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71 142E vs. 74 164E 140-160

posted by  Antique Swedish Steel on  Sun Apr 3 12:50 CST 2005
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OK Guys,
Time to hear from the 142E guy here. Steve hit on the main reason this 142E only matched the 164E during speeds of 10 to 45 mph acceleration.
When my car was new I had a 4.30 from the factory to give it a lot of "low speed" acceleration. That was a lot of fun around town and for autocrossing.
Now days I run mostly on highspeed highways and elected for my recent rearend to go with the 4.10 gear set. So around town low end speed is compromized for more desirable high speed performance characteristics of the 4.10.
The stock 71 142E (4.30) would have pulled away from the 164E under the same speed range scenario.
It was a lot of fun going down the road with Steve's beutiful 164E daily driver. Really looking forward to my first dyno with the group in July.

Joel






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