Re: Chevy speak (long)

[Tomas Leveckis <Tomas.Leveckis@analog.com>]

Not long before the streets are filled with vehicles from the 'Road
Warrior'.......



Brandon Hull wrote:

> Mark said:
>
> ><< I can't think of a more loony transplant, than putting a v8 into a 911,
> or  (in reference to the 5K/LT1 project)
>
> Scott replied:
>
> > Then I go back to the beginning of your post, and feel
> >proud, to be both loony and ...  (For participating in the project.)
> >
>
> I think that the LT-1 Audi is absolutely great.  These guys working on it
> are quintessential Ammurican car guys and they oughta be bronzed.  Lookit:
> An Audi 5K is a great car, but its not a Hispano-Suiza.  There are a lot of
> them around, and they're perfect candidates for this kind of outrageous
> experimentation.  Someday, if money and leisure permit, I'd like to do two
> swaps:  a 3.0 liter Milano Verde drivetrain into a '69 Alfa GTV, and a ZR-1
> drivetrain into an early '50's Chevy 3100 pickup.  Why?  I don't know, I'm
> just smitten with the prospects.
>
> Anybody can build an ersatz S2:  just order Audi factory parts and bolt them
> on competently.  But the LT-1 project is... heroic.
>
> Brandon Hull
> '91 Ersatz S2



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