At 10:47 AM 9/4/97 -0500, you wrote:
>The car is off the road and in my garage. I'm begun disassembly of #678
>but have been spending most of my time (as available!) doing research
>and developing a plan for it. As you may have gathered from my earlier
>e-mails, I intend to make it a high performance custom vehicle while
>retaining as much of the original Bricklin character as possible.
>
>I had planned to swap in an AMC 401 but wanted to upgrade the automatic
>transmission as well. I just learned that the Chrysler 727
>transmissions sold to AMC have a custom bolt pattern so ordinary
>Chrysler transmissions won't fit. This, and the limited munber of
>performance parts for the 401, made up my mind to go for the following
>powertrain set-up: A MOPAR 440 engine ( about 500 bhp), an A-518 MOPAR
>heavy duty four speed automatic and a Ford 9" posi-traction rear end
>with disk brakes from a Lincoln Versailles.
>
George,
You need to talk to "Somerville, Wallace A" <somervil@vafb.aero.org>.
He's doing something similar:
"Just for kicks I have engineered a supercharged 5.7l Chevy TPI
engine(475 HP) and drive train for installation in the Brick -
no mods to the car required."
I just picked up a 9" Ford posi also. However, it will be a while before
I put it in the car. You might want to write up something about the
conversion process as you do it. However, according to Terry, it is a
bolt in with the exception of the emergency brake. Even the orig. wheels
fit.
John
John T. Blair WA4OHZ email: jblair@exis.net
Va. Beach, Va Phone: (757) 495-8229
48 TR1800 48 #4 Midget 65 Morgan 4/4 Series V
75 Bricklin SV1 77 Spitfire
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