On Saturday, April 9, 2022 at 2:37:26 PM UTC-5 Paul L. http://1962to1965mopar.ornocar.org/ml-le wrote:
Sorry for the incomplete post. Here's what followed:
David Freiberger noted on an episode of Roadkill Garage that I watched recently that the internal passage on a
a mechanical fuel pump is the same diameter (@ 1/4"). I enjoy Roadkill Garage and Engine masterws as Freiberger and Steve Dulcich are Mopar guys. A break from the steady stream of the bowtie stuff and LS swaps.
Thanks Jim. I agree with your assessment. I felt a slight stroke coming along when I contemplated a "349.85” '62-65
Mopar. :)
That 9 second 69 Chevelle was quick! And yes a target for Mopar raised-eyebrows, but certainly not a shunning offense!
Good-natured ribbing is part of the old car hobby, after all.
When we head to the junkyard in the sky, it's not what was under the hood but what was in the heart! :)
Thanks,
Gary H.
> -------Original Message-------
>
>
> It’s funny, though, Gary. I like to think I love all cars but just
> like everyone else, I have my biases. I suppose it’s because I’m a
> Mopar guy, but in my head I can rationalize Project MoVelle as I feel
> the Mopar part of it - the 440 - is superior. On the other hand, if I
> would see a beloved ‘64 Fury like mine but dressed out as “Project
> 349.85” as you say - with a 350 Chevy - I would likely be revolted
> 😀.
>
> The concept of Project MoVelle came about because a few years ago I
> had a 69 Chevelle drag car more or less fall in my lap. Being a race
> enthusiast, I jumped at it. Built a serious motor despite the fact
> that it was a bowtie and it was a quick car. Ran very consistently in
> the 9 second range. Despite all that, I always felt the need to
> “plead my case” among the Mopar crowds at the track that indeed I
> was one of them. (It never worked … and I figured I should never
> bring it up in this clubhouse for fear of being shunned by the herd).
>
> Anyway, Covid hit, then Kim and I started having grand babies, and as
> it happens, the drag racing Saturdays went by the wayside. The
> Chevelle was sold along with the notion of Project MoVelle. I’m back
> to scaring kids at the Dairy Queen with the bad a** Fury with the
> Frankenstein version of DD’s Old Reliable recipe.
>
> Grand babies, a ‘64 Fury, and by God’s grace a beautiful wife and
> a healthy life. Perhaps after all it doesn’t matter what’s under
> that guy’s hood…
>
> Jim
>
> Sent from Jim’s iPhone
>
> On Friday, April 8, 2022, 5:50 PM, 62-65-mail...@xxxxxxxxxxx
> wrote:
>
> > Good points Jim.
> >
> > "Project MoVell" is too cool for school. Guaranteed "conversation
> > starter material.
> >
> > How about putting an old 350 Chebby engine in a '62-'65 Mopar? You
> > could paint "Project 349.85" on the side of the
> > Mopar -- and let the head scratching begin. (The Chebby's "350"
> > exact displacement is 349.85cubic inches.)
> >
> > Thanks,
> > Gary H.
> >
> >> -------Original Message-------
> >> From: Jim Jablonski
> >
> >>
> >> If your son is going to go modern, why not a Gen 3 hemi? Unless
> > the only priority is on the cheap. The rest of it,
> > wiring harness, ECM, tuning is all the same learning curve and it
> > would be so much more ... well, everything.
> >>
> >> Then again, I came close to putting a 440 in a Chevelle and
> > calling it Project MoVelle. Besides fast the plan was to
> > get under everyone's skin 😊
> >>
> >> > -------Original Mes
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