On Sun, 26 Mar 2017 19:10:43 -0500, Leon lcb11211@swbelldotnet
wrote:

On 3/26/2017 6:57 PM, wrote:


The whole discussion started with burning rubber in second gear
with a Vega GT. I said only with skinny tires.


My second car - '71 Vega not a GT bought in 1975 for $ 550.
- would leave a lot of smoke behind when I stomped on it ! :-)
It had flow-through ventillation - in through the rust holes in the
front fenders ; and out through the rust holes in the doors !
I drove it almost 2 1/2 years before the roadside safety check got me
- I was so afraid they'd pull it off the road and charge me - but
they let me go with 30 days to turn in the plates ! No ticket !
John T.


I understand that the Vegas had rust issues but mine never has a speck
of rust on it. And I lived 3 miles from the Gulf Coast.

BUT I did wash and wax it almost every weekend and the dealer
undercoated it before we took delivery.

Before replacing the short block a trip to the gas station went like
this. Fill it with oil and check the gas.
Sounds like my '61 Mini 850 Mk1.50mpg of gas and 50mpq of oil. I was
running SAE50 with 3 cans of STP before I tore it down and rebuilt it.
196000 miles and no measurable wear on cyls or crank but halt the
rings were butter, and the other half glass.Shortly after the rebuild
the head let go - cracked around about half of the head bolt bosses
and lifted the head off the block. I got another head from the
wrecking yard, did the valves and put it back together. I got rid of
it at 214000 miles. The guy I sold it to brought it back a few months
later along with an "austin America" 1300 engine and trans designed
for 12 inch wheels. I put it in and they burned all 4 tires off in
just over a week, blowing the doors off Datsun 240Zs at stoplights.
Then they tore the rear subframe out doing handbrake power turns in a
donut shop parking lot.