Ya know, Reid, Cadillac has a long tradition of innovation going all the
way back to early this century when they introduced the electric starter
and the measuring system that allows all of the mass produced mechanical
parts of different cats to be disassembled and interchanged and when put
back together, still work. These two innovations won Cadillac the
Dewars Trophy twice (in England no less).
The whole Le Mans project is intended to show the reliability of the
Northstar System and enhance sales of the passenger cars. But the car
is very nicely done and if looks count for anything, it's already a
winner in my book.
Joe
"Simmons, Reid W" wrote:
>
> Speaking of "Caddies", guess who is going big time racing... Cadillac! I've
> seen their Le Mans entry for next year... it looks, well, interesting. A
> Cadillac prototype race car, somehow that just doesn't sound right.
>
> Reid
> '79 Spitfire
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Craig Smith [mailto:CraigS@iewc.com]
> Sent: Wednesday, July 07, 1999 10:01 AM
> To: 'Bill Gunshannon'; spitfires@autox.team.net
> Subject: RE: What is joy
>
> Harley's, Ferraris, NASCAR, CART, INDY, Porsche, BMW all at
> high RPM are not
> a Caddy at idle.
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Bill Gunshannon [mailto:bill@cs.uofs.edu]
> Sent: Wednesday, July 07, 1999 11:05 AM
> To: spitfires@autox.team.net
> Subject: Re: What is joy
>
> According to Craig Smith:
> >
> > 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!
> >
>
> Why do Americans equate noise with performance?? The two
> are
> not directly proportional. I am looking forward to getting
> rid of the JC Whitney exhaust some idiot before me put on my
> Spitfire and returning it to stock. Should eliminate one
> source of (literal) headaches.
>
> bill
>
> --
> Bill Gunshannon | de-moc-ra-cy (di mok' ra see) n.
> Three wolves
> bill@cs.uofs.edu | and a sheep voting on what's for
> dinner.
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