might have found a work car
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might have found a work car
driving home today i just happened to see a front end of a 76-78 volare/maybe roadrunner,R/T gonna stop there tomorrow and see, is there anything i should look for on this type of car? im thinking it is a performance model the grille looked like the r.r / r/t 's were
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well i kinda narrowed it down today im pretty sure it is a 77 still couldnt really get close to it as it is in a fenced in yard and hard to see from the street the place was closed by the time i got off work yesterday im leaning more towards the r.r. version its parked inside of a pawn shop so im gonna call today about it
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although the late 70`s mopes arent like the desired 1`s, they still made them with manual trans and small blocks, a guy can really work 1 over w a 360 and a kiesler 5 speed, and make a rocket out of it.
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well hell E sounds like you might have a great start for a drag car if that what you meant by a work car or if its to drive back and forth to work im sure that will get you a few more miles on a tank 
either way let us know what you find out ok
either way let us know what you find out ok
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unless it has a /6 you're looking at a 14 mpg daily driver (if it had a 318) more like 12 mpg at the most of its a 360.
idk - unless someone here is actually getting good gas mileage out of a mopar small block
i get 7 mpg on my '67 crewcab powerwagon - and i consider that good considering the air resistance and the fact that its huge and weighs 6440 lbs.
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i dont mean to sound like an *** but i honestly find that very hard to believe. are you actually dividing the number of miles driven be the exact amount of gallons you put in the tank?
and **** if thats true - tell me about your motor and whats ur transmission, do you have O/D, and what are your rear-end gears, what rpm do you cruise at 70 mph, what carb and carb size, what heads, camshaft, and what all else you've done to that engine?
i mean ive heard of 440 cars getting like 12-13 mpg and to me thats sounds like excellent mileage for a such a huge engine...
i know the 440 powered dodge trucks got gas mileage in the single digits...
and **** if thats true - tell me about your motor and whats ur transmission, do you have O/D, and what are your rear-end gears, what rpm do you cruise at 70 mph, what carb and carb size, what heads, camshaft, and what all else you've done to that engine?
i mean ive heard of 440 cars getting like 12-13 mpg and to me thats sounds like excellent mileage for a such a huge engine...
i know the 440 powered dodge trucks got gas mileage in the single digits...
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Hey stick, beleive it or not, gtx could be righ ton. I had a cuda that got 19 to the gallon. it was a 440, 10-1, 284-428 purple shaft, rhodes lifters, 2.14 intake and 1.88 exhaust valves. mild port job, 6bbl setup, I ran the felpro gapless rings, ( molly) , hemi 4spd, and 3.23 sure grip . when I stayed out of it, I got 19 to the gallon.ran 55 all the time( when I stayed out of it) roughly 2100 rpm`s at 55. tach and speedo were acurate, checked it to the wifes dailey driver, because i didnt beleive it at first myself.
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Hey stick, beleive it or not, gtx could be righ ton. I had a cuda that got 19 to the gallon. it was a 440, 10-1, 284-428 purple shaft, rhodes lifters, 2.14 intake and 1.88 exhaust valves. mild port job, 6bbl setup, I ran the felpro gapless rings, ( molly) , hemi 4spd, and 3.23 sure grip . when I stayed out of it, I got 19 to the gallon.ran 55 all the time( when I stayed out of it) roughly 2100 rpm`s at 55. tach and speedo were acurate, checked it to the wifes dailey driver, because i didnt beleive it at first myself.
theres just no one in my area that has a muscle car or carburated truck that gets anything close to "good mileage"
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Hey stick, beleive it or not, gtx could be righ ton. I had a cuda that got 19 to the gallon. it was a 440, 10-1, 284-428 purple shaft, rhodes lifters, 2.14 intake and 1.88 exhaust valves. mild port job, 6bbl setup, I ran the felpro gapless rings, ( molly) , hemi 4spd, and 3.23 sure grip . when I stayed out of it, I got 19 to the gallon.ran 55 all the time( when I stayed out of it) roughly 2100 rpm`s at 55. tach and speedo were acurate, checked it to the wifes dailey driver, because i didnt beleive it at first myself.
not to sound rude, but wouldnt you do better with the smaller 1.81 exhaust valve?
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