cars hotrods ????

[DrV]

Hi-octane leaded fuel is used all the time here for dirt-track racing cars. I'm not sure where it's to be had, but a friend of mine races pretty often just for fun and - dang, that stuff's expensive... I forget exactly what he said, but it's over two US dollars per gal, I think - but it is readily available to non-superhuman-nascar-indy-racer people...

BTW, go metric system go! (Not that this will help at all...)

To get back to the subject, the favorite vehicle that I have ever driven would probably be my rear-wheel-drive EFI '89 Dodge Dakota V6... it doesn't go very fast, but it's kinda fun to actually be able to push a vehicle to its limit (90 mph at 3 grand on the tach for aforementioned truck with 89 octane gas ). It's also a very fun vehicle for peeling out, burning rubber, and otherwise causing large amounts of smoke and noise and impressing hillbillies. 8) Does doughnuts like it was born to with that light 2wd rear end and suchlike, and I can do the little N-rev-D-screech routine without too much fear of doing damage, because it's already worth almost nothing being that old and that crappy. Sadly, though, it's an automatic... sigh...

[speedlemon]

[..]but it is readily available to non-superhuman-nascar-indy-racer people...

BTW, go metric system go! (Not that this will help at all...)

To get back to the subject[..]

never do this again. nothing against the metric system... just dont do it.

[whitetiger0990]

i like metric. it's easier then american standard but of course...

[speedlemon]

again, i never said i had a problem with it
*whispers to find out it cm's are metric whitetiger, but its ok if someone else answers
because if they are, then sure, theyre good, but when someone takes a line or too to go ahead and advertise for it, then it just gets a bit annoying and for some reason i just cant stand it. i use metrics and whatever america uses just whenever i need to use one. for instance, measuring the length of a monitor or tv is more practical with inches. you see?

[DrV]

* Hangs head in sadness at not converting lemon to metric system*
But yes, centimeters are part of the metric system, and where the beauty of the metric system comes in is when you realize that all these prefixes (centi, kilo, deci, milli, pico, giga, and so on) all just stand for ten to some power... and since ten is one of the, like, totally grooviest numbers of, like, all time, everything's cool, man.

[end of advertising metric system for all time]

[speedlemon]

wait, you know i was joking about you not saying metric advertisements right? people do it all the time. if you wanna do it fine.
*thinks about how wrong he was about the metric system this whole time
wow! i never knew i used it this much.
btw, i thought you said you were in a hurry or something a couple posts up. heh. o well. none of my business. o well. i thought you were talking about the links. signing up for runescape and getting through the tutorial can be annoying and take a while. wait, drV were still cool right?

[KiZ]

ten is one of the, like, totally grooviest numbers of, like, all time

You know... i couldnt agree more

But 3.14159 is also quite groovy

Edit... uh oh... I sound like a nerd... *sigh*

[Dr_Davenstein]

'57.2958 was also a good year for cars. :lol:

[Moneo]

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Moneo:
No problem...After reading the way you felt about the car, I had to see what they look like for myself, and it looks like one hell of alot 'o' fun man! :bounce:

Have you heard the story about the gullwing doors? Well, the story goes that they designed the doors that way to fit over the special frame. However, racedrivers found a use for the doors on races like the Panamerican Race in Mexico and the Milli Miglia in Italy. One driver would drive and the other would open the door and use it as an airfoil for going around curves.

METRIC SYSTEM: Just a few comments. I lived in the States for 45 years and obviously used the English system. Then I moved to Mexico where I've been trying to adapt to the metric system for 20 years. So, I've lived under both systems, but I still prefer the English system.
I still don't know if 10 degrees C. is cold or hot.
I don't know if going 100 km. per hour is fast.
I don't know if 15 cm. is the average size for a male organ.
What is the frame size in centimeters that I need for a regular 5x7 picture?
Do I need metric tools to work on my Chevy which is made in Mexico?
I'm glad my watch still works here. The didn't convert 60 second minutes and 60 minute hours to metric. Can you imagine!
Talk to a dairy farmer in the States, and try to convert his pounds of butterfat measurement of a good cow to the metric number of liters milked per day.
Etc., etc., etc.