OT: Cheap cars (was: 1%...) - test-drb@ccmp.vtda.org

30 Jul 2001

On July 30, Russ Blakeman wrote:
...
  Your Porsche with a 2.0L does that type of flat out
speed - me thinks much
 of it's abilities are in both the timing and gearing as my Ranger p/u has a
 2.0 and 90 is pretty much it on the open road, but I could probably put your
 Porsche on the back and carry it without problem. Of course my Ranger is
 basically a Mazda with a different trim and other parts. 
  Actually it's a 3.6L with a LOT of torque.  Though I'm no motorhead, I
udnerstand that two spark plugs and two ignition coils per cylinder
helps quite a bit, as does the very weird tuned-induction system in
the intake manifold.  I drove a 6.6L FireChicken for several
years...this [stock] 911 will blow its doors clean off, above OR below
100MPH.
      -Dave
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Dave McGuire
Laurel, MD