See, another testamonial that God favors V-8s.
72 Pantera-65 Tiger-96 Thunderbird 4.6
On Sat, 01 Aug 1998 22:59:22 -0400 Larry Blackman <lb7777@thepoint.net>
writes:
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>Bob Palmer wrote:
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>> Mike, et Listers,
>>
>> I was thinking about making some comments along those lines myself
>Mike. I
>> don't mind being politically incorrect when it's appropriate, but I
>sense
>> more than a little race prejudice behind this slamming of the "Rice
>Boy"
>> culture. And, like Mike and I'm sure a lot of the rest of you out
>there,
>> I've seen some pretty impressive performance from some of these
>"rice
>> burners". If you ever have any doubt about which wins, torque or
>> horsepower, just listen to the wail of one of those banshees as they
>blow
>> by your 400 lb-ft of torque, bad ass, ground shakin', hunk of iron.
>But of
>> course, I also drive an SHO with - GASP!! - Yamaha heads, so I have
>to
>> tread a fine line here. And what a sweet engine that is. 105k miles
>and it
>> will still suck the doors off most high performance sedans and even
>a few
>> supposed sports cars.
>>
>> But hey, don't let me spoil the fun! Just remember the old slogan:
>"When
>> the green flag drops, the bullshxt stops.".
>>
>> Lovin' life in S.D.,
>>
>> Bob
>>
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>Bob Palmer;
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>>From a starters point of view the old slogan is "The green flag
>drops, when the
>bullshxt stops".
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>I don't think that there is any race prejudice in preferring the sound
>of a high
>torque V-8 over the screaming of a over stressed little 4 cylinder
>banshee. To my
>amazement some people even prefer the sound of the high performance
>little 2
>stroke engines. Personally I enjoyed hearing and watching Tom Patton's
>tiger blow
>away all the rice burners and other new high tech GT-2 cars a few
>weeks ago at
>the national races in Indianapolis. I respect your opinion and I guess
>that I
>will always be old fashion but I will always prefer the sound of a
>high torque
>V-8. (driving the rear wheels like god intended)
>
>Larry
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>'65 Tiger
>"66 Shelby GT 350
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