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Undeserved reputation for being 'slow'? 200 1983

posted by  someone claiming to be Alex on  Sat Jan 5 22:13 CST 2002 [RELATED]

Well there you go. Your bricks have lots against them. The DL has the lower compression B23F. With a high compression B23F (grab pistons from an 84 B23F w/ auto) and the K cam, you could get a bit more power - doubt it'll pass smog in CA tho. And yer turbo.. the turbos w/ AW71s are SLUGS. Especially off the line. I've found the intercooled and non w/ autos pretty comparable around town. The one I finally ended up with was an 85 w/ M46. Very different beast. OTOH if you were to get an uprated valve body and higher stall speed torque convertor it would probably be much more liveable. 'Course you could also grab a rear end from a 240T w/ auto (3.91:1) and drop it in your DL for some stump pulling power and awful highway crusing (the AW71 has a much lower OD ratio) :^)

If you can find or otherwise source a 4.10:1 rear end, that would work nicely in yer turbo (the AW71s have a 4th gear ratio of 0.60:1 IIRC, M46s have maybe 0.72:1 or so).

- alex






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