Time to fill the empty spot and build that FC150 rally truck. Uh, You could always drive it sideways... probably more aerodynamic that way! -- Mark Price Morgantown, WV 1969 AMC Rambler, 4.0L, EFI, T-5 2004 Grand Cherokee Laredo, 4.7L, Quadratrc II " Chronic Pain Hurts" -------------- Original message ---------------------- From: Tom Jennings <tomj@xxxxxxx> > Oh I don't take any of your comments personally in any way! > > I truly look forward to seeing the hacks he did to the > Spirit. It's a good chassis. It's not like I'm gonna stop > driving AMCs because a 1993 Escort out-handles a 1970 Hornet, > out-of-the-box stock. That's like complaining that a 1963 > Rambler out handles a 1933 Chevy -- well duh! The Escort is > lighter, shorter, stiffer, computerized fuel delivery, lower > to the ground, gutted to a shell, blah blah blah... > > The Escort had near-race tires (Falken Azenis). We were limited > to total buy+prep cost of $500 -- I mean really, what are ya > gonna do within that?! Even agressive cheating -- which I will > point out we did not engage in any cheating (we were probably > $100 over -- you should have seen what was on the track, Series > 6 BMW, etc...!) > > > beats all opposition, including non turbo'ed Porches and Vipers. > > Gotta fit within whatever the rules are. I ran my 79 AMX in B/SP > (street-prepared) where I was killed by high-HP prepped cars; > I ran it in F/S (stock) where I was killed by small new light > cars. Car's gotta fit the setup. I was there to have fun. > > On Tue, 20 May 2008, Armand Eshleman wrote: > > > I really don't want to beat a dead horse over this one, but I thought it so > > ironic that right after posting a response to Tom's comments about front > > wheel drive handling and his comments about not getting his AMCs to work > > good on a track, that an article shows up in the June issue of Hemmings > > Muscle Machines all about a guy named Earl Daugharthy and his son Dean from > > Hinckley, OH who have been campaigning an 81 AMC Spirit, that routinely > > beats all opposition, including non turbo'ed Porches and Vipers. > > All I can say is this guy knows how to make an AMC handle. I will give > > credit to very heavy modifications but none the less it is remarkable what > > the article states about the car and the handling even before the heavy > > modifications were done. > > Read it, it's a great article about our AMCs. > > > > Armand > > > > _______________________________________________ > > Amc-list mailing list > > Amc-list@xxxxxxxxxxxx > > http://splatter.wps.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/amc-list > > > _______________________________________________ > Amc-list mailing list > Amc-list@xxxxxxxxxxxx > http://splatter.wps.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/amc-list _______________________________________________ Amc-list mailing list Amc-list@xxxxxxxxxxxx http://splatter.wps.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/amc-list