Twin Turbo 1971 Scamp Project

Bill Dedman said
Thanks for the kind words, Dave.

I was 43 years old 30 years ago... so, I've seen a lot of water go under the "automotive bridge" since then...

My racing partner is a year older than I am. Both of us have had a lifetime of normally-aspirated V8s, and wanted to try something a little different for this "bucket list" Valiant...

A couple of years ago, some enterprising young guy put a balls-out turbo'd Supra motor in a Camaro and got it featured in Hot Rod.

I thought it was super-cool, but you should have seen the mail... LOL!

Every engine has an "Achilie's heel." I wonder where the Slant six's is (relative to absorbing egregious amounts of boost)????

We many find out...:cheers:

I think the slant suffers from the lack of a cross flow head and a 4" stroke for hi rpm use. That being said Hyperpak 170s revved really high in the early sixties NASCAR series they ran in. My daughter's 71' runs incredible for a normally aspirated slant. I think if I wanted 220-230 rwhp I'd stay with the slant cause we've done the build over and over. You weren't happy at low 13's either but in the 80's we would be jumping up and down at that street performance!

If my car was a complete V8 car I would have done something similar to your build. Tim's yellow turbo Dart for sale on this forum is amazing as I ln
know the car real well. Outside of an LS I gotta go with the LA engine for great power potential.

The more quick street A Bodies we have the better IMHO!
I want to represent our cars at some of the import events to keep our youth interested in the beauty of our cars. I think this is a point that some will overlook. My interest in certain cars was driven by what I saw winning at the races. Cool part about what we do is that there is more than one good way to build a hot rod. Your last bit of Americana is on forums like this!
Everyone should love the fact that my teenaged daughter loves her Plymouth Scamp and her Dad has one right behind it!

Next time I head to Bentonville we should both head 90 miles and meet up in the middle Bill! Wal-Mart is a customer of ours.