The Finer Things in Life

antennahead · 05-31-2011, 06:47 PM

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Originally Posted by SmoothZ

Picked up a bottle of Absente absinthe today.

Going to wait until the weekend to try it.

Welcome to Absente.com - Absinthe Refined

Cool, please share the experience. I have been interested in trying it myself!

fullmonty · 05-31-2011, 07:13 PM

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Originally Posted by antennahead

Cool, please share the experience. I have been interested in trying it myself!

I have a bottle, good stuff. I prefer Pernod but the store was out.

frost · 05-31-2011, 07:41 PM

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Originally Posted by SmoothZ

Picked up a bottle of Absente absinthe today.

Going to wait until the weekend to try it.

Welcome to Absente.com - Absinthe Refined

We were having a discussion of this in the conference room not too long ago. It's heavily debated, but the claim is that old time absinthe had a wormwood (or specifically, thujone) level close to 300 mg/l, whereas today's level is limited to 35 mg/l. I'm kind of going off memory, so if anyone has any knowledge on this, please share.

frost · 06-03-2011, 08:46 PM

Wonder a Day

The making of Cohibas.

antennahead · 06-05-2011, 03:37 PM

Eagle : The Jaguar E-Type Speedster

frost · 06-05-2011, 04:37 PM

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Originally Posted by antennahead

Eagle : The Jaguar E-Type Speedster

2,425 lbs = awesome.

I didn't catch the HP, but based on the torque, I'm guessing right around 405 hp?

antennahead · 06-05-2011, 05:44 PM

310 HP, website didn't say, had to do a search. 340 torque.................. 0 to 60 under 5 seconds listed. 4.7 liter Jag engine.

FL 4Motion · 06-05-2011, 05:56 PM

/\ beautiful car.

antennahead · 06-05-2011, 06:38 PM

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Originally Posted by FL 4Motion

/\ beautiful car.

love the color as well. I don't know why we don't see more deeper reds and candy reds anymore..................... harder color to do right I guess.

FL 4Motion · 06-05-2011, 06:41 PM

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Originally Posted by antennahead

love the color as well. I don't know why we don't see more deeper reds and candy reds anymore..................... harder color to do right I guess.

my guess is $$$. Plus a lot of those colors were originally done with laquer based paints, not the environmentally friendlier paints the manufacturers have to use nowadays. maybe it's just too hard of a color to make?

antennahead · 06-05-2011, 06:58 PM

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Originally Posted by FL 4Motion

my guess is $$$. Plus a lot of those colors were originally done with laquer based paints, not the environmentally friendlier paints the manufacturers have to use nowadays. maybe it's just too hard of a color to make?

I think you're on the right track. I've seen some of the guys like Chip Foose and others on the car shows on HD Theater do the candy reds, and it's an involved and layered process .................... money and the environmentally friendly paints required for mass production don't lend themselves well to the special finishes.

frost · 06-05-2011, 07:05 PM

Not quite as much HP as I would like to see, but with the low weight, that's still haulin' ***. What do you think, 11.7 in the 1/4?

FL 4Motion · 06-05-2011, 07:07 PM

my wag is 12.5 ish maybe better depending on tires and gearing.

antennahead · 06-05-2011, 07:10 PM

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Originally Posted by frost

Not quite as much HP as I would like to see, but with the low weight, that's still haulin' ***. What do you think, 11.7 in the 1/4?

Yea, the 2400 lbs makes a big difference, and with the 340 torque, I bet this thing has more of a "muscle car/old school roadster" low end push you into the seat kinda feel to it

frost · 06-05-2011, 07:30 PM

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Originally Posted by FL 4Motion

my wag is 12.5 ish maybe better depending on tires and gearing.

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Originally Posted by frost

Not quite as much HP as I would like to see, but with the low weight, that's still haulin' ***. What do you think, 11.7 in the 1/4?

The 1/4 ET calculator puts it at 12.19. So It looks like we might be splitting the difference

06-05-2011, 05:44 PM	#7 (permalink)
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