Hi Richard, Just to give you an idea of older cars Horse power. I bought a new 1960 Dodge Dart Phoenix with the 383 Ram Induction advertised at 330 HP. I used to Drag ace it At Lions Drag Strip in L.A. and I always had it Dyno tuned. It was putting out 225 Horse Power at the rear wheels. That was bone stock. I remember at the same time there was a 1958 Imperial which had a 392 Hemi with one 4 BBl. It would put out 175 H.P. at the rear wheels. I hope this helps you a little. Gary Barker -------------------------------------------------- From: "Richard Osborne" <richard@xxxxxxxxxxxx> Sent: Thursday, April 24, 2008 7:46 PM To: <longrams@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>; <Chrysler300@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> Subject: Re: [Chrysler300] Gasolone > George, > > Great to hear you got the J out. It was a great day for it! > > I would like to go on record as saying that my G has the best fuel economy > of anything in my fleet. At 14 to 16 mpg, it does better than anything > else I own (this mileage assuming no hammerin' which isn't often). > > I am amazed that a car 47 years old can get better mileage than my daily > driver? I should point out that my driver is a true 500hp beast - SRT10 > Ram. I had to do it, I can't fit in a Viper, no matter how hard I tried. > besides, it's a blast! > > So, the 500hp truck is a true rating at the engine. I wonder what the > 375hp would actually rate by todays rating standards (net vs. gross)? > Think it would hit 300hp? Then, I wonder what it would be at the wheels? I > know the Viper Truck drops to around 430hp at the wheels. What would the G > do? I got talked out of finding out at Chrysler at Carlisle a couple of > years ago (Somebody said something about hubcaps being lethal > weapons....). > > Oh well, I haven't been able to get the G out for this killer whether. I > have rear power window motors out for rebuild. I can't put the child seats > in while disassembled. Having children brought a whole new meaning to > cruisin'. Besides, hearing them squeal with laughter when the Viper Truck > gets sideways under hard acceleration is pretty cool. I know, this'll come > back to bite me in the ass in 12 or so years. > > Don't let the gas prices keep you from having fun. These times won't last > forever. It's gonna get worse. > > Richard Osborne > > > >>>> "George Riehl" <longrams@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> >>> > Today, I got the "J" running after a bit of electrical problems. Spit & > sputter, backfire, cough! One and one half year old gas! Down to the Citgo > station. Put the credit card in, opened the gas cap, which then rolled > under the car, way, way under. Flipped the lever aND STARTED PUMPING IN > "SUMMER GASS". > > > > > > > Finally got the "J" running today after some electrical problems. Cough, > sputter, 4 cyls. running, backfire and ran like a Model "T". One and one > half year old gas in the tank! Down to the Citgo station. Slipped in the > credit card, took the cap off the fill pipe, which then rolled way, way > under the car. Stuck the nozzel into the tank, started pumping premium > (also adding a can of "OctaneBoost") fuel. Nineteen point 9 (19.9) > gallons. Moved the "J" up to get the tank cap, installed. Went back to get > the receipt. Opened the glove box door to record the purchase on my > "fuel-mileage" pad. I was like putting my finger into an electric socket. > Twenty (20) gallons at $4.269! Eighty five dollars and thirty eight cents > ($85.38)..........at 12 miles per gal, conservativly, the way I drive, I > just made the station's profit for the day. Made the wages for the two > employees for the day. > Listening to the TV about summer gas prices, supposedly going over 5 > bucks per gal, (thank you OPEC and Bushy baby) one has to consider > traveling in these "BRUTES". Property and Income taxes may have to wait. > Milk prices over 4 bucks a gal! Motor oil 3 1/2 bucks a quart, if it's > any good for the car. > But what the heck, one only lives once. There is nothing like smelling > tire "smoke" and rocketing down the road in a "beast", getting a glance of > the cop that just "hit" you with the radar gun. > At 78 years of age, the "kid" in me still lives. I see my neighbor has > his Corvette out. Think I'll stop by and challenge him. Darn, another > trip to the gas station! > > Hey, you all, just don't sit there and look at the 300, break the piggy > bank and borrow some of your kid's college fund, have some fun, safely. > "Old" George Riehl > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] > > > > ------------------------------------ > > To send a message to this group, send an email to: > Chrysler300@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx > > For list server instructions, go to > http://www.chrysler300club.com/yahoolist/inst.htm > > For archives go to http://www.forwardlook.net/300-archive/Yahoo! 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