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Old 05-02-2012, 09:04 PM   #9241
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Can you Imagine 290 HP in a Sonic hatch.....
...yes I can, , way back when there were modified Anglia's powered by Chevy HP 350 CID's or bigger....light, short wheel base, and a handful to drive. Woooow...HP to weight ratio off the charts....
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Old 05-02-2012, 09:08 PM   #9242
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...yes I can, , way back when there were modified Anglia's powered by Chevy HP 350 CID's or bigger....light, short wheel base, and a handful to drive. Woooow...HP to weight ratio off the charts....
Sounds like a blast to me!
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Old 05-02-2012, 09:25 PM   #9243
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Sounds like a blast to me!
..took some guts I would imagine to drive one, , I only saw two of them on the street, and they were on the edge of overkill...but...I guess the Wright Brother's were scared at some point as well....
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Old 05-02-2012, 09:27 PM   #9244
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..took some guts I would imagine to drive one, , I only saw two of them on the street, and they were on the edge of overkill...but...I guess the Wright Brother's were scared at some point as well....
If there isn't a little bit of pucker factor you are not driving hard enough......
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Old 05-02-2012, 09:35 PM   #9245
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Take one Buick GS 270 hp 2.0T, one Sonic LTZ, mix, shake vigorously..........and that is the car Pete would give his wife if he really took the time

Anyone else remember the day when an engine swap just seemed like a weekend project?
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Old 05-02-2012, 09:37 PM   #9246
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Take one Buick GS 270 hp 2.0T, one Sonic LTZ, mix, shake vigorously..........and that is the car Pete would give his wife if he really took the time
That's what I'm talkin about....
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Old 05-02-2012, 10:36 PM   #9247
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...yes I can, , way back when there were modified Anglia's powered by Chevy HP 350 CID's or bigger....light, short wheel base, and a handful to drive. Woooow...HP to weight ratio off the charts....
I remember those kind of cars and projects done by people really on the edge.
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Old 05-03-2012, 09:39 PM   #9248
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Here it comeZ the four door Z
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Old 05-03-2012, 10:37 PM   #9249
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Here it comeZ the four door Z
....you got our attention Pete!....what iZ it exactly...., what doeZ it mean...
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Old 05-03-2012, 10:40 PM   #9250
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Maybe a Caprice SS, but a Chevrolet SS... Fen posted something about this about a month ago.
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Old 05-03-2012, 11:37 PM   #9251
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It'll probably be the Commodore, not the Caprice.
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Old 05-03-2012, 11:40 PM   #9252
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It'll probably be the Commodore, not the Caprice.
Interesting....
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Old 05-03-2012, 11:54 PM   #9253
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This is what is sold as a Chevrolet Caprice in the Middle East.
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Old 05-04-2012, 12:08 AM   #9254
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I rented a Lumina SS for a while in Bahrain.... reminded me a lot of our G8.



Not that exact one but you get the idea...
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