- Apr 11, 2004
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Iv'e had my 1966 Coupe for a while now, the first car I bought and I love it completley. The engine has been a bit of a troublemaker despite being a brand new rebuild when I purchased it nearly a year ago, I have put over 28,000 miles on the engine which has about 33,000 total on it.
4v 289, with an edelbrock 1405 carb on it (tuned near perfect).
The C-4 Automatic with stock gear ratios. If i remeber correctly-3.5:1. I can look it up if you need me to. Oh, and as far as weight goes the only luxry is has is power steering.
My questions are what kind of performance numbers should it be delivering?
If anyone knows:
Average 1/4 mile time
Average 0-60 time
Average MPG
Obviously im not looking for specifics as every car is different but for some reason I have this nagging feeling my engine is under-performing at lower RPMs...it feels like the tourque is just not there for some reason. Im not to worried about it now- if the car is not as fast as I thought it was going to be when I boght it...so be it. I will continue restoring it and maybe one day ill give her a bigger engine, when shes not forced to be my daily driver.
Edit: Oh hay its my first post. Nice to see you all, maybe one day I'll post pictures of her
4v 289, with an edelbrock 1405 carb on it (tuned near perfect).
The C-4 Automatic with stock gear ratios. If i remeber correctly-3.5:1. I can look it up if you need me to. Oh, and as far as weight goes the only luxry is has is power steering.
My questions are what kind of performance numbers should it be delivering?
If anyone knows:
Average 1/4 mile time
Average 0-60 time
Average MPG
Obviously im not looking for specifics as every car is different but for some reason I have this nagging feeling my engine is under-performing at lower RPMs...it feels like the tourque is just not there for some reason. Im not to worried about it now- if the car is not as fast as I thought it was going to be when I boght it...so be it. I will continue restoring it and maybe one day ill give her a bigger engine, when shes not forced to be my daily driver.
Edit: Oh hay its my first post. Nice to see you all, maybe one day I'll post pictures of her