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Originally Posted by jhv48
I think he was talking about 4th gear....Might be a race engine. In that case, make sure you can live with that on the street. Not real friendly in traffic.
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What little I know about it doesn't seem to indicate it is a race engine. The motor is reported to be a stockish 1989 5.0HO long block, not EFI but a simple Edelbrock manifold and small (500CFM) Edelbrock carburetor--not exactly exotic race stuff there.
Too many of you have reported 5th gear highway RPM's in the range I would have expected, the gentleman must have been mistaken about the gear he was running in. He does live right in the middle of Dallas, TX, so perhaps he was in 4th.
That would be the my hope for the way things turn out.....I'll have to drive that thing 300 miles to get it home and eventually over 800 miles to get it to my retirement home.....not exactly a happy prospect with 4,000 RPM's exiting through sidepipes less than 3' from your ears! He does say that at road speeds he can hear the sound system, so.........perhaps the tach is out of calibration?
Thanks, guys....maybe I won't need to go to the expense of changing out the rear pumpkin after all. that would make me
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Dugly
