horsepower is a function of torque and you calculate hp by multiplying the torque figures.
Now I'm looking for that "old style boat throttle control" for my shifter and found nothing. Anyone have an idea where to get one?
What a trip down memory lane. How I remember the big spreads Baldwin Motion used to publish in Popular Hot Rodding in the '71-'72 era. I think I had a mail order catalog too. Hone-O-Drive was always a featured product. As I recall they'd tout a 4.56:1 gear to go with the Hone-O-Drive.
For those who don't know, Baldwin Chevrolet on Long Island teamed up with a local speed shop called Motion Performance to market Camaros with 454 engine swaps. They called them "Phase III's." A pic:
They also gave the Phase III treatment to '68-'71 Corvettes, which we now call "C3's," first with L-88 427's then with LS7 454's when they became available in the '70 model year:
Check the kustom headlight kit. Also, that nest-of-snakes header and side pipe setup was the ultimate of kewl at the time. They offered it for Camaros too. This product was not a Baldwin Motion exclusive; they were actually pretty common on Corvettes in the early '70's.
Here's something else I collected on my trip through Google land -- a collection of Baldwin Motion magazine ads from the '60's:
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Cool stuff to see for sure. Here is a link I found on the internet that has some info about the hone unit.
http://www.stangerssite.com/honeodrive.html
I'll go out and snap some pics as soon as the kids are in bed.
http://www.stangerssite.com/honeodrive.html
I'll go out and snap some pics as soon as the kids are in bed.
yeah Motion performance was definitely the act to follow back then, thats why Joel's (Joel Rosen was the guy who owned Motion Performance) cars bring such big money these days. even ol' Shels cars couldn't keep up with a Baldwin Motion car at their peak. that doesn't way me away from the ford camp at all but it was definitely impressive. he would guarantee that one of his cars would run 11 second 1/4 miles which was way impressive back then condsidering that even hemi cudas were stuck in the 13's off the showroom floor. i don't think anyone else back then would guarantee that kind of performance from a street car, may Mr. Norm' Grand Spaulding Dodge but that would be about it. pretty sure Joel's guarantee was the car would run 11 second times or he'd give you your money back, to my knowledge he never had to give anyone their money back. he's building cars again now too, BTW, still under the Motion name as well.
already got that one saved but thanks anyway. i've got a couple of other pics i've been able to find over the last couple years but there isn't a lot of info about, much less pics of these on the 'net.
yeas, i'd love to see some pics of the guts too, but it's not necessary. i don't want you to have to pull it apart again, i don't need the inside pics that bad.