[s-cars] High Octane & Speed

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In a message dated 02/20/2003 3:40:54 AM Eastern Standard Time,
uberseehandel at yahoo.com writes:

> Whilst the US has moved ship loads of earth moving equipment to McMurdo
> Sound to build the Antartic polar Highway, perhaps we could get them to
> grub out a 20km oval so we can establish that very cold air is not a good
> idea!
>
>

You dont need a 20 mile track to test the kind of increase in power we want.
Also the density of air wont hurt US perf. as much as your brand Robin. The 1
thing that Euro car makers have not been smart enough to figure out yet is
that our speed runs are done a 1/4 mile or mile at a time and usually end
around 140mph, we want max acceleration.  I had my car to 155 in 5th gear and
didnt see the need or wisdom to try 6th.  My stones werent the problem as I
have frequently hit the same mph in a 1/4 mile run, our country isnt set up
for it and they would throw you in prison for doing it, so for us dense air
is good.
Rod