was Subaru dreamin-LAC

[Rave Racer 2000]

----- Original Message -----
From: james accordino <ssgacc at yahoo.com>
To: Virtual Bob <hey9811 at yahoo.com>
Cc: audi list <quattro at audifans.com>
Sent: Friday, October 27, 2000 9:23 AM
Subject: was Subaru dreamin-LAC
> I feel like I started a firestorm.  Merican cars
> aren't slow; they are slow revving.  All that rotating
> trash in the top end of the engine is NOT competitive
> any more.  Any racing in which pushrod engines
> "appear" competitive is because air inlet restrictors
> are being used.  This is under the guise of "keeping
> costs down".  Translated that means allowing Merican
> engines to play.  When airflow is not limited, their
> entire induction concept, rooted in the first half of
> this century, cannot possibly compete.  Part 2 of the
> dig was that Merican manufactures really caught on
> late that "maybe" handling and braking, and God
> forbid, an understated, ergonomic interior design
> might be nice in a car.  We've always had the go
> fast-straight line part down.  Too bad our motors
> stopped being high winding in 1963.

        We finally got a clue (not me, I always had a clue) about how the
engine should work better.  Good examples are the neon, new
cavaliers/sunfires, and especially the Oldsmobile lineup.  That Intrigue
really gets me hot.  But of course what do they all claim?  Superior
EUROPEAN performance.
                                        RR