All top notch images Paul!

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>From: Paul Stenquist <[email protected]>
>Subject: Re: PESO: Black Widow
>
>He detunes it to about 1000 horsepower for normal driving, about the same as a 
>Bugatti Veyron. That’s accomplished mainly by reducing the amount of 
>supercharger boost. All of the suspension and steering gear is engineered for 
>stability. In other words the suspension is very stiff and  weight transfer 
>and suspension travel are well controlled. It’s a far cry from the original 
>1969 car. The rear differential is electronically locking, like that of the GT 
>S Mercedes, and the rear tires are very wide and sticky. It’s quite manageable 
>in a straight line. Of course if you get one tire in some wet stuff and hammer 
>the throttle or try to accelerate hard on an uneven road, you’re going to get 
>in trouble rapidly. The guy drives an 18-wheeler cross country, so fast cars 
>don’t scare him. 
>
>Here’s the rear view. 
>http://photo.net/photodb/photo?photo_id=18272253&size=lg
>and the engine:
>http://photo.net/photodb/photo?photo_id=18272265&size=lg
>
>> On Aug 8, 2016, at 12:51 PM, Gonz <[email protected]> wrote:
>> 
>> Holy smoking ponies batman, 1600 horses?  How is that even controllable???
>> 
>> 
>> On Sun, Aug 7, 2016 at 1:39 PM, Marco Alpert <[email protected]> wrote:
>> 
>>> "I suspect he has a sideline of some sort.”
>>> 
>>> Made my morning.
>>> 
>>> m
>>> 
>>> 
>>>> On Aug 7, 2016, at 8:41 AM, Paul Stenquist <[email protected]> wrote:
>>>> 
>>>> Shot this morning at magic hour. The 1969 Dodge Charger RT has a
>>> 1600-horsepower Kennebell supercharged 1969 Gen 2 hemi with liquid
>>> intercooling and electronic port fuel injection. Lots of sophisticated
>>> running gear. It’s a $500,000 piece. Belongs to a truck driver from what
>>> Detroit folk call “downriver,” which is basically the low-income white
>>> region. Nice guy. I suspect he has a sideline of some sort. K-1 with DFA
>>> 150-450, f5.6
>>>> 
>>>> http://gallery.photo.net/photo/18271762-lg.jpg\



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