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Originally Posted by Buddahaid
I don't get speeding tickets.
Budahaid
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I had a couple of those when I was young. Hat the 1700cc engine with full lift cams electronic ignition two by two barrell carborators.
I could pull the engine strip it down, rebuild it, and re-instal it in one day.
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The engine removal process still amuses me to this day. you would put jack stands under the motor or support it on blocks. Undo four bolts which held the bell housing to the gearbox, the get a couple of friends (you could do it with two in a pinch) pick up the body of the car over the engine and roll the car body away leaving the engine sitting on the ground :rotfl:. The engine weighed almost as much as the car body.
Yea the engine would only last about 30,000 miles (that is if the clutch dident burn up first) but they were fast as just about any sports car off the line and could get up to well over 85mph. Probably could have reached 100 but i was afraid the wheels would go flying off :rotfl: