and
never break the speed limit.
james
----- Original Message -----
From: Rick Lindsay <ROLindsay@Emeraldgrc.com>
To: Larry Colen <lrcar@red4est.com>; <british-cars@autox.team.net>;
<mgs@autox.team.net>
Sent: 07 August, 2002 12:35 PM
Subject: Re: Putting our cars performance into perspective
> Hello Gang,
> I don't have the data Larry, but it is a very interesting
> idea. Power is a function of money. My 308GTB
> produces 265hp and is quite quick -- unless you compare
> it to a 60's muscle car. Then again, it will also go around
> a turn on-rails in exactly the same way that the muscle car
> doesn't. But so will a Countach and get out of the turn much
> quicker. It's money. IMHO, the MG provides about the
> best bang-for-the-buck available.
> Perhaps we should look at the MGs in the power-to-weight
> domain or power-to-cost domain. Or against the 'norm' for
> the day, as Larry suggests. I mean, MGAs ran at Le Mans!
> And today?
> I am always reminded of the phrase, "There is always a
> bigger fish." In our hobby, bigger fish cost more money. My
> 308GTB is more powerful than my M3 but at 200hp, the M3,
> which is lighter, goes like stink and is probably quicker than
> the bigger Ferrari! I do have to admit, that the MG is MORE
> FUN to drive than the Ferrari on tight country roads. It takes
> 90mph in the Ferrari to give the same 'fun-factor' as the MG at
> 40 on a twisty road.
> Personally, I would love a nicely tuned British roadster, top
> down, a dry twisty road, cool morning air, colorful fall leaves
> drifting onto the lane and a WOT coming out of the turns!
> Yeeeehaaa! Can you tell that I have had just about enough
> summer and am ready for fall?
>
> Best,
>
> Rick
>
> PS: I also anticipate fall driving in my 1930 Chevrolet!
>
> > I recently was in a discussion which included the line "you call 65 hp
> > to the ground a racecar?". Since MGBs came out in 1962 and never
> > substantially changed, I thought that it would be interesting to look
> > at the performance figures of 1962 Ferraris, Porsches and Corvettes to
> > compare with todays cars.
> >
> > Does anyone happen to have, or know where to find these data?
> >
> > Larry
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