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JohnnyRingo

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2. Not mine...

Reply to Gold Metal Flake (Reply #1)

Tue Jan 29, 2013, 04:23 PM

Jan 2013

I was just using the hp figure from my old Spitfire. True, that the Triumph had a 1500cc engine, and the Midget had a smaller mill, but I was just making reference to my belief that performance is not always based on dyno figures, nor is it measured in a straight line as many domestic car fans believe.

That's one good heel-toe driver though, and I can't imagine many people who could get through that course quicker, no matter what they're driving.

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Stunt driver Ken Block in his ultimate playground. [View all] JohnnyRingo Jan 2013 OP

Re: the Midget, 67 HP was stock for the 1275 engine. Gold Metal Flake Jan 2013 #1

Not mine... JohnnyRingo Jan 2013 #2

Might have a modified handbrake, HooptieWagon Jan 2013 #3

The way it was done in the old days... JohnnyRingo Jan 2013 #4

Yes, you can disable the catch on the handbrake. HooptieWagon Jan 2013 #5

Flyoff handbrake mod for the Spridget. Gold Metal Flake Jan 2013 #6