I had my bone-stock 948 Bugeye with the stock 4.22 rear-end up to 90 mph once.
Course
it was in the back of a moving van <g>.
Rick
type79@ix.netcom.com wrote:
> Yo,
> I have not responded to this thread (I love that term) until now, but here's
>my .02
> cents.
>
> My buddies and I physically parted out a dozen or more Bugeyes and Mk II
>Sprites
> over the years and I owned a '72 Midget. The '72 Midget had the serial number
> prominently "imbedded" in the right shock tower. I never saw a serial number
>on the
> right shock tower of a Bugeye nor a Mk. II Sprite.
>
> My '63 Sprite does not have a number in the right shock tower. My current Mk.
>II as
> well as all of the Bugeyes I have owned and/or parted out had the body number
> stamped above the right footwell.
>
> I respect the statements made by others that conflict with this. I am just
>stating
> what I personally observed.
>
> I am finding this 1275/1500 debate interesting. I just hope all of you guys
>are
> friends when it is over.
>
> But no one has mentioned the lowly 948! How about 85mph in a stock 948cc
>Bugeye
> with a 4.22 rear?
>
> Tractor motors? As far as I am concerned, figuratively speaking, they are all
> tractor motors!
>
> BTW, Crash, when are you going to retrieve your car? :-)
>
> Jay Fishbein
> Wallingford, CT
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