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Date: Thu, 27 Apr 2000 13:12:06 -0500 From: Mark Warner <mwarner@noao.edu> Subject: Re: 140mph 510It's true. My senior designer/draftsman spent ten+ years in the airforce back in the fifties/sixties. He has pictures of what was left of a jaguar e-type that his buddy tried this JATO trick on. Strapped it to the roof and lit it off. Worked really great for about 1/8 mile.... until he had to turn. Went over/through a guardrail and landed in a giant heap at the bottom of a ravine. Bad accident and lots of hospital time, I understand. He also said that other guys in his squadron had done this same trick both before and after his buddies adventure. mark "ain't THAT crazy...." in tucson >Dont know if it is true but I have heard that some idiot stole one of these >and tried to test fly his car. Although it worked the only remains were some >bone and teeth frags left in the side of a hill. .I think that most of the >510 owners that are not some teenaged punk whose parents foot the bill >realize the risk of taking a street car to this speed regardless of if it >will go there or not. >Just my 4cents > >Lance >72 2dr L18 BP's masterpiece >72 wagon L18 >73 2dr l20b turbo FI project >Grumpy disposition > >On Thu, 27 Apr 2000 10:19:20 +1200, malcolm cooper wrote: > >> Whats a 'JATO BOTTLE' >> as a good set up 510 with a nice big L engine blows away the RX boys. >> >> Malcolm >> "as a GUY said to me last week,I have the fastest haonda in town,my >> reply was ha ha ha only because my 510 beens in the shed for the past >> three years" >> >> LRB wrote: >> > >> > I have two words for you guys that dont think a 510 is capable of >speeds in >> > the 130-145 range.....JATO BOTTLE. >> > >> > _______________________________________________________ >> > Get 100% FREE Internet Access powered by Excite >> > Visit http://freelane.excite.com/freeisp >> > >> > This message comes to you from the Datsun 510 mailing list. >> > List rules and instructions are available at: >> > http://bluebirds.datsun510.com/bluebirds/listcharter >> > Authors retain implicit copyright to their material. Obtain >> > permission from the author before redistributing messages. >> >> > > > > > >_______________________________________________________ >Get 100% FREE Internet Access powered by Excite >Visit http://freelane.excite.com/freeisp > > >This message comes to you from the Datsun 510 mailing list. >List rules and instructions are available at: >http://bluebirds.datsun510.com/bluebirds/listcharter >Authors retain implicit copyright to their material. Obtain >permission from the author before redistributing messages. > This message comes to you from the Datsun 510 mailing list. List rules and instructions are available at: http://bluebirds.datsun510.com/bluebirds/listcharter Authors retain implicit copyright to their material. Obtain permission from the author before redistributing messages.