"Bandit" (2bandit)
10/14/2014 at 01:41 • Filed to: None
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"Bandit" (2bandit)
10/14/2014 at 01:41 • Filed to: None | 2
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Not sure what is going on.
Grindintosecond
> Bandit
10/14/2014 at 02:08 |
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That's Johnny Parsons. He won the Indy 500 in that car in 1950. "Wynn's friction proofing oil" Kurtis-Offenhauser. He is also the pace car driver of 1980.....30 years later.
the 1950 race was rained out after 138 laps making him the winner. race speeds were around 130mph laps.
lucky's pepper
> Bandit
10/14/2014 at 02:20 |
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The 301 turbo. What a giant pile of excrement that engine was. Hard to believe just six years earlier you could have had your Trans Am with a SD455, and nine years later you could get the fantastic 20th anniversary turbo TA. I wonder if we realized how shitty 1980 really was in 1980.
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Grindintosecond
> lucky's pepper
10/14/2014 at 02:39 |
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1985 was friggin awesome. 1980 had 70's beardy guys in sweaty discos. just a few years later and things got much better but got 1980 was a turd....except for the win from Rutherford and the Chaparral 2k, the first car that could go flat out the whole way around without lifting.
Old-Busted-Hotness
> lucky's pepper
10/14/2014 at 06:10 |
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Oh yeah. We knew.
cletus44 aka Clayton Seams
> lucky's pepper
10/14/2014 at 09:13 |
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1979 400 made 225. 1980 301 turbo made 210. It's not so bad, really.
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lucky's pepper
> cletus44 aka Clayton Seams
10/14/2014 at 09:54 |
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1979's 400 was also available with a four speed, the 301 turbo was slushbox only.
Did you ever drive one? The were TERRIBLE!
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lucky's pepper
> Grindintosecond
10/14/2014 at 10:57 |
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By '84 things had turned, by '86 the world was pretty damn awesome!
1980 though? 1975-82 were just horrible.
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Grindintosecond
> lucky's pepper
10/14/2014 at 11:13 |
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I would bet, with a swap to a contemporary properly sized turbo and intercooling system....as well as a megasquirt or something for decent management, it might wake it up. Sorting the unsorted.
f86sabre
> Bandit
10/14/2014 at 11:20 |
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That's the car I saw a few weeks ago. Still looked great!
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lucky's pepper
> Grindintosecond
10/14/2014 at 12:23 |
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Or you could take a '79 with a 400 and swap on some decent heads, a good cam, and intake manifold, reject the carb and throw on some headers and decent mufflers and you've got a fast car with much less money.
Could a 301 be made to run with modern technology? Sure. But they were junk when new.
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Grindintosecond
> lucky's pepper
10/14/2014 at 12:38 |
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But...but boost! pssSSHHHHHT! Chiiiip-chip-chip-chip.
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Bandit
> lucky's pepper
10/14/2014 at 15:51 |
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My Trans Am had the 301 turbo from the factory. I'm almost thankful someone blew it up somewhere before I owned it.
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Bandit
> lucky's pepper
10/14/2014 at 15:53 |
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I believe the 400 in 79 was only available with the 4 speed, they were spare engines left over from 1978.