165 Mph 73 2.4s ???

[dd74]

Real data? In this thread? Who'd of thought?

[Jeremy Cottrell]

Originally posted by Mr9146
The best part about this whole thread is that I'm the only one who really got anything out of it.

When it became clear to Jeff that nobody was going to show up at Willow Springs for the trackday, he called me and told me that I could have his entry fee ... which he, in turn, had recieved from Dan Byers.

SO, Dan "one-of-the-nicest-Pelicans-out-there" Byers, THANK YOU FOR THE DAY AT WILLOW SPRINGS. I'm buying the first round at Outback!

And the the rest of you goofy goobers - Thank you for blowing hot air up each others butts for 36 pages because you saved me $150 and turned my day at the office into a day at the track.

SUCKERS!!!

Thats great. Dan had called me and asked me to call Jeff about the entry. I left a message for him but never heard back. Im glad Dans entry went to a good cause.

[dd74]

Originally posted by Jeremy Cottrell
Thats great. Dan had called me and asked me to call Jeff about the entry. I left a message for him but never heard back. Im glad Dans entry went to a good cause.

Jeez, Jeremy, youre not in on this thread too, are you? Be careful; you'll want to take a shower after reading the posts.

[Jeremy Cottrell]

Well I figured it was safe enough for Dave and Marco.

[DohertyCM]

Jeremy
It was my sole purpose to get you a free day at the track, times are hard, and you deserve a break. The the entire thread was not a waste, Atleast one guy got some fast track time. And that is what it is all about..


Chris

[pwd72s]

Bumped for those looking for a funny thread...

[Mule]

Originally Posted by daepp

165 MPH from a 73 2.4S? I may just be ignorant of the capabilities of these early cars.

Item # 140038266026

Is this possible?

No you're not.

[daepp]

The best thread I ever started - I never thought I'd see it again

[Danny_Ocean]

Wow! What a read (and what a tool).

To "execmalibu" (and with all due respect to my homosexual friends on this board...whether out of the closet or not):

[rouxroux]

Originally Posted by pwd72s

Bumped for those looking for a funny thread...

Thanks Paul...This is the one I always refer to with the "Targa remarks"...classic!

[RWebb]

Let's not confuse someone's sexual orientation with lying - or to be as nice as possible - with having an unusual degree of credulity that happens to work in the sellers favor for some odd reason...

The simple fact is that the only way to get a stock 2.4 to 165 (T, E, OR S) is by dropping it from an airplane.

Maybe his speedo was so far out of whack that it added about 20 mph to the top speed....

[artplumber]

It came out that the "speed" was on a slight downhill, following another car and he wouldn't explore that again or put it on a dyno, or ......

[trader220]

Even dropped from a plane someone would have to calculate the terminal velocity. The point was the guy who posted it was FOS. Maybe in a vacum

[lateapex911]

Where did he go? poof! Did we ever hear from him again? Didn't Dave at TRE actually know him?

The funny part was his total lack of reality...he never once said, well, yea, that speedo ws probably broken. He was a slick/oily one!

[daepp]

I think I saw a post from him at the early S registry in the last couple of months

[svandamme]

So can anybody tell me if it still does 165 mph, or has it gotten faster since 2008?

[widgeon13]

Silly thread!

[daepp]

I'm sure it's faster now, unless Exec got rid of it.

[manbridge 74]

Read part of it and some funny stuff here, but 37 pages?

[tsuter]

One of the greatest threads of all time! I thoroughly enjoyed my participation in October - November 2006 in the days leading up to the "great race" at Willow....that never happened.....



Now back to the garage....