Sorry, I've just gotta make a minor correction here...
On Sep 24, 11:36pm, bill wrote:
> And no, I'm not a wimpy driver, I won the stock
> TR8 class in Albany, N.Y. this year at the VTR convention. As a matter
> of fact a Spitfire took fastest time of day there,
Not quite - it was a TR-4 that took FTD.
> with another Spit nipping at HER (the driver, not the car!) heels!
Again, not quite, it was that same TR-4 (with me driving) that
took second fastest time. The fastest Spitfire, Bob Bownes car,
was the third fastest car there (with Jim Pivorotto driving).
> For what it's worth a properly set up Spit provides lots and lots
> of thrills for a whole lot less money than will be spent trying to
> convert one to a drag strip screamer to be driven on the street.
Completely agreed. One of the real joys of a Spitfire (or any
other *sports* car for that matter) is its agility and its ability
to go around corners. A V-8 Spit is almost certainly going to
lose that appeal. Now the rotary powered Spitfire project that
GRM is undertaking might well be a different story....
cheers,
John Lye
rjl6n@virginia.EDU
http://avery.med.virginia.edu/~rjl6n/homepage.htm
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