re: Sprongle S2 Article: European Car

[Dave Conner <conner@cfm.ohio-state.edu>]

Richard H. wrote:
>In the article, Frank Sprongle says his knees would shake because of the
>adrenaline rush produced by driving the S2.  Frank also said that he is
>only able to utilize approx. 75% of the S2's power, and even less in the
turns.  Wow!

Wow! is right!  
I especially like the description of the car digging trenches off the
starting line.
I had the privilege of waving the starting flag for stage one at the
Susquehannock Trail ProRally earlier this year.  My first time at one of
these.  
And who do you think was the first one off the line?  Frank Sprongle in
that S2.
I can tell you it was a bad place to be standing WRT flying rocks.  
Not just for his car either, many of the others could also make the gravel
fly. 

>I wonder if you could take the Group B S3 engine and drop it in a 5KCSTQ
or an S4..

Sure...I guess so.  With enough money anything is possible.  What does Jeff
Donnelly have in his Dragon Wagon?  His engine was worked on by Lehman
Brothers, the same shop that builds Sprongle's engines.

Dave Conner
Columbus, OH 

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