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Re: My 1974 REPU Project

Posted: Mon Feb 20, 2017 9:14
by RX-7 Chris
That truck is going to be really hard to get traction. A friend of mine years ago installed a 347 stroker 302 into a first gen Ranger and the thing was fun but completely worthless. The truck would just spin the tires everywhere he went and he did have good tires on it.

Re: My 1974 REPU Project

Posted: Mon Feb 20, 2017 9:14
by vierte
Ha. That's as good of a reason as any! I had to check out the videos.. that thing looks like it's trying to kill him every time it gets in to boost.. It's pretty awesome!! Not that you need a bug in your ear.. but I do have the machinery to build a peripheral port.. just sayin'. Even have a spare motor or two that I may practice on. A while back I started doing some modeling of the combustion cycle to work out ideal port timing and shape.

Re: My 1974 REPU Project

Posted: Mon Feb 20, 2017 9:14
by chickenwafer
vierte wrote:Ha. That's as good of a reason as any! I had to check out the videos.. that thing looks like it's trying to kill him every time it gets in to boost.. It's pretty awesome!! Not that you need a bug in your ear.. but I do have the machinery to build a peripheral port.. just sayin'. Even have a spare motor or two that I may practice on. A while back I started doing some modeling of the combustion cycle to work out ideal port timing and shape.


P port huh....I'd be inclined to do a semi p port some day, but who knows. I don't know how much benefit it is over a bridgeport.

RX-7 Chris wrote:That truck is going to be really hard to get traction. A friend of mine years ago installed a 347 stroker 302 into a first gen Ranger and the thing was fun but completely worthless. The truck would just spin the tires everywhere he went and he did have good tires on it.


Oh I know. It will take a lot of tricks to get it to move. I do plan on getting some MT ET Streets eventually. I'm sure it will be fast and not "completely worthless" however