Belts are for wimps!
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Originally Posted by MarkD
I would also bet you can never in your wildest imagination actually feel 2-4 horsepower at ANY RPM. Unless maybe you are actually on a horse.
Now THAT, is funny!
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Well guys, the 'expert' has been revealed...what he says, goes...
Originally Posted by jdistefa
Robin,
You are, like, soooooo wrong. I run without a fan belt and 2nd distributor all the time (I also run without underwear). All the little oil gauges read in the top position which of course means 'full' (you probably didn't know that). It's so cool that the car has redundant oil gauges in case one fails. Those silly Germans.
By the way, it's much faster with these mods. Or maybe it's because I drive naked to save weight due to my insanely heavy clothing.
Anyway, keep running your car (you so-called 'expert') with all those silly belts and unnecessary parts and thingys rotating and working - see how slow you're going? Eh?
You are, like, soooooo wrong. I run without a fan belt and 2nd distributor all the time (I also run without underwear). All the little oil gauges read in the top position which of course means 'full' (you probably didn't know that). It's so cool that the car has redundant oil gauges in case one fails. Those silly Germans.
By the way, it's much faster with these mods. Or maybe it's because I drive naked to save weight due to my insanely heavy clothing.
Anyway, keep running your car (you so-called 'expert') with all those silly belts and unnecessary parts and thingys rotating and working - see how slow you're going? Eh?
Travelers experience comes from the very nature of the fact that he generates a significant amount of effortless Horsepower on his own and he will also offer to assist with any sort of dino run to prove his point that HE knows Watt a horsepower really is. Traveler would'nt know a dme chip from a cowchip, and why should he ! He is Mr. Horsepower himself!
Traveler knows that the discussion production of serious, real horsepower generates a gaseous by-product that to many, is undesirable to be in contact with for an extended period. And also that spirited discussions of Horsepower come with a healthy dose of idea 'clumping' that can be emitted all at once while riding the trail to truth and this also contributes to further mucking up of the issue. Why cloud the issue with undesirable facts???
Ladies and Gentlemen, introducing the only true expert on the much-to-do about nothing subject of horsepower - the guy that can spot genuine horse$h*t a mile away:
Traveler!
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Originally Posted by diet97993
Hot damn!.... you may want to check your oil level ....sounds like you're a quart or two low today!! But free horse power is free horse power......... 
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Originally Posted by Bull
Stop trying to hijack the thread by letting everyone know how much power can be gained by draining ALL of the oil....set the internals free!!!!!
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Originally Posted by AOW162435
Oh my!
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Originally Posted by jdistefa
.....maybe it's because I drive naked to save weight due to my insanely heavy clothing.
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O_M_G,....I hope you notify the RCMP folks beforehand.......
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So, if Traveler changes his steel horseshoes for aluminum, and gains 1hp equiv. in weight savings, he'll effectively double his, well, horse power.
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From: New Jersey
Originally Posted by allill
I took the caps off of my valve stems to save some weight, let me tell you, the wheels spin faster now!
