I think he meant is was longitudinally mounted.
Oran J Sands III
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Autocrossers recognize that their sport most accurately represents driving in traffic. Very useful skills are developed. The quickness in decision-making and choosing the correct path between obstacles (also known as blue-hairs and texters) can save your life. Roadracing is nice but avoiding things is an…
felonious masturbating:
Driving in such conditions in my 87 Cabriolet also scares the shit out of me. When it's cold & rainy & dark you have the perfect trifecta to cancel out any safety that was built into the car. To wit: You have the wipers on and they barely work, also you have the fan roaring trying to defog the windshield and your…
Nope, SVO was Ford's original performance arm starting with the Mustang SVO turbo 4-banger back in the 80's..
I always thought rallying class for Junior Johnson style 'shine cars. It'd have to be an awesome sight.
I love in-car videos that show the driver frantically sawing at the wheel. It puts the lie to all of those exterior car shots where you see the car gracefully carving out the turns, gleefully sliding in a perfect arc . Meanwhile back in the cockpit we hear "oh shit! There it goes, got it, lost it, got it again, crap!"…
Plus, I had to drive the car home still, so I think I was giving about 8/10s at most. I really didn't want to break anything too much.
Good lock keeping that new BMW if you're only making 6$K a month. Wait till the engine codes start going off and then you'll wish your sister was working at home making $100 /hr. (her feet are tired since her legs were up all night.) Heck your BMW mechanic is making more than $77 an hour fixing yo shit. You better…
I used to run this event from the early 70's on! It was usually held July 4th weekend. I won my class more often than not but mostly went for the good times as the folks in the SIR put on a good event and a better party. The course ran under a stoplight and it was amazing how many people would see it turn red and hit…
Practice was delayed while they cleaned up the remains of the hybrid drivetrain.
Hold the spark plug wire and count the shocks per minute!
I keep waiting to see this sign in an episode of Walking Dead, just played for giggles.
Ohhh, I want one of these. I helped a friend race-prep one with dual sidedraft Webers back in the 70's. Had a another friend with one that we tooled around town in. Like a 40's Ford but smaller and more comfortable.
I remember Car & Driver reviewing it. The said it was the kind of car where you went to garage door, thru in some raw meat and ran.
You'd be surprised at what you can do!
Ditto. My '7499 EMS was always needing something and the parts guy went WAAAY out of his way sourcing stuff for me. When my transaxle blew up he offered me a new rebuilt one for a pittance. He thought my autocrossing of the car was a hoot. Once when I went in and asked for CV joint grease he told me to put out my…
I've found the air-cooled VW crowd to be very friendly. Until they find out you like the water-cooled ones. Then kindly park over there, no, not there, across the street.