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Junkyard
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You're gonna need a bigger motor than a 302 to outrun then revenuers.....unless it's been taken out of a TransAm car and it's got two 4 barrels and a cross ram intake!!
That's what I thought at first ..... But today the revenuers are to busy on the smart phones & face book . Just drive rite past them & wave .
Junkyard
Senior Member
That's what I thought at first ..... But today the revenuers are to busy on the smart phones & face book . Just drive rite past them & wave .
Ain't that the truth. Too busy ignoring reality for whatever it is they're up to!
RZucker
Senior Member
Gator could do it.No comment ...
Long story on the car ..... We bought it last summer from original owner . Car was parked for 35 years in a garage . Got it running again & really like it .
Have a ford 460 motor & c6 transmission in stock .
Pretty impressed buy the 302 after the 35 year nap .. Starts & runs great !
No smoke or oil use . 210 horsepower & 300 torque .
Looking pretty hard at the supercharger kits for a 302 .
https://www.holley.com/products/superchargers/supercharger/parts/77-174FSB-1
Have a ford 460 motor & c6 transmission in stock .
Pretty impressed buy the 302 after the 35 year nap .. Starts & runs great !
No smoke or oil use . 210 horsepower & 300 torque .
Looking pretty hard at the supercharger kits for a 302 .
https://www.holley.com/products/superchargers/supercharger/parts/77-174FSB-1
That would make for a wild ride with the TransAm motor !
Those engines make crazy horsepower for the cubic inch .
Glad you chimed in on this thread with your racing experience Junkyard .
Like the idea of a belt driven intake manifold for the 68 Ford . Want to keep RPM's under 5,000 for the most part .
If a feller was to install a Roots blower on top of a slightly worn 302 .....
Would it then become an 8 - V 38 ?
Junkyard
Senior Member
Those true 302" TransAm motors have a very unique sound. Partially because some run 180 degree headers but mostly because they're turning dang near 10,000 rpm! Those were the glory days of TA. Parnelli Jones etc. Acid dipped bodies to reduce weight, a couple HP per cubic inch etc etc.
When we were vintage road racing I saw some true TA cars from that era. The AMC Javelins were the $hit. Edlebrock had a car the Yunick built. Only TA car Smokey ever built. Man things just aren't the same.
Maybe I need to edit some in car video from the Yarborough NASCAR and throw it up. I loved driving that boat. I had a edge in that it was so big you couldn't get around it!
When we were vintage road racing I saw some true TA cars from that era. The AMC Javelins were the $hit. Edlebrock had a car the Yunick built. Only TA car Smokey ever built. Man things just aren't the same.
Maybe I need to edit some in car video from the Yarborough NASCAR and throw it up. I loved driving that boat. I had a edge in that it was so big you couldn't get around it!
That would be pretty cool ! Would really enjoy that view from the camera . Like you say big cars are hard to get around .
Junkyard
Senior Member
I'll do that. I've got footage from our local little track, Hallett as well as the road course at Indy, maybe some Circuit of the Americas and Sebring. Have a cool video of me spinning out in the rain, even have the footage from the car behind me lol.
When those little 302's go by WFO it shake the wax out of your ears!
MAC,s auto catalog showed up in the mail this evening .
That's a pretty good deal on the stroked 302 / 347 from BluePrint .
https://www.macsautoparts.com/store...er-crate-engine-415-hp-415-ft-lbs-472495.html
That's a pretty good deal on the stroked 302 / 347 from BluePrint .
https://www.macsautoparts.com/store...er-crate-engine-415-hp-415-ft-lbs-472495.html
Only thing that spooks a big block car is when they come up against a short strung small block with the rite gears.
327 Chevy
302 Ford
340 Mopar
Keep an eye on them fellers ...
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Junkyard
Senior Member
I have a soft spot for a 327. The last few cars I built were NASCAR so it was all 358" stuff. Although the last one we did was a class the didn't check displacement so it may or may not have a 421" SB2.....
I'm the same way Junkyard . Factory built L79 327 under the hood was quite a fire cracker at 350 horse power & 360 torque for the cubic inch .
http://www.superchevy.com/features/sucs-0732-chevy-l79-engine/
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DMiller
Senior Member
Sweet engines, I so miss the simple to build engine days. I also miss Carter Carburetor for the AFB, Holley cornered the market but an AFB set up right lasted seemingly FOREVER!!
Junkyard
Senior Member
I'm the same way Junkyard . Factory built L79 327 under the hood was quite a fire cracker at 350 horse power & 360 torque for the cubic inch .
http://www.superchevy.com/features/sucs-0732-chevy-l79-engine/
My dads all time favorite car was his 67 corvette. 300 HP 327 and a 4 speed. The way he talks about it you'd think I'd was running on nitro and had a 14-71 on top of it!
Of all the cars I cared for when we raced which included cars David bought and sold was a Biscayne he had. 427, 4 speed and 4.56 gears. 11,000 original miles a 1/4 at a time
. Back seat big enough for all five of my kids! 
Junkyard
Senior Member
Love the Chevy Biscayne Junkyard ! With the engine & gear ratio would be a car to be reckoned with .
It'll darn sure go! Whoa....yeah not so much. It was shipped with a 4.89 gear. At some point it was changed to 4.56. I'd love to have it. It's a badass land yacht for sure!
My Old Man is the same ... His favorite was a 62 Chevy with 327 .
Those engines really put out for the cubic inch rite out of the factory .
Still run a small block 350 in the 1966 Chevy C-60 dump truck .
Great power , reliable and they look cool .