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" ============================================================= Posted by wixList Archiver -- http://www.amxfiles.com/wixlist