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View Poll Results: Have you ever done the sidways nickel balence on the plentium test???
yes and I passed with flying colors! 24 54.55%
yes and I failed and lost my nickel too boot! 3 6.82%
no I have not tried it yet but will and report and post/poll answer l8ter! 17 38.64%
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Old 11-17-2005   #21
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Gordon did it to mine in BG two years ago.
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Old 11-17-2005   #22
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You guys realize that now I'm going to have to do it just to prove to the hubby that it can be done, right? Only problem is...the hoods too heavy for me to lift by myself
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Old 11-17-2005   #23
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Patton


Say what? Polygonal nickels? Are you in Japan?


Clarification for the General,

Use a newly minted nickel, it has a better edge.
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Old 11-17-2005   #24
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I super glued it & tried @ 155mph - Never Moved -Long live the LT5
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Old 03-09-2006   #25
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Remember the nickel on edge balenced on the plentium test that was part of the orig. ZR-1 adv. hype??? Well the guys at CV and I were curious so hence this poll/post!!! BTW the url for the new site is below check em out and say hi they even have a special ZR-1 section and want PIC'S of our rides!!! The revere the KOTH there!!!

CORVETTE VALLEY WEBSITE
I faced the test successfully a couple of years ago. It is a nice story.

I was driving in the south of France when a series of police bikers all the sudden appeared next to me and they requested me to stop the car. They quietly parked the (6) bikes behond my zr1, just asked me to open the hood.
The chief cop (who liked cars, he had a porsche pins on his shirt...) took a euro coin (not a nickel), asked me to keep the engine running, and put the coin on its edge, on the plenum/ the coin remained as such until he took it back; he looked at his mates, told them they did not know anything about sports cars, and said they would not be able to catch a car like that!
We then had a nice chat together, and he invited me to go full speed down the highway from Marseille to Nice, where they had a radar machine, and proposed to give me an official figure of how fast the car could go. Well I did not do the run, but it was nice to see nice cops!
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Old 03-09-2006   #26
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We then had a nice chat together, and he invited me to go full speed down the highway from Marseille to Nice, where they had a radar machine, and proposed to give me an official figure of how fast the car could go. Well I did not do the run, but it was nice to see nice cops!
Great story, but you passed on that offer

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Old 03-10-2006   #27
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That is a great story! It's nice to meet people who know cars specially when they are the highway patrol!

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Old 03-14-2006   #28
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I did it. I have the link posted on the site.
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Old 03-15-2006   #29
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On a truly good running LT5 engine you can balance a nickel.
Canadian nickel will not balance on my cars but the US nickel will balance on both.
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Old 03-20-2006   #30
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OK so how does the confederate battle flag fit into an Australian vette show...nice...how DO they do the right hand conversion !
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