[DeTomaso] Puzzle for the gear heads

Sun Mar 10 18:41:24 EDT 2013

Wow, really reaching here...

A Dwarf car with an R1 Yamaha motor?  That's *really* small
displacement though and 100MPH is like 15 seconds.  Hmmm. A turbo
'busa motor would get it there pretty quickly.

I'm going for Lotus 7 kit with a turbo 'busa motor.

sean

On Sun, Mar 10, 2013 at 3:36 PM, David Fisher <fisher95020 at gmail.com> wrote:
> Ahh... you guys are a creative bunch!  Jeff has uncovered a few clues that
> are getting closer.
>
> First,  The driver is worried about shifting... partially because I have
> always been a "shift slow and mash the pedal guy", but partially because
> shifting is not very direct in this car.   I will let you take that clue
> from there.
>
> You are also correct that there is very little brake dive,     Given that
> most folks are narrowing in on a smaller displacement engine and I gave
> away the 0-100 time  (in Z06 territory) you know this has to be light.
>
> Thats all I am saying for now.
>
>
>
>
>
> On Sun, Mar 10, 2013 at 10:23 AM, Jeff Cobb <jeffcobb1 at me.com> wrote:
>
>> I will go further out on a limb.
>>
>> This unknown car slowly traverses low amplitude train tracks, yet you can
>> hear the broken/loose shock top mounts allowing much vertical movement so
>> it will be a light weight car with antiquated suspension. Yet the heavy
>> clunks would indicate the  top suspension parts are loose in a subframe or
>> the lowers on the axle mounts, not a body.
>>
>> The driver does not feel good about truly getting on the power, as shown
>> by the "I am worried about breaking something or  this car is hard to shift
>> so I will short shift first gear", so we have a breaker and must be
>> careful. So I guess 1966 to 1977.
>>
>> At second 7 the quick engine rev up indicates vacuum/sliding piston carbs
>> or a 450 +- cfm 2 barrel.
>>
>> Long times between shifts indicate a cast iron four speed and a long throw
>> or weak clutch pedal function.
>>
>> Low amount of rear body dive/dip rules out the TR-6.
>>
>> At second 15, the dramatic on/off sounds are so English or Ford.
>>
>> The exhaust sound of second 14 to 21 wfo indicates whooshing of maybe two
>> small diameter exhaust pipes with weak/blownout mufflers yet a large enough
>> engine because of the throat noise, fine acceleration and no exhaust smoke.
>>
>> The slowing down shows low brake dive and again no down shifting would
>> indicate that shifting difficulty again.
>>
>> So I guess a Mustang 289, TVR, modified TR-8 or Jenson V8.
>>
>> Extra pickles, please.
>>
>> Jeff Cobb
>>
>>
>> At second 14
>> On Mar 9, 2013, at 11:17 PM, David Fisher <fisher95020 at gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>> > Here's a clue.   This is a new toy to me - so you can eliminate the Jag E
>> > type from the equation.   I like Jeff's analysis of the clatter over the
>> > railroad tracks.
>> >
>> >
>> > On Sat, Mar 9, 2013 at 6:46 PM, michael at michaelshortt.com <
>> > michaelsavga at gmail.com> wrote:
>> >
>> >>> 10 pts for # of cylinders    6
>> >>> 20 pts of displacement (within 500cc)    2.5 lier
>> >>> 10 pts for engines home country            England
>> >>> 10 pts for guessing 0-100 mph (within 1/4 sec)       15
>> >>> 30 pts for telling me what car it is           Triumph TR-6 with
>> Webers.
>> >>
>> >>
>> >> Michael Shortt
>> >>
>> >>
>> >>
>> >>
>> >> On Sat, Mar 9, 2013 at 9:00 PM, Mike Drew <MikeLDrew at aol.com> wrote:
>> >>
>> >>> Sounds like the venerable Jaguar straight 6. I can't tell if its a 3.8
>> or
>> >>> 4.2 so I will guess 4.0 and cover all my bases. Of course it's British.
>> >>> It's unlikely to be in a mk II or a D type so I am going to guess E
>> type.
>> >>> Lets say 14 sex quarter mile.
>> >>>
>> >>> How did I do?
>> >>> Mike
>> >>>
>> >>> Sent from my iPhone
>> >>>
>> >>> On Mar 9, 2013, at 19:45, David Fisher <fisher95020 at gmail.com> wrote:
>> >>>
>> >>>> I figure this might be a bit of fun for the weekend.  Let's see who
>> can
>> >>> get
>> >>>> the highest score on this puzzle.   I was doing some fuel mapping on a
>> >>> toy
>> >>>> last weekend.
>> >>>>
>> >>>> Take a listen to the video and tell me what it is.
>> >>>>
>> >>>> http://youtu.be/WN1GevRwtKk
>> >>>>
>> >>>> 10 pts for # of cylinders
>> >>>> 20 pts of displacement (within 500cc)
>> >>>> 10 pts for engines home country
>> >>>> 10 pts for guessing 0-100 mph (within 1/4 sec)
>> >>>> 30 pts for telling me what car it is
>> >>>>
>> >>>>
>> >>>> Total of 70 pts.  I'll by a burger for the winner. :-)
>> >>>>
>> >>>> David
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