In 1975 I seriously considered buying a new Cosworth Vega, mainly because of
the engine. I always liked the styling of the car and thought it looked
sort of like a Mini-Camaro. In the end I couldn't bring myself to pay
$5,000 for the Cosworth version of the Vega when the standard models were
almost $2k less. I ended up buying a new Fiat instead. :-)
Rick
----- Original Message -----
From "Larry B. Macy, Ph.D." <macy at bbl.med.upenn.edu>
To: <b-evans@earthlink.net>
Cc: "Spridgets" <spridgets@autox.team.net>
Sent: Thursday, November 24, 2005 8:38 AM
Subject: Re: GM going down, no LBC
> Incidently, I happen to have been a very happy owner of a 73 Vega. I
> thought it was a marvelous car. I had no troubles with it, and enjoyed it
> very much.
>
> I believe most folks issues were the fact that it was one of the very
> first high revving engines to come out of Detroit and most folks drove it
> like it was a V8. Low revs in that car made for low power and low torque,
> unlike the V8's of the day. That engine was happiest at full song, rev'ed
> nicely to 7K and ran best in the 3500 - 5000 RPM range. At the time all
> the owners wanted to run their cars at 1200 -3000 RPM (great for the
> high torque V8's of the day) and that rev range killed the aluminum
> blocks as they could not get adequate lube.
>
> So I humbly disagree, while not the best ever, certainly not the worst.
>
> Larry
> ex-Vega owner and miss it
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