Posted on 02/06/2024 1:15:47 PM PST by Hojczyk
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LOL! I’ve loved that movie since I was a kid. I laughed so hard at that scene I think my Dad was more amused at me laughing than he was by the movie.
Evidently, New Mexico doesn’t have towns and cities.
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And evidently the OP doesn’t know how to post.
The ‘Bullit’ car was running a 390 FE engine.
Orange Mocha Frappuccino!
Of course! Thanks. Obviously been too long — time to watch it again!
I use to think that as well but that is not right. It was running a K code 289.
The price of gas is $2.87 !!!
In southern Calif it is $4.68 average!
These cans must be defective.
“Bullitt’’ with Steve McQueen.
“Die, gas pumper!”
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I found this with a little digging at www.cjponyparts.com, “Max Balchowsky, a stuntman and self-taught race car builder, modified the 1968 Fastbacks for the film. According to the National Historic Vehicle Register, Balchowksy added quite a few changes.
Power Upgrades
390 cubic-inch big-block V8 with milled heads (built by Balchowsky)
Borg-Warner T-10 heavy-duty four-speed manual transmission
Heavy-duty Borg-Warner clutch
4:10 Positraction rear end
Heavy-duty universal joints
5-ton motor mounts
Reinforced shock mounts
Cross beam support bar
Helwig stabilizers in the front and rear
Koni shocks
Heavy-duty coil springs
Frame reinforcements
American Racing Torq Thrust mag wheels
Dunlop racing tires on the front and Firestone GP Indy Tires on the rear
Custom exhaust”
I did own a 1966 High Performance Mustang with a 271 hp 289, and it was more than a match on several occasions for 390 equipped Fairlanes.
I know I read a lenghty story about the cars used. Claimed they used K code 289’s. I don’t think I had even heard of a K code before reading that article. Even went as far to say how someone found one of the cars in a barn in Owensboro, Kentucky to purchase. Had steel mounts out from the undercarraige for camera mounts.
Now, I find articles about how they had 390’s.. lol. What to believe
Thunderbolts with 427’s were fairly serious contenders. Though not a hemi, Ford came up with the tunnel port heads. Put several Mopars up on the trailers early in NHRA not to mention racking up victories in Nascar.
The 427 FE Ford was basically the same family as the 390. I built quite a few Chrysler and Chevy big blocks but never had a Ford to play with except my 390 that came as a replacement for a 360 in a truck I bought, and a few small blocks. Those were the good old days! Now I piddle with keeping my old Buick running and an old 4.7 Dodge Ram, possibly the worst truck/engine combination they ever made.
I had a friend that raced a factory acid dipped Thunderbolt back in the late 60s in the Tallahassee area.
I recently read that Smokey Yunick(spelling) did that to the Chevelle he owned in Nascar in the late 60s.
Drag racing is a different animal than NASCAR. Smokey Yunick was just one of the drivers that spit in the eye of the regulations regarding their cars, although probably the best at it. Early drag racing was always a no holds barred event. Since altering a drag car only moved it up a class or two, many racers tweaked their rides to shave a few tenths of a second off the time through the traps. I hung out with the Simpson brothers in 1969 and 70 down in Florida when they were chasing some of the stock class records, (”I” Stock at 12.82 in a 1967 Chevy Caprice wagon, and “V “Stock in a 1961 Chevy wagon, LOL), and got to know a few of the better drivers on the 1970 era circuit.
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