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Old 07-24-2015, 06:28 AM
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Yeah, I went ahead and bought it! The owner found the folder with the engine specs, which made me feel better if nothing else. The car as 4,700 miles on it. It has a 302 Ford rated at 345 HP with a Tremac 5 speed. Holley double pumper on an Edelbrock RPM Air Gap Intake. (which sounds like a defect, but the “air gap” raises it a bit to cool the charge.) Heads are Aluminum AFR 185’s Roller Rockers on a Trick Flow cam with .574 lift, which seemed a little aggressive to me on paper but it is streetable. Block .030 over with ARP rod bolts and hypereutectic pistons. In 2003 (a dollar in 2003 had the buying power of a $1.30 today) the guy that commissioned the original car paid $9,668 for the engine/transmission. Runs cool even during the heat wave we have in Missouri right now...driving it reminds me a lot of my old '62 Corvette, pretty raw but tons of fun!
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