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| Re: John Wayland, an introduction |
Subject: Re: John Wayland, an introduction
by mareospeedwagon on 2001/1/20 6:15:00
Thanks for your information, Boltman. I love it when some one with a new idea or new hardware gets involved with the average Joe. Best of luck with your 1200E's. Kick ass. My first 1200, I
bought new in 1972. I drove in stock until 1981 and then I decided it needed to be rebuilt. I found a lot of aftermarket parts and has some parts made up. I got a turbocharger from a wrecker
for $100 and highly modified a Hitachi side draft carb into a fuel injection and made an adapter from a 2" thick block of teflon to bolt the carb to the turbo. That little motor turned out to
be an almost 10,000 screamed. I put 90,000 miles on that motor before I got leak on my intake and blew out a cylinder. During the 1982 World's Fair here in Good Old Knocksville, it was making
every head around look and see what the strange noise was coming from. It sounded like an Indy car and would kick ass on a stock Corvette. I had it to 138 MPH on flat roads. Funny that
recently at Bonneville Salt Flats, a 1200 broke a record I think of 132 MPH.
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