Some "Dime Rockets" for the 4TH!

[Tom keedle]

Originally Posted by Jeff Lee

I laugh at the references to 273's & 283's. Did anybody see Garett Ghezzi's SS/MA '69 AMX 290/210 #5 qualifying position last weekend behind (4) New CJ's & (1) SS/GT car?
Build the same engine for Stock and place it in the record books.
You can buy Ramblers or Javelins pretty cheap. 290's are almost free. Change back for your dime!

shhhhhhhhhhhh!

[Billy Nees]

Originally Posted by joe huestis

Could a mid - seventies Olds Omega with the 260 V8 be competitive in U/SA ?? Billy ? Mark ? Dwight ?
Joe Huestis

Wake Forest, N.C.

A couple of guys have tried it. Daran Summerton played with one a couple of years ago. Biggest problems, can't get the car light enough and it uses the small Rochester Dual Jet. Real small valves aren't a problem, the compression is a bit light. You'd be better off finding a Cutlass (78-82 but there are differences in the specs) or check out 2V and 4V 350s in Omega (they're Buicks).

[joe huestis]

Billy,
I worked for GM back in the Seventies and early eighties. Don't remember the dual jet on any GM motors until '79 and later. I thought the '75 thru "78 models used the 2GC . I particularly remember the difference in power between the '78 models vs. the '79 when the carbs changed on the 305-2V. Could the 260 Olds have had a dual-jet as far back as '75 ?
Thanks,
Joe

[Billy Nees]

Originally Posted by joe huestis

Could the 260 Olds have had a dual-jet as far back as '75 ?
Thanks,
Joe

Yes, they had a Dual Jet that actually looked like a Q-Jet! it had the entire body without the rear throttle plates and air doors. They used to really screw some people up.

[joe huestis]

Billy,
Thanks for the reply. I really missed that one ! I was probably one those who thought it was a Q-Jet !
Been looking for a '75 Nova for Mike Moller to put my 262 from the Monza in to run in U.
Has been hard to come by so far. One salvage yard I stopped at said to me, " finding one of those Novas in decent shape is like looking for a gold mine ! "
- Joe

[Billy Nees]

Originally Posted by joe huestis

Been looking for a '75 Nova for Mike Moller to put my 262 from the Monza in to run in U.

- Joe

Be warned, the 75 Nova with the 262 uses a smaller 2g than your 76 Monza.

[Bob Bender]

Originally Posted by Billy Nees

Be warned, the 75 Nova with the 262 uses a smaller 2g than your 76 Monza.

Yes it does, and its not a good carb.

[Mark Yacavone]

Originally Posted by joe huestis

Billy,
Thanks for the reply. I really missed that one ! I was probably one those who thought it was a Q-Jet !
Been looking for a '75 Nova for Mike Moller to put my 262 from the Monza in to run in U.
Has been hard to come by so far. One salvage yard I stopped at said to me, " finding one of those Novas in decent shape is like looking for a gold mine ! "
- Joe

There seems to be quite a few of those things around here.

http://phoenix.craigslist.org/wvl/cto/2449834045.html


http://phoenix.craigslist.org/wvl/cto/2435197476.html


http://phoenix.craigslist.org/nph/cto/2482824541.html

[Tod Lane]

Any thoughts on a 03 Lincoln town car? 4.6 V8 if I read the classification guide right, and I never do, is rated at 210 HP and 3902 pounds= 18.58
R stock @13.95? Add weight to T at 14.40?

[ALMACK]

Originally Posted by Tod Lane

Any thoughts on a 03 Lincoln town car? 4.6 V8 if I read the classification guide right, and I never do, is rated at 210 HP and 3902 pounds= 18.58
R stock @13.95? Add weight to T at 14.40?

You had me looking at that combo. So I looked it up.
I never found where the 2003 Lincoln is listed, so I don't believe it is eligible.
All I saw eligble from FoMoCo for 2003 was the Mustang.


Strangely tho, a 1991-1992 E-150 van is eligible .....lol
Even more strange....a 97 Taurus wagon with the 3.0 ohv is eligible.

edit: I found 1995 Town Car rated at 210 hp.
wt/hp ratio is 18.46....18.54.....and 19.03. Take your pic.