One of the reasons

A little history of my Signet - I actually bought it from a little old lady who kept it in her garage during winter months and it was black with a red interior, completely stock with 62,000 miles 273, 904 trans, 7-1/4 rear. Car needed paint as it was fading.

I had it 3 days before I removed the engine, trans, wiring system, front end, gas tank, rear end, windshield and dash as I already had a dash done by a friend also a pinstriper with all of what you see, he built it for my 65 Barracuda.

I already collected most of what I needed for the winter drags in NY..

During the next 2 weeks, my friend Paulie and myself put in a roller cam 318 I had from a 66 Valiant street racer, Frank Lupo of Dynamic transmission built me a 62 BB 727 race trans and a 3000 stall convertor and for that length of time working every day and 1/2 the night installed a 74 Duster disc brake assembly, sway bar running through the K frame, welded in frame connectors, 22 gallon fuel cell, new dash with all that you see, alum. shifter box. An iron worker friend built the transmission mounts to my cardboard specs. It took us maybe two weeks before it hit the street.

Some years later I installed a roller cam 340 out to 355 and dynoed at 479hp which was sweet but short lived, power range was heavy duty and I couldn't keep my foot out of it.

Now it's got a fairly stock 91 Hyd. roller cam 360, still with all my race stuff and is somewhat fast but not anywhere near to where my reality lies and this is where my problem begins and where your problems with me stems from...

I will do whatever I need to in order to have a good running fast and great gas mileage vehicle which is equal to my full size 90 Chevy p/u with its balanced 96 Corvette LT1 and T56 six speed which is faster than my 2500 pound Signet and gets 25 plus mpg. Mopar engines just won't do that and the new hemi is bigger than the LS1 and the LS1 is as small as the 360 yet lighter than the 340. And as we all know a lighter front end on this particular vehicle is best to have for cornering and control.

Now you have a reason to dislike me, but remember this, unless Fiat / Chrysler comes out with a comparison to the GM technology and thoughtfulness, all good things remain on the table...