Suzuki Samurai was Re: [geeks] SPARC proprietary (waaaay

[Mike F]

On Wed, 22 Oct 2003 06:28:25 -0400 (EDT)
Kevin <kevin at mpcf.com> wrote:

> "restricter plate racing" isn't interested in new
> technologies and never will be.  Is it actually true
> that they still use carburetors? WTF!!!!  I new it was
> bad but i had no idea how bad.
[snip]

Oh yeah, it's bad alright. Carburetors, pushrod valvetrains, iron
engine blocks (!), steel tube frame w/ sheet steel body skins,
steel wheels... I'm just skimming the high points here. Stone-age
stuff, as far as I'm concerned. Apparently, though, many of the fans
believe these cars are really exotic and fast; and they are when
compared to the family station wagon or pickup. But these same
people seem to only appreciate things they can understand; they
can understand carburetors and steel tubing, but mention a pneumatic
valvetrain and they start spouting off about that damn foreign stuff
and those dirty Europeans.