Re: [ihc] Re: 345 V8 and sea level

[Ted Borck <tborck@xxxxxxxxx>]

On Wed, 1 Dec 2004, John Hofstetter wrote:

> On Nov 30, 2004, at 8:43 PM, Steven Stegmann wrote:
>
> > Your problem might be rings.  Famous test for rings is
> > to find a nice long hill on the highway and coast down
> > with your foot off the gas at 60-70 mph for a long as
> > you can, then stomp the gas.
<snip>

> One of the things I learned while I was in Florida was that they don't have 
> "nice long hills".  I was astounded on a trip from the East coast to the 
> West coast to see a sign that said, "Summit, 3 feet".
Oh but we do.

The ridge section of Florida is nothing like the more mountainous 
states, but there are hills.

IIRC the highest point in Florida is approx 300 ft above sea level.

(Yea - whoopy - doo)

As you travel down I-75 south towards Wildwood, and Dade City, there are 
hills.  And contrary to the Zephyrhills water ad, there are hills around
Zephyrhills, FL.

But as Hofs noticed, we do have more sea level than most states.

I guess Florida needs to export some of its sea level to the states 
containing the higher altitude roadways, to increase those states' engine 
efficiency.  Maybe do a little altitude swapage

That way, since they quit building shell mounds down here, when the sea 
levels rise, it will give some of us Florida Folk some place to go to get 
out of the water. <g>


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Ted Borck	tborck@domain.elided