Lot's of folks have commented... and understand that each of us is
different... Personally I enjoyed your point of View on this damn RAT MOTOR
thing a ma jiggy..... (honestly looked into it also... never leave a stone
un-turned)
I always ran Small blocks... Just the way I was built... Wish you could
have been there when I was a Kid in Alhambra California and heard that
collage kid leave the the Chevrolet deal in his Shinny new 302 cu in Z28
wound out to 9 grand... roiling the back tires... Power shifting to
second.. Pulling the wheels in the air and almost rolling over
backwards....( Damn I love a memory .... does strange things to the Truth)
At 12 yrs old that was Pure sex.... (don't ask at 13..)
Back then we described Torque by a big block revving up and the car rolling
over... and Hp by dumping the clutch and it flipping over backwards
What a day..... Keith
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> From: Ferguson, Darrell <dfergus@bactc.com>
> To: 'Keith Turk' <kturk@ala.net>; land-speed@autox.team.net
> Subject: RE: BBFALT
> Date: Tuesday, November 09, 1999 2:27 PM
>
> Quite Honestly Keith, I believe AABFS is the real way to live, anything
less
> than that is a compromise. I don't drink Dom Perignon, I don't wear
Gianni
> Versace, I don't live in the palace estates. I will not however eat day
old
> bread with mold growing on the corners, and wear jeans with holes in the
> knees, and shoes with worn out soles. Life is a compromise as to what you
> would like, versus what you can afford. For me, if the name of the game
is
> to go as fast as possible for X amount of dollars, why build a $10,000
Pinto
> engine when a $10,000 Big Block will generate 3 times the power? That's
my
> game, but I often forget that for many others, that's not the name of
their
> game. For you, it's to go as fast as possible (and hopefully break the
> record) with a class D motor. For others it's a flathead, or a Pinto
motor,
> and therefore I have difficulty understanding their game. I respect the
fact
> that some guys are trying to prove a point with a Pinto motor, would I
try
> to prove that point, no way! For me it doesn't make sense, and along
those
> lines, many would reply to me- why not a AABFS then? Cause for what I can
> afford, and what I had to work with, BBFALT is where I'm at. So I guess
my
> point to prove has now become how fast can I push a 1968 Firebird? Past
the
> 225 mph "Wall", I hope so. After meeting you earlier this year at
> Bonneville, I said there's a guy who's almost as crazy as me, he must
love
> driving fast! As a result, when you started talking about blown or
turbo'ed
> motors, my brother and I both said- Keith- get the most bang for your
buck-
> build a Rat, cheap, reliable, easy HP! That's our opinion and suggestion
to
> you, having come down the path already, but you have your own path to
> follow, and you're looking for suggestions. It's funny this topic comes
up
> at this point. Doug and I were discussing our plans for next year, and my
> possible involvement with a front engined dragster to run in Nostalgia
> Eliminator or A Fuel Dragster. We came to the conclusion for Bonneville
that
> the next engine we build will be AA/BF and the next vehicle we build will
be
> a Streamliner !
>
> Darrell Ferguson
> BLACK RADON ENGINEERING
> # 939 BBFALT
> http://my.cybersoup.com/blackradon
>
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Keith Turk [SMTP:kturk@ala.net]
> > Sent: Monday, November 08, 1999 1:27 PM
> > To: Shelley Stallings; OHFASTONE@aol.com; land-speed@autox.team.net
> > Subject: Re: Fwd: LMAOOOOOO
> >
> > and Shelley I respect your opinion... there is an air of decorum that
> > needs
> > to be maintained so we all can enjoy the list... Foul Language and Off
> > color topic's should be avoided....as well as anything that might
offend
> > someone else other then an honest heart felt discussion on the way to
do
> > something....
> >
> > If you think that B/BFalt is the Only way to life... well hey... tell
us
> > that... we don't have to agree... that is the point of the discussion
> > forum... so long as your not disagreeing and calling someone a fool for
> > not
> > thinking like you do.
> >
> > I keep getting back to my thoughts on Doctors sharing information like
we
> > are... what an awesome tool this is... and can be for all of us... We
> > simply have to remember that there are folks behind the names on the
list
> > and that some of those folks aren't as willing to subject themselves to
> > issues unrelated to Land speed racing.... for that I agree with them
and
> > we really do have to go along and get along sometimes....Keith
(personally
> > I like weedeater motors)
> >
> > ----------
> > > From: Shelley Stallings <stalling@ptialaska.net>
> > > To: OHFASTONE@aol.com; land-speed@autox.team.net
> > > Subject: Re: Fwd: LMAOOOOOO
> > > Date: Sunday, November 07, 1999 3:54 AM
> > >
> > > With due respect, I didn't subscribe to the landspeed list to
recieve
> > > this type of message.
> > >
> > > Shelley Stallings
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