Newbie pondering combos

Rory McNeil · 01-11-2009, 04:12 PM

I`m pretty sure Fulper AMC wagon was a 304 2 barrel combo for U/SA. Years ago I had looked into the 79 Fairmont with a 302 2 barrel and 4 speed, but at that time NHRA had raised the HP from the factory rating of 139-143, up to 200HP. A few years ago they dropped the HP of most of the 2 barrel engines, 170 for the Ford 302. A 255 has really tiny heads. Ford did make a 2.3 4 cyl Turbo Fairmont, which is basically the same setup as Mark Yaccavones record holding Mustang.Actually, I doubt that you could get into a Stocker of any sort cheaper than just buying Marks Mustang, which is a strong qualifier, although I don`t know if he still has the car. On the oddball front, it would pretty hard to find anything stranger than Div. 6`s Jim Mantles 258 cube 6 cyl. powered AMC Pacer station Wagon, always at top half qualifier as well.

01-11-2009, 04:12 PM	#7
Rory McNeil VIP Member Join Date: Jun 2007 Location: from Vancouver BC Canada, now in Nova Scotia Posts: 1,311 Likes: 317 Liked 1,105 Times in 303 Posts	Re: Newbie pondering combos I`m pretty sure Fulper AMC wagon was a 304 2 barrel combo for U/SA. Years ago I had looked into the 79 Fairmont with a 302 2 barrel and 4 speed, but at that time NHRA had raised the HP from the factory rating of 139-143, up to 200HP. A few years ago they dropped the HP of most of the 2 barrel engines, 170 for the Ford 302. A 255 has really tiny heads. Ford did make a 2.3 4 cyl Turbo Fairmont, which is basically the same setup as Mark Yaccavones record holding Mustang.Actually, I doubt that you could get into a Stocker of any sort cheaper than just buying Marks Mustang, which is a strong qualifier, although I don`t know if he still has the car. On the oddball front, it would pretty hard to find anything stranger than Div. 6`s Jim Mantles 258 cube 6 cyl. powered AMC Pacer station Wagon, always at top half qualifier as well. __________________ NHRA 6390 STK M/S 85 Mustang