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The MotoXpod Show will be live tomorrow night with Madd Parts Kawasaki's Freddie Noren and GasGas and 2022 GNCC XC1 champion Jordan Ashburn. If you have any questions for the guests let us know. You can also email Motoxpodshow@Gmail.com if you want to get in on the Pro-X Highs and Lows, Troll Training Top 5, Evan's Coolant Emails, and the X Brand Forum Check-In. Watch live on the Vital MX YouTube channel starting at 4:30 Pacific/7:30 Eastern.
My inquiry is for both - “Which year did the Corvette offer the option of the 396 engine and, as a bonus, what was its horsepower rating?”
Noren is a super nice and polite Charlotte based racer.
I believe it was 1965, my dad had one when he was younger. 400-425hp I think?
Nice work, Michael. ‘65 is correct. A one year deal. Rated at 425hp.
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A few years ago my pops mentioned how pissed he was he sold it, zero clue it would end up being rare/sought after. Still has a '69 Vette with a 427 big block and 3 speed manual though.
Not wanting the hijack the topic but my late father had the same with a few cars. His first car was a NSU Prinz 1000, a real classic and pretty cheap because it was the last cars NSU made at that time and he and his friends bought the last 5 or 6 from the local dealer who gave them a great deal. Then he rode a Ford Capri and after a engine swap, because it broke it went from 1800cc to 2500cc (The Capri was Ford' own European answer for their Mustang), now it is a collectable. After that he rode the Golf MK2 (a normal car, that is now a popular old-timer). Then (when back in the '90 all touring car racing series wanted that the racing cars where build on stock versions. You had crazy cars such as the Mercedes-Benz E190 Cosworth, Alfa Romeo 155 2.5 V6, Opel Kadett GSi 16V, Audi 200 Quattro V8...) My dad was a real Ford guy so he bought him a Ford Sierra Cosworth. A bloody crazy car, it used gas/petrol like it was nothing and after a year he sold it, and selling it was a real hassle because nobody was interested in such a car that drank gasoline like crazy. Now today if you find one that is still original (meaning isn't screwed over with a GNC-instalation and with extra turbo's, because the engine had one or two places, already there for big turbo's to give him extra power on the track) you are paying between 20k and 30k. But I'm happy for him that he got all those experiences, he didn't got to his 70th birthday, but riding with such cars on a daily basis was something they couldn't take away from him anymore.
And my brother has the same DNA, because his first car was a normal Suzuki Swift (a car he really liked), than a went on to a Hyundai I30n the 275bhp version and now he's riding a Golf MK6 GTI.
Dang, sorry if it's too late fell asleep before responding yesterday. Questions for Freddie, as a multi time fill in rider, does he give it a go first with the riders original settings or does he already know what he wants in a bike and changes it before first ride. I'm curious if there was ever a moment where something worked for him that he wouldnt have ever tested in that direction. Along the same line of being on different teams, was there anyone who made him feel immediately home inside the rig? And lastly, any ClubMX/JGR Phil stories?
Question for Ashburns: when you practice….do yiu ride more Mx or woods?
The show was last night. haha
Damn, I’d of loved to ask Freddie if he’s making money on air BNBs yet.
Story of life… day late & dollar short….
I hope it made it through the hurricane a few weeks ago
He said it did
427 and 3speed seems like a weird concept? Do you know the model or name of the gearbox?
I had a Camaro with smallblock and tried both m21 and m22 but never heard of 3speed manual on a muscle car.
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