Re: 6s and 8s

[nutz4butz@xxxx]

While i love my 6 they arent axactly sporty without some work.


I know Clifford Research sells 4-bbl and triple Weber conversions, as 
well as hot cams for sixes, but all I put on my 232 cid Gremlin X were 
a set of Hooker headers. They had two collecters: Numbers one, three 
and five cylinders went into one, and two, four and six into the 
other. A set of glass pack header mufflers and two very short pipes 
with chrome tips exited out the side behind the driver's door. Believe 
it or not, that thing MOVED. 

Now, I know some of you are thinking I'm some kid who grew up on 
Civics and Nissans, so I really don't know what performance is. 
Actually I'm 44, and I've owned three Javelins (two SST's and one 
AMX), as well as a 360 powered 1970 Ambassador SST (two door, of 
course). My father got me started, as he bought a 1969 Javelin (290) 
at the ripe old age of 39, and followed that with a 1970 Rebel 
MACHINE, and a 1974 Matador X Coupe (401 4bbl). The Matador was his 
last performance car until he bought himself a present for his 70th 
birthday last September: a fully restored and detailed 1968 AMX!

But I digress....If you doubt that six in a row can go, consider this. 
About ten years ago, a guy was racing a 1969 Javelin at the local 
stock car track in my Dad's hometown. He was running a 232 with cam, 
headers and 4 bbl - the ONLY non-V8 car on the track. He did quite 
well, often finishing in the top five. Did I mention how much the 
Chevy boys hated him? Made their pro-built 350's look a littl silly. 
And that sound....close your eyes and you would have thought it was an 
Indy car - very bizarre.