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Old 07-16-2026, 02:51 AM
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Originally Posted by jerry455 View Post
I bought a 20,000 mile, used W72 Gold 1978 T/A in the spring of 1982. I removed the cat, richened the carb, quickened the ignition curve and opened the scoop. It made a world of difference. I was beating a lot of my friends "faster cars". They were surprised that my T/A ran that well. It ran really strong. Most people used to laugh at the T/As, calling them the disco cars. I stopped a lot of those comments when I beat their cars.
I did the exact same mods to my wife's gold '79 400 4 speed car. The car ran 16.1 at 86 mph all stock. Felt WAY faster with the mods but my BIL wrecked the car before I could run it at the dragstrip again