CliffordK
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My brother had a Chevy 327 crammed into a Ford Capri. Fast little car, but everything was tight.
Fergie's in ICU
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WranglerX
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HAD a idiot who owned a service station across from where I worked years ago put a 283 chevy into a Austin Healey Sprite.... Scary beast....
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Since we are telling war stories, a guy I went to school with, had an uncle who shoehorned in a 460 into a Pinto!
He let him drive a couple of times, crazy car!
He let him drive a couple of times, crazy car!
dodge man
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It would have been about 1983 I saw a VW bug with a blown big block Chevy in the front. It seems like the seats were more where the backseat would normally be.
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IIRC yes it did not have inner fenders, and he beefed up the front axle somehow to handle the extra weight, probably twice what the pinto came with!
Another "nostalgia" sleeper-car post...(apologies for the hijack!)
And then there was a guy who ran a local Exxon station --again, back in the 70's-- that had successfully put a Cadillac Eldorado front-wheel-drive with a 460(?)... BACKWARDS, in the rear of a VW Kombi van! Rear tires on that thing must have been 15" wide. Not sure how he handled the transmission-in-reverse aspect, but he did it somehow.
And then there was a guy who ran a local Exxon station --again, back in the 70's-- that had successfully put a Cadillac Eldorado front-wheel-drive with a 460(?)... BACKWARDS, in the rear of a VW Kombi van! Rear tires on that thing must have been 15" wide. Not sure how he handled the transmission-in-reverse aspect, but he did it somehow.
masseyrider
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And Massey made all these cars?
I never knew!
I never knew!
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one of these 1st gen fiestas looks real good with a 383 stroker with blower on it.
just saying...
just saying...
cdaigle430
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Wow, what did I miss?
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we went WAY off topic and need a moderator to stifle us
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Well ~49 hours (618.5; failure occurred at 569.0) occurred yesterday, and I dutifully changed the engine oil and filter, then worked her again for a while.cool
know what you are gonna be doing in about 49 hours.
(really hoping this thread can stay on track this time)
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Oops Dave, I see I never replied to your very excellent suggestion.
When Fergie went to the dealership, I gave them a Word document with a list of stuff to do, and it included changing the fan belt. When it was ready for return, I asked about this and was told:
1) it wasn't on the work order
2) it wasn't done
3) they didn't have a fan belt in stock
Yeesh.
Oh well, they did at least put a block heater in the new engine as I had also requested. Used that yesterday as I wanted to change the oil first thing and it was around freezing. Wow, that sucker sure warmed the engine up!
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Keep working it ... You're probably gonna catch up to my hour meter!
Are you running any additive in the fuel now, or different fuel supply? I remember you had some injector problems before, now you got new injectors and fuel pump ...
Of course now I have three grass cutters, but use the Kubota for most of it now, and Little Baby Fergie gets to sit and rest up for other things . . .
Are you running any additive in the fuel now, or different fuel supply? I remember you had some injector problems before, now you got new injectors and fuel pump ...
Of course now I have three grass cutters, but use the Kubota for most of it now, and Little Baby Fergie gets to sit and rest up for other things . . .
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Thanks. And BTW, I don't use Fergie at all for mowing. I have a small John Deere rider mower for that. On the other hand, I'm not a "land baron" like you and only have 1-3/4 acres (and only a portion of that is lawn). : )
Yes, I had some "injector problems" (carbon) but I now think that the rings in cylinder #3 were going for some time before the catastrophic failure and that caused that cylinder to run poorly / burn oil / whatever. And yes, I'm using some injector additive now.
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Glad to here it’s still running good!
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It is Fergie's second birthday, and she now has 623 hours on her. If you have been following her sad tale (i.e., this thread!) then you know that life has not been easy for her. Would be a lot more hours but I had rotator cuff surgery in late March and then the poor gal was incapacitated for 5-weeks.
(Speaking of poor gals, Sarah Ferguson is no longer Dutchess of York, and although she has long been divorced from Andrew, she had been living at his rent-free royal home that he (they) are getting booted from.)
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tore my labrum 2/3 off bone in 1997 and got 2 bone anchors holding shoulder on. DO YOUR THERAPY!!
what additive are you using?
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dicktill
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The rotator cuff surgery was in late March, and I went through the miserable 6-weeks with what I call "a half a strait jacket" plus occupational therapy so all nicely recovered by July. My wife was an occupational therapist for 40 years and says I am the worst kind of non-compliant patient though. : (
The additive is some sort of Lucas stuff; sorry, don't care to run out to the shed in the rain to look. : )
