^^^^ What he said,no need for a V8,the Centura was a rocket with the 265,just needed a few more carbies and straight through exhaust. Pat
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^^^^ What he said,no need for a V8,the Centura was a rocket with the 265,just needed a few more carbies and straight through exhaust. Pat
In a straight line...
Cheers
Ever met an old Centura driver:o. Pat
That is because they have no weight in the backend. I had a 4door Dodge Dart (Valiant) with a 318, did not take much to spin the rears. It had the lightest rearend of any vehicle I have ever owned.Quote:
Originally Posted by LandyAndy
Another relative had a Willys M38 Jeep with a 283 in it, had to be careful in slippery situations as the backend wanted to be where the front was.
I shoehorned the 350 chev from my 68 Chevelle into a 72 Vega in my early 20's. Was pretty fast, but overheated a lot.
SENSATIONAL car,.. I have the i:18 model of the original AMG racecar!Quote:
Originally Posted by gavinwibrow
I friend of mine used to own one, He said it cost more to maintain it, than his light aircraft!
Pickles.
I sold a P76 4.4 to a bloke who fitted it to a willys. PatQuote:
Originally Posted by crash
I've done a few 308 into LC/LJ Torana conversions. For the most part it was a pretty straight forward conversion and this was back in the day when you had to modify everything yourself as there was very little available off of the shelf. On the other hand, one of my mates shoehorned a 265 into an LC and he reckoned it was a right mongrel of a job but the end result handling wise was very impressive compared to the 308 powered car.
In the 70's and early 80's my dad lived on a corner. About a km uphill from the corner was a set of lights. Young blokes would drag off from the lights and race downhill along the straight.
Quite of few of them didn't make it round the corner. On the other side of the corner was a stone wall.
One or two of them did make it through the windscreen, and then through a metal railing fence atop the stone wall.
Big power. Light weight. Very important to be able to brake or corner (preferably both).
Early eighties saw a Marina that the owner had fitted with a v8. Had cut the car in front of the fire wall to extend the engine bay to make it work. Said was ultimate sleeper as no one thought a Marina would make it to the other side of the road without breaking down.