28 Jul 97 17:28, Puleeeeze Brer John Pummill, Dooooon't trow Mopar or Walk? 
in dat der Briar Patch!
 JP>
 RW>> When I was in the process of buying my 305 IROC-Z, I had
 RW>> illusions of performance akin to my 63 Vette with a 350hp
 RW>> 350ci...When I put my foot to the accelerator and it fell on
 RW>> it's face, I knew that performance was no longer what these
 RW>> cars were all about.
 JP>
 JP>  BAHAHAHAHA !!! Poor guy !!! There are support groups.  350 horse
 JP> 350 in a 63 ?? I remember the 375 horse 327 but not the 350.
I traded a broken 51 Triumph 650 MC for a broken 67, 350.  All it had was a 
spun rod bearing.  When I opened it up, it had that AND it had already been 
sleeved in #2.  It was only 3 years old.  I put a crank kit in it, pulled the 
cam and put in the 327, 350 hp cam and new lifters and the other stuff in the 
sprocket and chain catagory.  Bought some rebuilt 1.94 double camel hump 
heads, took em apart and ported the crap out of them. Put a high-rise 
manifold and Holley 750 double pumper on it.
Oh, and I used an old Corvette dual point distributor that I had been 
dragging around the country for the previous 5 or 6 years.  BTW, 67 rod bolts 
were 5/16, wereas 68 and up are 3/8...I had two rods with 3/8s bolts on the 
number one/two crank throw, the rest were 5/16s.  It must have balanced it 
out pretty good as it revved quick and sounded real chirpy. And it would rev 
to 6200 with the hydraulics with out a sweat.
After that, I went through the rear end, replaced everything but the housing 
when I broke it..Put all new joints in the half-shafts and drive shaft.  
Replaced the 63 4speed with an M21 Muncie.  Went through 5 clutch combo's 
before getting one to last a weekend at the drags...
 RW>> P.S.  No SB Mustang ever beat my Vette...13.1's off the
 RW>> street.
 JP> BE the man.
It was kewl...
... I'm Han Solo, Captain of the Millinium Falcon.
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