Put a set of Monza's on it !
They will trumpet !
I can wake up the whole neighborhood at about 5,000 RPM's
I just love it!
-----Original Message-----
From: Barry Schwartz [mailto:bschwart@pacbell.net]
Sent: Wednesday, July 07, 1999 9:36 AM
To: spitfires@autox.team.net
Subject: Re: What is joy
>Hi there fellow pilots
>What do you think is the real joy of spitfire ownership, is it the sun
>and wind on your face, the looks of envy from the drivers of other tin
>cans, or the growl from the exhaust as you put the pedal to metal?
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(all the following with tongue fully in cheek, of course)
Maybe it's been way too long since I've driven a "real" Spitfire with it's
roarty 1147 or even roarty-er 1296 (of which the 70 will have if I ever
finish it!), or the stump pulling 1493 (which I never had the thrill of
experiencing, but the only stump I can envision it pulling is if one were
to attach a rope to said engine and the other end to said stump and toss
said engine off a cliff :-}), but I can't honestly remember any growl when
I stepped on my 72's original engine's accelerator! I seem to remember a
slight change in the note, more of a moan, as if the whopping stock 47 BHP
of my original engine was protesting what I wanted it to do, but a growl?.
. .I can't really remember a growl, but it has been an awfully long time
since then :-)
Barry Schwartz (San Diego) bschwart@pacbell.net
72 FI, V6 Spitfire (daily driver)
70 GT6+ (when I don't drive the Spit)
70 Spitfire (long term project)
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