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Just think...these two cars were/are turn key cars and are nothing special. Bought and driven...wreck today...search and be into a new one tomorrow.
About that "drag racing" with a classic with hard to get or next to impossible parts to find or get.
You could go to your grave and not find another. Something that always is on ANY classic car owners mind. Your first mistake could be your Last!
I think many "hot rods" are in general. Can you believe a '90 GT 5.0 was only rated for 225 HP? They will smoke the tires almost non stop through 1st and 2nd and still leave "most"....er many newer cars in the dust with a 5 speed car... With an automatic...not so much. I knew a guy that had a '87. It had the 85 MPH speedo in it. LOL You could almost bury it in second gear...third for sure. That was a joke....then they switched to 140 MPH speedos.
Same with this '66. I do prefer the '65 much better though. I'm not crazy about the quarter windows in the '66. I like the vent louvers on the '65 much better as well as other '65 only features...gauge pod is another one. Did you guys watch this? It reminds me of the first day I drove off in my '65 after buying it. I should have trailered it home. I didn't...I took a buddy with me in my pick up at the time to follow me home and drive my truck approx 40 miles. The first time I shifted into 1st gear and let out the clutch and stepped on it...it looked and felt just like this. I think I almost s*** myself.
Notice that part about :36 seconds in where the engine is revving and he's not moving very fast. I 100% am sure smoke is rolling out of the wheel wells. The part after he turns around where the steering wheel whipping back and forth. A novice would think it doesn't handle. Listen to that engine and think again...try harder. The fricking back end is fishtailing all over the place and rolling smoke again. Supprize nobody called the Cops in that yuppie neighborhood too!
Same with this '66. I do prefer the '65 much better though. I'm not crazy about the quarter windows in the '66. I like the vent louvers on the '65 much better as well as other '65 only features...gauge pod is another one. Did you guys watch this? It reminds me of the first day I drove off in my '65 after buying it. I should have trailered it home. I didn't...I took a buddy with me in my pick up at the time to follow me home and drive my truck approx 40 miles. The first time I shifted into 1st gear and let out the clutch and stepped on it...it looked and felt just like this. I think I almost s*** myself.
Actually, yeah, it does... little bit harder, actually: 9k RPM with a peak torque in the mid 8's is nothing to balk at!
You'd love a Boss 302 then. Both the 289 K-code and the Boss 302 are/were solid lifter cam shafts. 6,000...7,000...8,000 and even a bit more (back in the day) on a race track with Parnelli Jones in Trans Am. Most don't beat them up that hard anymore. The blocks are getting harder and harder to find. Someone earlier asked me about a solid lifter cam and why I used one again. Well...when the valves and lifters start floating on a hydraulic flat tappet at around 5,000- 5,500.....you'll know why. Anyone who knows anything about Ford engines knows the 289 was a much harder revver than it's '68 302 replacement in standard form. Same thing with a 327 Chevy VS 350. That 327 is a fire breathing monster. Even more rare was the 302 they made. I think only one or a few years. You don't want to blow one of those bad boys up. They are very very rare.
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