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- 66patrick66 August 2009
73 Newport Custom ideas..
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Howdy All.. New to the forum and workin on cars but i seen this one and had to have it. Car runs pretty good, has it's problems but it's old. my question is tho.. what can i do to make this 400 2barrel get some pickup? top end is great she sails like a dream.. but gettin there takes some work. i realize it's 2.5ton but there has to be something i can do to pep her up.. ((please give more of a responce than "change plugs and yadayada." thx for yer time.
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Not sure what kind of response you want...change out to a 4-bbl Edelbrock aluminum intake and their Carter AFB look-a-like carb, for starters.
You probably have a 2.54, 2.76, or a 2.94 rear axle gearing as it sits, so you might look at a set of 3.23 or 3.54 gears for it - this will still keep it reasonably drivable at highway speeds and not knock the crap out of your gas mileage.
Dual exhausts (no bigger than 2-1/4" on that car) with good turbo-style mufflers will help, also.
That car is no hot rod, but it'll get you down the road.
Check out these links for more BIG Chryslers and ideas...
www.nybclub.org - devoted to the Chrysler New Yorker and Newport
www.cbodydrydock.com - devoted to all of the BIG Mopars
http://cbodyhomeport.yuku.com - another C-body forum
www.moparstyle.com - a good overall Mopar forum"The time has come", the Walrus said, "to speak of many things. Of shoes and ships and sealing wax, of cabbages and kings. And why the sea is boiling hot,
And whether pigs have wings..."
