Bob Palmer wrote:
> Mike, et Listers,
>
> I was thinking about making some comments along those lines myself Mike. I
> don't mind being politically incorrect when it's appropriate, but I sense
> more than a little race prejudice behind this slamming of the "Rice Boy"
> culture. And, like Mike and I'm sure a lot of the rest of you out there,
> I've seen some pretty impressive performance from some of these "rice
> burners". If you ever have any doubt about which wins, torque or
> horsepower, just listen to the wail of one of those banshees as they blow
> by your 400 lb-ft of torque, bad ass, ground shakin', hunk of iron. But of
> course, I also drive an SHO with - GASP!! - Yamaha heads, so I have to
> tread a fine line here. And what a sweet engine that is. 105k miles and it
> will still suck the doors off most high performance sedans and even a few
> supposed sports cars.
>
> But hey, don't let me spoil the fun! Just remember the old slogan: "When
> the green flag drops, the bullshxt stops.".
>
> Lovin' life in S.D.,
>
> Bob
>
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Bob Palmer;
>From a starters point of view the old slogan is "The green flag drops, when the
bullshxt stops".
I don't think that there is any race prejudice in preferring the sound of a high
torque V-8 over the screaming of a over stressed little 4 cylinder banshee. To
my
amazement some people even prefer the sound of the high performance little 2
stroke engines. Personally I enjoyed hearing and watching Tom Patton's tiger
blow
away all the rice burners and other new high tech GT-2 cars a few weeks ago at
the national races in Indianapolis. I respect your opinion and I guess that I
will always be old fashion but I will always prefer the sound of a high torque
V-8. (driving the rear wheels like god intended)
Larry
'65 Tiger
"66 Shelby GT 350
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