Michael Waldbrenner wrote:
> 
> OK, you guys have Wakulla and other great dive-sites, but we have the
> UNLIMITED AUTOBAHN ;-)
> Been there over 300km/h a few times and over 250km/h often...
> Usual cruise speed around 220km/h (Turbodiesel)
> 
> I am so glad that we have at least one thing better over here ;-)

  Michael, you've seen my car - even with that suspenion the roads here
are so bad at high speed that it is a nightmare to drive really fast
here. We go for accelleration, and that is where the chip thing screws
us up - it forces you to shift leaving about 50 hp on the table or it
floats and loses power, or to turn off the computer and risk losing it
completely. It does have a "competitive driving" mode, but even that
kills you if you have to do something funky. I had a car pull out dead
in front of from a blind sidestreet while racing a 427 and I just missed
his ass and got about 12" behind the other vette and then cut back and
got around him ( actually a chick )- spinning the whole way riding the
clutch, but with the computer , at that speed, the my car would have
used the abs when it felt the sharp swerve and cut the power taking awy
my steerage and I would have hit both cars.  





Michael
> 
> -----Ursprüngliche Nachricht-----
> Von: Jim Cobb [mailto:cobber@ma*.ci*.co*]
> Gesendet: Mittwoch, 5. April 2000 21:31
> An: trey@ne*.co*
> Cc: techdiver@aquanaut.com
> Betreff: Re: WKPP - 18+ Grand Again
> 
> Road & Track has a ad section with companies that can fix that fuel shutoff
> problem. But I would imagine that 175 was a nut-tingler by any measure. The
> best I've done is a sustained 125mph on the Autobahn in an Audi and I had
> white knuckles. Even at that speed I was passed by Mercedes and BMW's like I
> was standing still...
> 
> What I want to know George, how much did you pay that guy to torch his car?
> And when you get your engine massaged, will he do it again???
> 
>    Jim
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> 
> > From: trey@ne*.co* (Trey)
> > Reply-To: trey@ne*.co*
> > Date: Tue, 04 Apr 2000 14:55:09 -0400
> > To: Jim Cobb <cobber@ma*.ci*.co*>
> > Cc: techdiver@aquanaut.com
> > Subject: Re: WKPP - 18+ Grand Again
> >
> > Jim Cobb wrote:
> >>
> >>> BTW, if the windows had been up you might have hit 180!
> >>
> >> Jim
> >>
> >
> > No , it has a chip in it that shuts the fuel off at 6200 RPM, so you
> > have to hold it just under that, but even without that it would need the
> > seals taken out of the valves and stronger springs put in to get it into
> > the over 200 mph category. I might do it when the warranty expires.
> >
> >
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