Back in my motorhead days, the head mechanic at the shop was a Chrysler man. He had a POS 1963 Ford truck that had a 440 with dual quads (under the hood looked like something out of HotRod Magazine). It looked like this (only green). He won a lot of races with that truck.
You know there was never a sound quite like a set of Quadra jet secondaries opening up wide and yelling feed me. The 442 was the best, but I had a pickup truck with one also.
Giovanni Venturi would be amazed at what his experiments produced.
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This was my car when I got out of high school.
Huh. Buh.
"The Physics of Muscle Cars"? That must be fascinating reading.
Do you think Giovanni is an ancestor of Robert?
Curm,
That is a sweet ride.
Moi,
Hmmm. Giovanni was an ordained Catholic Priest and we all know they're always celibates who don't have ancestors.
Uhmm...
But I see a resemblance...
And he is currently a ghost, not a Saint.
So...
Hmmm...
It's quite possible he did the priest thing in order to get a good education and have a vocation that left time to write and study.
I'd ask him but he does the old " I don't a speaka the English so good." whenever I ask questions he doesn't want to answer.
I had to Google Venturi because my first car was a Toyota and it had the engine the size of sewing engine.
Nice haiku. I like,
"Gearheads with dual-quads"
it just sounds good.
Back in my motorhead days, the head mechanic at the shop was a Chrysler man. He had a POS 1963 Ford truck that had a 440 with dual quads (under the hood looked like something out of HotRod Magazine). It looked like this (only green). He won a lot of races with that truck.
Boxer,
Thanks. Sounds matter. I'd never heard of Venturi until his Ghost volunteered to write my paper.
Buzz,
Hiding a 440 in a POS is a good way to win races.
Good evening Troll,
You know there was never a sound quite like a set of Quadra jet secondaries opening up wide and yelling feed me. The 442 was the best, but I had a pickup truck with one also.
Giovanni Venturi would be amazed at what his experiments produced.
Good job, Sir.
Karl,
That's very creative writing. "Opening up and yelling FEED ME!"
I'll ask Gio if he saw any practical applications during his lifetime. Aspirators, maybe?
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