To: shaggy eel
Lota speeding going on here. :)
101 posted on
10/10/2003 7:21:50 AM PDT by
blackie
To: blackie
"Lota speeding going on here. :)"
Well, now that I'm deeply into middle age, I am a responsible person. I drive a station wagon now, an '81 Olds Custom Cruiser. Of course, it is slightly modified.
The original diesel was replaced. [If you have the money to blow on a radical engine swap and are subject to emissions, start with a diesel vehicle. In most states they are exempt.]
In went a '79 Olds 403 that was bored 30-over and balanced. A modestly-enhanced cam was also installed. The tranny was replaced with a '79 Pontiac Turbo 400. The rear-end had to be swapped as well; the original one was geared too low - it screamed at 60mph. A low-restriction exhaust system provides a pleasing growl.
She won't lift up the front end, but makes good account of herself nonetheless. More then once have I enjoyed looking in the rear view at the astonished expressions of people who were just blown away by a gigantic old SW roaring past.
Now the cosmetic work remains.
105 posted on
10/10/2003 9:21:13 AM PDT by
walford
(Dogmatism swings both ways)
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