Zuluman
Well-Known Member
I bought a 1975 Plymouth Valiant, with a 3.7l slant six engine, from a breaker's yard in France for 450. My son saw it one day returning home from school. It cost me 452 to transfer the registration, more than the cost of the car, as the price of the transfer is based on fiscal horsepower.
After 2 years of intensive work much has been changed. The engine and crankshaft remain the same but I've had the engine bored out slightly, installed high-compression pistons (10.3 : 1), ordered a new cylinder head from Hemi Perfomance in Australia (dual valve springs, larger valves, ported & polished and gas-flowed). To this I added a new camshaft (mild racing) as well as an higher stall-speed torque converter, as well as an AussieSpeed equal-length runner intake manifold (topped with an Edelbrock 600cfm 4BBL carburettor) and tubular exhaust collector backed with a 2-1/4
" Magnaflow exhast.
I've made extensive chassis modifications as well. These include new front and rear axles from Control Freak Suspensions, with coil-over shock absorbers front and rear, a trailing arm rear suspension with a Panhard rod for lateral location, a limited-slip differential from Strange Engineering and 4 wheel disc brakes from Willwood.
I've had the interior redone in leather and alcantara by a professional saddler and redone the body in a Dupont colour called "marron black", a very dark brown used on Aston Martins. The wheels are American Racing Salt Flats (7" x 17" front and 10.5" x 17"rear) with Pirelli P-Zero Assimetrico tyres (245/45 YR 17-s front and 285/40 YR 17-s rear). I'm sure readers would like to see some pics...
After 2 years of intensive work much has been changed. The engine and crankshaft remain the same but I've had the engine bored out slightly, installed high-compression pistons (10.3 : 1), ordered a new cylinder head from Hemi Perfomance in Australia (dual valve springs, larger valves, ported & polished and gas-flowed). To this I added a new camshaft (mild racing) as well as an higher stall-speed torque converter, as well as an AussieSpeed equal-length runner intake manifold (topped with an Edelbrock 600cfm 4BBL carburettor) and tubular exhaust collector backed with a 2-1/4
" Magnaflow exhast.
I've made extensive chassis modifications as well. These include new front and rear axles from Control Freak Suspensions, with coil-over shock absorbers front and rear, a trailing arm rear suspension with a Panhard rod for lateral location, a limited-slip differential from Strange Engineering and 4 wheel disc brakes from Willwood.
I've had the interior redone in leather and alcantara by a professional saddler and redone the body in a Dupont colour called "marron black", a very dark brown used on Aston Martins. The wheels are American Racing Salt Flats (7" x 17" front and 10.5" x 17"rear) with Pirelli P-Zero Assimetrico tyres (245/45 YR 17-s front and 285/40 YR 17-s rear). I'm sure readers would like to see some pics...