I ran a "dump truck /motor home engine" in a 3800# B-body in the early
eighties, it consistently ran the quarter mile in the low 12s with no real
fine tuning, almost no maintenance and no broken parts.
Over rated or not, it sure was a lot of fun and affordable.
Regards,
Mike
At 11:42 AM 9/20/01 -0700, Dave Grove Grove Automotive wrote:
"souped-up" dump truck/motor home engines (such as
the 440 6 pak) - which came *very* close in "from the factory" performance -
with 390 HP, (which was OVER-rated!).