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RE: Re[2]: Dream Car ??

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Subject: RE: Re[2]: Dream Car ??
From: dondaves@ix.netcom.com (Don Daves)
Date: Sat, 25 Jan 1997 03:01:22 -0800
>
>       Right!, isn't that the one that had the MOPAR Dual Quad Cross-Ram 
>with the air cleaners sticking out of the front fender wells just 
>above the tire?
>
>  (engine + carbs on cross ram manifold where the carbs sits just out
>side of each of the valve covers).  This engine would be wider than 
>the Tiger itself !!   Seriously !!
>
>Rich
>

Hi Rich, did you also notice the gold-colored oval air filters this 
setup used?  Stamp "AC" on it and you could use one of them on a Tiger. 
 Except that these are even more rare than Tiger air cleaners.  About 
$1200 last time I saw one, 6-pak of beer was extra.

A friend who is a devout Mopar nut has a '61 Plymouth with those long 
cross rams.  First drive in one is a bit un-nerving as you release the 
gas pedal, the engine is still burning all the fuel that's still inside 
those long intake runners and continues to make power for about 1 or 2 
seconds more.  Makes you think the throttle is stuck open.  Butt ugly, 
but with two big Carter AFB's hanging off each side of a 426 "wedge" - 
it's one powerful beast!

Don Daves  <dondaves@ix.netcom.com>
Santa Cruz, CA
65 Sunbeam Tiger MK1 (his)
64 1/2 Mustang conv. (hers) 


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