A dime or a big dollar rocket?

[Robert Swartz]

Originally Posted by BLIND MULE

I have a 78 Fairmont 2 door 200 c4 all original any potential in this combo?

What engine has it got? You say 200? Do you mean 2000? I know they put 2300's in a lot of them. Really don't know what other engines were available.

I did have a 79-80, can't remember which. Bought it as a beater back in 87. Drove it until about 1995. It was pretty rough when I bought it and rougher when I sold it, lol. Some kid bought it and rolled up and down the roads here for awhile. Then it disappeared. That old car was tough as nails. It had a 2300 with a four speed.

Looked it up, I'm dumb. It is a 200ci 6 cylinder. Factory hp is 85. NHRA rerate is 140hp. The car is a natural R. I'd move it up to T, the index is 14.40. Just doing some quick figuring, if at 19lbs for T. Minimum weight for the car with you in it would be 2830lbs. It would take approximately 190hp to get to the T index. I'm sure Billy, Yac or Dwight Southerland could tell us whether this combo has any validity. I'm willing to bet the Ford 200 could be capable of making hp, just not sure about this version of the 200.

As a racing combo, just have to poke around the guide and see where it lands.