Respect vs Fear

[twobjshelbys]

Originally Posted by xb-60

I don't know, I must be too 'mature' to understand this.
I have never been able to understand why, if you're building a replica, you would want to build mega-horsepower into your 289 replica or 427 replica. The originals got by with those displacements, so why do some of us chase so much displacement and horsepower that our cars become dangerous?
Were there 400+ cid Windsors and 500+ cid FEs available in the '60s? No. So why put them in now?

Bragging rights.

[Tom Wells]

mega-horsepower == dyno queen

It makes no difference whether the grenade pin snags on something and is pulled out, or whether you pull it out yourself.

You're still catapulted into the next world...

[Mike I]

Originally Posted by Tom Wells

mega-horsepower == dyno queen

It makes no difference whether the grenade pin snags on something and is pulled out, or whether you pull it out yourself.

You're still catapulted into the next world...

Says the man with the 517 c.i. big block and the tell-tale sig line...

[Tom Wells]

Originally Posted by Mike I

Says the man with the 517 c.i. big block and the tell-tale sig line...

And 40K miles.

And only one DUD (driving upside down) incident...

[Ron61]

I have never had an accident but I have pushed the limits on some of our backwoods mountain roads in the past. And as one member said the cars get up to speed very quickly. My Coupe will be at 100 MPH in a heartbeat it seems and as I have gotten older I tend to drive more cautiously and stay off the freeways and main roads.

Ron

[Lou1119]

Originally Posted by Ron61

I have never had an accident but I have pushed the limits on some of our backwoods mountain roads in the past. And as one member said the cars get up to speed very quickly. My Coupe will be at 100 MPH in a heartbeat it seems and as I have gotten older I tend to drive more cautiously and stay off the freeways and main roads.

Ron

Ron,
I agree with you. As I become more mature I have also tended to drive more cautiously. Perhaps it is because I have become a little more sensible or I Realize my reflexes aren’t what they used to be. As far as staying off of main roads I am the same—- too many drivers wanting to goad you into street racing. Not for me.