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| 245000 | 12821 | Interests besides surfing revisited | 100 | Outside | Apr 18, 2022 | 2022-04-18T17:47:08-0400 | They're nice cars. This one belonged to a surf buddy and high school friend who introduced me to the Outer Banks. He bought the car when I was was a recent graduate from NYU Dental School and really didn't have a pot to p in. In fact, one night he spotted me $20 so we could hang out at some local bar and I found a $100 in the parking lot. Gave him back his $20 and we split the $100! I had 2 Pintos a 1972 with the German 2.0 Liter engine that I'd Installed a Crane P-284-B camshaft, Empi stainless VW intake valves in place of the factory exhaust valves, a shop called Island Porting Service's Pete Kenny ported and polished the head, Venolia forged flat top pistons and a Car Corporation turbo kit that used a Corvair 3 bolt intake turbo. I found a fellow with a hybrid Corvair turbo with the standard exhaust turbine and housing but mated to a larger impeller an compressor housing. It would make 20 lbs. of boost with water and Methanol injection, and about 23 would blow the head gasket.The rest of the car was similarly modified but looked stock. Easily beat Paul's Corvette, so in 1985 with about 35,000 miles on it we removed the engine from the Corvette and had a local machine shop bore it .030 over, rebalance it for TRW L-2256-F forged flat top pistons, installed plasma ceramic rings, and we finished it off with a Crane Blazer 288-H camshaft, appropriate companion parts and headers. Finally it was topped off with a NOS Nitrous Oxide System. His first time out with the system armed resulted in a flat spin and the N2O system was never activated again. I bought it from Paul 15 years later and it still had a full tank of N2O. I've re done the car since, changing all the parts that you've noticed but saving all the original parts. |