Bedlam wrote:
I grew up in the era of tighter emission requirements for gassers and the switch from leaded to unleaded gasoline. Our '74 Windsor 302 V8 had 140 hp which was the same as our '89 Cologne 2.9 V6. I also drove a normally aspirated Perkins diesel in the early 80's with 0-60 times of 22+ seconds, so hp didn't happen for me until the big displacement turbo diesels and the speed came from two-wheeled vehicles.
Perkins diesel...what kind of vehicle did you have that English made engine in ?
As far as speed back then coming from 2 wheeled vehicles....I know what you mean. In the '70's I had a '73 Toyota Corolla and a '76 Chevette...fortunately I had a motorcycle too, which gave me the speed in my vehicle 'stable'. ;)
