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18063 messages, Last post on Dec 08, 2009 at 6:11 PM
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Replying to: Mr_Shiftright (Nov 09, 2009 7:07 am) |
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Replying to: andre1969 (Nov 09, 2009 7:30 am) The big problem with these older diesel "slugs" is when you get stuck in the right lane of a freeway---you don't have the power to move into the next lane to your left---it's downright scary.
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Replying to: Mr_Shiftright (Nov 09, 2009 8:40 am)
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Replying to: tjc78 (Nov 09, 2009 8:48 am)  3400 rpm, but torque is crazy for such a little engine...280 ft-lb1200 rpm! I know it would be more than likely illegal, but I wonder what kind of fuel economy you'd get out of that 3.0 if you could transplant it into a car? Say, something like my '79 New Yorker, or an 80's Town Car?
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Replying to: andre1969 (Nov 09, 2009 9:12 am)
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Replying to: andre1969 (Nov 09, 2009 9:12 am) Say, something like my '79 New Yorker, or an 80's Town Car? That would be kind of fun, would certainly surprise a lot of people until around 40 mph. Like Shifty said though, it may blow up a Ford AOD tranny pretty quickly! Then again maybe not... the 5.0 HO had 300 ft/lbs of torque in the later years of the Mk VII LSC IIRC. |
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Replying to: Mr_Shiftright (Nov 09, 2009 9:20 am) My '79 NY'er has about the same torque from its 360...around 280 ft-lb. However, it comes on around 2400 rpm. I guess having that same amount of torque, but at 1200, could stress things out?
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Replying to: andre1969 (Nov 09, 2009 9:33 am)
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Replying to: Mr_Shiftright (Nov 09, 2009 9:53 am) It's a Torqueflite, but I can't remember now if it's the 904 or the 727. And my car is sort of on the threshold. I know the 318-2bbl used the 904, while the 360-4bbl used the 727, so I'm sort of in the middle, having a 360-2bbl. I'll have to climb under the car and check the transmission pan. FWIW, here's a pic that shows how to ID the tranny, if anybody spots an old RWD Mopar and has the urge to crawl under it and find out what tranny it has... |
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I am home again...maybe once a day I will share something I thought was interesting from German-speaking Europe This is one of my favorite displays at the MB museum They have everything from displays of buses to race cars, and in the trucks area they have this 1980 MB car transporter, carrying a load of brand new 1983 MB. The glory days.
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