Date sent: Sat, 08 May 1999 21:50:12 -0400
To: tigers@autox.team.net
From: James Barrett <jamesbrt@mindspring.com>
Subject: HP, sort of.(non-Tiger)
Send reply to: James Barrett <jamesbrt@mindspring.com>
> Folks,
> Just got back from a trip to Bolder. I took the Gtec-Pro meter
> along on the trip as I didn't want to leave it in my Tiger at
> the airport parking lot. Well I got one of those "super powered"
> Hertz Ford Conture as a rental. Book in the car said 170 HP and
> weight of around 1400 lb.
This must have been a Lotus 7 version of the Contour :). I would
have guessed that the Contour would weigh at least twice that.
Just teasing a little.
Tom Oxner
With 5 wide open blasts on flat
> ground I got readings of 33 to 39 HP. There was absolutly no
> consern that I would get pulled over for "drag racing" because
> the 4-wheel drive trucks were passing me in normal traffic.
> I had mounted the GTec Pro upside down so that any slop in
> the mount would cause a higher reading if acceleration moved the
> unit. No apparent movement at the unbeliveablely slow
> acceleration of this rental. The altitude was 1 mile and that
> really lowers the power.
>
> James Barrett Tiger II 351C and others
>
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