Re: IML: Not so fast, Bub

["Rob van der Es" <R.vdes@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Hi Tom and Hugh,

Allthough we are talking about a fellow dutchtman here (who is trying to be 
the next "flying Dutchman"), I hate to admit that I agree with you :)

I too can't see the point in putting 800 HP in a 66 Imp, you know what; in 
the beginning I thought he was only joking!

But after reading his recent posts I begin to think that he is quite serious 
about the whole project. Don't get me wrong, I think everyone is completely 
free to live his dreams and if your dream is to build a 800 HP V8 engine I 
can only have respect for it. And I think I even really envy him for that!!

But why should you put it in a 66 imp??
I would love to have once the experience of feeling the brute force of an 
800 HP V8, but in an appropiate car !
In an Indycar or Formula1 car, OK no problem. But even in a street Ferrari 
or Lamborghini it should be a real challenge to keep in control of the 800 
HP!

I can only imagine what would happen at WOT in an almost 42 year old 
Imperial.
But hey, one can always try! As long if you don't bring other people in 
danger you are completely free to risk your own health, I think.

Just my two (very strong!!) euro cents :)

Robert
with an 350 HP 1960 Imperial (well, that's what the advertising guys were 
saying in 1960 :)

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Tom Scott" <shelbyguy@xxxxxxxxxxx>
To: <mailing-list@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Wednesday, December 12, 2007 8:14 PM
Subject: Re: IML: Not so fast, Bub


> Hugh,
> I never thought I'd here myself say this but I agree with you completely. 
> Not that I'm against high horsepower engines, but it's got it's place. 
> 800 hp in a 50 year old car built for the purpose of going ridiculously 
> fast on a public thoroughfare...well, it just ain't right.  If you're 
> building it for the strip...more power to ya, I'd pay to see it.  But on 
> the street, any street including the AB???...glad there's an ocean between 
> him and me.
> When those wings on the tail end actually become wings, well, it will be a 
> Kodak moment.
> I've got 300hp in my well maintained 99 Dakota R/T.  That's about as 
> aerodynamic as a brick...or a FW look Imperial.   That's too much for the 
> street.
> I don't think this forum should condone that type of on street behavior.
> My $.01.  ( weak dollar and all).
> Tom
> 60 Imperial Crown
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "Hugh, 58 Imperial" <imperial58@xxxxxxxxxxx>
> To: <mailing-list@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Sent: Wednesday, December 12, 2007 2:03 PM
> Subject: IML: Not so fast, Bub
>
>
> > Here's a good question, posed here recently:
> >
> > What's the use of building an 800 HP +++ supercharged 392 . . . ?
> >
> > Well, if you are Big Daddy Don Garlitz, with a specially designed 
> > dragster I can kind of see the point but stuffing one into a fifty year 
> > old classic never intended for the purpose and now dangerous under any 
> > circumstances, I'd have to say there is no good reason for doing so. 
> > Transferring all that power through regular sized wheels and tires is 
> > unwise to say the least and once you start getting into that level of 
> > modification  . . . . . . You know what, it's your car, kid, so enjoy it, 
> > but don't expect everybody to be happy about it.  You could buy a 
> > valuable painting and slash it into ribbons but you wouldn't expect 
> > applause either.  I do have one demand, however. When you go, in every 
> > sense of the phrase, just don't take anybody else with you.
> >
> > Hugh Hemphill
> > 58 Imperial.  (Not completely stock, but as close as I can keep it.)
> >
> >
> >
> >
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