Okay you feel that 4 cyl hunk of junk is comparable to a 442. how about I swap you the front wheel hunk of junk we have at the shop for a nice 69 442. Since it ranks right up there. Just think how cool it would look with 60 series tires in the rear and 50's up front for traction. The noise the of the timeing chain guids rattling after 80,000 miles. And the 1-1/8 split in the rear for that fake dual exhaust look while it idles so rough do being worn out. Where my 442 idled rough do to the cam choice. Lets not forget the oil it burns do to clogged pcv system. At changing the starter is not a problem due to exhaust .the intake is just in the way. Lol But it's a 442 ron
rodney fama OCA #033098 1969 cutlass s 1969 442 north carolinia car 1969 442 cali car. assembly required stay away from www.calicars.cc what a hassle. 1972 cutlass convertable 1976 phx y-76 arizona regional car. assy. required 1977 cutlass supreme (3) 1986 honda shadow vt 1100c cruiser 1987 cutlass supreme 1989 chevy k-2500 4*4 pick up 1991 yamaha warrior atv 1994 chevy caprice 9c-1 police pkg 732-986-6388 cell 732-254-9500 wk 2 pm best time to call week days web site. shows disc brake conversion using 79 trans am rear disc on my 77 cutlass,and my 77 restoration project, along with other toys http://home.comcast.net/~77w30442/wsb/html/view.cgi-contact.html-.html http://home.comcast.net/~77w30442/wsb/html/view.cgi-photos.html-MerchantID-2 21197-Publish-t-makestatic-true-skip-45.html you may have to copy and paste the address to web browser. -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Saturday, June 03, 2006 2:13 PM To: [email protected] Subject: 442 Achieva That car was advertised to do 0-60 in 7.5 sec, if I remember correctly. I define "muscle car" as 0-60 in under 8 sec. Or, 1/4 mile in under 16 sec. The original 330cu 442 was I believe 8.2 sec in stock form. While that seemed fast in 1960 or in the 80s, some may choose other numbers considering the latest stuff. Still, despite the large selection of vehicle models in theory surpassing that perfomance, only a small percentage of those actually on the road can do so. Bruce Roe 3 Jun 2006 Joe Vahabzadeh <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > At 10:57 PM 6/1/06 -0400, ron wrote: > >I may be wrong about the achievia, but they did make a front wheel > drive > >442 with a quad 4. and although it may have sounded mean. > >It was in no respect a muscle car > > Late 80s or early 90s Calais, if I recall right. Given the the car > weighed > only like 2700 or 2800 lbs, and the fact that it produced something > like > 180 (I think) horsepower, I'm sure it could move. > > Of course, that was with (then) exotic technology on a 4 cylinder, > high > compression (10:1), and you had to spin the snot out of it. I think > peak > horsepower was at or just above 6000 rpm. Torque, as you might > guess, was > a bit shy, but then again, it wasn't a heavy car. > > I dunno, though. Would it qualify as a musclecar? What would make > it > qualify, what wouldn't? > > - Joe Vahabzadeh >
