Re: couple o questions, and some comments

[Derrick <tyrone27@bellatlantic.net>]

that a nice story

Robert Luhrs wrote:

> Ok, the questions first:
> Has anyone put a 16valve body kit on an 8 valve? If so, how hard
> was it, how long did it take you, suggestions on how to make it
> easier(assuming you learned from your experience).
> How hard is it to change throttle bodies? Going from a stock one to
> a larger one, no specifics please, just in general, is it pretty easy,
> or should one be highly mechanically adept.
>
> Random comments:
> So last night iwas driving down the highway with my (i think) stock
> 86 8 valve(i say i think casue the person i got it from says it was
> stock, but having driven some other peoples cars that are also
> supposedly stock, mine is a good deal faster than theirs but i don't
> know why) and one of my friends was driving a 96 saturn sc1, and
> another one was driving a 92 eagle talon tsi awd turbo.  The saturn
> had no chance as it dissapeared in the mirror, the talon and i at
> about 90 both floored it and i realized why i love the close ration
> transmition so much, almost instantly i was accelrating off into the
> low 110's as the talon was trying to get to it's power band, what a
> wonderfull feeling using a 13 year old car to beat up on hapless
> others  :)
> (ok, so once i hit 123 or so the talon having a bit more on top
> finnaly passed me from sheer higher top speed, but who cares, it
> was soooo worth it.  :)
> Rob Luhrs
>
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