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What's with this Sorceresses stuff? Are you into these childish
movies: http://www.wizardnews.com/wn.harrypottermovies.html And what does it have to do with American vs foreign sh*t. God Bless America, ßill O|||||||O http://www.billhughes.com/ Stephen Cowell wrote: > > That would be the NIV, I believe... Bill's Bible says: > > "Do not allow a sorceress to live" > > .... funny how the Bible changes, and all.... makes you wonder > who all's gotten involved with it. > > So Bill, killed any Sorceresses lately? > __ > Steve > . |
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Maybe, if you were smart enough to do an actual comparison, and had
run a Honda, you would have found that problem multiplied by a factor of thirteen: http://groups-beta.google.com/groups...ft&qt_s=Search God Bless America, ßill O|||||||O http://www.billhughes.com/ Stephen Cowell wrote: > > http://groups-beta.google.com/groups... 2&qt_s=Search > > Eight hits... > > Oh, now you're admitting a mistake by GM! I've helped you > eliminate another 'never' from your vocabulary! You're welcome... > you remember your assertion, right? It went like: > > I'm helping you learn! > __ > Steve > . |
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You are extremely incorrect, and unfortunately so.
The Vega had an aluminum engine cast from a silicon bearing aluminum alloy with etched walls-a process invented to build race engines-and an iron plated aluminum piston. It worked great until the silicon layer wore off and the compression vanished. There was a fix-you could sleeve the engine-but no one did. They put in a different engine-if the car hadn't rotted out by then, which happened within nine months to a year in some cases. The drag racers ironically saved many by making drag cars out of them because they don't put salt on dragstrips. The drag cars are the only Vegas that have survived in any numbers. The Buick and Olds 215 V8 engines had sleeves. The Rover is a much improved outgrowth of these engines-there is limited interchangeability. Some people put these in Vegas, some people put in V-6s, some people put in Mazda rotaries, some people put in Chevy II or Iron Duke 4's. But the most common swap was the smallblock Chevy, which made the car worthless for anything but drag racing. Since that was the only way it wouldn't disintegrate, most surviving Vegas have SB Chev power. |
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Mostly, they were just geeky and unpopular. Usually they ran a long
time, but little things like interior and trim would give trouble, being-like Mopar's-inferior to GM. |
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Notice these are all drag cars. You see NO surviving Vegas in road, or
circle track or autocross, racing. Because their suspension systems and brakes were as ****ty as everything else. Actually the engine was _not_ the worst thing about the Vega, because if you had them sleeved and put on free flowing induction and exhaust they would wind tight and made very weight-effective power. |
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I saw a MBZ sedan old enough to have vestigal tailfins at the truck
stop yesterday-at the diesel pump. it was like a 190D with a 240 engine. Sixties chassis, seventies engine. And there are still a LOT of Hobart welders and Thermo Kings with Benz diesels out there. |
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You saw one 190D, how many America cars did you see of the same
year or older during that same time. If you want to count only dirty diesel count the older American tractors. God Bless America, ßill O|||||||O http://www.billhughes.com/ wrote: > > I saw a MBZ sedan old enough to have vestigal tailfins at the truck > stop yesterday-at the diesel pump. it was like a 190D with a 240 > engine. Sixties chassis, seventies engine. And there are still a LOT of > Hobart welders and Thermo Kings with Benz diesels out there. |
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"L.W. (ßill) Hughes III" > wrote in message ... > What's with this Sorceresses stuff? Are you into these childish > movies: It's in your Bible, Bill! __ Steve .. |
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"L.W. (ßill) Hughes III" > wrote in message ... > Stephen Cowell wrote: > > > > You give up... I win! > I'll be finished when we nuke your country. Well, you've just about finished screwing it up completely... does that count? America, of course, is my country... __ Steve .. |
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> wrote in message ups.com... > Notice these are all drag cars. You see NO surviving Vegas in road, or > circle track or autocross, racing. Because their suspension systems and > brakes were as ****ty as everything else. Actually the engine was _not_ > the worst thing about the Vega, because if you had them sleeved and put > on free flowing induction and exhaust they would wind tight and made > very weight-effective power. > Was that the 350 or the 454 Vega? __ Steve .. |
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