Only 5000 RPM's? When I start Nigel, all the car alarms go off-like an
accompanying choir!
Laura G. and Nigel
----- Original Message -----
From: Craig Smith <CraigS@iewc.com>
To: 'Barry Schwartz' <bschwart@pacbell.net>; <spitfires@autox.team.net>
Sent: Wednesday, July 07, 1999 7:55 AM
Subject: RE: What is joy
>
> 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?
> < snip >
> *********************************
> (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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