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Re: Turbo Junk

To: Keith Turk <kturk@ala.net>
Subject: Re: Turbo Junk
From: Ed Van Scoy <edvs@idt.net>
Date: Fri, 01 Oct 1999 08:24:13 -0400
Hey! Be nice! (Be REAL nice & I will share with you my secret map to
every ice machine in Wendover ( This was developed by years of research
and pre-dawn raids by the Sundowner crew ) Your're gonna love scrounging
ice in the middle of the night..............
ED

Keith Turk wrote:
> 
> Ed that is a great Idea..... but this time bring the coolers without HOLES
> in them... seems your supply of the Appropriate Beverages kept getting out
> of the holes..... Or at least I never found the right thing in them....
> Must have been the right size though all that Beer seemed to stay in pretty
> well..........Keith
> 
> ----------
> > From: Ed Van Scoy <edvs@idt.net>
> > To: Keith Turk <kturk@ala.net>
> > Cc: land-speed@autox.team.net
> > Subject: Re: Turbo Junk
> > Date: Thursday, September 30, 1999 4:01 PM
> >
> > Will follow your project with interest....Man, when you bite off a
> > chunk.........Meanwhile, I'll start saving my old ice chests, you'll
> > need a bunch of 'em :)
> > Ed
> >
> > Keith Turk wrote:
> > >
> > > Well Paul set me up with a of Turbo guy and we started the Process
> today of
> > > understanding just how much this set up is going to cost.
> > >
> > > WOW.... Like the man said... "Speed ain't Cheap ... How fast you want
> na
> > > go! "
> > >
> > > Looks like the initial Dip in the Lake will be about $9,000 to get us
> the
> > > turbo's and the intercooler and the FP fuel injection and the complete
> > > sensor package ... Intake, Cam,  and so on and so forth.... That gets
> us in
> > > the ball park of being finished... then you have the little stuff like
> > > Stainless Headers Fuel Cells Ice tank ... and so on...
> > >
> > > I know this sounds like a ton of money but the real answer is that the
> > > Basic Motor that puts out 1000 hp isn't cheap either... let alone
> > > achievable in less then 305 Cubic inches.  My Goal was 800hp and he
> > > convinced me to build in a little more then I needed in case I wanted
> to
> > > get stupid and go for three hundred in a M/S one day....
> > >
> > > Keith Turk
> > > Austin Healey 100  /  Bugeye / Box Sprite / Bonneville Land Speed Racer
> > > Camaro ( D Gas Altered )

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