Re: [FWDLK] New Acquisition

[David Wallace <dswallace@xxxxxxxxxxxx>]

A friend of mine years ago in Anchorage Alaska put 354 in a 55 Ford 100 pick
up it handled really bad but with allt hat weight on the front wheels  and
all that torque it made showing off(read that) SMOKING the tires really
easy.
David Wallace
58 Fury
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From: "eastern sierra Adj Services" <esierraadj@xxxxxxxxx>
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Sent: Wednesday, April 02, 2003 10:27 PM
Subject: Re: [FWDLK] New Acquisition


> Hi, Joseph & Nathan; I'm certainly NOT disparaging Hemi's , but before
> y'all spend the time & moola in installing those elephants, ya gotta ask
> yourselves, to what extent do you want your cars to HANDLE, because the
> Hemis weigh a TON , metaphorically , (you'll almost certainly have to
> beef-up the front, & probably, rear suspensions) and their bottom-end
> performance SUCKS, which is where you'll be trying to show-off (don't
> deny it; I 'had' to go to a 3.55 SureGrip, to realize acceleration
> 'snap'--and now the "car" is 'noisy/busy' above 55 mph.
>
> Your MPG will also suffer, with the Hemi, SO you do have to ask
> yourself: wouldn't a relatively LIGHT-weight (remember: power-to-weight
> ratio), hot-rodded, high-revving,  multiple-carb engine "work" better
> than a hemi--ya'll may need to get the 'Hemi-complex' out of your
> systems, but if I ever locate a ('regular-engined' , probably)
> reasonably-priced 57 Dodge convertible, I will NOT hesitate to 'build'
> its Poly V/8 engine, rather than try to 'clone' a D500  Hemi, out of it!
>
> Everybody's gotta learn , for himself.
>
> Neil Vedder
> 57 Hemi
>
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