This is what I did with the $50.00 1972 Vega I bought as junk in
1984. I had originally intended to do a standard small block engine
swap but by the end of the first day we had the front of the car cut
off at the windshield and were already thinking full frame and big
block. In the photos below we had a 60 over 454 (468ci) with a
single 850 Holley double pumper, 620 lift cam and 11:1 pistons. The
car was fully tubbed, tube frame, removable front end and a narrowed
Chrysler 8 3/4 rear with 4.11 gears. (I cut and welded the axles) We
ran 14X31 slicks on the rear and Canadian Tire Whippets with Super
Tricks on the front.Best time was 11.03 sec
@ 127 mph in the 1/4 - I put the mufflers and N5015 street tires
back on and drove it to school the next day.
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