Re: [ST] FW: [Scratchers] Nixon - eat your heart out...

["Richard D'Amours" <rdamours@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

I'll make sure not to race you...
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From: "B Parker" <bparker15@xxxxxxx>
To: "ST list" <ST@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Monday, February 23, 2004 6:45 PM
Subject: [ST] FW: [Scratchers] Nixon - eat your heart out...


>
> [Tom Keith is a fellow Oklahoman; i've met him. this is a post from his
> son to a friend; i have no clue who Nixon is, apparently it ain't the late
> prez]
>
> Imagine a the comfort of an ST with 10-20+ hp more than your GSXR1000...
>
> Introducing the Sprint STT... The extra T is for Turbo...
>
> After NINE MONTHS, Dad finally has his turbo kit installed.  He can run
> six
> pounds of boost with pump gas and eight pounds of boost with 100
> octane.  The following pics show the bike in various stages (no particular
> order).  The Turbo is that big thing in front of the engine with the K&N
> filter on it:
>
> http://extexltd.com/scratchers/STT/
>
> Yes, Dad is a little touched in the head.  He's just got a crazy thing for
> turbos.  After the initial test run, the turbo is no longer operating.  He
> expects he's got a pinched vacuum line or something similar that will just
> require a hunting expedition.
>
> Before the boost quit working, he described it like a giddy schoolboy
> getting his first bicycle.  At six pounds there is almost no lag, and it
> comes on strong but predictably... of course, it's only predictable once
> you're used to it... He wasn't used to a 2nd gear wheelie on a Sprint at
> 5K
> rpm without trying to...  Eight pounds of boost only lasted a few seconds
> before the problem surfaced, but his description was something like "I
> can't even describe it."
>
> Dad will likely visit within the next year.  When he does, I'll let you
> all
> know so you can see this thing... ;-)
>
> Steve
>
>
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