Corvette crushing party/Byron

[jeffko]

Busted!

Just a little carb work for me, but I did see a nice shiny blue cobra with a very short shifter that looked a little light in the mid-section.

No power adder stuff for me...that's for people that can't make real horsepower. oops

Sid is willing, but his car is complaining...very loudly. Big dog and the professor to the rescue...again.

[snake oil]

Hey Jeff,

The definition of (real) horsepower according to google:

"How do you define horsepower? Ask a car enthusiast and most of the time you'll get a blank look, a shrug of the shoulders and maybe a guess along the lines of "What a horse can do!".

Horsepower is defined as work done over time. The exact definition of one horsepower is 33,000 lb.ft./minute. Put another way, if you were to lift 33,000 pounds one foot over a period of one minute, you would have been working at the rate of one horsepower. In this case, you'd have expended one horsepower-minute of energy.
Even more interesting is how the definition came to be. It was originated by James Watt, (1736-1819) the inventor of the steam engine and the man whose name has been immortalized by the definition of Watt as a unit of power. The next time you complain about the landlord using only 20 watt light bulbs in the hall, you are honoring the same man.

To help sell his steam engines, Watt needed a way of rating their capabilities. The engines were replacing horses, the usual source of industrial power of the day. The typical horse, attached to a mill that grinded corn or cut wood, walked a 24 foot diameter (about 75.4 feet circumference) circle. Watt calculated that the horse pulled with a force of 180 pounds, although how he came up with the figure is not known. Watt observed that a horse typically made 144 trips around the circle in an hour, or about 2.4 per minute. This meant that the horse traveled at a speed of 180.96 feet per minute. Watt rounded off the speed to 181 feet per minute and multiplied that by the 180 pounds of force the horse pulled (181 x 180) and came up with 32,580 ft.-lbs./minute. That was rounded off to 33,000 ft.-lbs./minute, the figure we use today.

Put into perspective, a healthy human can sustain about 0.1 horsepower. Most observers familiar with horses and their capabilities estimate that Watt was a bit optimistic; few horses could maintain that effort for long." (end quote)

Horsepower however, does not always determine who
will be at the finish line first, in the shortest amount of time.

[mdmull]

WOW! Sounds like we have a new Professor(courtesy of Google).

[mdmull]

Careful Jeff, you're dealing with a guy who hasn't been in the suburbs very long. If you aggravate him, he'll go all "Chicago" on ya. Also you should consider that his car has on numerous occasions traveled the length of the dragstrip, ending up first, unless matched up with a red or white car.

[snake oil]

Yes the famous 1/4 mile.
Funny I've never lost to a blue car?
I've only lost to one red car once.
Once lost to a green car,
I've lost one to a white car once,
raced against John Spina.
(But I would have been dissapointed if the
master Guru of all electrical on GN V6's could be
trumped be a meager newcomer.)

[jeffko]

Advice well taken Mike.

I would throw some of this junk Spina's way but he is never around and I also promised C.D. I would not tell anyone about the NOS.

Yes, I am looking forward to the challenge of getting into the arena with the Matador. I think If he does win by a nose he can say that he took down Chris also, because I am racing him first.

[Blas]

Why am I being dragged into this...?

[jeffko]

You drive a race bred car and you won't race it, even a little. By most accounts you have an aggressive setup. You gotta expect a few shots for that.

Won't Don Blassi come to the aid of this thing we call WCCC? Especially to defend the honor of your goombah.

[Blas]

I'm maybe 3 good runs from a clutch....
And I hope to have a "Installation Party" between now and the London event...

You "Capite"?

[bulletbrown]

Blas, this is where your friends step in to stick up for you ! Who , this is your friends. { do you still have your Cobra} ?

[Wolfie]

OUCH!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Poor Blas!!!!

[Blas]

uncle.......

[CHRIS DAMSCH]

Blas,

I've got a little clutch replacing experience. Come on, you can do it.

Seriously, If you need clutch help let me know.

I get to race Jeffko on saturday, I'm excited.

Arcenio, You're right, it doesn't take a lot of Horsepower to win at the strip........

It just takes some driving skill.. I've only got a 100 hp less than most and I can still hang with the big boys................

Come on Arcy, lets go out and represent the little dog group. Lets group together against those high hp vettes' and cobras. I'll stand tall and proud with you going down the old 1/4 mile. At least we'll be representing not like the OTHERS>>>>>>>

[Blas]

Believe me you'll all be the first to know when the clutch event occures...
Thanks.....

[CHRIS DAMSCH]

Hopefully it happens at Byron. Come on, make us proud. We can give you a trailer ride back home if you need it.

Drag it
Drag it
Drag it
Drag it
Drag it.

[snake oil]

Ahh yes, there maybe a spot on my trailer for someone if they breakdown.
(Unless I break mine then you guys better call AAA.)

You see gentlemen I will not be snake & egging it with y'all.
Coffee and a granola bar for me gotta keep the weight down.
I'll be slowly pulling the snake behind me.
So when I get there I can race it like I stole it.
None of this babying it. Turn the boost up and run the tires off of it.

[jeffko]

C'mon Blas...
Drag it
Drag it
Drag it
Drag it
Drag it.

[snake oil]

Sure would be a drag if it rains Saturday

[mdmull]

Now here come the weather excuses.

[Blas]

Some of the (corveTTe) guys are asking me when WCCC is arriving at the track...
so....When does the mayham begin at the track?
When / where is breakfast?
Has anyone said..."Watch this thread for weather updates"
Is is a solo ride to 47 & 72?
"ALSNAKE" may want to join us for breakfast....
Inquiring mind want to know....
"Site Moderator"