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Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)
G. Snyder 10:59PM (12/18/2005)
Good God - please do not use the term 'rpms'. Let think about it: RPM stands for revolutions per minute. The plural is already built in. If you had revolutions per minutes (presumably rpms), you would have too many variables. How many revolutions? How many minutes? I am currently driving at 6800 rpms - 3400 every two minutes.
Anyway, it takes credibility away from you by using that term. I like the blog and want it to be a success.
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Brad Barnett 10:59PM (12/18/2005)
I believe the term 7200 RPMs is correct. If it were one revolution per minute it would be 1 RPM. Two revolutions per minute would be 2 RPMs.
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David Thomas 10:59PM (12/18/2005)
thanks for the catch G
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Brian 10:59PM (12/18/2005)
I hope whoever buys one of these doesn't have a curb at the end of their driveway!
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Jon 10:59PM (12/18/2005)
That run couldn't have been much fun. I prefer a bit more wheelbase with my 241. The rhyme is free of charge.
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Jon F. 10:59PM (12/18/2005)
Ha, the car is probably sitting low because the downforce it produces. A normal 911 produces 600 lbs of lift at 150 mph, so that thing is working it's butt off to keep the 911's bubble shape on the ground.
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Banana Milk 10:59PM (12/18/2005)
Actually, revolutions per minute ought to be RPM... unless you want to type of RsPM. But that's just silly.
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Peter Schlessinger 10:59PM (12/18/2005)
What about the street car "shootout" that Car and Driver did at the Ohio Transportation Research Center track in 1988? If I remember, all those cars had to be driven there, and a derivative of the Twin Turbo Corvette, the 880 hp Callaway SledgeHammer, recorded the top speed of 254.76 mph... (Google "Callaway Sledgehammer" on the net).
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robofunk 10:59PM (12/18/2005)
http://fast-autos.net/callaway/callawaysh.html
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G. Snyder 10:59PM (12/18/2005)
Sorry Brad...
You are wrong. RPM stands for Revolutions per Minutes. Check out a dictionary.
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Brian 10:59PM (12/18/2005)
Wonder if Bill Gates is going to buy one of these and then leave it in the crate like his Ruf. Was it a Ruf? 930? Some super-duper 911.
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Jon 10:59PM (12/18/2005)
Brian,
It was a 959 and Bill didn't leave it in a crate, US Customs did. For an interesting read, check out Autoweek's article on the federalization of the 959.
http://www.autoweek.com/article.cms?articleId=309
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Brett 10:59PM (12/18/2005)
Not to be a jerk, but...
"You are wrong. RPM stands for Revolutions per Minutes. Check out a dictionary."
Revolutions is plural, minute is not.
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G. Snyder 10:59PM (12/18/2005)
"Not to be a jerk, but...
"You are wrong. RPM stands for Revolutions per Minutes. Check out a dictionary."
Revolutions is plural, minute is not."
Oh I know - I guess sarcasm is not always effective in writing. Check out the point I was trying to make in the first post. Too many variables would render the measurement useless. Sorry for confusion on the point. But you are right!
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Gustavo Carvalho 10:59PM (12/18/2005)
Not only the Sledgehammer but the Dauer 962 which hit something over 400 km/h (Officially timed, can't remember which track).
And if you've got the cash you can *still* buy one at the low, low price of 1 million...
http://www.962lm.com/index2.htm
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Purple Rain 10:59PM (12/18/2005)
When I whip my hands back and forth as quickly as I can, the speed gun showed 150+ mph in under 1 sec. I can make it stop (0 mph; that's miles per hour; miles is plural and hour is singlur) on a dime. It can then go in almost all directions to it's top speed.
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