I'm ditching the 2L

[brianm at earendel.org (Brian McGarvey)]

It had a 2.3 Tag on the back, but had a pretty big V6 under the hood...
This was after my brother drove it @ 260 kph for about 2 hrs.. then it 
would only do 220..
:-O




On Sat, 13 Nov 2004, Lars Bruchmann wrote:

> what in the name of zeus's butthole did they do to
> that granada's engine?!?!?!!  my uncle had one, a very
> nice (yeah, right) beige kombi (station wagen).  it
> was a tank!!!!  i dont think it went more than 90 with
> a tailwind.  i'd give it a wide berth on the autobahn.
> it's got the aerodynamics of a curio cabinet!!!  were
> you dropped from a cargo plane and bailed out of the
> car in a parachute to make it go that fast???
> heeheehee.
> --- Brian McGarvey <brianm@earendel.org> wrote:
>
>> Fastest Ive gone
>> 225kph 136mph in a German Ford Granada
>> 125 in a Porsche 924
>> 148mph on a VFR750F :-O .. thats damn fast...
>> Brian..
>> 95.5 in a quarter mile..
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> On Sat, 13 Nov 2004, Lars Bruchmann wrote:
>>
>>> fastest i've gone:  122 mph in my golf gti, 153
>> mph in
>>> a porsche turbo (as a passenger in the back seat),
>> 175
>>> mph in a B747 at take-off.
>>> --- David Utley <fahrvegnugen@cox.net> wrote:
>>>
>>>> There is quite a bit on conjecture over how fast
>> he
>>>> is -actually- going...  However, anyway you slice
>>>> it, he has to be going at least 160 mph, and that
>> is
>>>> indeed impressive...  I personally plan to never
>> go
>>>> over 150...  :-)
>>>>
>>>> David
>>>>>
>>>>> From: Brian McGarvey <brianm@earendel.org>
>>>>> Date: 2004/11/13 Sat AM 12:54:33 EST
>>>>> To: Scourge <scourge@cogeco.ca>
>>>>> CC: Rocco list <scirocco-l@scirocco.org>
>>>>> Subject: Re: I'm ditching the 2L
>>>>>
>>>>> whoo hoo baby..
>>>>> 309kph..
>>>>> 192mph in a mk1...
>>>> iiiiinnnnnnssssssaaaaaannnnneeeeee...
>>>>> I think there are some folks out ther wondering
>>>> now..
>>>>> its 22M...
>>>>> but damn...
>>>>> watch the shift light bouncing...
>>>>> blink blink  blink... aaaaahhhhhh blink
>>>> bli-bli-bli-- dammit shift.
>>>>> hehe
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> On Sat, 13 Nov 2004, Scourge wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>>> I don't care how happy I am with my motor.....I
>>>> want what this guy has!!!!!!
>>>>>> http://smokeblunts.net/iso.wmv
>>>>>>
>>>>>> -George(green with envy)
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>>>> Chrome may make it bling, but it don't make the
>>>> engine sing...
>>>>
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