Ampmeter, BYBob, Cooper etc, old school guys - Chicken?

Birdbrain....

I've got a prior commitment that weekend... That's the
weekend of our Annual Meeting of the Snohomish Tribe of
Indians and, since I'm up for re-election as Vice Chair (how
appropriate), I really should be there.

BTW, it's really big of you to offer the use of your ratted
out Corvette. After I'd have spent hundreds of dollars
getting there, paying for a room, meals, and the entry
fee... you're so generous to let me use your broke down
car... Oh, my RV-6 idles faster than 130 mph... But, you
wouldn't know about fast airplanes would ya, boy?? Flying
that high wing junker that won't top 80 mph must be the real
thing, right??

Amprobe... aka Ampmeter...



On 1 Aug 2005 07:24:33 -0700, "Birdbrain13"
wrote:

Alright you oldschoolguys, Oysterhouse highflyer Wantaja etc. Guys who
have been around for a while -

Now we see your true colors.

September 14 - 17 - in Wendover Nevada (on the Bonneville Salt Flats)
Will be what the Utah Salt Flats racers assn. calls World of Speed.

Heres a chance to drive a car faster than your planes will go!

If any of you guys have the cajones, I will provide the car for you to
qualify for the 130 MPH club - or the 150 MPH club. I will provide
all of the required safety equipment! I will pick you up at the
airport and bring ya to the course - all you have to do is pay the
entry fees and your food and hotel.

Check out this link for the details.
http://www.saltflats.com/
I expect most of you to quickly come up with some sort of previous
Engagement which you are about to schedule!

We have alot of fun there - Check out the list of 130 and 150 club
members - Johanssons all over the place - now we are running out of
drivers might as well use the cars (we run 2 corvettes there)

Carl "Gonzo" Johansson

BTW that deadbeat Stricker will recieve a personal invitation - cause
he's a bigger chicken that the rest of you guys!

I figured you'd be the first to back out! So when did the Snohonish
make the cardinal error of putting you in charge of Vices? Do you get
to try em all out and recomend the best Vices to the tribal members?
(I'm talking vices - not vises).

As for the RV 6 - I heard you don't really fly it - and that you are
planning on using it as a planter on the fromt yard of your new place.


(BTW I just saw one of Fetters beauties on the roof of a roadside
diner outside of Jackson Ca. The guy must have realized he had a
deathtrap on his hand and recovered his costs by writing it off as
advertising!)

Gonzo

On 1 Aug 2005 07:24:33 -0700, "Birdbrain13"
wrote:

If any of you guys have the cajones, I will provide the car for you to
qualify for the 130 MPH club - or the 150 MPH club. I will provide
all of the required safety equipment! I will pick you up at the
airport and bring ya to the course - all you have to do is pay the
entry fees and your food and hotel.

Check out this link for the details.
http://www.saltflats.com/
I expect most of you to quickly come up with some sort of previous
Engagement which you are about to schedule!

We have alot of fun there - Check out the list of 130 and 150 club

130mph? Done that. On Public roads. Legaly. On cruise Control.
(I wasn't in that much a hurry, and I didn't want to push the 2,4L
engine too hard - it wasn't my car)

Unfortunately, work retired their old, delimited, late '80s Audi[1]
after one colleague did a 300 mile journey in two hours, so I never
did get the chance to drive that magnificent beast. (290kph as per
speedometer was reported. Leaving behind M5s with their 155mph limiter
was reported)

I've since grown up - I only drive a 1.6L, so I stick to around 100mph
(60mph/whatever the traffic is doing when I'm on smaler country
roads). The car's already had 110,000 miles thrown at it in the last 7
years, I want it to last at least that much again (Saving up for a PPL
and a Kitfox 7 - don't want to buy a new car just yet, and not
afterwards if I can)

If you want more amusing responses to your "high speed" antics, post
to uk.rec.motorcycles, or anything with a de. infront of the name.

Johannes "the last sentence contained a clue" Gerber

[1] V8. The Original Audi V8. Yes, it was called the V8.

Hey Johanes - we are looking for one of those lat 80's audis with 400
HP 5 cylinder engine and 4wd. we want to turn it into a hill climb
racer - Pikes Peak!!

As far as I can tell it was designated as the quatro S-1. (before that
I think it was the sr21 or something like that!

A stealth racer! 4 door sedan looking firebreather - yahoooo!

Carl Gonzo Johansson

On 5 Aug 2005 13:58:44 -0700, "Birdbrain13"
wrote:

Hey Johanes - we are looking for one of those lat 80's audis with 400
HP 5 cylinder engine and 4wd. we want to turn it into a hill climb
racer - Pikes Peak!!

Ok for Stock, but otherwise pathetic. Truly Pathetic.

That engine is good for 900, highway use, if you have a competent
tuner and are not afraid of boost pressure.

You would need to strengthen and Brace the bodyshell to make it
handle, though. Actually, you need to do that anyway.


As far as I can tell it was designated as the quatro S-1. (before that
I think it was the sr21 or something like that!

Dunno - got to ask guy at work on that - he's an Audi Nut.

A stealth racer! 4 door sedan looking firebreather - yahoooo!

There was a daily driver Audi at the Nitrolympics drag races at
Hockenheim.

It made burning up blow 'vettes look effortless. No Burnout, just
simply staged and ran. It was demoralising for the competition.

IIRC (but I could be wrong) it was beaten by a VW Golf in the end...

Johannes

ps. Speed is nothing. Anyone can go fast in a straight line.
Acceleration and Control, lateral and/or longitudinal, seperate the
men from the boys. Stuff the salt flats. Go to the Green Hell - the
Nürburgring, or if inclided to two wheels, the Isle of Manx as well.

We just do the salt Flats as a family fun deal. We really built the
cars to Run the open road races in Nevada, Texas and Ensinada! We also
take em to alot of track days at various tracks here in the western US.


I agree speeds overated - getting a car to go around a road course
fast and smooth- now thats fun!