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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