318, 340, or 360?

Hold on boys................... What would a Miatta weigh with a 273- M/T? Say 2400 pounds. A plane Jane 273Commando would be bad-azz in that wouldn't it? That's about 10 pounds per Hp, and that 273 would not be "hi-strung". That would be no worse than a 340 2-gen Barracuda.And about the same as a 3-gen E-360. Everybody always brags on their 340 E's; good grief they'd be slooooow in comparison to that Miatta,lol.
Hyup; a 273 5gear Miatta; that would be badazz.
Lessee how can we get an early A down to 2400? That shouldn't take much,lol.
I think the backseat alone is 65#, 2 bumpers at 30#, the heater at 35# Empty the trunk,aluminum wheels, radio delete, manual everything shoot the P/S alone is about 300 kgs IIRC.(lol). Yeah 2400 should be doable. Now yer in badazz territory.Well OK yer just tickling it. Now pump it up to 300hp and make it stick. Then take a break,yer done. 2400/300=8 #/hp; that's badazz. Now you could be in the 11s. Lessee 300/273=1.1HP/cid, totally doable.
Course a 360 only needs .83hp /cid. That's 2bbl territory right there. And the 360 will be about as docile as a 10 year old cow. And I guess you could put the earlyA back together and run it at 2800,and pump up the 360 to 350 hp or .97 hp/cid . Still a pretty tame lump.
Tame lumps are way more fun than trying to stay on the pipe all the time. I mean just try and drift your 225 earlyA. You have to come in way too hot, flip it into the groove and stand on it. Then the inside wheel lifts and spins and then it's all over. That's no fun at all. So how about a 273/318? Well you never have enough rear gear in a DD so it's still no fun. But If you put a big ol' performance gear in the back things are looking better. But then it won't sustain the tirespin and it's all over again. But when you finally get to a 360 and big fat skates back there, and with just 3.55s, now you have controlled throttle steer. And that is badazz fun.