Kuninzi lwenu, ezi ndaba ziya kuvakala ngathi luqhekeko: Ukubeka injini yeChevy kwiFerrari. Ewe, kunjalo…ukutshintsha i-injini ukusuka “kwigazi elimsulwa” ukuze ube “nentamo ebomvu” V8.
Kodwa masihambe ngeenxalenye. Ungenza ntoni ukuba injini yeFerrari 360 GT yakho inikezela umphefumlo wayo kumdali ngentsasa yangeCawa entle ngexesha lokulandela usuku? Ukongeza kokulila kunjalo...
Ngelixa uninzi lweFerraris benokukhetha eyona mpendulo icacileyo, vula imitya yesipaji kwaye wakhe injini kwakhona ukusuka ku-A ukuya ku-Z - ilungiselelo elinokuthi ngexabiso elingcono kakhulu lecandelo le-D eliqhelekileyo - umntu waseCalifornia ophumelele oku wakhetha isisombululo, masithi, ayivumanga kakhulu: wayixhobisa iFerrari yakhe ngenjini yeChevy V8 elungiselelwe yiLingenfelter Performance.
Isiphumo? Akukho nto ingaphaya, akukho nto ingaphantsi kwe-1000hp(!) yomsindo enikezelwe kwi-asi yangasemva. Oku kwimoto ezalelwe kwaye yakhuliswa e-Italiya kodwa eyathi, ngenxa yokuguquguquka kwekamva, yatshintsha ithoni yayo ephezulu kunye nekhalayo yokukhupha isandi esipheleleyo se "American muscle". Iswiti...
ochasayo makabe nguye kuqala ilitye; Kwelam icala, ndiyavuma ukuba ndanikezela.
Iifoto: Jason Thorgalsen