mike miller said:I'm sure they used what they could get their hands on.
I was extremely curious why they used a BMW 1 Series instead of a M6. The M6 has 507 hp.
Time flies at 100 + mph. It’s been a few days since I watched the video, but I think the spread from fastest to slowest was only around 1 second.
Ralph
And it was a fixed race. They picked the winner than ran the race
mike miller said:Lots of different factors involved here .....weight, gearing, power curves ....etc... Ford Tarus ....Motor Trends car of the year for 3 yrs standing
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uDP7Pty8Qnw
This is such a tempting thread, but I’ll restrain myself–maybe. OK. First car, '59 Vette, pictured here in 1963 in Biloxi where I went to tech school. Sold it for $1400 when I shipped out for Libya, yes that Libya, later that year. As shown, it had a 283 bored out to 292 c.i., 10:1 JE pistons, Chevy cam (not the Duntov) with solid lifters, single Carter AFB and Hedman headers. Jacked up in the front with smaller wheels and tires. Saw a restored one just like mine on Costly Mesa, CA for $89 thou. Was I brain dead or what?
Last car, probably, my 1967 Porsche 911, which sits mostly undriven in my garage. Owned it since new. Has the so-called “normal” engine (not the “S”) which makes 130 DIN. I’ll never sell it, although it gets tempting because prices of the so-called “short-wheelbase cars” are going up. If our lifestyle changes, a new 911 S will be sitting next to it.
About going fast: heck, Vic, when it’s not bumper-to-bumper, regular folks are doing 85 on the 405! And we have a guy near us with an incredible collection of high-powered cars who has gone (I don’t wanta sound too b-s-ey here), 160 or 170 on a highway not too far away. I’m not sure which of his cars that was in, but one of 'em makes about 1000 bhp.
Bob, looks like a Formula Ford (now Honda) to me. Raced those in a couple of media races and did OK, but no cigar. I did race a lot of Slowroom Stock and had a fair amount of success on an amateur level. Did several S/S enduros and actually won a 24 hour, mostly because one of my co-drivers was 4- or 5-time National champ Don Knowles, who pretty much carried the rest of us on his back–at Nelson Ledges, Ohio.
Spec Miata: Mike, I love horsepower as much as the next guy, but Spec Miata is a helluva racing class. I have raced high-horsepower cars (Vettes and a tweaked Nissan 300ZX Turbo) and mostly what they do it get you from corner to corner fast. Spec Racing in evenly matched cars with 30 to 50 on the track at once, is a thrill a minute.
Now then, if I do this right you should see my to red cars. If not, just imagine 
Them cars–or not. Here we go down photo row again…
One more time?
It’s late and my brain is fried, so help again. How do I get my pictures from either My Pictures or from Freight Shed, into my post? It worked some time ago with my “Fuzzy Chairs,” but I could not duplicate whatever it is I did right. And please, don’t tell me to go to the link explaining it all. It don’t work as described, mostly because the example looks nothing at all like what I find on my screen. BTW, I have Vista. 
Joe,
When writing a post, click on “my files”. Find your photo, then double(left) click on it.
It will ask you if you want to copy it to your clip board.
Click yes, then paste the photo into your post.
Ralph
Ralph, like this (I hope)?
Sorry to be a bee-itch, but I am only child and a primadonna too.
http://freightsheds.largescalecentral.com/users/joerusz915/_forumfiles/59 Corvette.jpg
Ralph, the second I even touch the line accompanying the photo and click on it, it grabs the photo and sends it to the clipbaord. When I paste it into my message I get the line you see above, which when clicked on sends me to the site and gives me this message. OK, so which of the many links it mentions I am I supposed to click on the get me back on track? BTW, in the line that appears it says “url copied to clipboard.” Maybe I’m getting the coding or whatever ya call it, but not the image. Anyway, here’s what that message from the site, which I get when I click on the line.
You seem to be off the track
One of the above links should help you out
Trying everything I can think of. Just act like I’m not here.
http://freightsheds.largescalecentral.com/users/joerusz915/_forumfiles/59 Corvette.jpg
You either have to not use spaces in the file name/link, or replace the spaces with %20 when you copy the link here. (here’s the pic you were trying to post)
(http://freightsheds.largescalecentral.com/users/joerusz915/_forumfiles/59%20Corvette.jpg)
Thanks, Robbie. Here’s the Porsche (hopefully).
(http://freightsheds.largescalecentral.com/users/joerusz915/forumfiles/67PorscheandJoe.jpg)
That’s it. No more soup for you.
Joe,
You have to correct the file name before you upload it to “My Files”.
Ralph
Ralph, Robbie, yeah, that dawned on me as I was eating dinner, my favorite time of day and my favorite pastime, which explains why I wasn’t thinking clearly. My apologies to all and for hijacking this thread, kinda. I will give it another shot and then move along. And you can still have soup
We have liftoff, I hope. As I wrote, 1967 Porsche 911, owned since new.
(http://freightsheds.largescalecentral.com/users/joerusz915/_forumfiles/67Porsche.jpg)
Joe you lucky dog, thats just the era of Porsche I like, before the plastic bumper era. I had a co-worker who had a '68 912, said while its 4 banger wasnt the most powerful plant, it was the best ‘driving’ car car he ever owned and the most reliable. Still love to get my hands on one of these, heck I’d jump at a 914 or one of the 356 or 550 replicas out there. Not very likely with my current income though, anything made before 1980 has gone silly price-wise. At a antique store I saw a Pinto Collectors Club calander for 2012…a Pinto???
Victor, having owned a 912 I would have to ask your friend who owned the “most reliable” 912 if had only owned Fiats before that? 
Having owned Fiats (124 spider), Porches (912/914), and Jaguars (MK X/XJ6) I’d have to say none were reliable but all were well loved!
Victor, I bought that car new for $6,300, which represented the last of an inheritance that allowed me to buy that Vette and a '65 Mustang, also sold at a loss (I am very good at that). Early 911s fetch from in the low teens to a lot, depending on their condition, but interestingly, early 912s often sell for more, probably because their engines are simpler to maintain. I did a story about driving your Porsche to the top of Maui’s Haleakala for Christophorus magazine and the local guy’s restored 1965 912, which he bought from someone in Oregon, I think, cost him about $15,000. Mark, Fiat built some interesting cars (I think the X1/9 was sharp), but as you know, their reliability, at least in the U.S. left a lot to be desired. Hence the expression, “Fix It Again, Tony.” That said, the new 500 looks really cool and I’ve heard the Abarth version is something else again. For you boy racers, this country’s new B-Spec category, which was essentially started by Honda and Toyota, now includes the Fiat 500, Mazda, and Kia, I think.
