Speaking of wild Jags, check out this one from Palo Alto yesterday.
http://www.ado13.com/batjag/jag.html
Check out the hood ornament. There is a jagged hole with the jaguar leaping
out of it.
Larry Miller
http://www.ado13.com
You can't be a real country unless you have
a beer and an airline - it helps if you have
some kind of a football team, or some
nuclear weapons, but at the very least you
need a beer.-Frank Zappa
----- Original Message -----
From: Carolyn/Rick <walters@mail.softcom.net>
To: Keith Turk <kturk@ala.net>
Cc: <spridgets@autox.team.net>; <healeys@autox.team.net>
Sent: Monday, September 13, 1999 10:17 AM
Subject: Re: Twin Turbo Jag XJS
> Hi Kieth,
>
> Wow, That's a ride and a half. Is this with the overhead cam V12? I
know
> from experience it's great stock, can't imagine with a built up engine. I
get
> nervous in the when I floor the stock version on the freeway.
>
> Do your best but don't injure yourself in the process. Like to keep the
good
> ones around for advise. Good luck
>
> Rick
>
> Keith Turk wrote:
>
> > I had an opportunity to Test out my driving skills today in a Twin Turbo
> > Charged intercooled Jag XJS.... we took it up the Hwy and back to get
my
> > self situated with the car... I am going to Drive the Car for the guy
at
> > our next Land Speed Racing event at Maxton, N Carolina...
> >
> > the fella built a nice car... Scary fast and to be frank I think it
scares
> > him to the point that he wants a Driver.... and I am fascinated by the
> > technology so here we go.... WoW this stuff works like stink...
Press
> > the throttle and you have to go back to the last exit to collect your
> > thoughts....
> >
> > Understand this fella hasn't built this thing on a lark.... he has been
to
> > Bonneville three times with the car.... setting a record twice at 215mph
> > and last year at 233mph... with a Spin at 257mph.... ahh yeah this thing
> > works like stink....
> >
> > The best I can hope for right now is to give you the basic's of the set
up
> > and after the Meet I should be able to tell you a bunch more about it...
> >
> > it's a Rodex Aluminum Block with a belt drive and aluminum heads... it
runs
> > around 8.0:1 compression.... and has these twin turbo's feeding a
Spearco
> > Iced water intercooler which feed a single throttle body bent 90 into
the
> > top of a VictorJr intake which has 80lb injectors set at 70+ pounds of
fuel
> > Pressure..
> > today we didn't go over 14 lbs of boost and I think I got it up to
around
> > 170 in 3rd gear in about 1/2 of a mile being semi easy..... He wanted to
> > see if I would floor the car..... NEXT QUESTION.... but honestly when we
> > hit 2 on this little run and the rear broke loose at part throttle I
> > realized why he wanted me to drive it.... 1400hp is a bunch.... the
> > biggest difference in this car and my race car with a 700hp N/A motor is
> > that my little 296 has to get wound up to make big Power.... This thing
> > simply ran like stink from the bottom end all the way up...
> >
> > okay that is about it... neat story eh.... I am thinking here on the
25th
> > of Sept I will be able to tell you just how fast it is on a Concrete
runway
> > in One mile...
> >
> > Ps I packed the twin Parachutes and pulled the releases today... just to
> > sort out that system in my mind.... a car doesn't even have to start..
but
> > if it does it damn sure has to Stop and steer... Oh and the Fire Bottles
> > and Roll Cage where inspected Closely also....
> >
> > Keith Turk
> > Austin Healey 100 / Bugeye / Box Sprite / Bonneville Land Speed Racer
> > Camaro ( D Gas Altered )
> > Keith Turk
> > Austin Healey 100 / Bugeye / Box Sprite / Bonneville Land Speed Racer
> > Camaro ( D Gas Altered )
>
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