Subject: Audi friends, I have a few questions

Mike Arman Armanmik at earthlink.net
Sun Jan 4 18:11:02 PST 2009


Huw Powell wrote:
> 
>> One thing you might find interesting is that the V-6 Astrovan can 
>> easily have a 350" V-8 dropped in, all you need is a pair of custom 
>> motor mounts, a V8, some time (not a lot) and some tools (not many) - 
>> and the result is an absolute bomb - 300+ hp in a very light tin can  
>> . . . ;-)
> 
> Hey, my 350 tin can only has 160 hp! (240 ft lbs).  Oh, maybe it's 
> because it's thirty years old... nevermind....
> 


Bitch as we might about crappy Detroit iron, you and I both know it is trivially easy to get over 
300 reliable hp out of a small-block Chebby engine. Heck, even the factory can do it!


Not that Fay wants to take prospects around in a hot-rodded looks-like-a-work-van  . . .


"The Hot Rod Realtor of Flagstaff - sit down, shut up, hold on tight! and BUY SOMETHING fer 
chrissakes or I'll scare you again!" Hmmm, interesting sales strategy, though.


(It's late, I'm tired, going to bed now . . . )

Best Regards,

Mike Arman


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