April

nah, torque is pretty much constant - gear ratios have no "holes"

April

Not bad for 217,778 miles, eh ? Come play in Oct.

Mike4.2CBW

Around 1976 I owned a Skyline A200GTB in Australia. They were made by Prince Motor Company before Nissan took them over. Prince had a little 4-cylinder sedan and also a large (for Japan) in-line 6 sedan. Someone at Prince had the bright idea of lengthening the small chassis by about 14" in front of the firewall, installing the in-line 6 with an overhead cam and three dual Webers (40DCOE's), adding a five-speed box and a 4.444 (really!) rear-end. The combination was great in a straight line (100mph came up at 5350rpm in 5th) but I got only about 11 mpg -- lucky it had a 99 liter gas tank.

If the Skyline were offered here I would have a hard time choosing between it and the A6!

April

What engine ? what car ? 8 years of Alfa school and they have only had one fender contact ( BMWs )

Stu B

It was a 427 sideoiler in a 67 GT 500 Shelby Mustang I bought waaaaay back in high school. The car had the sideoiler in it when I bought it. The original 428 P.I. with correct serial #s on the block, heads, intake manifold and carbs came with it on an engine stand.

I had the "oiler" rebuilt by Ford Power Parts in Norwalk, CA about one year after I purchased the car. I was able to handle the maintenance/rebuild of the rest of the car, but I had neither the tools or experience to rebuild the engine. The rebuild cost me more than the car! I wonder if FPP is still in business?

To make a long story short, several years later the SAAC (Shelby American Automobile Club) held it's national convention in Anaheim (this was about 15 years ago). The track day was at Willow Springs. In one of the sessions, I think it was my third, I was actually keeping pace with a Bud Moore prepared Trans Am Mustang. That should tell you a little something about the driving abilities of the Bud Moore car's owner. Tee Hee. I dont remember the turn number or name, since I have not been back since, but it was coming out of it on the downhill I believe, that a piston rod decided to impale itself through a cylinder wall! Trust me, you don't want to experience this.

I guess I got carried away with the pace and overdid it! FPP then got to rebuild the 428 P.I. and after I finished restoring the car I sold it for $12,000. About three years later, I noticed in the SAAC registry that my car resold for $35,000. You have no idea how painfull hindsight is ;-)

Stu B

I think those Ronals are great on the car. They just seem "correct" to me ;-)

JP4

That's quite a story Stu B!