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#1 of 23 Awesome Cars -- Let's see 'em! by Mr_Shiftright HOST

Apr 19, 2005 (6:47 pm)

Here's a shot of Jay Leno's 1,000 HP Olds Toronado (1966 I think).
 
It's a twin turbo with all kinds of goodies attached. Next mod planned is water and alcohol injection so that the car doesn't have to run on racing fuel...must be mighty high compression or must get mighty hot in there.
 
How'd they get 1,000 HP into a FWD car without driving around in circles from torque steer?
 
Simple...when you have Jay's budget...use a Corvette C5 chassis and converted it into a RWD!
 

#2 of 23 . by fredmcmurray

Apr 20, 2005 (12:24 am)

Actually, to get max horsepower, you usually lower the compression and crank up the boost.

#3 of 23 Re: . [fredmcmurray] by Mr_Shiftright HOST

Apr 20, 2005 (10:33 am)

Replying to: fredmcmurray (Apr 20, 2005 12:24 am)
I know that's why I was wondering if they didn't "do the math" quite right when they built the engine. Getting proper compression ratios is quite a science.
 
Twin turbos are a good idea on large displacement engines, work really well and a nifty solution.

#4 of 23 How do we post photos? by driftracer

Apr 20, 2005 (1:52 pm)

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#5 of 23 Re: How do we post photos? [driftracer] by Mr_Shiftright HOST

Apr 20, 2005 (1:55 pm)

Replying to: driftracer (Apr 20, 2005 1:52 pm)
Use this script but I will substitute a parens ) for a > so that it doesn't actually "fire".
 
(img src="URL OF PHOTO")
 
Be sure to have the space between img and src and be sure to spell src correctly, which stands for "source" I believe.
 
Also don't try to load photos that are HUGE on your host page, because they will be HUGE on our website page and skew the whole text (pageview)

#6 of 23 OK, here goes.... by driftracer

Apr 20, 2005 (2:15 pm)

Oh, shoot - it's not a web link, it's just a jpg that I have on my PC - any way to do that?">

#7 of 23 Re: OK, here goes.... [driftracer] by steve_ HOST

Apr 20, 2005 (2:34 pm)

Replying to: driftracer (Apr 20, 2005 2:15 pm)
You need a place to host it, like photobucket.com. Here's a recent thread about the process:
 
jeff62301, "Jeep Wrangler" #16505, 12 Apr 2005 9:30 pm
 
Steve, Host

#8 of 23 photos by Mr_Shiftright HOST

Apr 20, 2005 (3:20 pm)

Or Yahoo photos I think will work.

#9 of 23 our shop car by turbodude84

Apr 21, 2005 (9:06 am)

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v647/Krazedadidas/dspics024.jpg

#10 of 23 Re: our shop car [turbodude84] by atvdragger

Apr 21, 2005 (4:35 pm)

Replying to: turbodude84 (Apr 21, 2005 9:06 am)
Smooth ride! I would send some of my stang but It was last painted before I got it and that's been over 10yr's. It's maroon w/white top and ratty looking turbine wheels. That will go perfect with the sleeper look I want if I can find good tires to hook on stock wheels.At least it has a set of nitto's , 4 wheel disc's, slick suspension ,flowmaster's and a tricked out AOD tranny.

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