thats it i need new shocks, maybe springs. van is driving like a boat and i need quickness :) ohh and brush bumper are the ticket. death race 2000.. hehe
David Beierl <dbeierl@ATTGLOBAL.NET> wrote: At 07:58 PM 4/12/2001, Andrew Grebneff wrote: >When I see those car-chase programs on TV, mostly US-made, I have trouble >believing the way US-designed cars wallow and crash with little or no >provocation. partly due to awful (cheap) tires, mainly due to a combination >of total ignorance of the driver and no dynamic ability on the car's part. Um...the people who make the movies *like* to have lots of skidding and such. When Steve McQueen drove his own Mustang in _Bullitt_ they had to detune the suspension because it made too little fuss going around corners... d
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