Today. Really.

"John Norris (AngryDrifter)" (angrydrifter) 04/28/2019 at 16:14 • Filed to: None

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Down on the Road.

lone_liberal > John Norris (AngryDrifter) 04/28/2019 at 16:40

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Now I’m going to have to look up why a Torino had a 396ci engine.

shop-teacher > John Norris (AngryDrifter) 04/28/2019 at 16:40

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Oh man, that is cool!!!

themanwithsauce - has as many vehicles as job titles > John Norris (AngryDrifter) 04/28/2019 at 17:19

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Vintage trans-am racing is still the best racing. I have vivid memories of staying up way too late as a 12 year old to watch those races on speedvision late at night when they just stuck on replays of races to fill time. 

kanadanmajava1 > lone_liberal 04/28/2019 at 17:24

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That might David Pearson’s original race car. It was for sale couple of years ago. Or maybe just a replica . Apparently they ra n smaller displacement engines to get lower minim um weight ( 293 lbs lower than they would need to have with a 427) . I guess they just dest r oked a 427.

If only EssExTee could be so grossly incandescent > John Norris (AngryDrifter) 04/28/2019 at 17:43

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I seent a replica of that Torino

John Norris (AngryDrifter) > lone_liberal 04/28/2019 at 17:51

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I saw it in the pits, unfortunately they had the hood down.

Tristan > lone_liberal 04/28/2019 at 17:56

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390 FE with a .030" overbore equals 395.87 cubic inches, or 396 when rounding.

lone_liberal > Tristan 04/28/2019 at 18:43

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That makes sense. I hadn’t done the math and didn’t know if a 390 was the starting point  or if maybe they had destroked a 428 for whatever reason.

Tristan > lone_liberal 04/28/2019 at 19:22

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I’m neck deep in homework, so naturally I decided to waste time doing totally unrelated math. :)

bmil128 > John Norris (AngryDrifter) 04/28/2019 at 22:24

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This 427 Torino has been for sale at Canepa’s for awhile, it was there when I took a tour four years ago.

https://canepa.com/photo-gallery/1968-ford-torino5135/