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Re: Washington Post: Road Rage Cause

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From: bryan
Date: Sun, 14 Feb 1999 00:00
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shape@my-dejanews.com wrote:
> 
> In article <36C6406D.4822@stuff.com>,
>   bryan <bryan@stuff.com> wrote:
> >       I guess what I mean is, these things can't be used as your daily
> > drivers can they?
> 
> They most certainly can!  My friend's 12 second Talon is his daily driver.
> It has a full interior.  There are a bunch of people with 11 second
> daily drivers as well.  Probably a couple of people that use their 10 second
> cars as daily drivers.
> 
> Now, on 93 octane, you can't run as much boost as on 117 octane.
> But you can still drive the car on the street.  It just won't have
> as much horsepower.  But you don't have a lumpy idle from a race cam.
> Most of these guys run the stock cams in the car.
> 
> Truthfully, the only major modification is the larger turbo.  And you have
> perfect control over how much boost you run, on the track or on the street.
> 
> Josh Wingell
> '97 Eclipse GSX
> 
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	Is 12 seconds really that great?  My little car does it in about 15
seconds with no modifications.  Sorry it just doesn't impress me.  I'm
used to seeing John Force and the other guys do it in 2 - 3 seconds.

-bryan
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Subject: Re: Washington Post: Road Rage Cause
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