[AT] OT: Carbruators

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Ralph,
My 1st big engine was in my 61 dodge 383 with 325 HP I  think that was about 
what the factoy wanted us to know this car would would burn  the tires from 0 
to 50 mph when it shifted to 2nd and then there was slam in  back as it jumped 
from 50 to 70 and shifted to 3rd from there up it was power as  you did all 
you could to hold on and wait for the power to give up I never found  out as I 
only took it up to 105 where I let up and figured that was fast enough  for me.

My second dodge was not so fast or so powerful it was a 64 dart  with a 273 
V-8 I took many a trophie at the drags with one though. It ran real  god in it 
class up against many cars that had twice the engine but heavier  .  

I then owned two vehicle with 440s in them a big old 68 Chrysler  new Yorker 
and a 30 ft. dodge motor home. Both engines perform very good when  you put 
the metal to floor. That big motor home passed a lot of smaller ones on  long 
grade 6 or 7 hills. 

I used to race back in the mid 60's when dodge  had the 426 Hemi's in them I 
can still remember seeing stock cars screaming down  the tract in 10 seconds 
at 140 mph.  I once read where a car mag tied one  down an found it to have 
over 600 hp before the wheels came loose on the  rollers. Its no wonder they quit 
building these things its only a wonder us kids  weren't all killed driving 
them.  
 
You really had to grow in those days to believe what these cars were  capable 
of. The big Fords and the Chrysler  cars were not for the weak of  mind to 
drive.

Boy would I like to put a 426 Hemi in my LA, now that  would be a pulling 
tractor.     

Walt  Davies
Cooper Hollow Farm
Monmouth, OR 97361
503 623-0460