Originally posted by samwise68:
asylum, loving the ride more and more everytime i see it. now i'm just wondering..what're you putting out with that sucker now??? lol, HP, Torque, and manile MPG's would be nice...my dad has a 292, with stock everything, and i'm sorta curious as to what he COULD be getting outta it.
Sam.
I can only guess by what it feels like. Now remember that it has bone stock cam and heads and that's gotta be restricting it a whole lot. And it's got 4.10 gears that don't do much for the mileage...and neiher does my heavy foot. However, here are some swags: HP: 180-190, torque, 225-250, mileage: 15-18.
The numbers don't mean a lot...but my seat-of-the pants feel might be more meaningful. It doesn't feel like it's being choked to death by that puny carb any more. It revs a lot faster and more freely...stand on it in 2nd and it's time to shift RIGHT NOW! I don't perceive any loss of low-end power at all. I've run up suburban hills at low rpm in 4th gear with no trouble...and it didn't feel to me like it wanted to be down-shifted.
On the freeway...well, the gears are the limitation. I don't drive it a lot faster than 65 or so. But at 55 or 60, I can punch it and feel one hell of a kick.
Remember the "Little Deuce Coupe" song? There's a line in it, "She gets rubber, babe, in all four gears." Well, that's the case with the Ratt. If I shift hard, it'll chirp the tires on power in all gears. 1st gear is a little superfluous....I can dump the clutch in 2nd and burn the tire off. I sure wish I had a posi rear end. Then it could get real exciting.
Eventually, maybe.
I just came back from a run to Radio Shack...I'm havin grounding problems, so I'm gonna run ground wires to the taillights and headlights. I needed a barrier block to connect them all. Anyway, the truck ran just fine. No driveability problems, no "cantankerousness" (not like its owner) and now if I need to cross an intersection in a hurry or get out of someone's way, I don't feel like I otta hit the brakes instead of the gas: I know it's gonna be able to move.
Hope that helps.
