340sixpack
Well-Known Member
Everyone needs to own a chevy one time to appreciate a good Mopar.
Well if you never replaced a clutch, then you certainly didn't own the car long enough, and didn't shift the thing with any kind of authority. I have never owned an auto in my life, and I learned to drive behind the wheel of a '68 GTO when I was 15. I upgraded to a '69 Judge after a few years, had a brief affair with a 13,000 mile '68 Firebird 400 4-speed, I finally bought the Old Dominion B/FX 421SD headed,421 H.O. Tripower '65 GTO. That was my last Poncho, and that was 1983.
Muncie 4-speeds are poor, that is why I turned to Mopar. Unbushed aluminum cases, floating the rear bearing inbetween the front case and the tailshaft housing, not enough meat to keep the case straight... My mother bought me an Muncie M-22 for my 17th birthday because she was sick of the car sitting in the garage and her having to park outside. (yes she was VERY COOL, and a GTO fan) The problems with the Muncie were inherent, and while you could cruise a big block 'vette with one all day long, they couldn't take ANY kind of stress or they would pop gear teeth right off the gear. You should have seen the effort I had to put into launching that '68 GTO...The tranny couldn't take dumping the clutch at any kind of rpm due to the huge amount of torque, so I had to ride the thing out from just off idle. Argghhh...never again.
You obviously don't know what you are talking about. How old are you, 18?
Too funny!!!
This quote's funny, too:
"Chevy 454 LS6 = 450Hp...................Chrysler 426 Hemi = 425Hp"
I heard factory hemis were realistically pushing close to 600hp out of the showroom.
So far its a no go but only time will tell.
What happened to the guy on here that was sticking a small block mopar in his camaro????? He should join the camaro website. He would open up a can of worms over there.
You obviously don't know what you are talking about. How old are you, 18?
I streetraced Chevies in the 80's to pay for my Mopars. That's what you do with a good work mule to support the nice ponies!
Mopars ran longer and didn't require as much crazy stuff that the chevy did, BUT... The Mopars were at least 3 times as expensive to put together. How many BB Mopars back then turned much more than 6500, NOT MANY. My BB chevies saw 8500 sometimes. BB chevies eat flat tappet cams like babies drink formula. They didn't blow up, but, they wore out quickly. I usually offed them before they blew.
I had a friend that owned a nice 70 SS 454 LS6 Chevelle, 4.10 auto car with a converter, built it up pretty nice. Raced him with my stockish, suspension worked, 6 pack 70 GTX with decent tires and 4.56's. He was stunned that I was right on his door or 1/4 panel until about 1000'. Only then did that Chevelle start to pull away
Going to a swap meet was easy, you could trip over rect port alum BB Chevy heads and the only Mopar heads were cast iron stuff.
People that are caught up on one make are really missing out on some great iron. I like all the makes, had nice chevies, ford, whatever, I prefer Mopars.
Anybody that knows anything about musclecars knows that muncies were weak. That's why most of the real serious gm racers either used the 833 or toploader. The m22 was real strong but it had a high first gear ratio. I seen more then one muncie explode on the line. Instead of insulting these people maybe the real problem is you don't know what you are talking about?
Why do you think they made a m22 because the m20 and m21 was weak.
The best 4 speed gm had was the Super T10.
JoeDust451
What was done to your camaro!?
By the time slip,looks like it hauled ***!
I agree with 72 durstya.
Because i am the same, as long as muscle is still being
looked after an gets driven,then who cares what it is.
I apreciate all makes an models.
Mopars 1st.
But for other makes,i do have soft spots for mustangs,,68-9
mercury cougars,olds 442's,stingrays,hell theres too many
to name... There all good
But yeh,one day i wouldnt mind a mercury cougar...