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Friday
May182012

Vroom Room

Good Morning!

Its Friday, its the Vroom Room, we have our usual cappuccino, make yourself comfortable, join the conversation. 

A wonderful montage of Carrol Shelby's life. Shelby was at the right place at the right time to put a small block Ford engine in an English chassis, and subsequently take advantage of Henry Ford being spurned by Enzo Ferrari. Agreed a Cobra Daytona Coupe is still hyper cool.

Did you miss the video of the early Corvette (scroll down), with the prototype small block, fascinating story that sheds light on some of the "back door" activities at GM from back in time. Goes back to the days of blueprinting engines, porting heads, and the famous Duntov camshaft which was a status symbol.

A small block Chevy with a Duntov cam the instant it went past 3,000 RPM exploded to 6,000 + RPM an incredible rush of power in the upper revolution ranges, with hardly any torque at lower revolutions. 

There is an intrinsic simplicity and timeless goodness about a dish of pasta that is beyond words, especially with a good sauce, fresh bread, and wine. Does pasta have anything to do with small block Chevies? 

Are you surprised that JP Morgan did some "house cleaning" as a result of their trading losses? Great optics to keep the critics content.  

Have you read that GM is reflecting on repurchasing portions of Ally...on the premise that it needs its own in house financial arm. You truly want to think about this for a moment...GM invented in the house financial arm (GMAC) when no bank wanted to finance cars (yes we are going back a few years). 

Something different, a Flavor of the World from 1962 - 50 Years Ago.

Yes...we have some old Ferrari's and Maserati's and Carroll Shelby from way back in the day, take a moment peruse the early days of Shel's driving for John Edgar, and sports car racing. 

 

Thursday
May172012

The Baboon Test

Watch...its way cool...

 

Wednesday
May162012

Ferrari Corse Clienti

The Ferrari Corse Clienti program a Monza with FXX and 599XX...enjoy...yes you can turn up the volume.

 

Tuesday
May152012

Corvette Moment

Fascinating video of a very early (prototype) small block V8 making its way in a Corvette, after detouring by Smokey Yunicks "Best Damn Garage in Town" (do you remember all the Smokey's article on blueprinting small blocks), growing from 265 to slightly over 300 cu.in. and the concept of the Duntov cam.

If you ever had a small block Chevy with a Duntov mechanical lifter camshaft...tell us about it...in the meantime...enjoy!

 

Tuesday
May152012

Drive of the Dragon

With Sebastien Vettel...

 

Visit the Drive of the Dragon site.