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Offline Lenny55

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Re: Is there anything good about running pods?
« Reply #25 on: June 02, 2009, 06:43:49 PM »
Ha ha ha, nice pic Hope!  I thought there might be a few opinions on the subject, interesting posts guys.
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Re: Is there anything good about running pods?
« Reply #26 on: June 03, 2009, 11:34:25 AM »
The shuttle also uses a mondo computer with a whopping RAM memory of 128K.

I thought NASA upgraded to a Commodore 64!
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Re: Is there anything good about running pods?
« Reply #27 on: June 03, 2009, 01:10:17 PM »
I ran pods on my 550 with good luck. #$%* for low end, but the mid range felt good & it revved for ever. But no rejet, just luck. Never put them on the 750.
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Re: Is there anything good about running pods?
« Reply #28 on: June 04, 2009, 11:57:27 AM »
The thing I like most about pods is that you get all the engineering/purist types telling you how much they suck. I've had good results with them but they do require rejetting.
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