Path: utzoo!utgpu!jarvis.csri.toronto.edu!mailrus!ames!pasteur!ucbvax!tut.cis.ohio-state.edu!rutgers!att!ttrdc!ttrde!stox From: stox@ttrde.UUCP (Kenneth P. Stox) Newsgroups: comp.misc Subject: Re: Ethics of crippler circuitry Summary: Ford tricks Message-ID: <857@ttrde.UUCP> Date: 15 Feb 89 21:40:43 GMT References: <7143@pyr.gatech.EDU> <11630010@hpsmtc1.HP.COM> <3088@ficc.uu.net> Organization: AT&T, Skokie, IL Lines: 19 In article <3088@ficc.uu.net>, peter@ficc.uu.net (Peter da Silva) writes: > Crippler circuitry in cars. Warning, rumor time. > > At one point the top-end engine in the Chevy Camaro was just a bit too > powerful... it put the car in a very expensive bracket for most of the > major insurance companies. I don't recall the details, but apparently > they had categories for sports cars, muscle cars, and racing cars... and > with this particular engine it was a racing car by their definition. On a related note, the 1984 Mustang SVO and Thunderbird Turbo Coupe shared the same engine, but the SVO had a 3 pound greater boost on the turbo. To get the same out of the Thunderbird, all one had to do was turn a lever on the side of the turbo housing. Presto !!!! 25 more horses !! #include Ken Stox AT&T Bell Laboratories att!ttrde!stox