"V8Demon - Prefers Autos for drag racing. Fite me!" (v8demon)
03/11/2014 at 19:13 • Filed to: None
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"V8Demon - Prefers Autos for drag racing. Fite me!" (v8demon)
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Looks fairly light. Fairly new turbocharged 4 cylinder swap would suit it well I would imagine.
Someone educate me. Small GM products from this era were not nearly this cool in the U.S.
beardsbynelly - Rikerbeard
> V8Demon - Prefers Autos for drag racing. Fite me!
03/11/2014 at 19:16 |
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Firenza Droopsnoot!
Cebu
> V8Demon - Prefers Autos for drag racing. Fite me!
03/11/2014 at 19:17 |
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Hmm, has potential. I'd say strip it out further and replace the hideous front end, but then again it could be a classic. (chuckle)
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beardsbynelly - Rikerbeard
> Cebu
03/11/2014 at 19:19 |
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NO!
That front end is factory. get a Magnum if you don't want the Droopsnoot.
Skif6996
> V8Demon - Prefers Autos for drag racing. Fite me!
03/11/2014 at 19:19 |
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Looks a lot like a Monza. Some sort of sedan variant, maybe?
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Cebu
> beardsbynelly - Rikerbeard
03/11/2014 at 19:20 |
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Do I look like I care about it being factory?
CAR_IS_MI
> Cebu
03/11/2014 at 19:21 |
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Yes?
BiTurbo228 - Dr Frankenstein of Spitfires
> V8Demon - Prefers Autos for drag racing. Fite me!
03/11/2014 at 19:22 |
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Opel Firenza Dropsnoot. Decent amount of rally heritage and with a newer Vauxhall Redtop 2.0l it would be an absolute belter.
Cool little cars. Competitors to the Escort back in the day.
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beardsbynelly - Rikerbeard
> Cebu
03/11/2014 at 19:24 |
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why you you get a droopsnoot and strip of its defining feature when the Magnum is the same car?
Brian, The Life of
> BiTurbo228 - Dr Frankenstein of Spitfires
03/11/2014 at 19:31 |
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The body style looks very Opel Manta A ... were they the same?
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Cebu
> beardsbynelly - Rikerbeard
03/11/2014 at 19:32 |
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O.
Perhaps you should have led with that.
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beardsbynelly - Rikerbeard
> Cebu
03/11/2014 at 19:33 |
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I thought the picture gave it away pretty well.
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BiTurbo228 - Dr Frankenstein of Spitfires
> Brian, The Life of
03/11/2014 at 19:44 |
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I don't think they were actually. Similar design, but I think the Firenza was a Vauxhall design and the Manta was an Opel (so I got it wrong earlier, this would be a Vauxhall). The Firenza being based on the Viva and the Monza being based on the Ascona.
It's from the era when both Ford and GM companies operating in the UK and Europe were largely separate entities.
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V8Demon - Prefers Autos for drag racing. Fite me!
> V8Demon - Prefers Autos for drag racing. Fite me!
03/11/2014 at 22:30 |
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....And THIS makes me jealous of South Africa. Chevrolet Firenza Can-Am Edition. It comes replete with the same 302 the put in the 1969 Camaro Z/28. Would love to see what one of these with the cross ram manifold option could do!
TwinCharged - Is Now UK Opponaut
> V8Demon - Prefers Autos for drag racing. Fite me!
03/12/2014 at 02:28 |
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Firenza Droopsnoot. Originally, it came with a 2.3 litre slant four engine with twin Stromburg carbs, producing 131 bhp and fair bit of torque. It's sister car was the Chevette HS/HSR, with the same engine.
However, the Lotus Sunbeam was even faster. A Talbot body shell with a twin-cam Lotus under shoehorned under the hood. 0-60 in six seconds. In the 1970s.
And don't forget - all three of these cars are RWD.
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V8Demon - Prefers Autos for drag racing. Fite me!
> TwinCharged - Is Now UK Opponaut
03/12/2014 at 09:31 |
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Proof positive my nation did small cars wrong (and in many instances STILL does).