New toy 1981 Indy 500 pace car
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cleaned up fairly well. i Kind of like the patina on it. Id say a intercooled GN/TType engine/drivetrain would be a nice compliment to the car. Considering the original engine was a buick 3.8 and is already out?
That would be nice but just not in my budget for a swap of that right now, it has a 84-85 3.8 in it right now plus the original supposedly the original spun a bearing about 12 years ago as they left it in 2nd gear and overrevved it.
I was thinking about this car, and came up with a crazy idea. The early hot air engines had a carb, so to keep it "correct looking", do a Series 2 supercharged lower manifold with a carb plate for a throttle body (either blow through unit or just air with injectors in the manifold) and a turbo. Kinda like Turbo Zach has, but with the stronger bottom end. The only real giveaway would be the lack of distributor. It would probably have to run off a standalone ECU like a Megasquirt or something. Back it with a 4 speed OD trans, and it would be badass!
The original engine I just dropped off at the machine shop for a overhaul, should have it back in a month hopefully. Will probably pull the newer engine out pretty soon to start cleaning up under the hood some
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I know it's like squeezing blood out of a rock but are you going to try to get what ever extra power just to help it perform better than stock?
Well right now the plan is to give it a good overhaul and inspect it and see what all it’s going to need. As far as extra power at this point not sure what we’re going to do may put a 4 barrel intake and carb on it.
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