Re: OT butpossibly interesting for some

On May 16, 6:48=A0am, "David L. Jones" <altz...@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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> > Kwyjibo wrote:
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> >> "Diesel Damo" <Diesel_...@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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> >> > I remember back in the 80s there was a supercar called the Vector.
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> >> > was a twin turbo 350 Chev that could manage 397km/h without all
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> >> > shape ****fting. However it did put out 1300hp.
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> >> It was actually a lot closer to 350km/h and 650hp.
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> > I remember you could adjust the boost from inside the cabin to take it
> > up to 1300hp at full boost. I thought the TV show Beyond 2000 verified
> > it at 247mph. The claim was 250.
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> After getting the dust off my Beyond 2000 book, it shows the Vector W2-A
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> having a top speed of 380km/h. Twin turbo 5.7L aluminum V8 with 447KW @[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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Oh well I was only a kid for most of the 80s, so I could easily be
wrong. But it does seem odd to quote only 600hp (447kW) at the same
time as claiming 380km/h.

> I rember reading somewhere also that they tended to catch fire.

Nice :-)