Recent Torino Stuff

[lucky7]

very awesome. love the color.

[DoubleC]

Though it's not complete, this is easily one of my top three favorite cars/builds on this site.

[svtserpent]

Such a cool project.
You need a vortech s/trim for it?

[4 cam tbird]

I'm planning on turboing it eventually. Making it drive is really the priority though. It'll be on the road in naturally aspirated form next year. Then winter of 12-13 I can work on making it a little faster. The fuel system is all set up to handle what I'll be doing. Just spent the money and did it right now. It isn't too terrible heavy, honestly, wiki says they were 2900-3600 lbs for all body styles, so Country Squire and Verts with big blocks on the upper side, formal roof with a 6 or a small block on the low side. The aluminum 4.6 is about the same weight as a small block and it is a fast back. 3300ish? Lighter than my Tbird that ran 14.4 in Nebraska with a Mark VIII intake, exhaust manifolds, auto, and IRS. Should run 13's anyway being a few hundered pounds lighter, with a Cobra intake, long tubes, and a more efficient drivetrain and being that we are at 1000' lower elevation. '68 Torino, mid-high 13's, 25ish MPG, sounds cool to me . It'll be decent enough for a year. I mean, it won't be as fast as the new ride that should be on it's way into my garage here in a couple weeks but it'll be as fast as everything I'm currently working to dump.

[DeFormula]

the coolness...

[Birdie2000]

That is a sexy bitch. Love the wheels!

[OnyxSSS]

forgot about the 'zed wagon'

[svtserpent]

just thought I would toss the idea at you. 13's are gonna be hard to get into, maybe on slicks. what rear end?

[4 cam tbird]

4.11's, truetrac, 9 inch, triangulated 4 link, coil over suspension.

Dropping a few hundred pounds, doing things that have been proven to add a few HP, and dropping some track elevation compared to a car I've run 14.4 in sure makes cracking 13's seem pretty reasonable. Mid-13's might be a stretch but 13.9 shouldn't be a problem.

[svtserpent]

Sounds like its gonna hook up good. My car started to shine when I put in the 430's & longtubes.