sewlow
Bitchin' Stitchin'
Street Racing back in the '60's & '70's. Lol! I was there! Still haven't quit!
From the time I was 5, the local street track was 3 blocks away! 6 lanes wide, 2 miles long.
In the Summer, sitting on my headboard, I could listen to 'em go from my open bedroom window. Watched from the sidelines on my Mustang bike in the later '60's/early '70's!
I began to hang around all the old old farts! To them, no question was a stupid one! They taught me a lot! They'd show me how to do things. Not just tell me. Showed me! By making me do it!
Joined the fray in '75 with my own vehicle!
Nothing better than hearing an short geared SBC power-shifted @ over 7500rpm in the close distance!
It's a compulsion! It's a calling! It's a disease!
A redline a day keeps the carbon away!
Anyways..
Back when I had my BBC Nova, one of the first things I did, within 5 or 6 days of buying it, was to have an 'H'-pipe installed by the muffler shop across from where I worked.
We did the crayon trick.
Well, I got on it right outa the parking lot. Had to! Didn't drop the clutch. Just powered through the gears. The seat-of-the pants-feel was apparent immediately! The low end grunt shredded the tires 1/2 way through 2nd. (Drivin' into it, counter-steering! Yeehaw!)
The track numbers proved it! 3/8's of a second in the 1/4, averaged over 5 passes!
And it sounded tougher @ an idle, too.
From the time I was 5, the local street track was 3 blocks away! 6 lanes wide, 2 miles long.
In the Summer, sitting on my headboard, I could listen to 'em go from my open bedroom window. Watched from the sidelines on my Mustang bike in the later '60's/early '70's!
I began to hang around all the old old farts! To them, no question was a stupid one! They taught me a lot! They'd show me how to do things. Not just tell me. Showed me! By making me do it!
Joined the fray in '75 with my own vehicle!
Nothing better than hearing an short geared SBC power-shifted @ over 7500rpm in the close distance!
It's a compulsion! It's a calling! It's a disease!
A redline a day keeps the carbon away!
Anyways..
Back when I had my BBC Nova, one of the first things I did, within 5 or 6 days of buying it, was to have an 'H'-pipe installed by the muffler shop across from where I worked.
We did the crayon trick.
Well, I got on it right outa the parking lot. Had to! Didn't drop the clutch. Just powered through the gears. The seat-of-the pants-feel was apparent immediately! The low end grunt shredded the tires 1/2 way through 2nd. (Drivin' into it, counter-steering! Yeehaw!)
The track numbers proved it! 3/8's of a second in the 1/4, averaged over 5 passes!
And it sounded tougher @ an idle, too.