> Back in the 60s, there was a guy out west somewhere with a car made of some
> exotic metal or other. I don't remember the ET, but the TV was 199mph in the
> standard 55-foot drag. I remember showing the magazine around
> to some guys then, and being unable to convince them that it was not scale
> speed. They apparently coudn't read ...
Or think, for that matter. 200 scale mph on a 1/24 scale dragster
is about 8 "real" mph. It should take very little in the way of
analysis of power-to-weight ratio to realize that 8mph is sorta low...
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John R. Lupien
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