[Gmecm] Camaros - Off topic!

[David Allen]

  I was only 2 years older!  Yes, I tried to be nice but since he already knew everything, it went in one ear and out the other. Finally he wanted to race me in my original, non-turbo, carburetted 2.8L Century. He almost won. I almost didn't laugh. :-)
  Later,
David



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Sent: Saturday, August 26, 2006 10:59 AM
Subject: Re: [Gmecm] Camaros - Off topic!


> **And being the good guy you are, and wanting to help a kid in the car hobby, I'm sure you spent a little time with him trying to assist him rather than just laughing at him. You know, like some older guys helped you out when you were a kid and same age as him. (After they were done laughing at you.) :-) Norm
> 
> 
>  That Camaro Song is great! <br />> 
>   I'm not against Camaros, it just happens one of the most awful cars I ever saw happened to be a Camaro.  Here in AL, many of the country-boy racers have that bodystyle Camaro as in the Camaro song video.  Customized so that it is MUCH louder than it is fast.  A boy I know had one with all the following features.  This was the WORST car I have ever seen aside from in a junkyard.  What was so funny was he actually considered it fast.  <br />> 
>  He had this car while I was putting the mostly-stock TBI injected 305 in my Nova.  Always he was talking trash about how my "computer motor" would never be as fast as his car!  His specs follow:<br />> 
>  -Left and right cylinder heads different valve sizes and compression ratio... <br />> 
>  -Holley vacuum-secondary carb converted to mechanical using coathanger wire linkages...<br />> 
>  -Off-the wall race cam nowhere near matched to either cylinder head...<br />> 
>  -Computer-advance HEI distributor with no ECM connected...<br />> 
>  -El-Cheapo headers - different style on each side...<br />> 
>  -Turbo350 transmission w/ bark-in-each-gear shift-kit and "3 million RPM" torque converter...<br />> 
>  -One-wheel brakes... (rear brake lines capped, one front caliper sticking and inoperable)<br />> 
>  -Missing steering pump and hydraulic hoses but still has a power steering box...<br />> 
>  -Each bolt-on body panel a different color (trunk, hood, each door, each fender)...<br />> 
>  -HUGE globs of silicone caulk sealing t-top panels...<br />> 
>  -At least 20 % of cars surface area covered in performance aftermarket parts stickers, in various stages of sun-bleaching...<br />> 
>  -Left and right tail lights from different bodystyles (yellow vs. red turn-signals)<br />> 
>  -Radio repalced with 3 gauge pod...<br />> 
>  -Air conditioner controls leaking engine oil onto console... (mechanical oil pressure gauge above them leaking into dash)<br />> 
>  -Bevel gears welded up in differential for full-time lock.  Could hardly turn a corner...<br />> 
>  -Mismatched tires and rims...<br />> 
> <br />> 
>  I bet we've all seen one or two of these type of setups!<br />> 
>  David