My 1994 Ford F150 had the similar stock EFI 5.0 engine as my 1986 Bronco had in it. Those engines were really a major improvement over what the Big Three had made us buy from about 1973 to 1983. (total Junk!) I would just mash the pedal on the 5.0 fuel injected engines and they could move the hell out of those big heavy Fords. They even did get pretty good gas mileage on the road in cruise even when pulling boats. I actually toyed with the idea of transplanting the 1994 5.0 into my last Chevelle just for the fun of it. That would have been interesting.
Oh man. From about 1973 on, in the auto world if you lived inside the California borders you Could Not Have a lot of what the rest of the world could buy and enjoy. Too many specific laws that were all anti auto. They had to do it in all fairness. At one time , before those laws there was a daily cloud of smog that hung over many parts of developed California. People don't realize today just how bad that smog / pollution had gotten.
The last of my toys that I sold off about 2 years ago was a 76 Chevy Chevelle Laguna S3 show car with the 400 cui, had all anti pollution removed and duals going all the way out the back. I had one that I did that to and added Hooker headers on around 1985. That car could lay a smoke screen and a long rubber line on the pavement. You ever seen one of these? My all time favorite Pontiac, Super rare these days....
Yep GMC did the Typhoon and Syclone but those were modified post factory - trivia thats the first time i ever saw an Extang cover. I can't recall who did them, ASC i think.
Then there was the turbo Grand Prix that begot the appearance package (B4U I think) those were done by ASC-McLaren and it wasn't appreciably faster than a non turbo one...
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The Pace Car Trans Ams were GN wrapped in a F-Body
Chevrolet sold Sprint Turbos and I think there was a Spectrum Turbo too but I would not swear to it...
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Didn't care for that tacked-on look, interior was like my Grand Prix, but liked what was under the hood.
Thats awesome. I hope (you just gotta) have a good place to keep it stored when not in use I bet. I am jealous. To me there is nothing sweeter from those years they were being produced.
Did not realize those were only produced for two years. Sweet!
My 02 3.0 may be dying. I replaced the cam synchro for the third time in the truck's life, but the symptoms (bucking, loss of power, chirping noise) came back a week later and I'm worried there is wear to the cam. I'm going to try one more synchro to rule out a bad part, but if it does it again that means an engine. If the body was in good shape, I'd definitely be looking to swap a 5.0 in, but it's got so much body damage I'm not sure what I'm willing to put in it. Since it's been parked at work though, it has gotten a lot of interest, so maybe it is worth putting a 5.0 in.
Oh I know exactly what it is! The sister to the Syclone and they made less of the Typhoons. I always wanted either one of them. I have an 87 GN so they seem to be in the same family of "GM did something right!"
Thank you sir! It is mostly stock with the typical easy mods (meaning going back stock is easy) such as the better fuel pump, injectors, chip. ATR ram air and exhaust and a TA49 Turbo. It runs 18lbs boost which is conservative (stock was 13) and I only took it to the track 1 time when I lived in MD. I nice 80 degree day I ran 12.25. No the fastest but I wanted to not blow it up either lol.
