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- From: bob1@cos.com (Bob Blackshaw)
- Newsgroups: rec.autos
- Subject: Re: AUTOMATICS CAN BE NICE! (Was Re: FLAME
- Message-ID: <bob1.721516859@cos>
- Date: 11 Nov 92 21:20:59 GMT
- Article-I.D.: cos.bob1.721516859
- References: <BxHHCx.E0z@mentor.cc.purdue.edu> <1992Nov10.162652.20456@sol.UVic.CA> <BxILtF.H6M@mentor.cc.purdue.edu>
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- In <BxILtF.H6M@mentor.cc.purdue.edu> mshar@mentor.cc.purdue.edu (Mike Mshar) writes:
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- >In article <1992Nov10.162652.20456@sol.UVic.CA> atovorni@engr.UVic.CA writes:
- >>
- >>>Actually, the car handles fairly decent for its size. It is anything but a
- >>>cushy ride, I can tell you that. With a little work on the front end, this
- >>>chasis could be an excellent candidate for a street machine. Just gotta get
- >>>the money to build it up, first!
- >>
- >>I had an '81 Buick Century. It handled like a yacht and blew around in
- >>crosswinds. Goog thing your car(based on the same platform) sits better
- >>on the road than that thing(no rear swaybar and abused suspension) did.
-
- >Are you sure that the Century is the same platform as an `81 Monte?? I know
- >that the Regal has the same platform from 1981-1988, as did the Grand Prix
- >and the Cutlass. Does the Buick Century have the same chasis setup?
-
- They aren't the same chassis. The Century was/is the A body (Ihad one
- of those 81s myself) and the Monte Carlo is F or G body (my wife still
- drives her 78, but it only has 75,000 miles on it). The two body styles
- are close but do have some significant differences.
-
- >>
- >>>And BTW, a TH350 is NOT a mushy, wobbly, slushbox. Any tranny that can
- >>>survive for 17 years behind a 350 (of which 3 of those years it was behind
- >>>a BUILT 350) in the stock configuration is not `slushy`. Ford autos, on the
- >>>other hand.... :-)
-
-
- The 350 used to be rock solid, but the one in my Century literaly died
- at 70,000 miles. I think the bean counters got to it.
-
- >>
- >>OK, don't laugh now. The best-performing automatic that I have ever owned
- >>was the modified POWERGLIDE(2-speed) in my '70 Monte Carlo 350 with a
-
- Oh lordy, the good old whiz-bang! :-) had one in a 60 Belair with a 283
- driving it. Good car, but the salt got her.
-
- >>2-barrel(great low-end torque) and a set of headers/low restriction
- >>exhaust. Because of this strong-shifting, bulletproof automatic, I
- >>used to out-accelerate manual CAMAROS because the guys didn't know
- >>how to launch their cars(they would just spin their wheels) or speed-
- >>shift. That old Monte would just stay in first up to 75 Mph or until I
- >>let up on the gas. When I would let up, it would immediately hit second
- >>and I'd get back into the meaty part of the power curve!
-
- >Very true, many a drag fan has used this trans. But for a car that spends
- >much of its life on the highway, I like to have the three gears. If this
- >were a drag car of any sort, maybe a powerglide would do the trick. But for
- >now, I like the three gears.
-
- >Mike
-
- Well, right now I drive a 4 speed auto. I prefer a 5 speed stick but
- with beltway traffic here, I would probably lose 5 pounds a day with
- all the exercise of shifting :-(.
-
- REB
-
- >--
- >| Michael G. Mshar | My Life-Long Goal: To keep common sense |
- >| mmshar@mn.ecn.purdue.edu | alive and keep the idiots from taking over.|
- >| mshar@mentor.cc.purdue.edu | \\President, Nice Guys Anonymous// |
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