Belvedere II with 318
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Aaaaahhhh.... since you were so specific, the answer is different than what you may think.
Your basic B body with a 318 is indeed none too quick. It won't win a lot of races unless you're lined up against similar cars with similar displacement. Say someone in a 64 Impala with a 283 and 'glide lines up with you - no problem. Same with similar Fords. But it won't be very exciting to watch...
BUT! Since you said specifically a 67 Belvedere II with a 318... it's a little known fact that this combo, for this year only, is a uniquely engineered option that is blazingly fast and exceptionally valuable. Especially if the car is painted green...
Your basic B body with a 318 is indeed none too quick. It won't win a lot of races unless you're lined up against similar cars with similar displacement. Say someone in a 64 Impala with a 283 and 'glide lines up with you - no problem. Same with similar Fords. But it won't be very exciting to watch...
BUT! Since you said specifically a 67 Belvedere II with a 318... it's a little known fact that this combo, for this year only, is a uniquely engineered option that is blazingly fast and exceptionally valuable. Especially if the car is painted green...
About a low 17 if everything's good
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Lol, i feel like you're speaking from personal experienceAaaaahhhh.... since you were so specific, the answer is different than what you may think.
Your basic B body with a 318 is indeed none too quick. It won't win a lot of races unless you're lined up against similar cars with similar displacement. Say someone in a 64 Impala with a 283 and 'glide lines up with you - no problem. Same with similar Fords. But it won't be very exciting to watch...
BUT! Since you said specifically a 67 Belvedere II with a 318... it's a little known fact that this combo, for this year only, is a uniquely engineered option that is blazingly fast and exceptionally valuable. Especially if the car is painted green...
And now days isn't a bad thing. Both of my cars are small blocks and I drive them to other states to shows. Almost 20mpg. Burn tires a city block? Nope! I'm way past that.
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Jesus, so I could race Corollas and Civics
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Not really looking to race or do burnouts but I believe any muscle car some have some get up and go to it
What were you thinking you have there?? Some sort of fire breather??Jesus, so I could race Corollas and Civics
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Lol, of course not. But I don't think I've ever seen a 17 sec runWhat were you thinking you have there?? Some sort of fire breather??
I haven't either, I lose interest at 9 seconds.
You can juice up the Teen a bit. A 4 barrel and a recurved distributor does wonders. A 3.23 rear gear, and depending on how tall your tires are, can add a little zip without hurting mileage much. If you cam it up you might as well go for headers, and depending how radical, a higher stall converter and may be a bump in the rear gear to 3.55 or 3.73. You could do a 340/360 swap or a Magnum swap which is usually a sweet combination. You can also build a stroker. A 4" stroke 318 turn's it into a 390 (or so) a 340 a 415, and a 360 a 408.
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A modern 5.7 or 392 Hemi conversion will give you more power, reliability, ease of use and easily give 20 mpg. Of course there’s a hefty price to pay for that, but you end up with an extremely reliable car that you can drive anywhere. I think as time goes in, you’ll see more and more of these swaps.
68rrdream
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Oh for sure! Now they even have a controller for the 8 speed. But everything about those swaps is expensive. I really want to hear one carbureted.
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I liked his poly video, makes me want one. Knowledgeable guy.
icetech
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you can come have mine when i finally pull it.. I love polys the cost of building one doesn't make sense to me.
68rrdream
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That's the problem with them. If we at least had off the shelf pistons and aluminum heads I'd consider it.
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