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Re: Converse V8 kit questions 200

posted by  someone claiming to be Steve Abbott on  Tue Oct 16 12:11 CST 2001 [RELATED]

The car is a '80 (I think) 244, now with a '350' badge on the back. The original owner/buider fitted a 500 bhp engine. Braided hoses everywhere, all the good stuff. It originally also used the standard 4 speed Volvo gearbox and diff! The engine would redline in 4th at about 150 mph. The box lasted sursprisingly well until some idiot decided to practice burnouts and split the casing. Its fitted with a 260 rear end, a Ford 4 speed toploader, and a modified Ford prop shaft. It wears Simmons 3 piece 15" dia alloys about 10" (!) wide with 265 low profile tyres. Manual steering, tiny steering wheel and handles like an absolute dog. I pulled some arm and shoulder muscles driving it. Its for sale. Almost wish I had the cash...

The original 500 hp engine was enlarged to 8 litres (!) had a turbo added (!!) and nitrous (!!) and ended up mid-mounted in a Mitsubishi van (!!!). Estimated at around 2000 bhp. It did demonstration burnouts at the local racetrack that went on forever. You could feel the ground and air vibrating from over 100 ft away. Absolute animal act.





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