[TRADERMIKE 2012]

Originally Posted by 78w72

Instead of doing excessive speeds at 130mph on public highways where there could be other people at risk or chance of being busted by the police & losing your license ... why not just go to a local dragstrip to test & tune the car?

At least that will be safer for you & others but more important it will give you actual times to set a baseline and compare the times/speed of different runs or after different repairs or mods to actually know the performance of the car. Much better than trying to judge performance by how much a 90-130mph run throws you back in the seat... as mentioned, one person's definition of power/speed is totally different than anothers and doesn't really prove anything related to the condition or power of the engine.

First, I have to get this Engine running as well as it did with the old used Cam. With all the new stuff in this Engine it should run like a raped -ape.

This is still a 50-year-old Motor and needs to be driven nicely, I only pushed it in the beginning to see if the former owner rebuilt the Motor. It turns out that he sourced out the Motor and dropped it in the car along with the Trans. and Rearend, all second-hand junk. Good thing I did not overpay for this second-hand project. I am afraid to race this Motor as it is in no condition to be over worked. Instead, I enjoy being stopped everywhere I go and just talk shop.

When I decide to Race it, I will pull this Motor and have it rebuilt and sell it to someone that needs a 1967 428 ci HO Tri-power YK code, to increase the value of their GTO or Firebird or Trans-am, Pontiac big cars etc... Then I can take that cash and get a Race built one, 800- 1000 hp, would be nice. That should move this heavy car and I want to keep the Interior in place. I want to remain Automatic so I have to rebuild my Trans again, no big deal for me anymore, since I have already done the research. I would rebuild the rear also but I want to keep the disk brakes, just upgrade to aftermarket parts. Then I can hit the track and get respectable times too.