Joe
I can tell you that stock Busa's are running over 190's at Maxton. The
difference in traction, for sure, and perhaps altitude account for the
difference in speed. The turbo Busa's leave a black stripe down the concrete
for half a mile.
JB
----- Original Message -----
From: "Joe Amo" <jkamo@rapidnet.com>
To: "Keith Turk" <kturk@ala.net>
Cc: <land-speed@autox.team.net>
Sent: Tuesday, October 02, 2001 11:24 AM
Subject: Re: ECTA 2 Club
> Keith, come on now a few more
> facts would help. Buying a Busa
> does NOT get you in the 2 club.
> Stock Busas even at Bonneville run
> between 175 and mid 180's, it takes
> some work to get 2, and some of them
> at Maxton needed 6000$ turbo systems
> and isnt the top speed now 225 surpassing
> the old 220 record ?
> Buy Japanese, thats all I can say
> they know how to make bikes
> and speed.
> Joe :)
>
> Keith Turk wrote:
>
> > Well we started this weekend with 21 members and worked our way up to 26
in
> > short order..... No one was allowed to get in on Sunday as we ran out of
> > Hats.. and large T-shirts... so we simply closed the club....( bit of
> > snickering going on here ) and we had the opportunity to present a hat
to
> > an earlier Member who snuck in on the sly one late Sunday afternoon last
> > year...
> >
> > Seems the key to entry into our club is simple.... Buy a Busa.... run
over
> > two bills and set a record.... instant Hat...
> >
> > We'll get the new members posted to the Ecta website this week.....
> >
> > The Syriker (sp) team with their Viper was VERY close as well running
197
> > and change with NO second gear... then they finally created a wonderful
> > mesquito repellant to end the meet....
> >
> > Hey RICK if your reading this.... the new top speed for a scooter is
> > 220mph.... no kidding.... WOW
> >
> > Keith Turk
> > Austin Healey 100, Bugeye, Box sprites, Bonneville Camaro ( Land Speed
> > Racer)
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