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Date: Sat, 9 Jun 2001 10:01:34 +1200
From: KPW <wouldntnopsamlike.to.know>
Subject: Re: 9000cse = aero?


On Fri, 08 Jun 2001 12:40:28 -0400, Tony Shimi (tshiminopsame.org) said: > > > Johannes H Andersen wrote: > > > > Jon Ludwig wrote: > > > > > > is the 9000cse turbo the Aero model? > > > > Nope. However, in some markets the last year 1998 of the CSE got the 225 hp Aero > > ^^^^^^^^^^^ > > engine, but not the harder suspension. BTW (not an aero-engine) > ^^^^^^ ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ > Please explain! He means not an airplane engine. In many parts of the English speaking world the tubular things with wings and stewardesses are called aeroplanes. > > > > BTW2. I saw a TV programme, someone had put a 12 Liter Merlin fighter engine > > in an estate car just for fun. But the car had a terrible fuel consumption and > > impossible handling characteristics. Many years ago there was a guy in England who built a special with a Merlin engine in it and a Rolls Royce grille up front. The Merlin was after all built by RR. RR went to inordinate lengths to stop him, but without success. The thing would do well in excess of 200 mph and he used it quite regularly on the motorways of Europe. He could never build a strong enough clutch so it ran through a GM auto box. > > > > Johannes > > Tony >

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