Well, it may have taken me 8 hours to get down to Mark's shop but it only took me 6 hours to get back home!
(Damn 405 was a "parking lot" on the way down there)Usually I don't make 400 mile house calls but this project is "special".
I alway worry about getting lost in big cities like LA / Long Beach but hey, how many Guzzi shops can there be down there?
I have to say, the place was easy to find:
So, we crammed a 1000 lbs of race SL6 engine, auto trans and parts into the ol' 66 Dart wagon, checked the oil / tire pressure and hit the road Saturday morning.
Oh... a few days earlier, I also swapped out the 3.23 gear for a 3.07 set I have been working on... just to see how they feel on the open road. I like that ratio for the highway.
OK readers... the speedo in the 66 Dart broke a few weeks back so this trip was done "speedoless"... the Dart does have a tach.
I found a "sweet spot" right at 3000 RPM and saw 3600 a few times.
The rear tire measures 25.5 inches tall and the car has a lock-up torque converter. As already noted the gear ratio is 3.07
So how fast was I driving?
I need to run a mapquest to see exactly how many miles were travelled, I used 37 gallons of fuel total so the "rough" mpg is 21... not bad for 4500+ lbs rolling down the road at 70+ (??) mph.
I will post engine install info. and photos on the "twins" thread but here is a "teaser" shot.
DD
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