Good point, Murf.
When I was a teen (way before you were born) I blew-up the stovebolt 6 in my
'49 chevy-- playing "Stirling Moss", and downshifting into turns-- keeping
the throttle pinned and the radio blasting (Chuck Berry made me drive
crazy)-- while my buds bounced around the interior (no seat belts in those
days) and we "4-wheel drifted" through the turns.
You're right-- you really do need a little SENSE to save an engine!
Russ, #1226B
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From: owner-land-speed@autox.team.net
[mailto:owner-land-speed@autox.team.net]On Behalf Of dahmurf
Sent: Tuesday, June 03, 2003 6:01 PM
To: Ralph Forsythe; Russel Mack
Cc: land-speed@autox.team.net
Subject: RE: Blown engine
I'll appologize up front for what I'm about to say (hehehe)
(read this with lots of sarcasm for those of you that don't know my
sarcastic
nature)
Apparently y'all have forgotten your youth. You are thinking logically &
also
assuming these boys could hear and/or feel what the engine did when they
down-
shifted into 2nd. How can you possibly feel/hear anything with the blaring
base boombadaboom going on in the car not to mention the sugar high and/or
any other kind of high that was surely going on. I mean, unless daddy has a
lot of money ya gotta have a screw or two loose to trash your ride!
Murf
(sarcastic as usual)
> I think if you do that and are reasonably paying attention and understand
> that going from 5th-redline to 2nd is bad, you can get the clutch
> back in before anything serious happens. It doesn't take long, but
> there is some amount of time required to do what he did, I believe
> enough to react.
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