DeTomaso Mailing List: June 98, Message #213

HAHAHAHAHAHA HA HAH HAH HAHAHA!!!! :-]

---Mike Drew  wrote:
>
> John wrote:
> 
> >I would love Lake Michigan in the nose of my car!, not only would it
> guarantee  no overheating  but I could throw away the 150lb sack of
sand
> that I keep in the front trunk, to stop the understeer when I'm having
> fun on the track!
> 
> >>>John, I HOPE you're kidding!  If you were to have an Incident
with a 
> 150 lb (or even 50 lb) sack of sand in the front trunk, the results 
> would be devastating.  Ford discovered during its crash tests that
when 
> the spare wheel/tire was carried up front and the car was involved
in an 
> accident, the front hood would pop open, and as often as not the
spare 
> would come flying RIGHT THROUGH THE WINDSHIELD!
> 
> If you really want to ballast the front end (which I can understand), 
> you better be doing it in a semi-professional manner.  Lead bars
BOLTED 
> to the base of the trunk, etc.
> 
> Mike
> 
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