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Old 04-24-2008, 03:27 PM
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Originally Posted by m10ren View Post
How about a 327 cid like I have in my 69 RS? Now that sounds like a motor.

Oops, it only has 210hp, it sounds ok, but really with a power-glide trans. it is slow and not even really very economical to drive.

So a 260 hp turbo 4cyl (for a base motor) doesn't sound that bad to me. BTW the 327 cid 210hp wasn't even the base motor in 1969, I think the base model engine was a 250 cid inline-6, with 155hp.
Hard for me to swallow a 4 cyl turbo. I get the HP thing, just imagine the exhaust note. THIS is what I think of:

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