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Old 01-27-2015, 02:33 AM
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Just got told in Melbourne today prices under $1.00 per litre
OK so it was 99.6, but still under $1.00

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Paul,

I would be very happy without the special formulations. Tomorrow I have to take my 2008 Taurus in as they have a recall out to have the ECU re-programmed for I am sure to make it use more gas as the gas companies feel their huge profits are shrinking right now. The car passed smog last year with less than half of the allowed limits and I don't drive it a lot, but the Republic of Calif. won't register it next year even though it passes smog unless I have that certificate that I had the ECU reprogrammed. In my opinion this is nothing more than another money grab and has nothing to do with pollution. So I get to spend most of the day in Corning which isn't that far as it is straight down I-5 and about 60 miles from here. It just annoys me that they can't leave anything alone. And I filled up with gas yesterday as the Shell station and the low octane was $.2.95. For here that is almost unheard of.

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Here in Britain the cost of petrol has dropped dramatically over the past few months. It used to be around £1.40/ltr & has now dropped to £1.03 / litre. God knows how long it'll stay at that price though
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99.1c p/L today at Shell and Caltex!
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Sorry for stepping on your thread mates.

Ron, don't get me started about California. The idiots sent me a notice that they would give me $1000 for my 1988 Dodge Caravan. I use it as a garbage scow for trips to the dump. In order to get the $1000, your car must pass smog and be fully operational. So they are spending taxpayer money to take cars that pass smog off the road.
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I'm sitting in Denpassar airport after sailing a large motor yacht up the north west coast of west Papua looking for surfing spots. yep the defat no go zone. Offboat is generally not encouraged particularly on the indo/Papua border but for the sake of toms thread I grabbed a tinny and managed to buy off street vendors a 2ltr water bottle full of dirty petrol for about 70c a litre.

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I thought that would get your interest 750hp,
Ive spoken to my mate Mark and as i have photos of the car/engine he is not that keen for me to post them up on an open forum, and thats fair enough, but i will give you a few more details, the car is a 69 fastback mustang street car and he drag races it and has also raced it on the SA salt lakes.
The engine is a 429 Boss Shotgun Hemi stroked to 598ci, this car came out with this engine option in 69.
Jon Karsee built the engine, you must know him, he kicks the yanks butts and it runs one of his custom single plane intake manifolds topped with an 1150cfm dominator, but Mark has just had built a custom 1250 in the states to more suit his cam combo. I think you missed the point with this engine, a lot of guys up this way just like old school naturally aspirated engines that look pretty stock, no added bolt ons, i know i do, when you open the bonnet there is no extra hoses and pipes and belts and bling and crap everywhere, sure they could have built a bigger hp engine but that wasnt Marks brief, but i dont think they left much on the table by going down this route, any single carbied street car putting out north of 1000hp is pretty rare. Mark is not short of a buck and the engineering and driveline on this car is a work of art. Mark tells me he has just filled out the application limited to 100 entries to enter a 1000m time trial on an airfield to be held somewhere around the snowy mtns in november and the car with some gear changes will top 200mph. He likes his chances of maybe winning it. This car is Show and Go for a street car.

Its not the fastest car in the world or the biggest HP engine but it is super tough. Apples for apples i think Mark just wanted to show what can be done old school, and to kick sand in a few young blokes faces. I think he achieved that.
Hi 750 hp, just thought i would let you know, seeing you were interested, that in December issue of Street Machine page 146, there is a 2 page spread of my mate Mark Cliffords Mustang running in the Calder Park 2015 Draq Challenge, not bad considering he drove it down from NQ.
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It's a clean car. Now that the engine is for sale, what's he putting into it now?
https://www.my105.com/ListingDetails.../5485/id/16631
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It's a clean car. Now that the engine is for sale, what's he putting into it now?
https://www.my105.com/ListingDetails.../5485/id/16631
Another Karsee engine, same motor but this time out to 610 cid and alloy blocked, still with single carb and good for about 1200 hp, theres a 5 page spread about the drag winners in jan street machine apparently, i havnt seen it yet.
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I couldn't resist. $1.89 a gallon today.. Works out at a fraction under US$0.50 a litre.

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