Muscle cars the factory should have built

442OLDS · 12-22-2011, 03:40 PM

425 in a 442 definitely would have been a good combo!

copperhead · 12-22-2011, 04:31 PM

I like Dave's idea. A '70 Maverick with the Boss 302 or a '71 with the Boss 351.

BlueOval Ralph · 12-22-2011, 05:41 PM

351 need spring towers cut.
A neater car would have been the German Capri that was imported here. Here is some in sight on the in 1971 Ford of Germany built a kit to put the Boss 302 in these cars. %0 were built for South Africa for Rally teams. Engine fit perfect you could build good headers and put a large oil pan on. Only problem was the real wheel wells were very small.
Ralph

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Originally Posted by copperhead

I like Dave's idea. A '70 Maverick with the Boss 302 or a '71 with the Boss 351.

oldskool · 09-24-2021, 01:16 AM

455 in the 1970 Firebird. Of course, it would have been better with the RAIV round port heads. But, even with the #64 D-ports, it would have been a great way to introduce the 2nd gen Birds, IMO.

But, as it was, there was never a high compression 455 in a Bird.

Would have also been nice to have a 455, or at least a good 400 in the X-body '74 GTO. It's a shame the GTO went out with only a low CR 350.

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oldskool VIP Member Join Date: Dec 2014 Location: The Land of Bayous, Boudin & Crawfish Posts: 1,668 Likes: 223 Liked 747 Times in 362 Posts	Re: Muscle cars the factory should have built 455 in the 1970 Firebird. Of course, it would have been better with the RAIV round port heads. But, even with the #64 D-ports, it would have been a great way to introduce the 2nd gen Birds, IMO. But, as it was, there was never a high compression 455 in a Bird. Would have also been nice to have a 455, or at least a good 400 in the X-body '74 GTO. It's a shame the GTO went out with only a low CR 350.