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Old 03-15-2008, 12:04 AM
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No 1/4 mile times. Was built as a street car. Has power steering, brakes, windows etc. 1650 Cubic inch, supercharged, fuel injected. Piston skirts cut off at bottom ring land to make it rev higher, special cams ground. Supposed to make 3000 hp. Yes it runs but I did have a lean backfire while starting it the other day and shredded a air filter after someone had opened a fuel bleed line that I hadn't noticed. Took two fabricators 5 years full time to build. The silly part is this year at the Pebble Beach Concours De Elegance they have a new 20+ liter class and someone told them about my car. They said by all means send in a entry so I did. You have no idea how out of place this thing will look if it gets accepted.
It will be interesting to see if Jay Lenno doesnt start waving his checkbook arround...
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Old 05-15-2008, 09:11 PM
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clill, that's the sickest thing i've ever seen - just awesome.

getting back to planes for a moment, the corsair's also the only prop fighter to shoot down a jet in combat.
i'd fly one against an ME262 any day; you can blow most of a corsair right off and it'll keep on flying.
3 BB's into a 262 will knock it down.
take that, roadragedavid!
being serious, the 262 was a revolutionary but flawed aircraft; this is pretty inevitable for a cutting-edge technological device of nearly any sort.
flying qualities aside, if i recall correctly, the 262 needed a full engine overhaul every 9 hours ; not too practical at any time, and certainly not for war-torn germany near the end.
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