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Which car do you think is the front-runner for the IOE at the New England race? The Corvair? The Citation X-11? The Peugeot 504? How many laps will those three rack up between them? I've set up a poll on Jalopnik, and you could win fabulous prizes for winning the Guess The Laps contest!
That '74 Monaco might have a shot at the IOE as well, but a rear-drive Mopar with some flavor of LA or B engine should hold together pretty well.
2000 laps combined
1800 combined with the 504 running at the end
2300 laps combined.
edit: I'm sorry, but I just watched the video. The Pug just looks and sounds too nice to be an IoE consideration much less a contender.
The Pug just looks and sounds too nice to be an IoE consideration much less a contender.
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2300 laps combined.
edit: I'm sorry, but I just watched the video. The Pug just looks and sounds too nice to be an IoE consideration much less a contender.
Although, keep in mind that we unloaded the car off the trailer, jumped it and started doing laps - and then checked to make sure all it's fluids were topped off...
RobL wrote:2300 laps combined.
edit: I'm sorry, but I just watched the video. The Pug just looks and sounds too nice to be an IoE consideration much less a contender.
Although, keep in mind that we unloaded the car off the trailer, jumped it and started doing laps - and then checked to make sure all it's fluids were topped off...
And that's different than the X-11 how? I still think we have mud for brake fluid because I know that I never helped change it.
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Yeah the V-6 isn't exactly powerful or reliable. It's not the potential hand grenade that the turbo is but it's a lot heavier and less powerful (145 hp vs 180 for the later turbo) and as DeLorean owners know prone to water pump issues. Hopefully it will be reliable for them and that they've come up with some different front springs to counteract the extra weight of the V-6. As a member of the Cheese Eating Surrender Monkeys team I'll be closely watching to see how well they do!
So, we have one car with a fragile French/Swedish engine, one that holds the record for most warranty returns in American automotive history, and one that's 46 years old. One of the all-time great IOE battles!
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