Cal Tonsley
Well-Known Member
Yes, but not done intentionally, by then they were just clearing the inventory.A single Exhaust, no LSD and a 727, dumped in a 770 is strangled compared to what the 265 got in the R/T.
Yes, but not done intentionally, by then they were just clearing the inventory.A single Exhaust, no LSD and a 727, dumped in a 770 is strangled compared to what the 265 got in the R/T.
Yes, but not done intentionally, by then they were just clearing the inventory.
Regrettably the v8 program was abandoned prior to the Chargers release, the 265 was still a great package and while it didn’t win Bathurst it had a number of victories here in Aus and in particular, NZ. The decision to abandon a V8 race program however was never about not wanting to show up the 265, it really was all about local content - remembering that the original E38 265 race package itself only ran a 3 speed manual gearbox because that was all that was available (locally) to Chrysler Australia at the time, it’s just that with the benefit of 20/20 hindsight we all can’t help but wonder what a great race package a 340 engined Charger might have been!Maybe, I guess this one of the things that will just run and run. But the 340 was brought over for a race program, so clearly the intention was never to dump it in a 770. They clearly knew it was a more race orientated engine that went in R/T's etc in the US. Could have easily made a 340 R/T as the US had a range of engines in the R/T line up. Since R/T is a US Mopar designation there is no good reason not to have had a 340 R/T, unless of course you did not want to show up the 265.
Perhaps! We shipped out on the LHA-1 Tarawa. Would have been around early July '89 as we crossed the date line early AM on my birthday, July 18! I hit the rack July 17 and when we woke up it was July 19, The Captain made the IDL crossing announcement over the comm and called me out by name " Marine L/Cpl. Wander of Weapons Co, 1/9...the Navy did what the Marines couldn't do, we just took your birthday away from you..." That was a running joke when someone got busted, "what are they gonna do, take my birthday from me?" I guess! Never made it south of the equator either. Still a Wog....I was on an helo carrier in San Diego, got out the end of '89. Unfortunately got on a ship going into dry dock and never made it more than 50 miles off the coast before I got out. Wonder if we ever crossed paths (assuming you were at the 32nd Street Naval Station as well).
Perhaps! We shipped out on the LHA-1 Tarawa. Would have been around early July '89 as we crossed the date line early AM on my birthday, July 18! I hit the rack July 17 and when we woke up it was July 19, The Captain made the IDL crossing announcement over the comm and called me out by name " Marine L/Cpl. Wander of Weapons Co, 1/9...the Navy did what the Marines couldn't do, we just took your birthday away from you..." That was a running joke when someone got busted, "what are they gonna do, take my birthday from me?" I guess! Never made it south of the equator either. Still a Wog....