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Reminds me of when I had my first round of Toronados and built my first engine and put it in another '69 I had picked up. It was a pretty aggressive build and I went with a 2,500 RPM stall Torque Converter which allowed the Mondello-cammed engine to get well into its powerband before hooking up...

I had driven down the dead-end road we lived on only to see a set of stripes laid down by my friend that lived at the end of the road. He had a '72 Skylark he transplanted a Buick 455 into and put down a parallel pair of stripes with his posi rear-end. I of course had to make my mark so I cranked on the E-brake and let'er rip! Smoke began to roil off the side of the car and I eased off the brake to allow the car to move forward. Of course the smoke continued as long as I held the throttle down so I got a very nice and long strip to add to his mark.

The real surprise came when I returned from my cruise a little while later...

I immediately recognized the long stripe put down by my driver side tire but what was initially puzzling was the shorter parallel stripe. At first I thought it rather odd that someone had managed to lay another patch so perfecly parallel to mine when it hit me! OMG! I had managed to get both wheels spinning even with the fully open diff! That is when I fully realized what a beast I had built! I have yet to match it with my current car... that old one was perfectly tuned as I used the original carb and rebuilt it very well. It did not hurt that 94 octane gas was available from Sunoco in MA at the time.

Now I hope to exceed that level of performance once I get the Sequential Port Fuel Injection installed in place of the poorly tuned Summit Racing Q-jet that originally came from a BBC truck motor and is clearly not well tuned for my 455. I fully expect the EFI setup to give me snappy throttle response in place of the horrible stumble I get right now due to the poorly tuned carb which I have little interest in dealing with.

Thanks for the flashback!

I remember seeing that picture in another mag and I think the commentary mentioned that he kept frying the balonies until they burst!

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