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Re: . [andre1969] by tjc78
Nov 09, 2009 (9:32 am)
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Replying to: andre1969 (Nov 09, 2009 9:12 am)

Well.. those numbers absolutely confirm the driving experience. All the power is down low, and it simply runs out of breath.
 
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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Re: . [Mr_Shiftright] by andre1969
Nov 09, 2009 (9:33 am)
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Replying to: Mr_Shiftright (Nov 09, 2009 9:20 am)

It would probably screw up your driveline though--too much low end power. You'd have to beef things up.
 
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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Re: . [andre1969] by Mr_Shiftright HOST
Nov 09, 2009 (9:53 am)
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Replying to: andre1969 (Nov 09, 2009 9:33 am)

Maybe, maybe not. I'd be worried if you floored it from a stop. You have those tiny little u-joints in there. Do you still run the Torqueflite 8 that year for the trans?
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Re: . [Mr_Shiftright] by andre1969
Nov 09, 2009 (10:07 am)
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Replying to: Mr_Shiftright (Nov 09, 2009 9:53 am)

Do you still run the Torqueflite 8 that year for the trans?
 
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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. by fintail
Nov 09, 2009 (10:56 am)
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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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Re: . [fintail] by boomchek
Nov 09, 2009 (11:50 am)
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Replying to: fintail (Nov 09, 2009 10:56 am)

That's neat. The blue W123 looks to be exactly the same (color too) as the one my parents had.
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Re: . [boomchek] by bhill2
Nov 09, 2009 (1:23 pm)
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Replying to: boomchek (Nov 09, 2009 11:50 am)

Yeah, that is neat. The S-type up top looks to be the same color as my '85 380SE. Great car, too.
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Re: . [fintail] by Mr_Shiftright HOST
Nov 09, 2009 (2:07 pm)
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Replying to: fintail (Nov 09, 2009 10:56 am)

do they have the transporter they used to carry the SLRs to Lemans? That truck was super-fast (had a 300SL race motor in it as I recall)
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Re: . [Mr_Shiftright] by fintail
Nov 09, 2009 (2:24 pm)
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Replying to: Mr_Shiftright (Nov 09, 2009 2:07 pm)

Yep, it's there too
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Re: . [fintail] by Mr_Shiftright HOST
Nov 09, 2009 (2:25 pm)
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Replying to: fintail (Nov 09, 2009 2:24 pm)

How'd you like to roll up with that rig at your local Show and Shine?

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