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09-10-2013, 08:27 PM | #11 | |
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Re: A dime or a big dollar rocket?
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Loved the old 289's. Had my share of them. The crown jewel was my D/MP motor. Tunnel ram, big roller, Crane heads, just built too weak a short block. The cast crank and steel rods just couldn't hack the 8000+ rpm shifts! Still have the crank with an attached piece of a rod out in the barn.
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09-11-2013, 12:31 PM | #12 | |
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09-12-2013, 12:47 PM | #13 |
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Re: A dime or a big dollar rocket?
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That '79 Fairmont I had must have been an oddball because all the stories I had read about the 200 six having a special k-member worried me when it came time to do a swap. I had 460 Fox swap mounts and a rear sump oil pan and the ol' 460 slid right in there on the stock k-member. I know no-one had messed with that k-member because the car was all original when I got it. I paid 50 bucks for it in 1998 and drove it home. Pic of it as a bracket car with a 460/C-6 8.8 combo. I bought that car 3 times, hence the Boomerang name. (it kept coming back)
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Yes, the Fairmont/Zephyr models had a large trunk and lots of overhang. I know where there is a nice looking (in the pics) '78 Zephyr Z-7 with the 2.3 auto with cold air for $2,500. Appears to be all original except for the 15 in. whhels. If I didn't already have 10 vehicles, I would have already bought it. Never had one of those sport 2 doors
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10-04-2013, 08:46 PM | #15 |
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Re: A dime or a big dollar rocket?
Overhang? How about a wagon?
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10-23-2013, 07:22 PM | #16 |
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Re: A dime or a big dollar rocket?
Almack, your 79 fairmont with the 460, what was done to it and how did it run? I've got a couple 460's here (and c-6's) that I could drop in the mustang, just curious how it ran compared to what you did to it.
For me it's a toss up...no scratch that, I've got the heads/intake and carb to build a 302 crate motor which is what I'm slowly doing, but for bracket racing it's so tempting to drop in a 460. Any heating problems when going rounds? (not that would be my problem LOL!!) |
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