{FORGED?} Re: EDSEL 410 / T-10 / Gremlin

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On April 16, 2005 mail@xxxxxxxxxxxx wrote:

> Subject:              mail Digest for 16 Apr 2005 in hour 15:00
> To:                   "hh7x@xxxxxxxxxxx" <hh7x@xxxxxxxxxxx>
> 
> From: Tom Jennings <tomj@xxxxxxx>
> Subject: Re: Non-AMC powered cars in AMO
> 
> 
> > I personally am fearful that AMO is opening a real "can of
> > worms" by permitting a "MODIFIED" Class ("MODIFIED"
> meaning
> > non-AMC power).
> 
> Can you elaborate? I'm really interested to know more about this.
> 
> Myinterest in one particular outcome is obvious, but I don't have
> religion in it.
> 
> Worst-case, I'll continue to use the field as a
> sweeeet parking lot :-)
> 
> ----------------------------------------------------------------
> 
> You might try a Port-0- L00  ;)-  and give us all a break........
> 
> Understandably Sentiment as to the Cans of Worms...
> 
> Yet - look what we would have missed had we
> not stuck that Rolls Royce Merlin V-12 onto
> our P-51 Mustang Fighter Aircraft engine
> bulkhead!
> 
> Which is not to say the Allison V-12 should be
> held in the same breath as the AMC 4 / 6 / 8
> cyl. engines - as a Warmly Massaged 390
> would thrill the most Radical of Addictions
> yet there are those who prefer listening to
> Concubines..........
> 
> AMC produced some  Body Styles
> that Fine Profile -
> which takes a lot to bring back to just Driver
> Condition -
> - what with per Gallon of
> Wal Mart Paint
> and Bar Code on that  360" Horse Hair Paint
> Brushy...
> 
> Yet - these past few years have brought
> some Incredible Power Plants into mass
> production and within Grasp of Flat
> Wallets everywhere - even as Detroit
> enters  G'otterdamarung -
> Passage to Oblivion'.
> 
> Plymouth is Gone.  Oldsmobile - Americas
> oldest Running Marque? - Gone.
> 
> GM stock is one Cats Whisker away from
> Junk Bond Status - Wall St. won't touch it.
> 
> Rover is now - Gone.  MG - the British Sports Car
> known the world around in the 60s' as
> The Yuppie 'Gate Crasher' (similar to the
> fold down seats of the Nash - in outcome only)
> - Gone.
> 
> The Thunderbird is Dead.
> 
> DCX stock chart looks a lot like a Killington Vt.
> Ski Slope Trail Map.
> 
> 
> But for this Brief Expanse of Time -
> Materials that were once Private Reserve
> of Racing Circles and Construction GCs
> on their Saturday Night Specials - are
> now almost common among Manufacturers
> but it won't last - .
> 
> Right now, you're seeing the culmination
> of Old School Engineering at its' Best.
> 
> But Commodities are in demand -
> and Aluminum & Steel command
> cash money overseas due to Asias
> rapid building plan - these wonderful
> engines - produced for just a few years -
> will be gone as well.
> 
> Big Money in Expensive Drivetrains -
> soon to be a thing of the Past for
> Manufacturers World Wide -
> in a Price War -  going Electric
> is Salvation staring them in the Face.
> 
> Anyone here have a Checkered Past involving
> Slot Cars ?   Remember rewinding those
> C'ores' >?.......... Big Expensive > Right ;)?
> 
> I watched on TV - an Electric S'portscar' -
> which amounted to a Fiberglas' body on
> a Tube Frame - put a V12 Ferrara away in
> a Drag Race - in Major Proportions..
> in the WeeDs - ! Enzo, we hardly knew ye!
> 
> Sequential Multi-Port Fuel Injection /
> Turbo Supercharging / Electronic Control
> Module Controllers for Hydraulicly Controlled
> DOHC Camshaft Positioning - HorsePower
> and Torque figures in Stock Engines that
> surpass Expensively Modified Stock efforts
> are Available Now at Salvage Yard Prices.
> 
> The Last Year of the Olds Aurora V8 engine
> is a work of Art.
> 
> Short stroke V8 - with Twin Turbos you
> would have an Indy Car engine screaming
> shift points @ 8,000 RPM - or - a
> miserly Boulevard Cruiser Potentate -
> just spin the Boost Controller............
> 
> Designed alongside the
> Northstar - and packing a slightly smaller
> dimension -
> Upgraded for its' final year
> with rollers on the cam interfaces - this all
> Aluminum DOHC Orphan Fuel Sipping
> V8 Beauty languishes
> in salvage Engine Bays and  may find
> their Fates coupled with those of AMC
> motors - scrapped and lost.
> 
> Or what about an Inliner for you Purists ?
> 
> After being on the STROKERS List for 4.0
> engines some 3+ years,  those builders
> who know tossed all their I'mprovements'
> to the 4.0 they thought DCX could do to
> create the "Ultimate" Inliner onto the List:
> 
> DOHC / Crossflow head / 4 valve / semi Hemi /
> Strong bottom end Design Structure / Latest
> Alloy Materials / Ultra Light Weight via
> Lost Foam Casting etc.
> 
> They missed the Hydraulicly controlled via
> ECM Camshafts - which creates a 'Sweet Spot'
> right across the entire operating range of the
> Engine...... as they didn't know it existed.
> 
> Less weight and exhibiting more usable HP /
> Torque of a Maxed Stroker 4.0 (4.7 etc.) and
> being of 4.2 configuration :
> 
> All of the above Inliner can be purchased for around
> $800.00 from www.car-parts.com salvage.
> 
> The Same Engine - bumped to 5.0 with Forged Rods & Pistons
> and an Increased Compression Ration - putting out
> 600HP all day (up from 275 stock in 4.2 config.) in a Desert Race
> Vehicle - turned in
> consistent Wins without breaking  a sweat.
> 
> Want one  of these F'rivolous ChachKiies' in Your
> CLassIC  ?
> 
> OK - so  this Golden Era of Incredible Engines
> in Salvage Yards - , as we're witnessing the Dawn of
> Alternate Fuel Age
> Engines and the coming of Electric Cars - knowing
> to the eventuality that our cherished Hot Rods will
> one day rely on fuelling at  Agway Grain & Feed
> Store - or a LNG hook-up at a Friends Restaurant
>  - or running the cycled out
> Deep Fryer Oils from McDonalds & Burger King as
> a Designer Chic' Odiferous Cruise Accessory' .
> 
> Having been first attracted to cars via Engine
> sounds - I can't help but marvel this
> 'Final Battle' of
> "Bold & Beautiful" in their Own Right -
> Ultra-Tech Engines - of 'Other' Manufacture
> Status.
> 
> Back when L'ittle GTO' was making the Rounds -
> and  'of Mythical Proportions' created
> - it remains
> to this day known only by
> 'The Keeper of  Book Tiger Paws' -
> that it was a Tri-Power 427
> that lurked under
> the KingTigers bonnet - not a 389.
> 
> Some would argue for a P'repped' 421 ..........but
> who knew where that New Jersey V'ette went one
> dark and dreary night - insurance was paid up..
> 
> The 389 was a mild engine that would grenade a lot.
> 
> Thet got Yanked on a Saturday Nite
> .......... when you sent the sick G'oat to the V'ette'.......
> and you later conveniently F'orgot' the keys to the locked
> hood pins........ "Put up or Shut up"............
> 
> Ok - who here remembers the Studillac -
> raise your Hands !  Uh-huh....... thought so.
> 
> Oh! Is that New Old Stock ?  Rally ?
> What did you pay for it ?
> 
> 
>              Brien.
>          NEW YORK
>    eagle registry #501
> 
> eagle kammback registry
> 
> 
> 
> .

You forgot the Fordillac Brein.
"Doc"

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