JATO Chevy (NAC) was: MORE POWER

[Brett Dikeman]

At 10:05 AM -0500 2/5/01, RyanWeath at aol.com wrote:
>Ok since we're so far off Audi content, what the heck. . .
>
>Maybe it was chases like this that inspired the creation of the JATO Chevy
>story. . check out the police chase involving a '95 Chevy Impala SS (LT-1
>corvette engine powered)

Except the LT-1 in the Impala is not the same engine as in the 
corvette.  The Impala SS has about the same HP as a 200q20v, which 
basically makes the Impala just a quick family sedan; these days, a 
car that size with that much HP from that large a V8 is considered, 
well, slow.


>  and see it repeatedly outrun all of the chase
>vehicles and even the news helicopter!

Er, you mean how Mr. Cage outruns, in a shelby w/nitrous, a 
helicopter, going through the flood gate system canals which are full 
of garbage and puddles?  Low profile tires and all?  Uh huh. 
Riiiiight.  I remember hearing somewhere that the car was just 
basically a shell, nothing real under the hood.  Somehow, I suspect 
the real thing would be a liiiitle bit quicker through the gears.

Some pretty awesome/funny stuff though, I had fun watching it friday 
night.  And a good set of music; my favorites were Moby's 
contribution Flower, and, for that funky fun side of life, Machismo 
by Gomez.  Each could only be described as encompassing rather 
interesting combinations of musical styles.

B
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Brett Dikeman
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