SL55/63/65/R230 AMG: So.......Who made your Engine?
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Originally Posted by E55AMG99
Whose ride was the IndyCar? How the hell did you get it started? Must have had a few friends around! Is it converted to gasonline or is it still set up for Meth?
The methanol is the big pain about running the Cosworth powered Indycar....and you always have to have at least 3 friends around to help get the thing going. But it is quite a rush when everything comes together.
BiturboV12..........I'm sorry if I shook you getting on the on ramp.........but that is a great stretch. Before I delimited, I could hit the on ramp at Warner and before Eliot it would bounce of the speed limiter....theoretically of course :v
CE750.......I use that 12-24 as well, its such a good lens, but that 10.5 allows alot of creativity.
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Originally Posted by IngenereAMG
It was a Machinist Union car. One of the drivers was Keving Cogan. There were a couple of others, but their names escape me right now.
Oh well, Kevin had a lot of bad breaks starting with the 1981 Indy 500. He should have been Rookie of the Year but got screwed when they gave it to the Mexican, Garza. Stupid sentimental voting!
Hell, there were SIX other rookies that finished higher than Garza but they must have felt sorry for him.1982 wasn't much better when he broke a half shaft at the start and took out Mario and 2 others. Penske got nervous and canned him becasue of it.
Regardless, that is freaking crazy to drive that thing on the street but 0-6 in about 2 seconds is one wild ride!
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Originally Posted by E55AMG99
I thought Kevin drove with Schaefer sponsorship in the late 80's. Was Machinist's a secondary sponsor? LINK
Oh well, Kevin had a lot of bad breaks starting with the 1981 Indy 500. He should have been Rookie of the Year but got screwed when they gave it to the Mexican, Garza. Stupid sentimental voting! Hell, there were SIX other rookies that finished higher than Garza but they must have felt sorry for him.
1982 wasn't much better when he broke a half shaft at the start and took out Mario and 2 others. Penske got nervous and canned him becasue of it.
Regardless, that is freaking crazy to drive that thing on the street but 0-6 in about 2 seconds is one wild ride!
Oh well, Kevin had a lot of bad breaks starting with the 1981 Indy 500. He should have been Rookie of the Year but got screwed when they gave it to the Mexican, Garza. Stupid sentimental voting!
Hell, there were SIX other rookies that finished higher than Garza but they must have felt sorry for him.1982 wasn't much better when he broke a half shaft at the start and took out Mario and 2 others. Penske got nervous and canned him becasue of it.
Regardless, that is freaking crazy to drive that thing on the street but 0-6 in about 2 seconds is one wild ride!
I only drove it on the street a couple of times. It is set up for road courses and that's what I do with it....ovals are just a bit much for me and I rather like the skills required for road course work.
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1951 Caterpiller D6
Originally Posted by IngenereAMG
WOW! You know a hell of a lot more about the car than I do...I just drive the thing (and fix the ever present leaks!). The previous owner told me that it was a Machinist Union car and I once looked up who drove for them that year.........so I assume that since the book said Cogan, that he probably drove it....as well as 2 or 3 other guys. It is a bit of a wild ride!
I only drove it on the street a couple of times. It is set up for road courses and that's what I do with it....ovals are just a bit much for me and I rather like the skills required for road course work.
I only drove it on the street a couple of times. It is set up for road courses and that's what I do with it....ovals are just a bit much for me and I rather like the skills required for road course work.
Kevin got his first ride at Indianapolis with my father-in-law's team in 1981. Haven't seen him in at least 10 years but he is a great guy.
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Originally Posted by E55AMG99
Sorry for going off topic...
Kevin got his first ride at Indianapolis with my father-in-law's team in 1981. Haven't seen him in at least 10 years but he is a great guy.
Kevin got his first ride at Indianapolis with my father-in-law's team in 1981. Haven't seen him in at least 10 years but he is a great guy.
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mine is also Torsten Hoyer, he must have built mine on Monday or it was broken in poorly or there is something wrong with it, its a little slower than it should be in the quarter. (12.3 @ 113.5 with drag radials)
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Originally Posted by hbluthi
Walter Choritz
In fact,when i went to collect my car from AMGs headquarters in Affalterbach,after having the SL55 performance pack retrofitted,I asked to meet Walter!! And they agreed!! I just had to shake his hand and commend him on his good work.
Then they gave me an AMG dvd,which i watched later.They had a section on how the engineers assemble an engine and the guy doing the demonstration was Walter Choritz again!!!
The man is clearly a legend,and his engines should be considered the finest hand built by AMG!
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