[DeTomaso] Doors blown off by Honda S2000 :<(

[MikeLDrew at aol.com]

In a message dated 4/5/09 17 55 57, cengles at cox.net writes:


>        1) Yup, them S2000 are very respectable little sports cars.   I was 
> an instructor for a guy with one about eight years ago at Hallett.  I was so 
> impressed, I still want one.
> 
>>>That's the kind of thing that I would never admit in public. :>)

I drove his car last year, and found it rather underwhelming.   If it was 
1000 pounds lighter, it might have been more interesting.
> 
>            2)   Good parts do not an engine make.  
> 
>>>My point exactly.   I don't have one non-good part inside my engine.   But 
it's a POS anyway.


>  Please take notes when Dan Jones opines on your engine parts options and 
> selections.  
> 
>>>I will probably wait until he's done, then just make a clone of whatever 
worked best.


>  As a complete idiot & neophyte, I followed his advice and built a 401 HP 
> dynamo with pretty modest parts chosen with his input.   Its not the parts, 
> but how they play together. 
> 
>>>Exactly.


>   Given the new knowledge forthcoming from the dyno project, I think you'll 
> have the recipe and specs for a marvelous powerplant a la Dan Jones. 
> 
>>>That's what I'm counting on!


>  Oh, and I don't think that you'll have any problem sponsoring an engine 
> pulling party at your place.........
> 
>>>I wish that were true, but sadly it's not.   I live in a bit of a no-man's 
land, neither in the San Francisco nor the Sacramento areas.   Jim Seiferling 
lives about 45 minutes from me, and he's about the closest guy I can hope 
for.   (He has the same problem, with the additional factor that I'm rarely 
around to help him when he needs it).
> 
>            3) Send the Dan Jones Dyno Project money.  It is for a very, very 
> good cause.
> 
> >>>Exactly!   As soon as Dan pokes his head up (figuratively speaking), money 
will be flowing his way!

Mike




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