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Re: Two Lane Blacktop

To: John Beckett <landspeedracer@email.msn.com>
Subject: Re: Two Lane Blacktop
From: Joe Amo <jkamo@rapidnet.com>
Date: Fri, 08 Sep 2000 21:30:09 -0600
Burnt pistons, ah heck, thats like crying over burnt toast, or in Judies case
burnt water, pistons are just sacrificial, their obviously there in case ya run
out of gasoline, just to make sure you can get to the mile marker, whatever it
takes, valves, combustion chamber if it burns it makes power.  Joe

John Beckett wrote:

> Yeah but all those burnt pistons constitute quite a learning curve.
>
> John B.
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Ed Van Scoy" <edvs@uswest.net>
> To: "Joe Amo" <jkamo@rapidnet.com>
> Cc: "Keith Turk" <kturk@ala.net>; <land-speed@autox.team.net>
> Sent: Friday, September 08, 2000 12:40 PM
> Subject: Re: Two Lane Blacktop
>
> >
> >
> > Joe Amo wrote:
> >
> > > Ed, so what your saying is, its cool to have a blower or nitrous??  Joe
> :)
> >
> > Or Both?..................
> >
> > Ed
> >
> >
> >
> > >
> > >
> > > Ed Van Scoy wrote:
> > >
> > > > Joe;
> > > > How about that 671 blower that comes on with a switch :-)
> > > > Ed
> > > >
> > > > Joe Amo wrote:
> > > >
> > > > > I know where your coming from Keith, in my case it has to be the
> original Mad
> > > > > Max movies, cause they knew how to make the  power, Bottle, oh yeah,
> sadistic
> > > > > with the bottle they were , gotta love their version of
> "progressive" -  which
> > > > > was how fast they opened the valve on the bottle!
> > > > >
> > > > > Ok back to work,  any body got any ideas on how I can tack together
> these here
> > > > > handle bars (to then allow me to take them to welder to have
> finished) , dont
> > > > > have 220volts, dont want to load bike in trailer to haul to welder,
> maybe if I
> > > > > use the n20 as a shielding gas and my propane torch for
> heat................
> > > > >
> > > > > Keith Turk wrote:
> > > > >
> > > > > > You know this doesn't have a thing to do with a thing.... but... I
> was out
> > > > > > in the shop plumbing some fuel lines and had the thought that I
> really
> > > > > > oughta watch Two lane Blacktop again... roving the country in
> search of a
> > > > > > Race.... seems just kinda right with me this month...
> > > > > >
> > > > > > any other cult followers of that stupid movie? ... Know it doesn't
> have much
> > > > > > to do with anything... Just an interesting part of why I am doing
> this...
> > > > > > There was something there that just clicked.... and I am aweful
> glad it's
> > > > > > Land Speed Racing and NOT Drag racing.... The Movie is out there
> and
> > > > > > avalible... but I still haven't found an un-edited Version... Okay
> I
> > > > > > know.... GO BACK TO WORK.. bye... K
> >




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