Re: [AMC-list] Mid-Engine AMX

[Ken Ames <ameskg@xxxxxxxxx>]

IIRC the Toronado axle was a '425' - a front-wheel drive version of the Turbo
400. Eldorado probably the same.

More than a 304 might be dangerous with the engineless front end. : )

Ken


Quoting tom jennings <tomj@xxxxxxx>:

> On Sun, Nov 22, 2009 at 16:17, Armand Eshleman <aje1@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> 
> > Oldsmobile toranado transaxle mated to a V-8 works pretty good I
> > understand....
> >
> >
> Yeah, but they're boat anchors. Two boat anchors! HUGE! HEAVY! And automatic
> only I think. Apparently tough though and well done.
> 
> No V8's for me, so 200hp capacity would be enough. Something furrin' might
> work better, there's not much post-war driveline innovation in the U.S. up
> til recently (blasphemy? give me examples besides: corvair, f85, toronado,
> eagle, ... vette is recent)
> 
> Some friends & I talked about eagle front in the rear, but that has it's own
> problems (eg. reversed rotation for starters).
> 
> It's interesting too, how easy many things become when you stop worrying
> about super-maximum horsepower. Things stop breaking, and weigh 1000 lbs
> less. They don't necessarily go much slower either, unless 1/4 mile stuff is
> the only measure. Then flat out power wins flat out.
> 
> 
> 
> Trivia for you: said friends and I could come up with no mid-engine, FRONT
> drive cars, at all. Except the Dymaxion, and that doesn't really count.
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