Well, yes, I know, it's obviously stupid. I can't provide any justification for it, except to add that if I could show you where this happened by chance, it might lessen the idiot factor.
It's kind of a hidden divided road, 1/2 a mile long almost straight with no drives, roads or yards leading onto it, and there were no cars in our path, just a few way ahead.
That said, It is addictive and 100% an adrenaline rush for me, and to admit...that's why I built it. For the most part lately, I just happily putt and cruise around, probably under the limit, but I do need to control the urge and chill down a bit more with this thing.
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65 Laurentian post, 67 Grande Parisienne 4 door HT.
Totally understand the urge to stretch it out a little. On the other hand I'm also totally aware that society has become much less accepting of our hot rodding tendencies of late.
Regardless, it's a risk/reward calculation that we all make. I just get soured on doing it on public roads because you see what happens when it goes bad - usually involving people who were not active parties but end up becoming collateral damage.
I'm not here to judge (nor am I in a position to). Just tossing in my two cents on the matter. No atonement necessary.
I commute everyday in Toronto to right into the Financial District. My everyday car is a 420 HP beast that will take I'd say 97% of anything I come up on, its a 13 second 1/4 mile car, close to 5 seconds 0-60. Why race anything when I already know I'll win. I'm weeks away from turning 65 and I love having the power not only in my daily but all my cars. Having so much power on tap does help in commuting but not for racing, jumping in spots and merging is where this is useful. All that to say I've learned from my career and it applies here too that as a man it is wonderful to have the power yet the the true test of a man is to know when to use it. That's it, that's all.
Well, yes, I know, it's obviously stupid. I can't provide any justification for it, except to add that if I could show you where this happened by chance, it might lessen the idiot factor.
It's kind of a hidden divided road, 1/2 a mile long almost straight with no drives, roads or yards leading onto it, and there were no cars in our path, just a few way ahead.
That said, It is addictive and 100% an adrenaline rush for me, and to admit...that's why I built it. For the most part lately, I just happily putt and cruise around, probably under the limit, but I do need to control the urge and chill down a bit more with this thing.
Remember the day you picked me up at the Go Station in Burlington. We had lunch with Kevin and then you showed me that road that you LIKE!!!!
From start to finish there was no doubt about what was lurking under that hood and the shifts tossed me back in the seat each time. It was like on a dead end road with no traffic just the sound of the exhaust thundering out the tail pipe.
I think that was an exchange for the day I took you for a ride in the Impala on a rainy wet afternoon circuiting the cloverleafs looking for straight ahead traction.
I LOVE internal combustion! Low restriction air cleaners are addictive. I once as a kid got nailed in a Laurentian Safari after flipping the lid on the 400 then opening the secondaries. We knew all the backroads. Drifting was a thing on the gravel roads and many of my friends were nuts. I'll tell you one thing, you learn how to handle a car away from traffic. Sadly a thing for which there seems to be a knee-jerk reaction to any sort of sporting pretentions today. Zero-tolerance don't you know. All you need to hear about is the carnage from a spectacular crash. The truth as I see it is that the timid drivers can be more of a problem, or distracted drivers. Frankly I think an engaged and in-tune driver who knows how to set up a corner correctly for the street verses the track makes a better companion on the road. I always remind myself the winner in the "race" is not who gets there first, but who gets home safely and did not contribute to any bad setups on the road.
Last week, the main road that runs past our subdivision dropped from 60 to 50 km/h overnight. No changes, just new signs all along the length. It has been 60 km/h & the Imperial 35 mph for 50 years. Bike lanes are coming, both north and south. Municipalities are hungry. Shooting fish in a barrel through aggressive enforcement is very lucrative. Two years back about 3 minutes from my house a car with three passengers was bombing along over a 6-lane bridge at a speed that cut the car in half when it collided with an SUV. One killed. Yup, 6-lane bridge, 2 are bike lanes now (occasionally used in nice weather!) and it is posted at 50 km/h now. Decades ago at 3 a.m. I remember at least triple that once, so do-able. No way today.
You know, there ought to be a track day at Mosport. A family friend who has written car & truck articles, even hardcover racing books, was lucky enough to be a car tester for Wheelspin News. It got him routinely invited to GM's Black Lake for an annual "orgy". Have as many cars as you can get your hands on, for the the Cinderella Story duration. The long-lead press preview, back when every model-year meant "new" and was shrouded in secrecy. And pushing it was expected of you behind the wheel.
ANYWAY, Mark, I could hardly blame you with a big block and all. Todays generation knows nothing of the need to blow the cobwebs out of the thing.
Check out this video of a mint '66 Impala with a NRE 572 big block:
Haha, "tell it to the judge"!
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67 Chevelle Malibu Sport Coupe, Oshawa-built 250 PG never disturbed.
In garage, 296 cid inline six & TH350...
Cam, Toronto.
I don't judge a man by how far he's fallen, but by how far back he bounces - Patton
Special non-production vehicle version Big Block. The tall deck truck blocks usually topped out at 489 as far as modified versions you hear about. People stopped building 489s when Chevrolet started with the 502 and later crate engines.
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67 Chevelle Malibu Sport Coupe, Oshawa-built 250 PG never disturbed.
In garage, 296 cid inline six & TH350...
Cam, Toronto.
I don't judge a man by how far he's fallen, but by how far back he bounces - Patton
I chose 496, because all I had to start was a bare 77 4 bolt main block. Buying a stroker crank and rods cost out about the same as if I bought new stock dimension stuff. The block was being bored anyway, so oversize pistons were being fitted.
496 CI BB is still a easy way to good power. Although prices today for all the parts has gone up dramatically since I did mine.
Always go bigger if possible for a similar cost. I still dream of building a budget friendly 383 SBC to put in the 65. That would be fun.
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65 Laurentian post, 67 Grande Parisienne 4 door HT.
Well, yes, I know, it's obviously stupid. I can't provide any justification for it, except to add that if I could show you where this happened by chance, it might lessen the idiot factor.
It's kind of a hidden divided road, 1/2 a mile long almost straight with no drives, roads or yards leading onto it, and there were no cars in our path, just a few way ahead.
That said, It is addictive and 100% an adrenaline rush for me, and to admit...that's why I built it. For the most part lately, I just happily putt and cruise around, probably under the limit, but I do need to control the urge and chill down a bit more with this thing.
For your atonement Mark..... Say "I love Canadian Ponchos " three times and drink 2 Molson Canadians....My Son
