Klipschguy Posted May 22, 2002 Share Posted May 22, 2002 The 440 is a mopar. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TBrennan Posted May 23, 2002 Share Posted May 23, 2002 Boomer---Hmmm, I'd put it like this. Khorn is Street Hemi Coronet or Belvidere. LaScala is 350hp 327 Chevy II; less torque and harder to get off line but would run with the Hemis if well driven. And the Chevy II guys always bought them stripped--rubber floors, manual steering and brakes, bench seats---just the go stuff. Just like LaScala. Cornwall is like a big 390 Galaxie XL with automatic; torquey, comfortable and cool. I won't compare Klipsch speakers with Eurocars because Eurocars are not Kool in that bigger than life way that only American products are, I mean can you imagine Elvis driving around Memphis in a BMW like some latte-drinking Yupster who lets his wife push him around, the kind of pathetic milquetoast with thinning hair and a mustache who fuels the Mercedes SUV while his wife sits at the wheel yakking on the cellphone? No way. James Dean had a Porshe but he was a self-flagellating freak and a big crybaby. Can you imagine The Rivieras leaning on a Saab instead of a Riv on the cover of "California Sun"? Can you imagine a band called "The Saabs"? Yeah, maybe for record store clerk geek cultists who wear ironic T-shirts maybe. Nah, Eurocars are more like those insanely expensive little speakers with 5" plastic woofers and tragic dome tweeters. Klipsch are 2-fisted, barrel-chested speakers for manly American men, and manly men of all nations. This message has been edited by TBrennan on 05-23-2002 at 09:37 PM Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HDBRbuilder Posted May 23, 2002 Share Posted May 23, 2002 Hate to be bearer of bad tidings for Boomer...but in 1/4 mile ET's, the '69 Roadrunner 440 6-pak ate the lunch of the same car sporting the 426 hemi. These were the two quickest off-the-showroom-floor street-legal funny cars of their day in a quarter mile. The 426 was faster, but its extra weight gave the nod to the 440 in a quarter mile! Ahhhhh...the days of 120 octane gas at the pump!!! My '60 Studebaker Lark 8 loved that stuff!! Ugly, BUT dependable car...and for a small block V-8, excellent gas mileage!! ------------------ If you want to send a private message, or have already done so, be aware I have not as yet been able to retrieve them. Send e-maill instead, please...just note Klipsch forum in the heading so it doesn't get deleted. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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