Alright. I know I'm not very active here. And to be honest, it'* because I'm not very active with my car just yet. Now, this question is brutally stupid, but I've gotten so impatient I gotta ask. Anyone that has the last gen of RWD Bonnies, can you give me an idea of what the old boat should run stock? I'd go find out, if I could afford gas or the entry fee to the dragstrip, but I quit my lousy job 3 weeks ago. Oh, and I found out that my astoundingly high 0-100 times were probably due to my car firing on 7 cylinders and a choke that was...well...choked.

Get some headers, an intake manifold and carb on there, and you'll be MUCH better. Those engines are smog choked...

Oh heck yeah, and don't forget a camshaft with a fairly aggressive overlap. And to fit with the headers, a H-pipe. Don't worry, that car won't stay stock forever :P I'm just curious as to what I can expect before I go check it out for myself, because with the way things are going this summer...I'll have to wait until next year

Well what do you mean by the last generation of rear drives? You mean the early 80'*, like <86? Well those wern't really meant to be powerhouses, if i remember correctly they had small V6'* and V8'*, with small low-flow carbs and heavy duty emmissions equipment. Not to mention a power hungry THM 350 or whatever they ctusk in those. Actually i'll do you one better let me run and get the book *runs upstairs*. My mistake, quoting from the book "Base engine was a 231 cid (3.8 liter) V6 with three-speed automatic transmission. Optional: 5.0 liter with four-speed overdrive automatic." Looking to specs, i see for the 3.8 (this is with a 2 bbl carb remember): 110 HP @ 3800 RPM, 190 LB ft @ 1600 RPM. Obviously not a stock car by any means. For the 5.0: 150 HP @ 4200 and 240 LB ft @ 2200 RPM. Of course the V8 is going to help a lot but i'm saying both because you don't say what engine you have. Neither of these is going to give you really eye-popping results though, because both of them are running, like i said, through in-efficient tranny'* and lots of emmissions equipment. But you should have a decently quick car with lots of potential. Oh and as far as the only question that you asked, maybe hi 18'*? i'm not really sure as i havn't driven one of those old boats in a long time, but you should be able to manage something half decent. Nice thing was though for a big car they were relatively light, even lighter than our generation. I have the weight listed here as 3143, which undercuts even the lightest newes bonne.

Okay Alec. Not to be mean. But if you read my sig, you'd have seen 305. The 305 is the 5.0L. So it'* rated at 150 hp. And I have no catalytic converters on the car, because they're not required where I live. So we'll say, given that my car is old (although low mileage), that the power I gained from taking the cat off nullifies the power I lost through the years. So I'm running 150 hp. but, if a 1990 Crown Vic can pull 17.2 (read that somewhere, I could very well be wrong :P), I hope to god I can pull faster than high 18'*. This is kind of why I asked the people who own the same gen car as me, and who had first hand experience. Thanks for your time anyway, though.

PS-yeah, when my friend found out my '86 sedan weighed less than his FWD, V6, "sporty" Z34, he near crapped himself.

well a freind of mine had a caprice (basicly the same car) with the 305 like your he ran like high 18'*

350'* are so nice just because performance parts are so readily available and inexpensive

Well, yeah. They're darn nice. If you're THAT concerned about speed. I don't want a hotrod just yet though, I'd rather a mild street custom. Something I can take to the strip, OR put in the occasional car show, OR just embarass weed whackin' riceboys. I'd like to keep the original 305 if I could. The only weak points that engine has, really, are a weak camshaft and a crappy fuel delivery system (and to some, the fact that they forgot to finish boring it out at the factory :P) If I ever do get a 350, I'll HAVE to get some nice head covers that have "305" in nice big numbers, just to justify it. Because what no one knows can't hurt them, right?