Some "Dime Rockets" for the 4TH!

[Ed Wright]

Originally Posted by Tony Janes

A correction I would like to see is the 55 Chevy back to 180 HP

James Lee would go for that.

[Joe Toller]

And what pops up in my local auto trader? An 82 Mustang 302/4spd for $500!

Damn!

[Joe Toller]

I love this thread! Maybe we can find more? It would be great if NHRA looked at all the other small 2bbl combos and showed them some love, so there isnt just a wave of Mavericks and Comets out there?

[Alex Denysenko]

how about this one I just tripped over 1974 Buick Century, pick a body style 455, 190 HP BIG ***** 2 barrel carburito
whatcha think about this one billy and yac? dwight? etc? most parts over the counter or bone yard available almost anyone should be able to make this one run, talk about easy to drive, this one is a stab and steer with the right converter

[Joe Toller]

The bones for that one could be had in my neck of the woods for $500!

How about this one for cheapest overall from scratch build? 79 Impala 4dr 305, natural U at 20.04, could buy a used converter, cam, and gear and some street headers and be on track for no more than $1500? These grannymobiles are everywhere!

[joe huestis]

Which combo does Lee Tuttle run in his '81 Camaro for U/SA ? Is it the 267 V8 0r the V6 229 ? Happen to see it run on the Motor Mania Live TV coverage this past weekend from FLA.

[Billy Nees]

Originally Posted by joe huestis

Which combo does Lee Tuttle run in his '81 Camaro for U/SA ? Is it the 267 V8 0r the V6 229 ? Happen to see it run on the Motor Mania Live TV coverage this past weekend from FLA.

The last time that I saw it, it was a 267. That would be fun with a 4 speed!

[Billy Nees]

Originally Posted by Joe Toller

The bones for that one could be had in my neck of the woods for $500!

How about this one for cheapest overall from scratch build? 79 Impala 4dr 305, natural U at 20.04, could buy a used converter, cam, and gear and some street headers and be on track for no more than $1500? These grannymobiles are everywhere!

Joe, I'd have to put my eyeballs on that one. Every 79 305/2V that I ever saw had a Dual-jet carb, not a 2G. I guess that it's possible but I'd call it a 78.

[Joe Toller]

Originally Posted by Billy Nees

Joe, I'd have to put my eyeballs on that one. Every 79 305/2V that I ever saw had a Dual-jet carb, not a 2G. I guess that it's possible but I'd call it a 78.

There is a 79 in my local wrecking yard; it has a 2G on it, but who knows?

78 looks like a natural R, could be a T, still doable?

I just wanna see more oddballs in U!

[Dwight Southerland]

Originally Posted by Billy Nees

Joe, I'd have to put my eyeballs on that one. Every 79 305/2V that I ever saw had a Dual-jet carb, not a 2G. I guess that it's possible but I'd call it a 78.

I had a 79 Monza V8 that I bought new and it had a 2GC. However, the intake manifold number was 373598 like is listed for the '78 engines. I have also seen 79 Caprices, a 79 Firebird, a 79 Skylark and recently a 79 Nova with 2GCs, never a DualJet.

If you look at NHRA's sheets, they list the same intake manifold for the 267 with a DualJet and the 305 with the 2GC; is that possible? (I am not familiar with DualJets, other than they look like the front of a Qjet.) Also, is either of the 79 intake manifolds (14007372 & 14007374) aluminum?

The 78 alt intake 346260 is also used on the 76 and 77 305s, and the 75 and 76 350 2bbl. (Probably the 74 also; the tech sheet says 346266 but that could be a typo.)

Originally Posted by Billy Nees

And at this point in time, it won't come close to running with the 302s.

Agreed.